Over the past few years, summer steelhead fishing on the North Santiam River has been so bad that longtime guide Mike Ferris decided to stay home and buy a lottery ticket. “I figured that I had the ...

It has been a good year for fish returns in the Columbia River, and the high numbers of summer steelhead passing through Bonneville Dam are enough to keep fishing open on the Lower Deschutes River.

THE DALLES, Ore. (KTVZ) —The popular Lower Deschutes River will remain open for steelhead fishing under permanent regulations. More than 21,000 unmarked summer steelhead have passed Bonneville Dam ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has implemented angling regulations to protect summer steelhead on the Lower Deschutes River. The restriction comes amid a poor forecast for Columbia River ...

Late summer salmon and steelhead fishing opportunities can be found, and most are focusing their efforts along the southwestern corner of the state. Salmon fishing has slowly been building in recent ...

THE DALLES, Ore. (KTVZ) — The popular Lower Deschutes River will remain open by permanent rule for steelhead fishing through at least Sept. 14 after meeting a key threshold in its fish management ...

Sockeye returns on the Columbia River have greatly underwhelmed expectations, while steelhead activity is showing promise with rising dam counts. Summer Chinook is also making a comeback with planned ...

Summer steelhead in the lower Columbia River have a sweet tooth. That’s one of the lessons Jim Nicol of Oregon says he learned in 20 years of full-time guiding in the Northwest. It’s knowledge he ...

When the salmon hit the docks in Astoria, Ore., during the Buoy 10 fishery, the town puts on a festival atmosphere. If you go, better make the reservations soon. Most hotels will book up solid. (Team ...

If you want all three species in their native waters, Washington is one of the few places left in the continental U.S. you'll find them. For a trout, salmon, and steelhead trip, conventional wisdom ...