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Trout Fishing Almost Heaven

Looking for an excuse to visit West Virginia in the fall? Here are three good ones: Trout fishing, hunting and viewing fall's foliage. If ever there was a time to head for the Mountain State, it's in October to do some trout fishing. This is also the time that several small game seasons, plus turkey and archery deer hunting are all open. Fall foliage is nearing its sunburst peak. And 70,000 trout are being stocked during the second and third weeks of October -- a time when the state truly lives up to its "wild, wonderful" slogan. Combine trout fishing with hunting for fun Saturday morning, grouse, squirrel, raccoon and woodcock seasons open; ...
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Brook Trout Fish Species Information

Scientific Fish Name: Salvelinus fontinalis
Other Fish Species Names: eastern brook trout, speckled trout, char, squaretail
Regions Fished: wide area of eastern North America but increasingly confined to higher elevations southward in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia, Canada from the Hudson Bay basin east, the Great Lakes–Saint Lawrence system, and the upper Mississippi River dra
World Record: 14 lbs. 8oz.
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Brook trout have white spots (worm-shaped on top) on a dark background with tri-colored outlined fins (orange, black and white). This prolific fish often becomes overpopulated and can out-compete other trout. They are typically found in higher elevation lakes, beaver dams and streams.


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