The ice fishing for 2025 is over, reports Capt. Mike Sperry with Chautauqua Reel Outdoors. Currently, the ice is not safe. It’s time to get your boat ready. Perch will be ready when you can get out ...

The snowflakes fall, and a chilly wind blows down the Salmon River valley. The windchill hovers around the freezing mark. But ...

The gentle silence of the season when snow is on the ground is somehow extraordinary; the chirping of wintering birds is so ...

I’ve spent hours on the water fishing for crappie, stripers, largemouths, and speckled trout with these combos. I pitched jigs, worked crankbaits, and fished live bait from the shore and a boat.

MISSOULA, Mont. — Idaho Fish and Game reports steelhead broodstock collection on the South Fork of the Clearwater River is off to a great start. Every year since 2010, Idaho Fish and Game has ...

Although mild air and plenty of slush have replaced the arctic outbreak that plunged temperatures well below zero in parts of Northeastern Oregon, the cold snap thickened the ice considerably on ...

onto a jig hook and swim it through the river’s darkest pools. I’ve been fishing for trout for as long as I can remember. I called on my years of trout knowledge and reviewed commercial baits ...

Annear said some steelhead and trophy sized brood rainbow ... He said if you fish jigs up high, you can catch crappie. Fish deeper and you can get yellow perch and bluegill.

as well as tiny marabou hair jigs sweetened with a couple of maggots, a waxworm, or plastic beads. Remember the winter bag limit on steelhead trout is two fish that are at least 12 inches on the ...

Kids can choose two packs of soft beads and a pack of hard beads (highly effective steelhead baits). They can then ask Andrew to tie them a jig where they can choose everything about the jig ...

Altmar, N.Y. — Winter is Shane Muckey’s favorite time of year for one reason: Salmon River steelhead. Muckey, 56, owns Altmar Outfitters lodge and fish cleaning station, a local landmark ...

We're gonna be float fishing some beads, some bait, some jigs, some bags ... Look at that guy. These steelhead are such pretty fish. We were releasing everything we caught today.