Bad weather can often lead to good fishing. I crawled out of my bed in a Grand Rapids hotel and looked out the large sliding glass doors. It's mid-April in Michigan, but it looked like winter, with ...
The Lake Pend Oreille Thanksgiving Derby runs Nov. 22-26 and Nov. 28-30 with a short break for Thanksgiving. (Get entry details and more at LPOIC.org.) A friend trolling a fly on a planer board took a ...
The “Egg-Sucking Leech” has proven to be a very effective fly pattern for anglers targeting steelhead in the Chautauqua County Lake Erie tributaries. Photo courtesy of FleegersFlies.com The winter ...
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 ...
November and December are the prime months to fish for steelhead in Lake Erie tributaries. These fish measure 15 inches to more than 30 inches in length. A 30-inch fish will weigh about 10 pounds. For ...
LANSING -- As the salmon runs start to wind down, steelhead action will increase, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment. Boats fishing shallow waters in the early ...
Every Friday, we’ll post fishing writer Jordan Rodriguez’s weekly report in the Playing Outdoors blog. His column appears three Tuesdays per month. Salmon River (Steelhead) I’m hearing good things ...