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Team Fish Hawk Wins Steelheaders Fishing Tournament in Michigan

by Outdoor Hub May 17, 2012

Lake Michigan fishing excitiement took hold of St. Joseph, Michigan last weekend. Pier 33 Marina was the host facility for the 2012 Schu’s Summer Challenge, presented by the Southwest Michigan Steelheaders May 9 thru 11. This exciting fishing tournament brought anglers together from a wide region surrounding Lake Michigan, with a total of 52 boats [...]

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Endangered Steelhead Bust on California’s Garcia River Illustrates Need for Protection

by Outdoor Hub April 18, 2012

While conducting a warrant search for illegal marijuana Mendocino County law enforcement officials were surprised when they also found endangered wild steelhead and poached ducks. On March 7, Department of Fish and Game (DFG) warden Don Powers seized 18 wild steelhead and 56 ducks from freezers in two locations while assisting the Mendocino County Sheriff’s [...]

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Lake Erie Sport Fishing Outlook is Positive for 2012

by Outdoor Hub March 30, 2012

Lake Erie anglers should enjoy a diversity of fishing opportunities in 2012, according to biologists with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. “When you consider the mix of species and sizes that are seasonally available to Ohio anglers, we are optimistic about the fishing prospects this year,” said Roger Knight,Lake Erie [...]

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Washington’s Abernathy Creek Opens for the Retention of Hatchery Steelhead

by Outdoor Hub March 24, 2012

Action: Open Abernathy Creek to hatchery steelhead retention. Effective Dates: March 24 through April 30, 2012. Species affected: Hatchery steelhead. Location: From the mouth (Hwy. 4 Bridge) to posted markers 500 feet below Abernathy Salmon Hatchery (Abernathy Fish Technology Center). Reason for action: Steelhead in excess of hatchery brood stock needs is expected to be available for harvest. Other information: Catch [...]

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Washington’s, Germany Creek Opens for Retention of Hatchery Steelhead

by Outdoor Hub March 24, 2012

Action: Open Germany Creek to hatchery steelhead retention.  Effective Dates: March 24 through April 30, 2012. Species affected: Hatchery steelhead. Location:  From the mouth to the end of Germany Creek Road (approximately 5 miles). Reason for action: Hatchery steelhead are available for harvest. Other information: Catch and release, except up to two hatchery steelhead may be retained. Selective gear rules [...]

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Fishing for Hatchery Steelhead to Reopen on the Wenatchee, Icicle, and Methow Rivers in Washington

by Outdoor Hub March 16, 2012

Starting Friday (March 16), the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will reopen selective fisheries for hatchery-reared steelhead on the Wenatchee, Icicle, and Methow rivers on a short-term basis. Anglers will be allowed to catch whitefish in the Wenatchee and Methow rivers so long as those rivers are open to steelhead fishing. Steelhead fisheries [...]

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Get Tips on Michigan Trout at Steelhead Fishing Clinic

by Outdoor Hub March 5, 2012
Get Tips on Michigan Trout at Steelhead Fishing Clinic

Get the fishing season off to a good start with a Go Get Outdoors Steelhead Fishing Clinic taking place on Saturday, March 31 and Sunday, April 1 at Mitchell State Park in Wexford County. Anglers will meet at 9 a.m. on Saturday at the park’s Carl T. Johnson Hunting and Fishing Center to learn the [...]

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Adult Salmon, Steelhead Will be Released Above Oregon’s Round Butte Dam

by Outdoor Hub February 24, 2012
Adult Salmon, Steelhead Will be Released above Oregon’s Round Butte Dam

This fall adult salmon and steelhead could migrate and spawn in the upper Deschutes, Metolius, and Crooked river basins for the first time in more than 50 years under a one-year strategy recently developed by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon and others. The [...]

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It’s Illegal to Fin Clip Adult Wild Steelhead in Oregon

by Outdoor Hub February 10, 2012

Anglers who turn in their 2011 combined angling tag before May 18, 2012 could win one of 100 outdoor products, including a complete drift boat package. ODFW is sponsoring the promotion to try to increase the number of returned tags. Currently, the department estimates, only 20 percent of anglers return their combined tags, which are [...]

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Washington’s Sol Duc Wild Steelhead Management Zone Established

by Outdoor Hub February 8, 2012
Washington’s Sol Duc Wild Steelhead Management Zone Established

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has announced it will end a hatchery steelhead program at Snider Creek next year to establish a wild steelhead management zone in the Sol Duc River. After next spring, no hatchery steelhead will be released into the Sol Duc River, which will be the first wild steelhead [...]

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Fishing in Rivers Around Puget Sound to Close Due to Low Wild Steelhead Returns

by Outdoor Hub January 6, 2012

Fishing for steelhead and other game fish will close early in several river systems in Puget Sound and along the Strait of Juan de Fuca to protect wild steelhead, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced today. The early closures will affect the Nooksack, Skagit, Stillaguamish, Snohomish and Puyallup river systems, along with [...]

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Hatchery Steelhead and Whitefish Angling to Close Soon on Washington’s Columbia River

by Outdoor Hub December 28, 2011

Most steelhead fisheries on the upper Columbia River will close Jan. 2 from Rock Island Dam to Chief Joseph Dam, as will steelhead fisheries on the Wenatchee, Icicle, Entiat and Methow rivers. Whitefish angling also will close Jan. 2 on the Wenatchee, Methow and Entiat rivers. However, steelhead and whitefish seasons will remain open until [...]

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California Steelhead Report Cards Due by Jan. 31, 2012

by Outdoor Hub December 26, 2011

The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) reminds anglers that they are required to return their 2011 Steelhead Fishing Report and Restoration Cards between Jan. 1 and Jan. 31. Anglers are requested to review their cards carefully and complete the information as accurately as possible. Information collected from report cards provides DFG with data necessary to [...]

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Rule Change in Oregon Allows Anglers to Keep Tagged Fish

by Outdoor Hub December 8, 2011

Alsea, OR– As part of a study of winter steelhead on the Alsea and North Fork Nehalem rivers, ODFW has adopted a temporary rule that allows anglers who catch a radio-tagged hatchery winter steelhead to harvest the fish. Permanent fishing regulations prohibit the harvest of radio-tagged fish. Instead, anglers are required to release the fish [...]

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Idaho Steelhead Season Still Open

by Outdoor Hub November 30, 2011

Boise, ID – The steelhead harvest season is open on the Boise, Clearwater, Salmon, Little Salmon and lower Snake rivers. The release of steelhead in the Boise on Tuesday, November 22, was the last for 2011. The trapping rate at Oxbow Dam has slowed, and no more fish are available. But about 1,000 steelhead already [...]

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Fishing Closed on White Salmon River, WA in Preparation for Dam Demolition

by Outdoor Hub October 25, 2011
Fishing will be Close on White Salmon River in Washington in Preparation for Condit Dam Demolition

Olympia, WA – The White Salmon River will close to fishing until further notice Tuesday, Oct. 25 – one day before the 125-foot Condit Hydroelectric Dam is scheduled for demolition. The closure, announced by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), includes Northwestern Lake, which has been lowered in recent weeks in preparation for [...]

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Lower Hanford Reach Steelhead Fishery in Washington Opens Early

by Outdoor Hub September 14, 2011

Action: Open the Columbia River to retention of hatchery steelhead between the Highway 395 Bridge at Pasco and the wooden power line towers at the old Hanford townsite Species affected: Hatchery steelhead Effective Dates: Sept. 16 through Oct. 31, 2011 Location: Highway 395 upstream to old Hanford townsite wooden powerline towers Other information: Mandatory retention [...]

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Columbia River Salmon/Steelhead Endorsement Program Funds First Wenatchee River Salmon Fishery in 25 years

by Outdoor Hub August 7, 2011

The Wenatchee River salmon fishery—recently opened for the first time in at least 25 years— is the latest result of the Columbia River Salmon/Steelhead Endorsement program. Since April 2010, all anglers 15 years and older fishing for salmon or steelhead on the Columbia River or its tributaries have been required to purchase an $8.75 endorsement [...]

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Fishing for Summer Chinook and Sockeye Salmon to Close July 18 on Sections of Columbia River

by Outdoor Hub July 18, 2011

OLYMPIA – After a month of red-hot catch rates, sport fishing for adult summer chinook and sockeye salmon will close Monday (July 18) on various sections of the Columbia River to hold harvest levels within allowable limits. The summer chinook fishery will close just after midnight Sunday from Bonneville Dam downstream, under an agreement reached [...]

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The History And Uses Of The Woolly Bugger

by Pursue The Outdoors June 21, 2011
The History And Uses Of The Woolly Bugger

The Wooly Bugger might be the strangest named fly in all of fly fishing but, in the right hands, it can also be one of the most effective. The ubiquitous Woolly Bugger, never quite spelled correctly to my eyes, appeals to the eyes of every game fish imaginable. If I had one pattern to fish [...]

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