BOISE, Idaho — The Deadwater ice jam just below North Fork near the Idaho-Montana border broke free this last weekend, marking the beginning of the spring steelhead fishing season in the Gem State.

Weekend reports have been mixed, with talk of really good fishing for steelhead and spring chinook on the Cowlitz to slow action for Puget Sound blackmouth. Anglers willing to make a trip could try a ...

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The “Egg-Sucking Leech” has proven to be a very effective fly pattern for anglers targeting steelhead in the Chautauqua County Lake Erie tributaries. Photo courtesy of FleegersFlies.com The winter ...

Every Tuesday, we’ll post fishing writer Jordan Rodriguez’s weekly report in the Playing Outdoors blog. His column will appear three Wednesdays per month. Salmon and Clearwater Rivers (Steelhead) ...

Nick Knezevich, of Moose Lake, nets a young rainbow trout during the 2023 steelhead opener along Wisconsin’s Bois Brule River. This year's combined fall/spring steelhead run was down a bit from the 32 ...

Cowlitz River – A few steelhead being reported caught along with an occasional spring Chinook. Last week, Tacoma Power employees recovered one coho adult and 51 winter-run steelhead adults in four ...

The only emotion that rivals "lost," in outdoor vocabulary, is "found." True about directions, it’s equally true of stuff, ...