Trout in the Classroom is a conservation-oriented education program designed for elementary to high school students. This popular program is growing successfully across Pennsylvania schools because of the interdisciplinary nature of the program and the high-level of engagement educators are seeing from kids during the program. One educator at Nottingham Elementary in the Oxford Area School District has embraced this program and made the most of it for his fourth-grade classroom.

​Waters are starting to warm up in the rivers and lakes across Pennsylvania. Besides thawing yourself out, bass are starting to feel the water warm and are beginning to prepare for spawning. Pre-spawn bass fishing success has a lot to do with being flexible and sticking it out cast after cast with lures you have confidence in. For instance, there are certain goto pre-spawn bass fishing lures that are a must this time of year.

Trout fishing in Pennsylvania on opening day is exciting and frustrating. Typically the streams and lakes are full of people and the weather is not always that great either. The best trout fishing holes are packed with anglers well before first light, which leaves you thinking how am I going to catch a limit. Try these trout fishing spots that most anglers avoid on opening day to catch more fish.