For decades, the lower Cowlitz River reigned as king of winter steelhead fishing streams in Washington. It still does, but what once was an early winter fishery is now more of a say-hello-to-spring ...

GOLD HILL, Ore. (AP) - Winter steelhead are known as the fish of 1,000 casts. Eric Winkler caught his first on cast No. 3. The third time the 20-year-old Jacksonville man drifted a plug down the ...

Winter steelhead remain the biggest target of Oregon anglers, especially on the coast. The rains have made finding good times to fish a challenge at times, but the fish are in the water, officials ...

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 ...

After a snowy and saturated last few weeks in Oregon, the weather is settling down, which should help anglers targeting winter steelhead. Coastal rivers should be at good levels this weekend, while ...

A research study published this past weekend by the American Fisheries Society will almost certainly heat up the hatchery vs. wild debate about steelhead. A scientific review of 59 years of summer and ...

For winter steelhead anglers, the recent deluge was a welcome sight. While many Western Washington rivers remained high and turbid, the hope is that once they settle down the first hatchery steelhead ...

Winter steelhead are beginning to move into local rivers, but it is difficult to say with any certainty what kind of winter run the local rivers will receive this year. Fisheries managers are hesitant ...

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 ...

A fishing trip on the Sandy River with longtime guide Jack Glass starts with a boat ride that is fast and certain. As we sped upriver from Jack s river front home not far from Lewis and Clark State ...

There’s another delay on the Dungeness crab season this year — low meat yield and that pesky domoic acid means it’s looking like mid-December at the earliest. KLCC’s Rachael McDonald has the latest.