Kids can learn to fish, win prizes and celebrate their catch at Brackenridge Park, with no fishing license required.

With the opening of the Mentored Youth Trout season looming on the horizon (March 30), I can’t help but think back to what trout season was like for a kid during the 60s and 70s when I was growing up.

Self-avowed trout fishing addict Hunter Kremmin was having a great day fishing recently at one of his favorite spots on the Genesee River near his hometown in Wellsville. He’d landed a few wild browns ...