As my boat glided through the mist, one rod gave three telltale downward bobs on the downrigger. Before I even had hands on it, a silver rocket exploded out of the water, pirouetting across the ...

As Captain Kyle Sandy motored away from Mile High Marina, the bustle of McCall faded into the peaceful stillness of our alpine surroundings. And after weeks of near-triple-digit heat in the Treasure ...

Winter kokanee fishing is a fairly new phenomenon. Or, it is fairly new to most anglers. Some old-timers, who knew that the landlocked salmon could be caught in December as easily as June, kept it ...

Brad Halleck remembers waking up before sunrise to go fishing at Green Peter Reservoir. “If you didn’t get there by 7 a.m., the parking lots were full,” said Halleck, a longtime angler and board ...

At Detroit Reservoir in late April, more than 70 boats cruised circles around the lake in pursuit of a fish — salmon. But chances are good it's not the type of salmon most Oregonians would imagine. As ...

Labor Day found me without a fishing partner due to illness, so I headed to Ririe Reservoir to observe how the fishing was going for both man and birds. Before the sun came up, the sky was busier than ...

ISSAQUAH, Wash. — With its distinct reddish color, the Kokanee, a freshwater salmon, are making a comeback though experts admit they don’t exactly know why. Last year the local population climbed to ...

Merrily we trolled along, enjoying the alpine scenery of Horsethief Reservoir and just enough of a breeze to combat the summer heat. “Who’s ready for a turn fish?” I called out as I angled the boat a ...

A persistent breeze off the chilled waters of the Lake Nighthorse reservoir made for contemptibly cold conditions on the small floating platform where Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologist Jim White ...

The border of Wyoming and Utah isn’t always the first place people think of when they hear about salmon. Alaska, Washington, even Idaho are more likely to come to mind. But Flaming Gorge Reservoir’s ...