New York state officials said. Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos said Monday the breeding population of trout in the 38-acre Lake Colden demonstrates the ...

Wild lake trout fry, baby trout, were identified by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's (DEC) Lake Erie Fisheries Research Unit this spring. The fish was confirmed as a trout ...

For the first time in decades, scientists are not going to stock Lake Champlain with hatchery lake trout. That's because wild ...

It took more than four decades, but the lake trout population in Lake Champlain is now self-sustaining, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. That means DEC ...

With two weeks to go until opening day of trout fishing in New York, the icy waters of Catharine ... annual "shocking" of the legendary Seneca Lake tributary Monday, starting in Montour Falls ...

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LAKE CHAMPLAIN, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The lake trout population has been restored in Lake Champlain, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) announced on Tuesday.