Few moments can jazz winter like seeing the chrome flash of a steelhead in a dark and frigid river. Fisherman and writer Bob Butz shares the how-to of steelhead fishing in Northern Michigan. Before I ...

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 ...

Winter steelhead are returning to local rivers, and anglers are gearing up for the action. The early returning hatchery-produced runs in Region 5 continue to be switched over to in-basin stocks that ...

Gather up the gumption and your cold-weather gear and head to Traverse City for winter steelhead fishing on river frontage devoid of the elbow-to-elbow crowds of the spring run. Steelhead can be ...

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 ...

A wild Pacific steelhead is one of the most coveted fish in the country. Because different groups of steelhead run up rivers at different times, it’s possible to target them in the Northwest ...

STEELHEAD RETURNS WERE vastly improved on West End rivers in 2023-24, solid returns are again forecast and fisheries biologists with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife are leaning toward ...