After a broiling summer, September brings a wide range of pleasant choices for outdoor enthusiasts. Just being outside is more enjoyable now with plenty of excellent activities to participate in. For ...

We fly-fishers really look forward to the fall, with its cool weather and big trout. But when it arrives, it races by at breakneck speed, or at least that’s how it seems to me. Once the streams begin ...

Lakes, streams and creeks like the Loyalhanna Creek in Westmoreland County are typically stocked with various kinds of trout twice a year. There's a large stocking that takes place in the spring, and ...

From a distance, I watched as a bright yellow maple leaf gently disengaged itself from the branch it had been attached to since April because of the aging process and a swift northerly breeze. The ...

While the average trout stocked by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is about 11 inches long, there are some incredibly large fish in public streams, including some that are raised by ...

Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission fish culturist Dulce Auman (back) of the Pleasant Gap hatchery opens the tank valve as Dennis Murphy (center) of Altoona and Bill Drugg of Bellwood release ...

To fly fish for trout effectively, it’s important to be familiar with the food sources that your flies are designed to imitate. Many of the best trout anglers double as amateur entomologists, studying ...

Here's what the PFBC and its cooperating nurseries are doing to release 4.3 million trout across Pennsylvania this year.

“See that fish in front of the flat rock?” fishing guide Jake Villwock asked, pointing to a bass finning about 30 feet from the boat. “Toss your fly just above it, but make sure it hits the water ...