By: Kyle McClelland After a few very poor big lake trolling seasons it’s been close to a normal year on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan. It might be a little below average if you account for the low numbers in June and early July, but now that August and September are here things have […]
By: Chris Shaffer While it took two hours to run from Valdez Harbor to the Gulf of Alaska, it took less than a minute to catch our first lingcod. And, literally a minute more to catch our second, third, forth, and so on. The lingcod bite was so hot that after two hours of nonstop […]
By: Mike Ainsworth While some of our North Puget Sound rivers are loaded with pink salmon right now large numbers of our migrating fish are starting to stage in The Sound to start making their runs in all the tributaries, including Lake Washington. Fish are waiting at the mouth and in the bays waiting for […]
By: Gary Blasi It’s been a very odd year on California’s North Coast. This El Nino has things weird. Conditions have been changing hourly, which has made the salmon go to the bottom, them go away and then come back. Everyday has been different. There hasn’t been a pattern we can follow. Basically, there’s a […]
I spend a lot of time guiding in Idaho for salmon and steelhead. That kind of fishing is fun, but I don’t get to take my family out to catch fish as much as I’d like to. Last week, on a vacation to the Oregon Coast, I was fortunate to be able to take my […]
By: TJ Hester Trolling herring for salmon is one of the oldest tricks in the book and also one of the most effective. While running straight herring is popular, and always will be, there are alternatives that are getting play, too. Personally, I run Brad’s Super Bait and Super Cut Plugs and have been doing […]
By: Tim Bouchard Fishing for silvers was terrible out of Valdez last year. However, this season things are back to normal. One of the best silver runs in Alaska is back on track. We’re nearing the peak of our silver run and things are looking good. Meanwhile, it’s been a weird run. The silvers came […]
By: Duane Inglin Every odd year we have a great opportunity in the Pacific Northwest. Pink salmon (humpies) return to our Puget Sound Rivers by the millions. Right now, this fall more than seven million our on their way. That equates to approximately 3.5 million reasons not to discard humpy eggs into the river along […]
We’ve been expecting an enormous run of pink salmon in the North Puget Sound. In fact, more than six million are expected to return. Our pink run on the Snohomish River opened on Sunday and it’s been very good since the minute it did. Action is already incredible and the numbers of pinks are building […]
By Luke Haman When running plugs you are going to catch more fish with scent regardless of where you are, be it in Alaska, the Northwest or Great Lakes. Adding scent to plugs is no secret. Anglers have been doing it for decades. I’m simply going to share what I’ve been doing the past 17 […]