Several downrigger styles are available. Electric downriggers are standard on most charter boats. An electric 'rigger deploys and reels in the downrigger weight, which may weigh 10 or 12 pounds or ...

So, we've looked at what I like for saltwater bottom fishing (which includes halibut, pacific cod, rockfish, and the elusive lingcod). Now I have some suggestions for the best gear for catching salmon ...

Here is Tony Floor’s Tackle Box report for September: As an old dog – getting older – who has been around a salmon rod for decades, I have an issue I want to share with you. In mid-July, I ...

Two Montana couples went out for a leisurely day of salmon trolling on Fort Peck Lake on Aug. 9. Fishing aboard James and Nancy Fauth’s 25-year-old pontoon boat, Tony and Emily Simonsen were enjoying ...

Forecasting weather in Grand Marais, Minnesota is kind of like throwing a dart at a chart of possible weather conditions. You never know what you are going to land on, and like a lot of Minnesota ...

Despite the enormous amount of enjoyment that I gain from fishing for salmon, being a guide is not in my DNA. I might lend others gear and offer opinion, but angling companions are largely on their ...

The Department of Natural Resources’ weekly fishing report for July 2 shows some of the most current conditions in the region and best methods. Anglers on Lake Michigan in Manistee caught a few ...

A young southern resident killer whale chases a chinook salmon in the Salish Sea near San Juan Island, Wash., in September 2017. Resident orcas usually don’t go for chinook until they reach about 25 ...

Sign-up for this weekend’s KC Salmon Derby at Pollywog’s Sport Shop in Desert Aire south of Vantage by 5 p.m. Friday. Registration will be allowed Friday evening at the Vernita Bridge derby check ...

As we motored out of McKinley Marina in Milwaukee on May 30, the eastern horizon was rimmed with orange. The sky held only a waning crescent moon and a few ring-billed gulls. But the water of Lake ...

Commercial salmon trolling in Southeast Alaska had a slow start to the winter season. That’s likely to mean another year of restrictions for both commercial and sport fishing for king salmon in 2019.

FINES AND FORFEITURE of a fishing boat are the outcome for a Bainbridge Island angler who willfully disregarded just about every salmon fishing regulation on the books late last August off Sekiu. Mark ...