The state’s eight trout hatcheries combined are expected to release approximately 2.4 million rainbow, 693,000 brown, 125,000 brook and 14,000 golden rainbow trout. Advertisement ...

In Pennsylvania, wild trout anglers can target brook trout which are native to the commonwealth and designated as the state fish. There are also populations of wild brown and rainbow trout.

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.

Pennsylvania trout stocking schedule released. See where and when in the Lehigh Valley. ... these include around 2.4 million rainbow trout; 693,000 brown trout and 125,000 brook trout.

EFFORT, Monroe County — Trout stocking season is in full swing at the Big Brown Trout Hatchery in Effort. The trout seen in the runs are one year old in a few weeks, they'll be delivered to ...

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission provides tips and reminders ahead of the Opening Day of Trout Season on April 5, 2025. Anglers can fish Pennsylvania streams and lakes from April 5.

PHILADELPHIA – Trout can get carsick. That’s why millions of rainbow, golden, brook and brown trout have been crisscrossing Pennsylvania in large trucks on empty stomachs for the last month.

These figures, which are consistent with the number of trout stocked over the past decade, include approximately 2.4 million rainbow trout; 693,000 brown trout; and 125,000 brook trout.

Just a few weeks ago, I made a six-hour drive to Western Pennsylvania to target brown trout on a very famous tailwater. The day before I departed, of course, a massive line of storms swept through ...

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 ...

Even though anglers benefit from more than 4 million stocked trout from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) and volunteer cooperative nurseries each year, Mother Nature also provides ...

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.