Lake Martin The sweetest spot in Alabama may just be this lake, 80 miles southwest of Birmingham. When it was built in the 1920s, Lake Martin was the largest man-made body of water in the world; it ...

In 2025, the Statesman Journal outdoors team wrote about fascinating people and traveled to stunning places. Here's our 10 ...

Hidden along the scenic routes of southern Oregon lies a place where time seems to stand still. Collier Memorial State Park ...

Tucked away in the northern reaches of Arkansas, where the Ozark Mountains cradle some of the clearest waters you’ll ever see, Diamond City stands as a testament to what happens when nature and ...

The town hugs the shoreline of Bull Shoals Lake, one of Arkansas’s largest and most pristine bodies of water. This massive reservoir spans over 45,000 acres with crystal-clear waters that reach depths ...

Efforts to preserve and rebuild populations of the Crater Lake newt, a tiny, semi-aquatic sub-species of salamanders found ...

Last August, the Mazama newt — an amphibian species found only in Crater Lake — moved into the Oregon Zoo’s conservation lab ...

Alan Bland shows a Beaver Lake crappie he caught May 2 from the Pine Creek arm on the upstream end of the reservoir. The fish ...

Austin Kennedy, fishing guide, said trout bite best from late morning into the afternoon as sunlight warms the water. Try ...

The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources announced that 46 lakes and streams across the state were stocked with trout ...

While native to Western North America, rainbow trout have become one of the most popular freshwater gamefish around the globe through stocking programs. They are coveted by both conventional and fly ...

According to the Iowa DNR, rainbow trout will be released in Bacon Creek Lake in Sioux City at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Jan 22, ...