The code written on the tag revealed that the trout was 39 years old, marking it the Great Lakes Mass Marking Program’s ...

Lake Erie contains some of the largest lake trout available to anglers in New York, DEC said. The state ‘s record lake trout (41 pounds, 8 ounces) was caught in Lake Erie in 2003.

For many anglers and environmentalists, the return of robust lake trout populations to the Great Lakes has been a hard-won battle. Decades of overfishing, habitat degradation, and the devastating ...

A long-time Arizona fisherman reeled in a surprise catch at a local lake on Friday: a three-pound pacu fish. Jeff Evans, 49, was fishing for trout when he reeled in what he thought was a Oscar ...

Unlike piranha, pacu have flat, rounded teeth (like humans) that are more suited to feeding on vegetation, fruit and nuts than eating flesh. Though the fish can grow up to 55 pounds in their ...

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, N.Y. — Signs of trout reproduction in Lake Erie have been documented for the first time in over 60 years. Wild lake trout fry, baby trout, were identified by New York State ...

A "two-headed lake trout" may sound like a mythical marine animal, but apparently the creature is real, and can be found in New York. A woman fishing on Lake Champlain on the New York-Vermont ...

The Lake Superior Committee of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission on Nov. 20 declared lake trout met the recovery milestone in most of Lake Superior. More: Outdoors calendar ...