My fishing guide, Shiloh Patterson, vividly remembers the first time he hooked a king salmon back in 1997. The fight lasted ...

The Schrantz brothers—Dennis, Tim, Joe, and Mike—live in four different states, but each year they all get together for one week in October to fish the Salmon River. “We’ve been doing it for about 10 ...

Swinging for steelhead is starting to become a sink tip game. On the Snake and the mouth of the Grande Ronde you can fish ...

New York State is waiving the $25 fee for fishing licenses on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2025. It’s the sixth and last free ...

ON THE PENOBSCOT RIVER, Maine—As any fisherman will tell you, small fish are better than no fish. But I didn’t come here for the little guys. Ask around in knowledgeable fly-fishing circles and you’ll ...

A low, moist fog hung over the Smith River, cloaking the secrets of what has become the world's No. 1 fly-fishing river for giant salmon. As we pushed off in the drift boat, my partner, Ed Rice of ...

The trout rose in a smooth arc, took my tumbling salmon fly, and completed its curve in an undulating, revelatory sequence. A greenish speckled back and a flash of scarlet on silver along its side ...

The Sacramento River opens to salmon fishing on Saturday and fishing guides are reporting that good numbers of fish are expected. Dave Jacobs of Jacobs Guided Fishing told the RGJ the Pacific Ocean ...

America's diehard fly fishers don't need the reminder, but Michigan's Au Sable River has been recognized as the best fly fishing river in the U.S. by USA TODAY readers. "The Au Sable River spans 138 ...

Jason Harmon wouldn't fish for trout with a 10-foot pole. He prefers a 20-footer. Harmon, a fly fishing guide on the White River below Bull Shoals Dam, casts to a different drummer when he's after ...