The 2026 trout stocking updates began popping up in my email inbox beginning the second week of February. It is a busy time of year for Maryland DNR fishery crews as the weekly stocking schedule ramps ...

Hello folks! Today we are at the ice-covered shoreline, baited up with Salmon roe bags and the soon-to-be-released Thunder Braid fishing line. We're fishing at dusk at that last hour or so before the ...

A landlocked salmon caught on a Golden Retriever on the Rapid River during Maine’s spring fishing season. Credit: Marc McDonald The BDN outdoors section brings readers into the woods, waters and wild ...

There are three kinds of trout in this country — native, wild, and stocked. Native trout are the ones that have been here for ...

Spring trout season begins today – and area waters are well stocked. Conservation agencies geared up recently for the distribution of hundreds of fish into various bodies of water across the state. As ...

While spring doesn’t officially arrive until Friday, in the past few days there have been plenty of signs its arrival. For me, the chirping of wood frogs and the songs of spring peepers are at the top ...

By then, Minnesotans who fish for trout in the state’s inland cold water streams and rivers will be four weeks into their ...

Colorado is experiencing its lowest snowpack in recorded history, triggering early runoff, warmer waters, and potential fishing restrictions. Anglers are urged to fish now as prime conditions are ...