LEWISTON – Walleye are a prized game fish across much of the Midwest and even in the lower and middle Columbia River. But fisheries managers on the Snake River see the toothy predator as a scourge – ...

About 250,000 steelhead smolts escaped the Lyons Ferry Hatchery into the Snake River sometime in late fall or this winter, impacting upcoming fishing seasons. The loss of the smolts into the Snake ...

Magic Valley steelhead hatcheries rear over 5 million steelhead smolts each year to provide fishing opportunity to anglers. Each year, steelhead anglers throughout the state reap the benefits of fish ...

Millions of steelhead smolts released across the region in 2013 should grow up and return as adults during this winter and next summer. Last week, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife released ...

State wildlife managers have lost nearly 250,000 steelhead smolts from a rearing pond at the Lyons Ferry Hatchery on the Snake River, south of Palouse Falls. The loss, which was discovered Sunday, ...

As keeper of the angling archives for the Snohomish Sportsmen’s Club for the past 55 years, I am somewhat amazed by all the furor over hatchery fish and steelhead in particular. If a person is a poor ...

Hatchery steelhead in local Puget Sound streams might be on the slim side this winter, but there are better options on the coast and in the southwest region. The unofficial start of the winter-run ...

Forget the Hoh. Hit the North Fork Stilly every chance you get. That’s a slight exaggeration, steelheaders, but looking at the recently released list of winter steelhead smolt plants due back as ...

The winter steelhead watch is on, and a surprisingly fair number of early arrivals have been hooked in westside rivers. “The winter-runs are starting to show up, and the Cascade River in recent years ...