Trout Fishing

Trout fishing tips and tactics that will work in western rivers, eastern streams, and everywhere in between.

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An Idaho angler with a big Yellowstone cutthroat trout.

College Student Kicks Off the New Year with a State-Record Cutthroat Trout Through the Ice

A photo of a blue-gloved hand holding a winter trout caught from a river.

Quick Strike Podcast: Shake the Winter Freestone Fishing Blues

Screenshots of trout eating flies through the ice.

This Video of Trout Smashing Flies Through the Ice Will Keep You Fired Up All Winter

A collection of hated worms

Quick Strike Podcast: Trout Flies We Love to Hate (But Keep Using)

A photo of a big brown trout being released.

It’s Time to Rethink Catch-and-Release Trout Fishing — or Get Much Better at It

By Christine Peterson

A fish hatchery in Arkansas.

Arkansas Cuts Trout Harvest on Famed Tailwaters as Key Hatcheries Crash

By Kris Millgate

night time smallmouth

Night Fishing Secrets: 4 Species You Should Be Targeting After Sunset This Summer

An angler with a giant brown trout from New Zealand.

Beast of a Brown Trout Caught at Night in New Zealand Is a New World Record

big trout small flies

Quick Strike Podcast: How to Catch Giant Trout on Tiny Flies

A fisheries official reaches into a net filled with stocker rainbow trout.

Stocking Fish Is Getting So Expensive that Kansas Is Slashing Its Trout Season

By Kris Millgate

Three Black Bears in Montana

We Rented a Forest Service Cabin for Our Fishing Trip. We Spent the Weekend Battling Problem Bears

By Leon Copenhaver

Two anglers with a big lake trout from the Midwest.

Michigan Lake Trout Floors Biologists, Who Say It’s the Oldest Fish They’ve Ever Seen

An angler in Idaho holds up a state-record lake trout.

Record Lake Trout Caught in Idaho Is a Sign of a Fishery Reborn

Two backcountry paddlers with a New York record brook trout.

Canoe Tripper Catches Record Trout in the Backcountry, Finds a Creative Way to Preserve It

illustration of two men in a canoe

I Was Floating One of the West’s Great Trout Rivers. Then the Governor Dropped in on His Helicopter

By Erwin A. Bauer

record tiger trout

Wyoming Angler Caught This Record Trout on a Tiny Fly Rod

Trout fishermen bump into canoes.

My Buddies and I Caught 500 Wild Trout in 3 Days on an Old-Fashioned Canoe Trip

By Robeson Bailey

Rainbow fry in a hatchery pond.

Massive Fish Kill at California Trout Hatchery Will Impact Stocking Efforts for Years

A trout fisherman looks at his buddy catching bait

We Wanted to Fly Fish. The Trout Wanted Live Bait

A man catches trout fishing

A ‘Slow’ Day on God’s River Was Still the Best Fishing of My Life