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 ...

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 ...

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

Bighorn River: Hopper fishing is very good for trout with the Raineys Grand Hopper one to have in your fly box. The black caddis hatch is also very good with outstanding fishing in the evening. All of ...

GRAND MARAIS -- The rising sun has just kissed the Sawtooth Mountains on a July morning when a fishing rod starts shuddering in its rod-holder. Four of us are four miles out of Grand Marais on Lake ...

GRAND MARAIS, MINN. — Santiago, the protagonist in Hemingway's novel "The Old Man and the Sea,'' was a fisherman with a long run of tough luck, 84 days without a catch. Yet his knowledge of fish and ...

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.

ON LOWER MANITOU LAKE, ONTARIO -- The signs were obvious. We just didn't want to believe them. First, the water temperature was nearly 60 degrees. Too warm. Second, pine pollen already dusted the ...