The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is looking to increase the minimum size an angler can keep a trout. Here's why.

Basically, raising the minimum size to 9 inches would protect the vast majority of wild brook trout from harvest.

The Fisheries Committee of the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission held a meeting online and discussed increasing the minimum ...

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is considering increasing the minimum legal size for trout by 2 inches.

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 ...

Pennsylvania's state fish is a freshwater favorite — the brook trout. The brook goes by several names locally, including brown trout, brookie and speckled trout.It is also the only native trout not ...

When the General Assembly of Pennsylvania officially made the brook trout the state fish, March 9, 1970, there wasn’t really another candidate worthy of consideration. While it’s common these days for ...

About 4 million trout are being placed in waterways across the state and there are a few things you need to know before you try to catch some of them. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has ...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — If you want to get technical, they are actually a kind of char, not closely related to other trout. But by whatever name, brook trout are Pennsylvania’s state fish. And ...

A faint, translucent mist hovers just above the surface as cool water trickles downward from an unnamed spring high in the remote headwaters of the rugged mountain terrain. Cascading through vibrant ...

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has been busy stocking millions of trout across the state, but as an angler, do you know the differences between the types of fish? The agency raises about ...

Bucks County anglers can return to their favorite fishing spots loaded with rainbows, browns and goldens as opening day for trout fishing starts Saturday, April 5 at 8 a.m. The Pennsylvania Fish and ...