The guys at Yukon Goes Fishing are wizards at making killer fishing videos. Their latest is less of a video and more of a highlight reel. The video, titled Don’t Ask Me Where I’ve Been is a compilation of fishing clips from about nine months in waters from Colorado to Montana. It features some beautiful cutthroat, rainbows, [...]
Brown Trout Fishing
Steelhead and Brown Trout, 11/25/12
I hit the water again with Kevin today. It was a pretty typical late fall/early winter day in central NY. We had blustery winds and snow most of the day with temps struggling to get out of the mid 30′s. We had to work hard, but ended up doing pretty well. The morning bite was [...]
Black Friday Trout Fishing, 11/23/11
As it turns out, I’m not much for shopping. But, I do enjoy catching fish. So, Kevin and I hit the water today. We did pretty well landing a good number of brown trout, steelhead and rainbows. We missed a few screamers as well. All in all, a great day. Sure is better than standing [...]
Brown Trout Record Falls in New Zealand
New Zealand is a brown trout Mecca, and the country has a new king trout to worship. Evan Johnson, of Timaru, New Zealand, was fishing the Upper Waitaki hydro canals when he landed a 39.7-pound female brown trout setting the New Zealand record. Officials believe it could be the biggest female brown trout caught in the world. [...]
Kayak Angler Lands 20-Pound Brown Trout in Milwaukee Harbor
When you think of night trolling, your mind doesn’t exactly go to a kayak. But that’s what Corey Gaffer and three of his friends were doing in Milwaukee Harbor on Lake Michigan, and they had some massive success. ‘‘Not long after we started, Corey, who was closest to the rocks, yelled: ‘Fish on,’ ’’ Tom Harris, one of [...]
Orvis and Trout Unlimited to Open 1,000 Miles of New Trout Waters
Wild and native trout face a lot of obstacles, and Trout Unlimited and Orvis are trying to remove some of those barriers. Starting with Murphy Brook in Vermont and Tabor Brook in New Hampshire, both tributaries of the Connecticut River system, TU is overseeing the construction of reconnection projects on both streams thanks to funds raised and [...]
Salmon River Kings and Cohos, 09/28/12
As it turns out, I enjoy fishing more than work. Go figure. I took today off and fished the lower end of the Salmon River with a few other fine fellows. We had a pretty stellar day. The number and size of fish coming into the River from Lake Ontario is amazing. We need rain [...]
Impressive Video Shows Spawning Salmon, Brown Trout in Michigan
The annual salmon run is something that’s always fascinated us, and we’ve never seen it as up-close and personal as we have here. This video was shot in an area off-limits to anglers, and it shows a lot of coho salmon, and one brown trout, making their way up the Grand River in Grand Rapids, [...]
Cast, Blast, and Conservation: Tackling Big Issues and Big Fish with the TRCP in Colorado
In the early 2000s, Jim Range, a rabid Republican and champion of clean water, responsible energy, and no-nonsense habitat management, brought together a group of friends who were sick of hunters and anglers being tossed aside in Washington, D.C. Drawing inspiration from the original sportsman-conservationist who worked with anyone who would help improve our hunting [...]
Fishing at the TRCP’s Media Summit at the K-T Ranch in Colorado
I am beyond honored to be a guest at the TRCP’s Media Summit at the High Lonesome Ranch in De Beque, Colorado. On the first day of the field activities, I was part of a group that took off outside of Meeker, Colorado to the High Lonesome’s other property, the K-T (you pronounce the “-”, [...]
