By: Joe Diorio I’ve never used chartreuse eggs in spawn sacs before. To be honest I saw a FireBlog post a few weeks ago about anglers having success with blue eggs, and was wowed. The eggs looked so good. After seeing it, I wanted to try chartreuse, and see if they worked too. My though process was simple: chartreuse eggs look like a brown trout egg. Everyone knows chartreuse is a popular color for trout and steelhead. I wanted to try it. I called Pautzke, asked them to send me a sample of the Chartreuse Fire Brine to experiment with, along with a lot more Trout Eggs. It didn’t take long to fi ..read more

By: Brock Kangas I’ve been fishing spawn sacs for trout and steelhead for as long as everyone else has. We know that chartreuse and pink are two of the top producing spawn sac colors. Meanwhile, sometimes you don’t want to be like everyone else. Oftentimes, showing the fish something different is what it takes to get bit. With that said, I use white, peach, red and orange spawn netting, too, but I’ve been playing with blue lately and it’s paying off. I’m not the first angler to use blue egg sacs. In fact, I’m told everyone uses them in NY on the Salmon River. However, where I fish they aren’t ..read more

By: Travis Wendt When steelhead fishing from a boat tactics have evolved in recent years. There’s so many ways to catch steelhead. Meanwhile, any time I’m trolling plugs, from fall into spring, I run a shrimp on the belly hook. What I believe is it gives the steelhead something extra on the plug to look at. A cured shrimp also creates more scent. By adding a shrimp to your lure you now have a scent trail that pulls fish in instead of just a wiggle and vibration. When the steelies come up and look at your plug there’s a shrimp hanging off the belly of your plug. It gives the fish something else ..read more

By: Kyle Deavers In some areas of the Great Lakes the fall salmon run is slowing. However, where I fish and seeing reports from other areas, there’s are still a lot of salmon returning to harbors and tributaries. The run isn’t over yet. Some places might be over, but others have another month left. With that said, several baits are catching salmon. Anglers are finding success on crankbaits, spinners, beads, eggs, and this season I’m seeing more spawn sacs used than ever before. Many ask me why I’m using spawn sacs rather than skein right now. As we enter the later part of the season, and most ..read more

Learn Pro Tips: Make a Perfect Sardine Wrapped Plug By: John Albrich PNW anglers are excited because for the first time in a long time most of our rivers are opened to salmon retention. There’s more fish returning this season than we’ve seen in a long time. In fact, in many systems the limits have increased and I’m excited about it. Throughout the Northwest there’s going to be a lot of anglers drifting bait and running plugs. I sure enjoy bait, but my favorite thing to do is back troll bait wrapped Kwikfish. Meanwhile, this season I’m going to be wrapping plugs with more confidence since Atla ..read more

Try This Perfect Spawn Sac for Great Lakes Salmon By: Jarett Carlson I spent last week salmon fishing the Great Lakes and had a lot of time experiment. My goal was to find a worthy alternative to catch fall salmon for those who don’t have fresh eggs. I found a few that caught fish, and one that performed better than I expected. But first, I want to set the record straight. Pautzke asked me to experiment and try Trout Eggs for salmon. I was reluctant to try this because of how comfortable I am fishing skein. The truth is I tried Trout Eggs last season and although it did catch fish, it wasn’t ..read more

About Kyle Upload Image... Owner and operator of Willamette Valley Outfitters, Kyle Buschelman lives in Eugene, Oregon, and have been guiding since 2002. While Willamette Valley Outfitters focuses on hunting and fishing, Buschelman has also spent a considerable amount of time guiding fishing in Alaska, too. He focuses on salmon and steelhead along the Oregon Coast, but also targets crab and other species when the timing is best. Buschelman bounces around the state to follow peak seasons. Meanwhile, he spends time on the following systems: Columbia River, Willamette, Siletz, Siuslaw, Umpqua ..read more

About Troy One of the true fishing professionals of Southern Oregon, like most of us, Troy Whitaker’s love of fishing developed early in life. However, Whitaker’s passion for fishing and the outdoors can be attributed to what many would likely refer to as an uncommon source. While his father honorably severed in the US Military Whitaker’s family moved often. And, with his father on duty, his mother and grandmother taught him how to fish. Whitaker has since transformed his hobby into a career. He began managing a tackle store in Southern Oregon, prior to opening his own gas station and tac ..read more

About Pat Growing up in Oregon, Pat Abel quickly learned he had a gift for catching salmon and steelhead and dedicated his life to helping anglers catch more fish. Today, Abel owns and operates Pat Abel’s Guide Service and constantly pursues steelhead, salmon and sturgeon. While many Pacific Northwest guides migrate to Alaska to guide during the summer, Abel made it a personal goal to pursue fisheries close to home. In doing so, Abel’s shown his clients that a trip to Alaska isn’t necessary to find world-class fishing. His proof is found in the Columbia River Estuary where Abel commences ..read more

About Kyle One of the country’s finest young anglers Kyle McClelland’s life revolves around fishing. While still in high school, the Northern Michigan angler has dedicated his teenage years to teaching anglers how to catch more salmon, steelhead, trout, walleye and pike. And, his success hasn’t gone unnoticed. Recently, McClelland has been featured in dozens of news features, most notably in Great Lakes Angler, OutdoorHub.com, Pure Michigan and Michigan Out Of Doors. His website, chromechasing.com and FaceBook have become bibles for Great Lakes area steelhead and salmon anglers, almost ov ..read more