Freestone stream, spring creek, tailwater — which would you rather attack for trout? The answer will depend largely on where you live, but it might also hinge on the style of fishing you prefer. Each ...
Whether or not you should fish a stream when trout are spawning is one of the great debates constantly raging in the trout fishing world. Without a doubt, trout deserve space to spawn in peace. But ...
Post Bulletin Outdoors columnist Chris Kolbert has made the drive every year for 40 years in mid-March. It's worth it, he ...
THE FIRST TIME I fished the lower Madison River, I felt small. I was 18 years old and had never been out West—and though I’d grown up trout fishing on the East Coast, I had never done so on a river ...
As the summer months approach, dreams of small stream trout fishing resurface. In most parts of the country, alpine streams won’t even be reachable until May or June – unless you’ve got a pair of ...
Just a few weeks ago, I made a six-hour drive to Western Pennsylvania to target brown trout on a very famous tailwater. The day before I departed, of course, a massive line of storms swept through ...
Most trout anglers have heard the phrase “hoot owl restrictions” at some point or another. It refers to state wildlife agencies putting fishing limitations on certain rivers due to low water levels ...
If you plan to target trout in streams, you need to understand what the difference is between a freestone and a limestone stream.
Trout stocking trucks are preparing to head out to many of North Georgia’s favorite trout streams.
Monday marked the kickoff of trout season, meaning the official season of being able to keep stream caught trout is upon us. However, anglers may fish for stream trout all year long, provided they are ...