The window is closing rapidly as the winter months approach. A rooftop of hardwater will blanket the lakes, ponds and reservoirs soon enough. Fans of stillwaters need to venture out before the ice ...

Aurora Reservoir - Trout fishing from shore is fair to good. Fly casters should try olive leech patterns. This is a great fall pattern for trout, walleye and smallmouth. Most anglers are catching ...

All of the lowland lakes that are open to fishing are free of ice, but some lakes north of Spokane had light ice coverings early in the week which should be gone by the weekend. Amber Lake has been ...

When I was young we had a cabin in northern Wisconsin where my dad would invite his childhood friends to come and fish. One such friend had a fear for the leeches we used regularly for bait. He would ...