Salmon fishing was “starting to pick up” across Michigan this past week, officials said. “Anglers targeting Chinook salmon had better luck this past week as fishing was starting to pick up,” on Lake ...

Sliver-blue is the choice today as we troll for salmon using the American Smelt crankbaits. The key strategy today is to vary ...

Today we're trolling for salmon in Lake Ontario: one lead core line, one planer board, and one jet diver. We're using the American Smelt and a Viper Spoon with an artificial plastic, and running them ...

A controversial 2023 court ruling ordering the closure of commercial trolling for king salmon, or chinook, in Southeast Alaska has been lifted. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday partially ...

Wild Fish Conservancy has filed a lawsuit that could effectively end commercial king salmon trolling in southeast Alaska. The conservation group claimed Alaska’s salmon harvesting threatens endangered ...

With salmon populations struggling, fishery officials have decided to ban fishing along the California coast for a second straight year. The Pacific Fishery Management Council, a multi-state, ...

Growing up as I did in mid-Ohio, I didn’t have much reason to think about what might constitute the best salmon lures. Walleyes? Yes. Crappies? Absolutely. Smallmouth? From time to time; but never ...

William "Captain Smitty" Smith stands for a portrait at Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay in 2024. (Loren Elliott / For The Times) After a two-year shutdown, fishing boats will fan out along the ...

It’s not prime time yet, but salmon action is picking up in several areas of Michigan, according to state officials. Some 18-plus pound Chinook salmon were reported out of Frankfort, according to the ...

Here’s how fishing looks this week in the Northwest Lower Peninsula, Northeast Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula, according to the latest report from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

The 2010 fall broodstock Atlantic salmon fishing season is underway. The DEP began its annual stockings of surplus broodstock Atlantic salmon a couple of weeks ago by releasing 100 salmon into the ...

Val Armijo of Albuquerque caught his limit of rainbow trout, ranging from 16 to 22 inches in length, using Salmon Peach ...