Boats all along the shoreline, but no nets out. Magpies squawk in the alders. A tennis shoe floats by. Plastic bottles, bundles of dried sedge, and tumbleweeds join the parade. About the only thing ...

It’s high noon and discharge at Priest Rapids Dam is 100,000 cubic feet per second. I drop my anchor in 10 feet of water and put two rods out. Each is baited with a red prawn on a double-hook rig, ...

Summer in Soldotna, Alaska, is full of long days; July 1 is a 19-hour day and the 31st of August runs nearly 14 and a half hours. For fishing guide Andrew Chadwick, long days are just part of the job.

In the fishing towns of northern Washington State and coastal Alaska, the sockeye salmon is more than just a fish. It is a recurring miracle, a gift of God, the source of steady jobs, paid-up bills, ...

Five-hundred of the kokanee that were flushed out of Green Peter Reservoir in the 2023 "deep drawdown" have returned as ...

Too early for sure. I REALLY wanted to stay in bed, but even after four days of the same early morning wake-up call, I rolled out because I knew what awaited in the hours ahead. My son Kyle and I ...

British Columbia fishing guide Dean Werk says he was getting calls last week from keen anglers wondering if this would be their year. "Do you think there's going to be a salmon opening, Dean?" Now ...

As returning sockeye salmon to the Columbia River continue to exceed preseason expectations, fishery managers with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced Wednesday that Lake ...

As the run approaches its apex, Kenai River late-run sockeye appear to be entering the river in decent numbers -- a departure from last year’s disappointing return. Through July 17, 266,472 sockeye ...