Benjamin Ferguson (right) holds up the state-record brook trout alongside his fishing buddy Shawn Widrick; Ferguson caught the trout during a three-day canoe trip in the Adirondacks. Benjamin Ferguson ...

Acting on a tip, Duluth fisheries biologists launched their boat into Lake Superior last fall and motored to a hidden corner of the Minnesota shoreline. There, they dipped the boat’s electrofishing ...

The presence of brook trout says a lot about the condition of a lake, river, or stream. Brook trout are sensitive fish that can only spawn, grow, and survive in clean, cold water. If a body of water ...

Every time I fish a brook trout stream, I’m reminded why I have such a soft spot for them. I’m a sucker for dry fly eats, and a brook trout hits a dry fly like no other. The best thing about them?

Recently on Facebook, there were pictures and an article about a giant brook trout that was caught in the Adirondacks on July 5. It was 22 inches long and beat the previous six-pound record by three ...

Benjamin Ferguson from Lowville, New York, and his fishing pal Shawn Widrick of Croghan, New York, are old hands at wilderness camping, canoeing and fishing in the wilds of the Adirondacks, located in ...

Benjamin Ferguson has taken his canoe all across the Adirondacks, searching for big brook trout in wild places. And during a paddling expedition over Fourth of July weekend, the adventurous New Yorker ...