Fly fishing Mid-day and later will be best on the Spokane River as well as the Idaho rivers. Blue winged olives and midges will have some fish podded up and feeding early afternoons for a few hours.

LAKE ONTARIO The strong winds over the last few weeks continue to make fishing the big lake difficult. When anglers are able to get out on the lake, fishing around tributary mouths has been a good ...

The author holds an early spring lake trout caught while trolling a crankbait just a few feet below the surface of Lake Superior. / Joe Shead There are lots of different ways to catch lake trout, but ...

The Department of Natural Resources’ weekly fishing report for Oct. 1 shows some of the most current conditions in the region and best methods. Here’s what anglers said about recent fishing conditions ...

Presque Isle: Anglers reported decent numbers of lake trout between 90 to140 feet of water. Dodgers and Spin-N-Glos worked well when fished close to bottom as well as bright colored spoons. Steelhead ...

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.

Fly fishing Amber Lake is open until Nov. 30 with a limit of one trout 18 inches or larger, and it should provide good fishing right to the end. Dark-colored wooly buggers are doing well. By late ...

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.

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 ...

There are lots of different ways to catch lake trout, but the key to consistency is knowing the best techniques and lures to use based on the current conditions and the fish’s patterns and preferences ...