Category Archives: Trout

Why Natural Trout Eggs Are Perfect For Great Lakes Steelhead

By: James Swearingen We are in the heart of spawn sac season in the Great Lakes and for the first time in more than 20 years I’m using something different in my sacs. Historically, I’ve had to fish with salmon eggs and brown trout eggs that I harvested in the fall in New York. Meanwhile, […]

Colorado’s Stagecoach Reservoir Fishing Well Through the Ice

By: Chris Shaffer Conditions are prime for ice fishing in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. And, after filming Pautzke Outdoors on Stagecoach Reservoir this week it’s safe to say we are in for another excellent season on the hardwater. We were fortunate to team up with Yampa Valley Anglers to film two episodes that will be released […]

Trout Fishing Alaska’s Quartz Lake

By: Chris Shaffer It’s rare we hear that Pautzke salmon eggs don’t work for trout. Meanwhile, minutes after signing a waiver and going over the boat inspection at Alaska’s Quartz Lake the owner of Quartz Lake Boat Rentals told us to wait at the dock. She ran back up to the boat rental office, grabbed […]

West Virginia Stuffed with Trout for the Holiday

By: Chris Shaffer Trout season is about to screech to a halt in West Virginia. On the heels of five months of aggressive trout stocking the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources is about to take their foot off the gas as lakes, rivers and streams begin to warm. Fortunately, there’s still time to cash […]

Central Pennsylvania Trout Update

By: Isaac Zettle High water is good for catching large trout. Fortunately, or unfortunately for some, we’ve been contending with high water in Central Pennsylvania since the season opened. It seems like since the start of trout season we’ve been getting hit with big storm after big storm. Many of our creeks have been high […]

North Georgia Streams Stocked with Brook Trout

By: Chris Shaffer When one of my friends heard we were going brook trout fishing in North Georgia he didn’t believe us. He asked us to double check with the Georgia Division of Natural Resources because he didn’t think brook trout were stocked in Georgia. He told us he’s been fishing North Georgia streams for […]

Montana’s Beavertail Pond Packed with Trout

By: Jon Montresor It’s no secret that many of Western Montana’s famous rivers and creeks are running high right now due to extreme snowmelt. Staying in Missoula over the weekend we had no choice but to focus our trout fishing efforts on stillwater systems instead. Roughly a half hour from Missoula we spent Sunday fishing […]

Tennessee’s Fall Creek Falls State Park Loaded with Trout

By: Chris Shaffer Fall Creek Falls State Park is already one of the more popular outdoor destinations in Central Tennessee, and it’s quickly becoming a favorite spot for trout anglers, too. In only the second year on the trout plant schedule Cane Creek, which flows through the heart of the park, is rapidly becoming a […]

Last Chance for Pitt Trout

By: Chris Shaffer We planned to film Pautzke Outdoors in Northern Pennsylvania last week. However, due to high water in many of the systems we were scheduled to fish we rerouted to West Virginia where conditions were more favorable. Meanwhile, we were able to squeeze in one episode shortly after landing in Pittsburg at 6pm. […]