Tag: trout

This Rookie Mistake Cost Champion Bass Angler $100k in Texas Tournament

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Trout taking bait at the water's surface while man fly fishes in background in a river

Last week, in a National Professional Fishing League (NPFL) tournament at Wright Patman Lake in Texas, Barron Adams reeled in the heaviest combined weight over the three-day tournament. A professional angler for five years, Adams’ catch qualified him for the tournament’s $100,000 first-place prize. That is, until the judge asked a rudimentary housekeeping question to […]

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Ice Angler Gets Spooled By Large Lake Trout and Lands the Fish Anyway


Lake Trout Spools Reel

Every angler likes battling a big fish, but their worst nightmare is having that fish completely spool the reel down to the knot. It’s a recipe for disaster, and more than one big fish has been lost like this over the years. When it happens, an angler must act fast to ensure the fish doesn’t […]

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Discovering the Secrets of Trout DNA in the Adirondacks


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Generations of secrets are locked inside the cells of the glimmering brook trout that call the Adirondacks home. A blended team of curious scientists and anglers has been working together to uncover those secrets hidden within trout DNA. The work of this coordinated crew begins in the mountain’s burbling brooks and ends in a laboratory. […]

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Cold Weather Fly Fishing on Maine’s Magalloway River

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Magalloway River

In the northwestern corner of Maine lies one its many pristine wild trout rivers, which the Pine Tree State offers to anyone with a fly rod and a hankering to catch some fish. The difference here is that this river shares a border with New Hampshire and criss-crosses back and forth into Maine from its […]

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The Definitive Guide to All the Trout in the United States

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This is a beautiful wild brook trout underwater in a spring fed stream. You won't find these colors on a stocked fish. There is a slight amount of grain in the shot which should be expected for a low light situation like this. - trout species in us

No fish entirely symbolizes America like the trout. Variations of this bedazzled wonder swim through every corner and crevice of the country, from the Pacific Northwest’s far reaches to the steamy South, New England, and all the places in between. We have put together a guide for every species of trout in the United States. […]

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Colorado Sees State Record for Brook Trout Broken for the Second Time This Year


Colorado State Record Brook Trout

They say records are made to be broken, but when it takes three quarters of a century, we can’t blame anyone for thinking a high mark in the fishing record books is unbeatable. Which is what makes it even more astonishing that Colorado’s brook trout record, which stood for 75 years, has been broken not […]

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Kentucky Hunting License: What You Need to Know Before You Go


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The hunting is good in Kentucky. Game is abundant–from the thick, wild forests to the majestic mountains and wide rolling fields, whitetail deer, elk, bear, waterfowl, and small game roam freely. Plus, ample access to public lands make Kentucky an ideal place for hunters to explore in their quest for wild game. Kentucky Hunting Certification […]

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