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Lee Geist: Strobe Probing For Steelhead
Wild Steelheaders United ambassador Lee Geist with some well-worn advice on how to catch steelhead using a spinner- in this case his favorite #5 Blue Fox. Catch Lee on Instagram @lee_geist and check back for his semi-weekly Wild Steelheaders United blog updates. If you told me I could only fish one steelhead lure for the rest of my life I …
Oregon Wild and Scenic Effort Heating Up
Late last year, Oregon’s Senior Senator Ron Wyden put out a call to all Oregonians to nominate their favorite rivers and creeks for potential designation under the federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. The result of that call to action was over 15,000 different nominations for more than 4,000 miles of rivers and streams in Oregon. As we’ve written before, …
Hyperstability in fishing: Ever wonder why you catch fish even when they are greatly depleted?
In this week’s Science Friday, we hit on the concept of hyperstability, which occurs when catch rates remain high even as fish populations decline.
Getting Alaska’s steelhead the protections they deserve
Thanks to the efforts of Trout Unlimited Alaska’s (TU AK) Fish Habitat Project, Southeast Alaska now has two more officially recognized steelhead streams.
Twenty Years of Snake River Hindsight
Eric Crawford is the North Idaho Field Coordinator for Trout Unlimited and the Wild Steelhead Initiative. Before coming to TU, Eric worked a 25 year career as an enforcement officer with Idaho Fish and Game. He’s based in Moscow, Idaho. It was a fishing trip on a balmy November day, back trolling plugs with an old boss in an even …
Meet the team: Dean Finnerty
Home town: Cottage Grove, Oregon. It’s a perfect location to launch steelhead trips from. The upper Willamette and its tribs are minutes away as is the McKenzie. The Umpqua and tons of coastal rivers are 45 minutes to an hour away. The N.U. is about an hour away as well. Home waters: The North Umpqua and mainstem Umpqua are my …
Summer Steelhead, Spring Chinook and the Delicious Thing They Have in Common
By Lee Geist Summer Steelhead, Spring Chinook and the Delicious Thing They Have in Common. Thick lines of fat segmented by beautiful bright flesh all bundled together and sweating on the BBQ. These days I can’t even look at a picture of a Springer without my mouth watering and the same goes for a brand new hatchery summer. It is …
ODFW Approves Thermal Angling Sanctuaries on the Columbia
Earlier today, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted temporary rules for the 2020 fishing season that limit angling for steelhead in thermal sanctuaries at the mouths of Herman Creek, Eagle Creek, and the Deschutes River. This rule change is a win for endangered Columbia basin steelhead stocks, including the legendary B-Run steelhead that return to the Clearwater each year. …
AQUAZ Fishing Giving 25% of Proceeds Going to Salmon SuperHwy
By Dean Finnerty I’m hard on gear. As a part-time guide and avid angler and hunter, I spend 180-plus days a year on rivers, streams and duck marshes in western Oregon and it takes a toll on all my cherished equipment. If it ain’t built tough, it won’t last! If it ain’t built comfortable and functional, I won’t wear it. …