Apr. 29—On April 8, Ryan Mejaski and Joe Wilhite were fishing for kokanee on the Deschutes arm of Lake Billy Chinook without much luck when they decided to move spots. After casting into a group of ...

A fisherman reeled in a massive bull trout from an Oregon lake that nearly snapped his rod and maxed out his 25-pound scale, officials said. Ryan Mejaski tossed the fish back into the water, then ...

The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission opened a new salmon fishing season on the Coquille River and approved a new statewide kokanee bag limit during a Sept. 12 meeting in Ontario. The changes, which ...

As Mark Tobin was concluding the program about bull trout fishing on Lake Billy Chinook, Rick Arnold had to correct the television show host several times. ”He kept saying 'Oregon' at the end,” Arnold ...

This is the peak season around the region for fly fishermen. All local rivers are fishing well. Dry/droppers, nymph rigs and Euro rigs are all producing. Caddis flies are good in the afternoons and ...

Ryan Mejaski from Bend, Oregon, caught a bull trout April 8 in Lake Billy Chinook. He released the massive fish before seeing if it broke a state record, officials said. Photo by Joe Wilhite Oregon ...

Ryan Mejaski, of Bend, holds a bull trout that he caught and released on April 8 on Lake Billy Chinook. BEND — Bend’s Ryan Mejaski and Joe Wilhite were fishing for kokanee on the Deschutes arm of Lake ...