Salmon Recovery on the Columbia River 1
Trout/Salmon Fishing

Salmon Recovery on the Columbia River

Salmon recovery efforts may have just taken a big step forward, thanks to a collaborative project between the Northwest Fisheries Science Center, the Hood River Production Program, and the Bonneville Power Administration. As detailed in […]

Yakima Bait Company
Trout/Salmon Fishing

Getting The Most From In-line Spinners

When it comes to producing in-line spinners that catch fish, the Yakima Bait Company leads the charge. The iconic Rooster Tail line of spinners catches just about everything that swims. For generations of anglers the […]

Coho Return to Oregon's Grande Ronde
Trout/Salmon Fishing

Coho Return to Oregon’s Grande Ronde

Coho salmon are swimming in Oregon’s Grande Ronde River Basin for the first time in decades following the release of 500,000 juvenile coho in the Lostine River, a tributary of the Grande Ronde, by the […]

Where To Find Trout
Trout/Salmon Fishing

Where To Find Trout

While you might get lucky pulling up to any old spot at a river and throwing a line, learning the areas trout prefer in a stream will increase your chances of catching fish. To understand […]

Angling tips to help trout and salmon beat the heat
Trout/Salmon Fishing

Angling tips to help trout and salmon beat the heat

NYS DEC -During the steamy “dog days” of August, it is important to remember that trout and salmon (coldwater sportfish) experience serious physical stress whenever water temperatures climb above 70° Fahrenheit.  Heat stressed fish often […]

2.5 Mag Lip Is Perfect For Trout
Trout/Salmon Fishing

2.5 Mag Lip Is Perfect For Trout

The Yakima 2.5 Mag Lip is perfect for fishing trout in natural lakes, the Great Lakes and also rivers. This bait has a strong natural dive profile and will dive up to 13 feet when […]

Invaders in Oregon’s Diamond Lake to be Fed to the Tiger Trout
Trout/Salmon Fishing

Diamond Lake Invaders to be Fed to the Tiger Trout

Invasive species have become a serious problem in south central Oregon’s popular Diamond Lake and could potentially impact the excellent trout fisheries.  The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) will be trying something new…add […]

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Trout/Salmon Fishing

Go Hunting for Spring Trout

Springtime brings more light and warmer temperatures changing the creeks, rivers and streams into outstanding trout havens bursting with insect hatchess and hungry fish. A key to getting great trout fishing action in the early […]

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Trout/Salmon Fishing

It Takes a Village to Save a Fish

Montana’s Arctic grayling are special fish. For starters, scientists believe that Arctic grayling migrated to North America much like our human ancestors: over the Beringia land bridge from Asia, possibly as far back as 3 […]

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Trout/Salmon Fishing

A Legacy of Conservation

By The Washington Chronicle: For decades, Errol Anderson collected pea-sized pink coho salmon eggs from state hatcheries and put them in his remote site incubators near Adna, raising 3 million fish in an effort to […]

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Trout/Salmon Fishing

Real or Not? Let the Fish Decide

Intelligent ice anglers are having success combining traditional live bait tactics with the use of realistic artificial lures. Times are a changin’. Used to be when we went ice fishing, our presentation always included a […]

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Trout/Salmon Fishing

Dances with Gila Trout

Many times in my U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service career I’ve pinched myself to make sure I was not dreaming. My first trip to Frye Mesa Reservoir in the Coronado National Forest in southeastern Arizona […]

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Trout/Salmon Fishing

Fall Kokanee Salmon Run

Autumn is a time of plenty for anglers, as cooling water temperatures spark feeding binges among a variety of gamefish. For some species, however, fall ushers in an equally primal urge, causing fish to migrate […]