Trout Fishing Tip Videos

  • How To: Fish Spring Creeks

    Brian Trow, owner of Mossy Creek Fly Fishing Shop teaches you methods how to fish in spring creeks.

  • How To: Catch Sea Run Brook Trout

    Redbrook stream in Massachusetts is a unique area where you can fish for Sea Run Brook Trout.

  • Love Your Lake: Squam Lake

    Big and Little Squam Lakes are found in the northern part of the Lakes region of NH. Known for their big fresh water game fish including Landlock Salmon, Rainbow Trout and Lake Trout, the lakes offer beautiful scenery and great cold and warm water fishing.

  • How To: Fly Fish Steelhead

    Some tips to keep in mind next time you're fly fishing for steelhead.

  • Love Your Lake: Lower Illinois River

    The lower Illinois Rover is the only place in the state of Oklahoma where anglers can enjoy year round trout fishing. This scenic river is located downstream from Lake Tenkiller near Gore, Oklahoma, and is stocked regularly with rainbow and brown trout.

  • Local Flavor: New Hampshire Hatchery

    The New Hampshire State Fish Hatchery in New Hampton, NH is the oldest hatchery in the state, over 100 years old. This facility specializes in raising wild and domesticated strains of Eastern brook trout and brown trout.

  • How To: Pick A Fly For Winter Fishing

    Fly fishing in the Rockies happens all year long, but there are a few standard fly patterns to keep in mind while chasing trout in the winter months. Jim Cannon shows what he thinks are the the best flies to stock up on for the best results.

  • How To: Winter Tail Water Fishing

    When the lakes and rivers freeze in the Rockies many anglers head out to the tail waters below the dams where the water is still open and fish can feed on insects all year round.

  • Love Your Lake: Delaney Butte

    Ten miles west of Walden, Colorado, in North Park, you'll find the Delaney Butte Lakes. If fly fishing for brown trout is your thing, then these lakes should be to your liking as the North Lake is a Gold Medal Fishery with trout averaging between 14 - 22 inches.

  • Love Your Lake: Lake John

    Located in North Park, northwest of Walden, Colorado, Lake John is a rainbow trout haven for anglers. The lake provides a lot of structure with weed beds and can be easily fished from shore.

  • Trophy Brown Trout From a Kayak

    While fly fishing down the Madison River in Montana, Jeff Herman hooked and landed this beauty brown trout from his kayak.

  • Fish Facts: Lake Trout

    Find out all the detailed facts about lake trout, and how to target them in Colorado.

  • How To: Target Speckled Trout

    Pensacola Bay offers a lot of variety and speckled trout is a popular target among anglers. From weed fishing to casting from a flats boat, there's more than one way to hook a trout. It's all about trying different techniques and having patience

  • How To: Releasing Trout in High Temperatures

    You don't think about the higher elevation lakes of the Rockies getting that warm but these shallow water lakes can heat up quickly. Anytime the water temperature gets above 65 °F you have to start taking precautions when handling fish, especially trout.

  • How To Adapt To Environmental Change

    Different conditions will force you to adapt your presentation. Lake Michigan holds some of the best trout and salmon, and if you want to catch them, consistently, you'll have to adjust.

  • How to: Jigging Trout

    Some of the higher elevation lakes in the Rockies are loaded with a fresh water shrimp known as scud. A lot of times when the trout are feeding on scuds they will only focus on looking down in the weeds and vegetation. When they are in this mode you're forced to use a jig and bring your bait up to them.

  • Love Your Lake: Antero Reservoir - Winter

    Laying two hours outside of Denver, the Antero Reservoir brings some of the most diverse landscape to the Colorado Region. Rainbows, Brown Trout and Kokanne Salmon make this super charged area an anglers dream!

  • Fish Facts: Hofer Rainbow Trout

    A look at this special strain of rainbow trout and how they were used to replenish the fishery in Colorado.

  • Fish Facts: Speckled Trout

    Joe Street from River's Edge Outfitters demonstrates how to fish for speckled trout.

  • Love your Lake: Seneca Lake

    Seneca Lake is the largest of the glacial Finger Lakes in New York. Known as being the "Lake Trout Capital of the World", it boasts some of the best fishing in the state.

Trout Fishing Tip Articles

South Shore Lake Ontario Spring Trout Salmon

Its Spring time and the Southern Shore of Lake Ontario is starting heat up. The warm water outflow from the Niagara River is calling in baitfish to the shallows and trout and salmon are gorging themselves on smelt and alewife. This year I've been lucky enough to get out on the water a few times and earlier than most considering the early Spring we've had. Trolling shallow water calls for a more

Where To Catch The Biggest Fish In California

California holds dozens of gamefish, but to catch the largest trophy fish of the most popular game species in the state, you'd do well to read up on the best locations you could possibly target.

Top Fishing Spots In New York State

New York isn't just about its urban atmosphere - it's got some great fishing opportunites as well. Check out the top spots to fish in the state of New York.

Urban Fishing, Small streams

I know not another urban fishing blog, but lets face it most of us live in an urban environment.  When most people think of urban fishing its usually a city park pond or city reservoir.  If you look hard enough there are always other options. Many of the cities and towns here in Colorado have multiple small streams and creeks flowing into them or through them.  Because of their

Hitting early season Small Streams

I love fishing small streams and with the weather we’ve had this year I was hopeful they would be opening up early.  So Friday I got off work early and headed out to some local BLM land that has a great small stream on it just to check it out and see if it was even fishable yet. After the longer then I remember because I’m still pretty out of shape hike I spotted the stream

Tricking Out a Jon Boat - Part 1

Jon boats are the most versatile watercraft for small bodies of water, find out how to modify them for maximum fishability.

Fly Fishing for Beginners

By LOY MILAM              My first introduction to fly fishing (if you could truly characterize it as “fly fishing”) was in the late 1950s growing up in my hometown of Lubbock, Texas. By chance I stumbled upon an interesting package at the local Army Surplus store which read on the package “Survival Kit.” It

Spring Prep Guide

Preparing for spring is certainly an endeavor in patience and persistence.  There are so many things to remember in the late winter and early spring preparation it is hard to say where to start.  I usually begin with trying to whittle down all the tackle I bought last summer and fall down to a manageable level.  I used to carry 4 hard sided plastic tackle boxed and two soft sided

How to Troll for the Biggest Trout in the World Part 2

Rigging up your boat for monster trout doesn't have to break the bank, here are some wallet-friendly alternatives to increasing your catch.

Spring Time Top Water – The Smack-N-Shad 2

  As the water temp continues to increase, the bass continue to move closer to known spawning areas such as shoreline banks with gravel and sand, flat hard bottomed areas near deeper channels, all of which have certain characteristics needed for the spawn. The necessity of shallow, warm water, a hard bottom and preferably protected structure to ease the task of guarding the nest makes

More Info About Trout
  • Trout Species Page All the detailed information you need to know about various species of trout, including more tips and techniques for catching them.

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