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 ...

Here is Tony Floor’s Tackle Box report for September: As an old dog – getting older – who has been around a salmon rod for decades, I have an issue I want to share with you. In mid-July, I ...

THE ART OF controlled depth fishing with a downrigger is both simple and complicated. Link together the downrigger cable with a cannonball, add your flasher or dodger, rig the rod, attach the line to ...

Anglers wanting to improve their skills should consider attending the two-day Salmon University later in March in Kent. For the ninth year, Tom Nelson of Salmon University is bringing together some of ...

On a crisp recent morning, Frank Urbanski, of Stanwood, watched his teenage son, Seth, react to a tug on his fishing line as they trolled Puget Sound waters off Edmonds. Around them, ferries ...

The small Pacific Coast town of Westport, Washington, is celebrating its centennial this summer, and the timing couldn’t be more perfect with salmon fishing resembling the “good old days.” Located at ...

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