Editor’s Note: Alan Liere is on vacation, so he wrote about sockeye fishing instead of his weekly fish-hunt report. In July, I hope to fish again for sockeye salmon at the mouth of the Okanogan River ...

Too early for sure. I REALLY wanted to stay in bed, but even after four days of the same early morning wake-up call, I rolled out because I knew what awaited in the hours ahead. My son Kyle and I ...

Come along on my first sockeye fishing adventure of the season in Brewster, Washington! The July run is on fire, and the action didn’t disappoint. From early morning lines to hard-fighting sockeye, ...

Boats all along the shoreline, but no nets out. Magpies squawk in the alders. A tennis shoe floats by. Plastic bottles, bundles of dried sedge, and tumbleweeds join the parade. About the only thing ...

BREWSTER, Wash. – The rod doubles over and three men race to separate positions in the confined space of a boat. Shouted instructions mix with adrenaline. It’s on. Finally, an aqua-green flash ...

My friend, Mike, has been out-fishing me about 9 to 1 for Loon Lake kokanee all summer long. We can sit side-by-side at night, both dunking white Glo-Hooks tipped with maggots, and he always catches a ...

The folks who oversee the fish counting procedures at the dams on the lower Columbia River have been quite busy as of late. Not only is this prime time for the almost always large run of shad swimming ...

There are times and places where all the ingredients to a great fishing experience come together. I was recently invited to fish for sockeye salmon on the Columbia River in Washington. The prospects ...