Starting Jan. 1, anglers in Connecticut can keep brook trout only 9 inches or longer, while the number of locations where absolutely no brook trout harvest will be allowed is increasing from 20 to 22.

The presence of brook trout says a lot about the condition of a lake, river, or stream. Brook trout are sensitive fish that can only spawn, grow, and survive in clean, cold water. If a body of water ...

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 ...

EAST HAMPTON, Conn. (WFSB) - Brook trout are Connecticut’s only native trout and a prized catch, but the number of them in the state’s streams and rivers is dwindling. Now the Department of Energy and ...