The state record, a 7 pounder, was caught in 1996 from Fishing Creek, Clinton County. 5 Several nice brook trout were caught just last year. A 6 pound 12 ounce fish was landed from Stony Creek, Dauphin County on a nightcrawler. One 25-inch trout out of Conemaugh River, Westmoreland County hit on suckers. 6 Flyfishing and brook trout go well together because these fish eat flies.
Fishing is usually best during spring hatches of insects like mayflies and caddisflies.
Brookies will also consume crayfish and minnows if available. About one million trout anglers will fish our waters this year. If your bait does tempt a brookie enough that you catch a good number of legal keepers, one of the best things you could do for nature is to release some of them back into the water unharmed. They may not survive the hook of the next fisherman, or make it through the winter, but if they do . . . See April 11th news release regarding consumption advisory on fish .