Eastern brook trout, known as brookies, are the official state fish species for New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York — and considered an indicator of good water quality, the N.J. DEP said in a ...

was named New Jersey's state fish by the Legislature in 1991 and is the state's only native trout species. Often considered an indicator of good water quality, Eastern brook trout, along with ...

the species was originally thought to ... its state saltwater game fish is the striped bass. New Jersey's state fish is the brook trout, which signals good water quality because they cannot ...

Trout season in New Jersey officially kicks off at 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 5, 2025. Over 180,000 rainbow trout and large broodstock are being stocked across the state, according to the New ...

This critical step took place two weeks before President Richard Nixon signed the federal Endangered Species Act. The new state law established the New Jersey Department of Environmental ...

rainbow trout have something to offer every type of angler. From giant Alaskan bows to PNW wild steelhead to New Jersey stockies , the diversity and accessibility of the species are what make ...

The steelhead trout are the last known population of this species in the Santa Monica Mountains. “Southern California steelhead are critically endangered,” said CDFW environmental program ...