TAUPO, New Zealand — On a clear morning an angler on Lake Taupo can see clouds tripping over volcanic mountain peaks and steam rising from the boiling pools dotting the thermal valley. With l… ...

New Zealand began importing brown trout from Germany, France and England in the 1860s, and they thrived. So did rainbow trout, brought in later from the Russian River in California.

Babler's fish is only 2.5 pounds shy of the world record brown caught in New Zealand in 2013. As of 11 a.m. the trout was still alive and biding its time in an aerated tank, waiting for Babler ...

“Bigger fish, harder-fighting fish, better-conditioned fish, great rivers, beautiful lakes ... and also the best value for money.” That’s the way Jerry Flay, editor of New Zealand Reel Life ...

While almost all of New Zealand is covered in trout, I like the areas around both Wanaka, ... Not only are the rainbow trout huge, but the scenery is absolutely mind-blowing.

ROTORUA, New Zealand I heard them well before I saw them; big splashy thuds as they launched at the iron bars of their cage, desperately trying to break out of the cunning trap so as to continue ...

A group of rainbow trout and largemouth bass are going to be killed after New Zealand mud snails were discovered . The snails are an aquatic invasive species found in a variation of water sources ...

Jones figured he’d hooked a big rainbow trout in the 10-pound class, so he continued playing the fish slowly. He’d bring it near the boat, and it would take off again and again. ... The IGFA ...

The current world-record brown is a 42-pound, 1-ounce fish from New Zealand. Indeed, the brown trout that the Missouri Department of Conservation has been stocking in Taneycomo have a near-perfect ...