Winter is Shane Muckey’s favorite time of year for one reason: Salmon River steelhead. Muckey, 56, owns Altmar Outfitters ...

Plus, there are early reports of spring chinook being caught on a few local tributaries. Merwin is still fishing well, although most anglers who report are headed to the annual Lake Chelan Kokanee ...

The Methow River had the highest activity, accounting for more than half of the total harvest of 972 hatchery steelhead. In all, there were 428 wild steelhead released in three-month season — almost ...

Forecasts for salmon fishing in the Columbia River in 2025 is out. Overall, the news is good. The only exception is the summer Chinook run.

Longtime Cowlitz River fishing guide Dave Mallahan of Fishing with Dave Guide Service has adjusted his steelhead trips to coincide with the later returns. He does not start fishing the Cowlitz ...

A wild Pacific steelhead ... you’re fishing egg sacks, jigs, beads, spoons, or back trolling. In this game, the ‘how’ matters less than the ‘where’ and ‘why,’ because the reality is that there simply ...