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“I’d Have to Bury You Out Here.” The New Mexico Stream Access Battle Is Far...
WE’RE SHIN-DEEP in the stream when the first shot rings out. Startled, I look up right as a small brookie swipes at my dry fly. I set late but manage to stick him anyway, lifting the rod and swinging...
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Trout Numbers Are Crashing in Montana, and No One Is Sure Why
In May, a coalition of more than 30 fishing guides sounded the alarm about the historic trout declines taking place in Montana’s Jefferson River Basin. Fed up with what they saw as a slow response to...
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Fishing for Trout and Taking Fire in Korea, From the Archives
This story was originally published as “Those Korean Trout” in the September 1953 issue of Outdoor Life. You can read more about the author below. The day was unbelievably hot, and the dust which the...
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Trout Fishing Tips: How to Catch Trout
There are three kinds of trout in this country — native, wild, and stocked. Native trout are the ones that have been here for thousands of years, such as brook trout in the mountains of the Northeast...
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Winter Fishing: The 3 Hottest Bites When the Weather Gets Cold
Catching big fish in the dead of winter isn’t usually easy. I don’t really care where you live. Florida Keys, you say? Sure, it’s much warmer there in February, but it’s still winter, which means it’s...
View ArticleState-Record Tiger Trout Disqualified Because Angler Didn’t Have a...
There’s been a shake up in the Idaho fishing records book, as state officials were forced to rescind an angler’s record nearly six months after it was certified. Unlike other recent fishing-records...
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The Best Trout Spinning Reels of 2024
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Best Reel for Targeting Big Trout Deep Daiwa Crossfire LT See It Best Affordable...
View ArticleFat Rainbow Trout Caught from Historic Creek Shatters Maryland State Record
Retired fisheries biologist Jean-Phillipe Lartigue caught a fat rainbow trout from Maryland’s Antietam Creek on Saturday. Measuring more than 30 inches long and weighing 17.44 pounds, Lartigue’s trout...
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The 4 Anglers You’ll Meet on Opening Day of “Truck Trout” Season
If you grew up in an area rife with wild trout, congratulations. That’s super cool. But a lot of us didn’t, me included. When I was a kid the only trout I could catch close to home were dumped off a...
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How to Be a Fish Bum: These 6 Fishermen Are Living the Dream
IT’S MONDAY MORNING. After five hits of the snooze button, you finally get up. Maybe you start scrolling through Instagram over your rushed cup of coffee. Maybe you look at Facebook while on the...
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How to Fillet Trout
How do you fillet a trout? To be honest, most of the time you don’t. Trout are notoriously boney. Subsequently, many of the trout that end up on plates or roasting over a campfire are small, say, 15...
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The Best Trout Fly Rods of 2024
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Fly fishing for trout has become an industry all its own, with specialty fly rods...
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Euro Nymphing Is Ruining Fly Fishing
I’VE BEEN getting dirty looks all day. Most of the anglers I pass on the trail don’t even say hello or ask if I’ve caught any trout. It’s a bit of a bummer because I genuinely enjoy shooting the...
View ArticleAngler Didn’t Weigh Record-Sized Rainbow Trout Because He Had Dinner Plans
David Hunsicker was fishing Pennsylvania’s Pohopoco Creek on April 29 when he caught a heavy rainbow trout on a small jig. Hunsicker’s fish reportedly weighed over 15 pounds, which means it might have...
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Muchas Truchas: Fishing for Giant Trout in the Andes
WHEN THIS FISH took the lure, he did not explode in a geyser of white water. He did not rocket out of the water like a 12-inch projectile. He did not erupt, or detonate, or blast the lure, or attempt...
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36 Days, 77 Portages, and 600 Miles Canoeing Through the Canadian Wilderness
This story is republished as it originally appeared in the August 1975 issue under the title “Six Against the River.” THE SIX OF US are experienced canoeists, but I began to wonder if Mark and Eck had...
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How to Cook Trout Outside
If you want to know how to cook trout, you can find a recipe just about anywhere. There are a hundred different ways to bake, broil, and sauté these fish. You could even gussy ‘em up à la almondine or...
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These 3 Classic Jerkbaits Are Still the Best for Bass and Trout
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Summer fishing is great, but if you have a jones for big, wild brown trout and...
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The Godfather of Montana’s Bighorn River
PHIL GONZALES lucked into his first fishing rod. He grew up near a big bend in the Yellowstone River in Huntley, Montana, about 15 miles east of Billings. To keep the river from washing over its banks...
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How Fish Create “Countries” in River Systems
If I were a betting man, I’d wager that many of you who target species like trout and smallmouth bass in river systems have experienced fluctuations in action within certain stretches over the years....
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West Virginia Teen Lands New State-Record Tiger Trout That Barely Fit in the Net
Nathan Smith, 16, was bank fishing early on Feb. 24 at New Creek Dam Site #14 with his pal Caleb Burns, 18. The public lake in Grant County, West Virginia, is deep and clear, and Smith spotted the...
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Utah Fisherman Follows Grandpa’s Advice, Catches State-Record Tiger...
Kaleb Nelson has fished Scofield Reservoir southeast of Salt Lake City for most of his life. He’d always known about the lake because he’d heard his grandfather talk about it when he was a kid. “My...
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Watch: Massachusetts Angler Catches Potential Record Lake Trout from Shore
Fishing season opened on April 6 on Massachusetts’ sprawling, 4,400-acre Wachusett Reservoir, and the state lake trout record was broken twice within the week. Most recently, new pending record holder...
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Idaho Fly Fisherman Lands State-Record Cutthroat Trout, Releases It into...
Montana’s Clark Fork River only flows through Idaho briefly before it spills into Lake Pend Oreille. That short stretch of river beckoned Daniel Whitesitt and his buddy Caleb Bravard on April 13, and...
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