Several downrigger styles are available. Electric downriggers are standard on most charter boats. An electric 'rigger deploys and reels in the downrigger weight, which may weigh 10 or 12 pounds or ...

When fishing with a partner for lake trout on Flathead Lake or lake trout and chinook on Fort Peck Reservoir, you can fish with four rods. If you only have two downriggers, like me, you can put one ...

Lake trout are denizens of the deep. For most of the year, they’re hunkered down 50 feet or more in the recesses of lakes and reservoirs, chilling out below the thermocline in colder water. To catch ...

FOLSOM − Salmon fishing is closed in the ocean waters and rivers of California this year due to the collapse of Sacramento and Klamath-Trinity fall-run Chinook salmon runs, but there are still ...

Anglers targeting salmon and lake trout had “lots of luck” in different areas of Michigan this past week, according to state officials. “Anglers were targeting both salmon and trout this last week ...

I dragged the 12-foot aluminum boat across the frozen boat landing and attached a 6-horse motor that was older than I was. I hoped the dang thing would start…because I was about to take the tiny boat ...

We re back deep in the Washington backcountry chasing trout in one of the most stunning high mountain lakes you ll ever see. The hike was no joke, but the payoff was crystal-clear water, insane ...

Here’s how fishing looks this week in the Northwest Lower Peninsula, Northeast Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula, according to the latest report from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

The 2024 Fall Mack Days Fishing Event on Flathead Lake will begin two weeks early on Sept. 5 and will end on Nov. 3. The event dates were moved up to try and alleviate the cold mid-November ...

When the eyes of the nation and beyond turn to Milwaukee for the 2024 Republican National Convention the media stream will include accounts of the city's character, amenities and challenges. But I'll ...