Nothing ruins a bass bite faster than a personal watercraft ripping by at 50 mph. And nothing puts rising trout down quicker than a flotilla of tubers kicking and splashing their way down the river.

The Lake Pend Oreille Thanksgiving Derby runs Nov. 22-26 and Nov. 28-30 with a short break for Thanksgiving. (Get entry details and more at LPOIC.org.) A friend trolling a fly on a planer board took a ...

Anglers targeting salmon and lake trout had “lots of luck” in different areas of Michigan this past week, according to state officials. “Anglers were targeting both salmon and trout this last week ...

Lake trout might be the ultimate winter trophy. A tangle with one of these denizens of the deep is not soon forgotten. Lake trout fight with spirit and are always game for a battle in winter’s cold ...

A rainbow trout hops out of the water as it is reeled in at Klineline Pond. The annual Washington trout derby kick-off coincides with the lowland lakes season opener. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian) ...

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Just one place in Michigan was seeing “excellent catches” of anything this past week, according to state officials. Boat anglers had “excellent catches of lake trout” on West Bay out of Grand Marais ...