It’s alpine lake season for Idaho anglers! Every summer, we get an opportunity to enjoy these unique and beautiful high-mountain fisheries — typically mid-July through early September is the prime ...

This article is part of The State of Science, a series featuring science stories from public radio stations across the United States. This story, by Will Walkey, was originally published by Wyoming ...

The action was hot. I was casting out a new, super shiny spinner in a high mountain lake and catching trout about every three casts, strikes on every cast. Then disaster struck. I felt a tug, but I ...

KIRKWOOD – August is known for being one of the tougher summer months to fish in Northern California. Many anglers head for the high-elevation lakes and streams of the Sierra Nevada to target trout or ...

Westslope cutthroat trout — like this colored-up, 15-inch male — are a common find in Idaho’s high-elevation fisheries. Jordan Rodriguez Huffing and puffing, my friend Clayton and I crested the saddle ...

If you get the chance to fish for native brook trout in their home waters, don't pass it up. There’s a lot to like about brook trout – even if they're technically a char, not a trout. They sport ...

The cutthroat trout surfaced 100 feet below me, in a slick run where the creek worked its way along a steep talus slope. The fish was out of reach, for the moment. I had just broken out of dark timber ...

Trout stocked in historically fishless Wyoming lakes swiftly evolved to take advantage of their new habitats, suggests research published in Evolution. A study found that both cutthroat trout and ...