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From rods and reels to rigging, Washington expert gives you a line ARIEL, Wash. (AP) – Guide Cameron Black says he still has plenty to learn about kokanee fishing at Merwin Reservoir, but he does ...

GREEN RIVER, Wyo. – A Colorado fisherman has set a new Wyoming kokanee salmon record with his recent catch at Flaming Gorge Reservoir. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department says Brian Ekx of Evans, ...

Nighttime kokanee fishing has been good to excellent at Loon Lake for most of the summer. With the generous limit of 10, I’ve caught enough of these landlocked sockeye for several barbecues and I’ve ...

Ordinarily, kokanee are the best-tasting fish in freshwater, but once they color up, they have no food value. Release any you catch, so they can successfully spawn. Where it’s legal to fish for them ...

Region-wide forecasts suggest 2013 will be “the year of the kokanee” in the Inland Northwest. Dworshak Reservoir in Idaho and Lake Koocanusa in Montana are providing their best fishing in years for ...

Prized for their fighting ability and great table fare, kokanee salmon’s popularity continues to grow across the West. That trend includes Idaho, and for good reason: Fish and Game manages quality ...

IONE – The kokanee salmon, a landlocked sockeye salmon native to British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest, has attracted a dedicated group of fishing enthusiasts on Northern California lakes where ...

At Detroit Reservoir in late April, more than 70 boats cruised circles around the lake in pursuit of a fish — salmon. But chances are good it's not the type of salmon most Oregonians would imagine. As ...

• Lakes to catch Kokanee salmon: Crane Prairie Reservoir; East Lake; Elk Lake; Haystack Reservoir; Lake Billy Chinook; Odell Lake; Paulina Lake; Wickiup Reservoir. • East and Paulina Lake: Located ...

ARIEL — Most years, kokanee fishing at Merwin Reservoir is slow in January, scratchy in February, improving in March and often pretty good by April, especially late April. This year, it’s like ...

ARIEL, Cowlitz County — Guide Cameron Black says he still has plenty to learn about kokanee fishing at Merwin Reservoir, but he does often put a couple of dozen a day of the tasty landlocked sockeye ...