With coho season coming to a close, Portland-area anglers are facing fewer opportunities close to home. Coho counts at Willamette Falls remain fairly strong, ...

In this edition of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness focuses on how to fish the state's hike-in alpine lakes with expert angler and fish biologist Jeff Ziller with the Oregon Department of ...

Logan Westin, 2, and Jacob Piper, 5, both of Hermiston, sit back and relax while fishing in a pond near the McNary Dam in Umatilla in June 2012. PENDLETON — Trout fishing is beginning to improve in ...

In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness talks about hiking, camping and fishing for rare brown trout at Linton Lake in the Three Sisters Wilderness. Located a mile off McKenzie ...

Oregon is home to countless lakes, each offering a unique way to enjoy nature’s beauty. Whether you’re looking for a peaceful ...

On some of the country’s best trout streams, catch-and-release may be doing more harm than good. So should we be killing more ...

The hike travels through evergreen forest, passing the small Pika Lake at about the halfway point. The lake is named after ...

Trout and trout fishing are most often associated with flowing water—be it big western rivers filled with large browns, rainbows, and cutthroat to tiny mountain streams in the East with native brook ...

There are few moments more frustrating — and painful — than attempting to bushwhack to that perfect fishing spot at a mountain lake. I’ve been scraped and stabbed by countless branches, had a giant ...