Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) recently announced that the state’s 2011 spring trout fishing season will begin at 5 a.m. on Saturday, April 2. The IDNR stocks more than 60,000 rainbow trout each spring in bodies of water where … Continued
Beginning the week of March 7, the annual trout stocking of Oregon’s north coast lakes will resume. A number of lakes are scheduled to be stocked with legal size (about 8-10”) rainbow trout. Hebo Lake is back on Oregon’s trout … Continued
A Maine angler got an unexpected treat on Halloween. Anders Olafson of Starks Maine landed the rainbow trout on Oct. 31, 2010, while fishing on the Kennebec River. The fish was weighed 8.42 pounds and was weighed on a certified … Continued
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will stock approximately 20,000 trout into freshwaters across the State in October. This total includes 19,400 rainbow trout weighing an average of one pound each and 600 brown trout averaging two pounds each. … Continued
A federal appeals court panel has ruled that wild steelhead remain an endangered species and rebuffed Central Valley irrigators’ efforts to relax federal government protections on the Pacific salmonid. Six irrigation districts had challenged the National Marine Fisheries Service decision … Continued