Today we're out here in Lake Ontario flat-line trolling for lake trout. I'm using the silver/blue American Smelt model crank ...

We're out here on Lake Ontario trolling for lake trout. It's early May and the water temperature is 44 degrees Fahrenheit (6 degrees Celsius. I've chosen to run with the American Smelt - specifically ...

Lake trout might be the ultimate winter trophy. A tangle with one of these denizens of the deep is not soon forgotten. Lake trout fight with spirit and are always game for a battle in winter’s cold ...

After nearly being wiped out in the mid-20th century, one of the Great Lakes' top native fish species has "fully recovered" in the world's greatest freshwater lake, according to natural resource ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) Cachuma Lake is currently at 89% capacity, and the Rainbows are here. The Rainbow Trout that is! In ...

Utah angler Aaron Goettsche holds up a state catch-and-release record lake trout he caught from Payette Lake on June 19, 2025. The fish measured 42 inches long. Aaron Goettsche Courtesy of Idaho ...

Fish stories come in all sizes and shapes. Some are even non-fiction. This week I'd like to share one, certified and true, that came to light this year. It's courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced a new kind of lake trout record that was set on Lake Michigan. They say the laker, which was caught in Wisconsin waters back in 2023, was around ...

A decision to end the stocking of Colonial Lake with trout beginning in 2026 by the New Jersey Department of Environmental ...

Acting on a tip, Duluth fisheries biologists launched their boat into Lake Superior last fall and motored to a hidden corner of the Minnesota shoreline. There, they dipped the boat’s electrofishing ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Cachuma Lake is celebrating its first lake trout release of the year. Below is a press release on the announcement: Cachuma Lake is currently at 89% capacity, and the Rainbows ...