These are the prettiest freshwater fish, from vibrant brook trout and pumpkinseed sunfish to majestic lake sturgeon. Check out how these species made our list!

The type of species you can hook on your rod and reel will depend on the time of year, and where you're fishing in the state.

trout tend to partition the river by species. Brown trout in the lower-elevation stretches with deep pools, rainbows in the riffly oxygenated sections, cutthroats up in cold, clear water ...

Golden rainbow trout are a stronger hybrid species of the similar colored Palomino trout that was previously stocked in Pennsylvania. An example of a brook trout found in Pennsylvania. They have a ...

Cutbows are a result of crossbreeding between rainbow and cutthroat trout, species that occupy the same Rocky Mountain rivers and spawn in overlapping seasons. They’re not hard to identify ...

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They are able to withstand water that is too alkaline for other trout species. Lahontans can grow ... A fly “under” a float bubble is a hybrid between fly fishing and spin fishing and can ...

Read Next: The 10 Best Trout Lures of 2025, Proven Fish Catchers for All Trout Species The two quickly identified the fish as a tiger trout, a hybrid cross between a brown and a brook trout. While ...

Saugeye, a hybrid between a walleye and a sauger ... receives a collectible Fish Ohio lapel pin that features different species of fish on it every year. There is also a "Master Angler" category ...

Of the four major trout species in the United States—rainbow ... of the creek to kill nonnative brook trout, rainbows and hybrids and to create a reserve for a genetically pure strain of ...

The latest Texas Fishing Report for selected locations around the state as provided by the Texas Parks and Wildlife ...