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Your guide to the
best fishing in the U.S.
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WHAT’S NEW?
18,000+ Trout Stocked in These 15 Oregon Lakes for Upcoming Free Fishing Weekend
More than 18,000 hatchery trout will be stocked across Western Oregon just ahead of the first Free Fishing Weekend of the year.
These 9 Los Angeles County Fishing Lakes Will Be Stocked with Trout This Coming Week
Nine local lakes and ponds in Los Angeles County will be stocked with fresh hatchery rainbow trout during the week ahead. It’s time to get in some winter fishing!
29 Southern California Fishing Lakes Stocked with Trout this Week (Complete List)
Nearly 30 lakes and ponds in Southern California are being stocked with fresh hatchery rainbow trout this first week of January, offering some good winter fishing.
Angler earns $159,310 while fishing in this Pacific Northwest river
An angler earned nearly $160,000 during the 2025 Northern Pikeminnow Sport-Reward Program on the Columbia and Snake rivers.
22 Southern California Lakes Stocked with Trout for the Holidays (Full List)
Nearly two dozen lakes across Southern California are being planted with fresh hatchery rainbow trout around the holidays.
14 Southern California Fishing Lakes Stocked With Trout this Week (List Included)
14 lakes and ponds across Southern California will be stocked with frisky hatchery-raised rainbow trout this week. Time to get out and catch them!
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
Best Fishing in America launched more than a decade ago in Oregon and is expanding across the U.S. Our goal is to provide a free, easy-to-use website where recreational anglers can learn where, when and how to get the most out of their precious fishing time, whether close to home or on the road.
Publisher Eric Apalategui has been an award-winning West Coast journalist and teacher for more than 20 years — and crazy about fishing much longer. Co-conspirators who share their angling insights on this website include expert writers and researchers, fishing guides, tackle shop owners, lodge operators, tackle manufacturers, angling organization members and, of course, lots of fellow fishing fanatics.
