When the salmon hit the docks in Astoria, Ore., during the Buoy 10 fishery, the town puts on a festival atmosphere. If you go, better make the reservations soon. Most hotels will book up solid. (Team ...

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CLATSOP, Oregon — Here’s a way to beat the heat at the No. 1 summertime salmon angling spot in the Northwest: It’s a place marked by big water, lots of elbow room across soft, sandy shore and ...

From offshore trolling to pier casting and river wading, here’s how to catch bruiser Great Lakes kings during their fall movement toward shore. Fall is trophy king salmon season for Great Lakes ...

Have you ever wanted to catch that trophy fish? Or do you love a fantastic story set against a breathtaking backdrop of water? This research delves into the realm of fishing movies and TV shows, ...

Restoring water for salmon runs is restorative for the region’s people as it will improve water quality for all.” ...

This story, “Making Up Salmon Water,” appeared in the May 1953 issue of Outdoor Life. A stiff northwester was giving Moosehead Lake the full treatment. Even the big cabin cruisers were standing on end ...

My fishing guide, Shiloh Patterson, vividly remembers the first time he hooked a king salmon back in 1997. The fight lasted only 10 seconds before his line snapped, but it was all he could talk about ...

It is a joyous time of year for tens of thousands of salmon anglers in the Pacific Northwest. Oh, sure, it is Christmas and all that, but last week the prognosticators of such things put out their ...

Reports of spawning salmon running up the Salmon River from Lake Ontario have been pouring in for over a month now, but many anglers say they haven’t yet seen a major push of fish come through. Higher ...

On a lonely skiff in Bristol Bay, a five-pound salmon thrashes under my gloves as I wrestle it out of the gill net. It’s 10 p.m. in Alaska, where I’ve joined a crew of three aboard the Baby Seal, a 23 ...