Learn how to rig, deploy, and catch fish with a downrigger for consistent success targeting trout, salmon, walleye or any other deep water fish. This gives you the basic idea of a downrigger set up.

Altmar, N.Y. — Winter is Shane Muckey’s favorite time of year for one reason: Salmon River steelhead. Muckey, 56, owns Altmar Outfitters lodge and fish cleaning station, a local landmark familiar to ...

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 ...

The fish had been missing from the headwaters of the Klamath River for more than a century. Just a year after the removal of ...

After decades of conflict, farmers and tribes say they’re working in concert to restore salmon habitat in the Klamath Basin. But two dams remain Klamath tribal member and fish tech Charlie Wright ...

PULASKI, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is hosting the 26th annual Salmon River Fish Hatchery Open House on Saturday, Sept. 27, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The ...

Courtesy of Matt Mais / Yurok Tribe Chinook salmon are spawning in streams above four former dam sites on the Klamath River in numbers that are astounding biologists. Now, a network of tribes, ...

Chinook salmon swim up a creek in Washington state. (Getty Images) Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a series on salmon originally published by the Idaho Capital Sun. The Nez Perce Tribe ...

This riverside retreat offers stellar scenery and outdoor activities ranging from sailing and fishing to hiking and biking, ...

A truck transporting 102,000 young Chinook salmon crashed on its way to Oregon’s Imnaha at the end of March. According to the Washington Post, the driver was okay with only minor injuries but the fish ...