Freshwater Stream Destinations
Native Trout:
Native Trout are indigenous or native to a given region. They have survived habitat change and introduction of non-native species by God.
Wild Trout:
Like native trout, wild, stream-bred trout are trout that are born and raised in the stream, not in a hatchery. They are different from native trout in that their ancestors were at one time stocked. After being stocked, they were able to survive and reproduce on their own well enough that stocking was discontinued. It is common to find stream-bred trout in streams and rivers where trout are still stocked.
Stocked Trout:
There is a huge difference in a stocked trout, a native trout and a wild trout. Stocked trout are born and feed in a hatchery prior to being stocked. They are much easier to catch than wild trout that were born in the stream and have spent their entire life capturing food only from what Mother Nature has provided. The stocked trout will usually fall for just about anything that remotely resembles food, especially if it is similar to what they were used to eating at the hatchery. They are much less afraid of danger than wild trout. Wild trout have to survive the treats of predators such as otters, birds and other fish their entire life.
Types of Trout Streams:
There are roughly three basic types of trout streams. Some are combinations of two of them and are difficult to label one or the other.
Species of Trout:
There are several species and subspecies of trout in the United States and Canada. Most of them fall into one of four categories, rainbow, brown, brook and cutthroat, but there are others.
Anadromous Species:
Anadromous fish are born in fresh water, spend most of their life in the sea and return to fresh water to spawn.
Pacific Coast Steelhead
Pacific Coast steelhead are rainbow trout that are born in freshwater streams, spend much of their life in the Pacific Ocean, and return to freshwater to spawn.
Great Lakes Steelhead
Great Lakes steelhead are rainbow trout that are descendants of Pacific Coast steelhead that are born in streams, spend much of their life in the Great Lakes, and return to streams to spawn.
Pacific Coast Salmon
Pacific coast salmon are born in freshwater streams, spend much of their life in the Pacific Ocean, and return to freshwater to spawn.
Atlantic Salmon
Atlantic Salmon are born in freshwater streams, spend most of their life in the Atlantic Ocean, and return to freshwater to spawn.
Great Lakes Salmon
Spend their life in the Great Lakes, and return to streams to spawn.
Sea-run Cutthroat Trout:
Sea-run cutthroat trout are cutthroat trout that are born in freshwater streams, spend much of their life at sea and return to freshwater to spawn.
Pennsylvania
Big Bushkill Creek Pennsylvania
Big Springs Creek Pennsylvania
Cedar Creek Pennsylvania
Elk Creek Pennsylvania
Falling Springs Branch (Creek) Pennsylvania
Fishing Creek Pennsylvania
Green Springs Creek Pennsylvania
Letort Spring Run Pennsylvania
Little Bushkill Creek, Pennsylvania
Little Lehigh Creek Pennsylvania
Little Schuylkill River Pennsylvania
Penns Creek Pennsylvania
Ridley Creek Pensylvania
Slate Run Creek Pennsylvania
Spring Creek Pennsylvania
Spruce Creek Pennsylvania
Tobyhanna Creek Pennsylvania
Tulpehocken Creek Pennsylvania
Kettle Creek Pennsylvania
Lackawanna River Pennsylvania
Lackawaxen River Pennsylvania
Bowman Creek Pennsylvania
Brodhead Creek Pennsylvania
Saucon Creek Pennsylvania
Monocacy Creek Pennsylvania
Lyman Run Pennsylvania
Little Pine Creek Pennsylvania
Pine Creek Pennsylvania
Cross Fork Creek Pennsylvania
Young Womans Creek Pennsylvania
Little Juniata River Pennsylvania
Bald Eagle Creek Pennsylvania
Dyberry Creek Pennsylvania
Lackawaxen River Pennsylvania
Six Mile Run Pennsylvania
Codorus Creek Pennsylvania
Honey Creek Pennsylvania
Tea Creek Pennsylvania
Oil Creek Pennsylvania
Allegheny River Pennsylvania
Caldwell Creek Pennsylvania
Loyalsock Creek Pennsylvania
“Miles” Creek Pennsylvania
Youghiogheny Creek Pennsylvania
Yellow Creek Pennsylvania
Big Cove Creek Pennsylvania
Walnut Creek Pennsylvania
Elk Creek Pennsylvania
Conneaut Creek Pennsylvania
Cedar Run Pennsylvania
Loyalhanna Creek Pennsylvania
Hickory Run Pennsylvania
Mud Run Pennsylvania
French Creek Pennsylvania
Valley Creek Pennsylvania
Little Mahoning Creek Pennsylvania
Bobs Creek Pennsylvania
Little Sandy Creek Pennsylvania
Clarion River Pennsylvania
Laurel Hill Creek Pennsylvania
Yellow Breeches Creek Pennsylvania
New England Streams
Maine
Rapid River Maine
Kennebago River Maine
Roach River Maine
Kennebec River Maine
Presumpscot River Maine
Pleasant River Maine
Penobscot River Maine
Grand Lake Stream Maine
Dead River Maine
Allagash River Maine
St. John River Maine
Androscoggin River Maine
Vermont
Clyde River Vermont
Dog River Vermont
Mad River Vermont
Lamoille River Vermont
Battenkill Vermont
Mettawee River Vermont
New Haven River Vermont
Otter Creek Vermont
Winooski River Vermont
White River Vermont
New Hampshire
Upper Connecticut River New Hampshire
Gale River New Hampshire
Swift River New Hampshire
Saco River New Hampshire
Lamprey River New Hampshire
Pemigewasset River New Hampshire
Ashuelot River New Hampshire
Androscoggin River New Hampshire
Ammonoosuc River New Hampshire
Sugar River New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Westfield River Massachusetts
Deerfield River Massachusetts
Hoosic River Massachusetts
Swift River Massachusetts
Quaboag River Massachusetts
Squannacook River Massachusetts
Millers River Massachusetts
Ipswich River Massachusetts
Connecticut
Saugatuck River Connecticut
Naugatuck River Connecticut
Salmon River Connecticut
Willimantic River Connecticut
Natchaug River Connecticut
Shetucket River Connecticut
Housatonic River Connecticut
Farmington River Connecticut
Salmon Brook Connecticut
Rhode Island
Blackstone River Rhode Island
Wood River Rhode Island
Tennessee
Little Pigeon River (W. Prong) GSMNP
Middle Prong Little Pigeon River GSMNP
Little River (East Prong) GSMNP
Middle Prong of Little River GSMNP
West Prong of Little River GSMNP
Cosby Creek GSMNP
Anthony Creek GSMNP
Clinch River Tennessee
Holston River Tennessee
South Holston River Tennessee
Hiwassee River Tennessee
Caney Fork River Tennessee
Watauga River Tennessee
Tellico River Tennessee
Citico Creek Tennessee
Paint Creek Tennessee
Laurel Creek Tennessee
North and South Indian Creeks Tenn
Elk River Tailwater Tennessee
Ft. Patrick Henry Tailwater Tennessee
Duck River Tennessee
Beaverdam Creek Tennessee
Laurel Fork Creek Tennessee
Doe River Tennessee
North Carolina
Raven Fork GSMNP
Straight Fork GSMNP
Cataloochee Creek GSMNP
Deep Creek GSMNP
Big Creek GSMNP
Oconaluftee River GSMNP
Hazel Creek GSMNP
Forney Creek GSMNP
Noland Creek GSMNP
Twenymile Creek GSMNP
Tuckasegee River North Carolina
Davidson River North Carolina
Raven Fork Cherokee North Carolina
Nantahala River North Carolina
Green River North Carolina
Linville River North Carolina
Wilson Creek North Carolina
Santeetlah Creek North Carolina
South Mills River North Carolina
Fires Creek North Carolina
Horsepasture River North Carolina
Cullasaja River North Carolina
Slickrock Creek North Carolina
Big Snowbird Creek North Carolina
South Toe River North Carolina
Chattooga River North Carolina
Whitewater River North Carolina
Thompson River North Carolina
Lost Cove Creek North Carolina
Jacobs Fork Creek North Carolina
Boone Fork Creek North Carolina
Upper Watauga River North Carolina
Pigeon River Tributaries North Carolina
North Mills River North Carolina
South Carolina
Chauga River South Carolina
Saluda River Tailwater South Carolina
Chattooga River, South Carolina
Eastatoe River South Carolina
Middle Saluda River South Carolina
Georgia
Upper Chattahoochee River Georgia
Chattahoochee River Tailwater Georgia
Toccoa River Tailwater Georgia
Upper Toccoa River Georgia
Noontootla Creek Georgia
Etowah River Georgia
Conasauga River Georgia
Tallulah River Georgia
West Fork of Chatooga River Georgia
Chestatee River Georgia
Jacks River Georgia
Dukes Creek Georgia
California
Hot Creek California
East Walker California
West Walker California
Smith River California
Upper Sacramento California
Lower Sacramento California
Pit River California
Hat Creek California
McCloud River California
Upper Owens California
Lower Owens California
San Juaquin California
Klamath River California
Trinity River California
Fall River California
Truckee River California
Putah Creek California
Kern River California
Little Truckee Calfornia
Tuolumne River, California
Oregon
Mckenzie River Orgeon
Deschutes River Oregon
Metolius River Oregon
Willamette River Oregon
Clackamas RIver Oregon
North Umpqua Oregon
Umpqua Oregon
Williamson Oregon
Upper Rouge Oregon
Lower Rouge Oregon
Donner Blitzen Oregon
Wood River Oregon
Grand Ronde Oregon
John Day River Oregon
Crooked River Oregon
Owyee River Oregon
North Santiam River Oregon
Fall River Oregon
Siletz River Oregon
Wenaha River, Oregon
Wallowa River, Oregon
Umatilla River, Oregon
Washington
Yakima River Washington
Hoh River Washington
Bogachiel River Washington
Sol Duc River Washington
Callawah River Washington
Skagit River Washington
Skyomish River Washington
Cowlirz River Washington
Stillaquamish River Washington
Sauk River Washington
Methow River Washington
Grande Ronde River Washington
Spokane River Washington
Wind River, Washington
Wenatchee River, Washington
Klickitat River, Washington
Queets River, Washington
Chehalis River, Washington
Lewis River, Washington
Kalamar River, Washington
Elochoman River, Washington
Utah
Green River Utah
Provo River Utah
Weber River Utah
Strawberry River Utah
Arkansas
Spring River Arkansas
White River Arkansas
Norfork Tailwater Arkansas
Little Red River Arkansas
Beaver Dam Tailwater Arkansas
Oklahoma
Blue River Oklahama
Lower Mountain Fork River Oklahoma
Indiana
Trail Creek Indiana
Iowa
French Creek Iowa
Waterloo Creek Iowa
Virginia
Rapidan River (SNP) Virginia
Whitetop Laurel Creek Virginia
Smith River Virginia
South Fork of the Holston River Virginia
Jackson River Virginia
Mossy Creek Virginia
East Hawksbill Creek (SNP) Virginia
Madison Run (SNP) Virginia
Mill Creek Virginia
Maury River Virginia
Bullpasture Run Virginia
Jackson River Tailwater Virginia
Laurel Fork Virginia
Big Stoney Creek Virginia
North Fork Moormans River, Virginia
Stewart’s Creek Virginia
Big Wilson Creek Virginia
Jerry’s Run Virginia
Big Run (SNP) Virginia
South River Virginia
Hughes River (SNP) Virginia
White Oak Canyon Run (SNP) Virginia
South Fork Piney River Virginia
North Creek Virginia
Dan River Virginia
Little Stony Creek Virginia
Dry River Virginia
North River Virginia
Tye River Virginia
Maryland
Savage River Maryland
Big Gunpowder Falls River Maryland
North Branch Potomac River Maryland
Casselman River Maryland
Youghiogheny River Maryland
Big Hunting Creek Maryland
New York
Delaware River New York
Neversink River New York
Beaverkill New York
Salmon River New York
Esopus River New York
Willowemoc Creek New York
Chautaqua Creek New York
Schoharie Creek New York
Canadaway Creek New York
Eighteen Mile Creek (Ontario) New York
Oswego River New York
Cattaraugus Creek New York
North Branch Salmon River New York
Sandy Creek (N., S., & Little) New York
Connetquot Creek New York
Croton River New York
West Canada Creek New York
Oatka Creek New York
Ischua Creek New York
West Branch Ausable River New York
Niagara River New York
New Jersey
Musconetcong River New Jersey
Big Flat Brook New Jersey
So. Branch Raritan River New Jersey
Pequest River New Jersey
West Virginia:
Cranberry River West Virginia
Seneca Creek West Virginia
South Branch Potomac River W. Virginia
Elk River West Virginia
Second Creek West Virginia
North Fork Cherry River West Virginia
Shavers Fork Cheat River West Virginia
Kentucky
Cumberland River Kentucky
Montana
Madison River Montana
Clark Fork River Montana
Little Blackfoot River Montana
Blackfoot River Montana
Bitterroot River Montana
Monture Creek Montana
Beaverhead River Montana
Big Hole River Montana
Bighorn River Montana
Rock Creek Montana
Smith River Montana
Joseph Creek Montana
Yellowstone River Montana
Ruby River Montana
Gallatin River Montana – Outside Park
Boulder River Montana
Teton River Montana
Big Spring Creek Montana
Flathead River Montana
Middle Fork Flathead River Montana
South Fork Flathead River Montana
North Fork Flathead River Montana
Kootenai River Montana
Stillwater River Montana
Swan River Montana
Yaak River Montana
Thompson River Montana
Flint Creek Montana
Missouri River Montana
Red Rock River Montana
Rock Creek in Southern Montana
Rosebud Creek Montana
Shields River Montana
Dearborn River Montana
Marias River Montana
Sun River Montana
Michigan:
Au Sable River Michigan
Boardman River Michigan
Little Manistee River Michigan
Upper Manistee River Michigan
Betsie River Michigan
Boyne River Michigan
Muskegon River Michigan
Platte River Michigan
St. Joseph River Michigan
Jordan River Michigan
Rogue River Michigan
Fox River Michigan
St. Mary’s River Michigan
Two Hearted River Michigan
Pere Marquette River Michigan
Wisconsin:
Wolf River Wisconsin
West Fork Kickapoo River Wisconsin
Prairie River Wisconsin
Bois Brule River Wisconsin
Milwaukee River Wisconsin
Blue River Wisconsin
Castle Rock Creek Wisconsin
Black Earth Creek Wisconsin
Kinnickinnic River Winconsin
Buffalo River Wisconsin
Mt. Vernon Creek Wisconsin
Big Green River Wisconsin
Root River Wisconsin
Ohio:
Mad River, Ohio
Chagrin River Ohio
Conneaut Creek Ohio
Grand River Ohio
Rocky River Ohio
Vermilion River Ohio
Minnesota:
Whitewater River Minnesota
South Branch Root River Minnesota
Trout Run Creek Minnesota
Vermillion River Minnesota
Missouri:
Crane Creek Missouri
North Fork of White River Missouri
Taneycomo Missouri
Mill Creek Missouri
Spring Creek Missouri
Barren Fork Creek Missouri
Blue Springs Creek Missouri
Current River Missouri
Little Piney Creek Missouri
Eleven Point River Missouri
Colorado:
Colorado River Colorado
Arkansas River Colorado
Blue River Colorado
White River Colorado
Gore Creek Colorado
Frying Pan River Colorado
Gunnison River Colorado
Cache la Poudre River, Colorado
Roaring Fork Colorado
South Platte River Colorado
Rio Grande Colorado
Taylor River Colorado
East River Colorado
Uncompahgre River Colorado
Fraser River Colorado
Eagle River Colorado
Yampa River Colorado
Elk River Colorado
St. Vrain Creek Colorado
Crystal River Colorado
Clear Creek Colorado
Williams Fork River Colorado
Dolores River Colorado
San Miguel River Colorado
Animas River Colorado
Conejos River Colorado
Cochetopa Creek, Colorado
Piedra River Colorado
San Juan River Colorado
North Platte River Colorado
Michigan River Colorado
Upper Rio Chama River Colorado
Arizona:
Salt River Arizona
Colorado River Arizona
Oak Creek Arizona
East Clear Creek Arizona
West Clear Creek Arizona
Canyon Creek Arizona
Tonto Creek Arizona
North Fork White River Arizona
Chevelon Creek Arizona
Big Bonito Creek Arizona
Black River Arizona
Little Colorado River Arizona
Silver Creek Arizona
Blue River Arizona
North Canyon Creek Arizona
Bright Angel Creek Arizona
New Mexico
San Juan River New Mexico
Rio Chama River – El Vado Tailwater
…..New Mexico
Rio Chama River New Mexico
Cimarron River New Mexico
Jemez River New Mexico
Pecos River New Mexico
Rio Vallecitos New Mexico
Red River New Mexico
Rio de los Pinos New Mexico
Rio Grande New Mexico
Rio Brazos River, New Mexico
Wyoming
Firehole River Yellowstone NP
Madison River Yellowstone N P
Gibbon River Yellowstone N P
Gallatin River Yellowstone N P
Straight, Obsidian, Winter, Obsidian &
Indian Creeks Yellowstone NP
Gardner River Yellowstone N P
Yellowstone River Yellowstone N P
Snake River Yellowstone N P
Slough Creek Yellowstone N P
Soda Butte Creek Yellowstone N P
Lewis River Yellowstone N P
Lamar River Yellowstone N P
Fall & Bechler Rivers Yellowstone N P
Duck Creek Yellowstone N P
Grayling Creek Yellowstone N P
Middle River Yellowstone N P
Lava Creek Yellowstone NP
Blacktail Deer Creek Yellowstone N P
Green River Wyoming
Snake River Wyoming
Gros Ventre River Wyoming
Clark’s Fork River Wyoming
Greybull River Wyoming
Shoshone River Wyoming
Salt River Wyoming
Wind River Wyoming
Greys River Wyoming
New Fork River Wyoming
Ham’s Fork River Wyoming
North Platte Riv (Gray Reef) Wyoming
Encampment River Wyoming
North Platte River Wyoming
Hoback River Wyoming
Flat Creek Wyoming
North Platte Riv (Miracle Mile) Wyoming
Tongue River Wyoming
Idaho:
Henry’s Fork of the Snake River Idaho
South Fork of the Snake River Idaho
Silver Creek Idaho
Big Wood River Idaho
Big Lost River Idaho
Big Lost River Tailwater Idaho
Lemhi River Idaho
Upper Salmon River Idaho
Teton River Idaho
Saint Joe River Idaho
Selway River Idaho
Clearwater River Idaho
North Fork Coeur d’ Alene River Idaho
Warm River Idaho
Boise River Idaho
Lochsa River Idaho
Kelly Creek Idaho
Florida
Mosquito Lagoon
Everglades National Park
The Florida Keys
Naples to the Everglades
Southwest Florida-Pine Island Sound
Sarasota Bay, Florida
Charlotte Harbor, Boca Grande, and Pine Island Sound
Destin and Choctawhatchee Bay