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 ...

The third year of the extreme drawdown of Green Peter and Lookout Point is taking place across November and December. Here's what to know.

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 ...

In 2017, fewer than 1,000 winter steelhead returned to the upper Willamette Basin. That number has exploded to more than 7,600 so far this year. The returns are the highest since 2004. Zach Urness is ...

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 ...

Oregon fish officials are stocking kokanee in Green Peter Reservoir again, despite the fact that they may once again get flushed back out.

STEELHEAD RETURNS WERE vastly improved on West End rivers in 2023-24, solid returns are again forecast and fisheries biologists with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife are leaning toward ...

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 ...

Gather up the gumption and your cold-weather gear and head to Traverse City for winter steelhead fishing on river frontage devoid of the elbow-to-elbow crowds of the spring run. Steelhead can be ...

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) A thick run of early winter steelhead will be swimming back to hatcheries on six North Coast rivers over the next couple weeks. And even if anglers miss 'em the first time, they ...