A wild Pacific steelhead is one of the most coveted fish in the country. Because different groups of steelhead run up rivers at different times, it’s possible to target them in the Northwest ...

The number of winter steelhead returning to the Upper Willamette Basin reached its highest level in two decades this season, providing hope that the ocean-going trout can rebound after a near ...

Winter steelhead are returning to local rivers, and anglers are gearing up for the action. The early returning hatchery-produced runs in Region 5 continue to be switched over to in-basin stocks that ...

For many anglers, the arrival of winter ushers in a season of rest and recovery. But for those of us who pursue steelhead, winter is not the time for taking a break. It’s a time to spend long days on ...

Winter steelhead fishing along the Great Lakes can be some of the most fun you’ll ever have. It can also be some of the most difficult and miserable fishing you’ll ever experience. I’ve had it both ...

Few moments can jazz winter like seeing the chrome flash of a steelhead in a dark and frigid river. Fisherman and writer Bob Butz shares the how-to of steelhead fishing in Northern Michigan. Before I ...

Cain holds up a drop-back steelhead, caught without any competition. Across the Upper Midwest and Northeast, winter is steelhead season. Starting around Halloween and lasting through February — if ...

ODFW asks anglers who harvest a hatchery winter steelhead to put the snout in specially marked collection barrels in the Umpqua Basin. If the fish is coded wire tagged, anglers may win a gift card to ...

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