When you’re getting ready to cast your fishing line, are you adding a bobber, float or strike indicator? Bobbers have come a long way from being just a plastic red and white ball sitting a couple feet ...

Something about bobber fishing has hooked me since childhood. It is there, very real and so enticing, but I can’t exactly tell you why it is so appealing. Perhaps it is the cadence of the float as it ...

A silvery torpedo of a fish captured the imagination of Rudyard Kipling on the Clackamas River more than a century ago. And now, after weeks of sodden cabin fever, you're pondering the long-range ...

Keep it simple, use basic colors of lures and stick to a couple of techniques Steelhead season is upon us, gift-wrapped for Christmas and set to last through Easter and beyond. It's never too late to ...

Here is the latest fishing report from Dave Graybill, longtime Eastern Washington outdoor radio host and angler: Steelhead fishing is open on a couple of our area streams and the main stem Columbia ...

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 ...

ROCKFORD — We fished hard, the three of us, for 90 minutes or so, on one of the most tried-and-true steelhead holes on the Rogue River, without as much as a sniff. Oh, our bobbers went down now and ...

During the early season before the spawn, crappie and panfish bites can be difficult to detect at times with traditional methods. They're much lighter than what you'll get during the spawn and in the ...

What Is a Slip Bobber and Why Use One? A slip bobber is a low-impact way to present a bait at a certain depth, whether it's just off the bottom, just above weed tops or at the same level as suspended ...

Want to catch big fish? Of course you do, and if you want to consistently catch them, steelhead and salmon are your best bets. Let’s look at the tape, scale and ticker. The average Idaho rainbow trout ...

Winter steelhead remain the biggest target of Oregon anglers, especially on the coast. The rains have made finding good times to fish a challenge at times, but the fish are in the water, officials ...

Last week’s heavy rain followed by a stretch of dry weather has improved winter steelhead fishing in Oregon’s rivers. Here’s a breakdown of where anglers are catching the sea-run rainbow trout, which ...