Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brook trout may be Pennsylvania’s state fish, but there are several reasons why they only make up about 4% of the stocked fish ...

The change given preliminary approval would protect 99% of wild brook trout with minimal impact on stocked trout harvesting, ...

Pennsylvania's Fish and Boat Commission tentatively approved a new 9-inch trout size limit and formal fish measuring rules.

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is studying the differences between wild and stocked trout anglers. A recent survey found 58% of anglers support moving stocked trout away from streams with ...

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is considering increasing the minimum legal size for trout by 2 inches. Currently, a trout must be at least 7 inches long for an angler to keep that fish ...

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is considering whether to raise the minimum size for anglers to keep trout. During the agency’s Fisheries Committee meeting on Sept. 30, members spoke about ...

The Conestoga flows for more than 61 miles, from its headwaters in Berks County down to the Susquehanna River below the Safe Harbor Dam — threading past historic covered bridges, working farms, and ...

Interestingly, brook trout aren’t really trout, but char and are closely related to Arctic Char, Dolly Varden and Lake Trout.

Pennsylvania stocks about 3.2 million trout annually, but only 4% are brook trout, the state fish. The number of stocked brook trout has been significantly reduced since 2016 to protect wild ...