Great Lakes Angler Magazine

03/07/2024

https://www.salmontroutsteelheader.com/blogs/videos/how-to-build-a-fishing-rod-part-2-of-2-from-butt-to-tip-top

Salmon Trout Steelheader magazine features how-to and where-to articles for anglers who like to fish for salmon, trout, steelhead and many other species. Topic includes: conservation, fly fishing, gear fishing and humor. STS will help you catch more fish.

27/06/2024

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27/06/2024

https://www.glangler.com/blogs/articles/point-to-point-mike-gnatkowski

The points act like a log in a river. Current peels off the end of the points depending on wind direction. From the north, the wind pushes the warm water on the surface near Big Point Sable (44.0577° N, 86.5143° W) southward down the lake. How dramatic the movement is, and the temperature change d...

15/06/2024

https://www.salmontroutsteelheader.com/blogs/videos/summer-king-salmon-in-the-scenic-columbia-river-gorge

Salmon Trout Steelheader magazine features how-to and where-to articles for anglers who like to fish for salmon, trout, steelhead and many other species. Topic includes: conservation, fly fishing, gear fishing and humor. STS will help you catch more fish.

13/06/2024

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Spend a morning fishing the Shellback Sturgeon Derby made possible by The Fallen Outdoors during the 2024 Portland Rose Festival in Downtown Portland. Join u...

05/06/2024

https://www.glangler.com/blogs/articles/some-fishy-business-bob-ashley

My name is Bob Ashley, and I reside in West Michigan, where fish are abundant, but remain elusive to an amateur like me. I devour the helpful information I get from the contributing writers in Great Lakes Angler, but continue to struggle with my “technique.” None-the-less, I love anything to do ...

04/06/2024

https://www.glangler.com/blogs/articles/sweet-lorain-mike-gnatkowski

Anglers flock to ports like Huron and Vermillion, but many choose Lorain because of the amenities, facilities and quick access to the deeper waters of the Central Basin. The allure of Central Basin ports like Lorain, Ohio is to catch steelhead and walleyes on the same trip. If you’re an old-time r...

22/05/2024

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17/05/2024

https://www.salmontroutsteelheader.com/blogs/articles/alaska-s-overgrown-dolly-varden-george-krumm

The state record, a massive 41 ½-inch fish, came out of the Wulik River in 2002. The Wulik isn’t the only option though as several rivers in the Kotzebue area are accessible by bush plane and all have big fish. The author preparing to land a Dolly the evening of the first day. Jerry Sisemore imag...

15/05/2024

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6w3aBS4bh6s

Building a fishing rod is fun and it also gives you the great feeling of building something with your own two hands. Not to mention how it feels when you cat...

09/05/2024

https://www.glangler.com/blogs/articles/river-panfish-spring-paradigms-matt-straw

Few other environments offer greater concentrations of panfish grouped more tightly in the same, relatively confined areas. As early spring gives way to longer days and warmer waters, panfish seem to pay less attention to minor differences in temperature. Walking the shoreline of a frozen backwater....

02/05/2024

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IMPORTANT: WHEN ORDERING UP TO 9 PRINTS PLEASE ENTER THE NAMES OF THE PRINTS IN THE "Special Instructions" BOX IN YOUR CART (see image below). For the first time these 41 beautiful watercolor paintings that were featured in the out of print book Native Trout of North America by author Robert H. Smit...

25/04/2024

Frank’s “Old Blue” after 44 ish years of running mostly the Deschutes River has found a new home with Rich from Westport, WA. Old Blue will now be a bay boat… Happy trails Old Blue. https://www.facebook.com/rich.graham.9?mibextid=LQQJ4d

19/04/2024

https://www.glangler.com/blogs/articles/kids-stuff-is-important-tight-lines-by-capt-mike-schoonveld

My nephew, Sam, was a big baby and he was almost always the biggest boy in his class—eventually playing college football with a healthy scholarship. My nephew Sam’s “purple pole” coho caught with a spoon and Silver Horde Stubby Dodger. But this editorial doesn’t start or end there; rather,...

14/04/2024

https://www.glangler.com/blogs/articles/windy-city-salmon-captain-mike-schoonveld

There are many reasons a Great Lakes Angler would want to fish Lake Michigan offshore of the Windy City—and just as many to stay away. It’s certainly not for everyone but it is special in its own, unique way. Great coho action can be found just off Chicago’s Loop in April and May. I included a...

09/04/2024

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The flashing blade of a weighted spinner seems to mesmerize fish and entice them into striking. These lures don't resemble any natural prey but predatory fish especially trout and salmon find them irresistible. Spinners are easy to cast and retrieve and, if they spin, they will catch steelhead and t...

07/04/2024

https://www.salmontroutsteelheader.com/blogs/articles/there-s-more-than-one-way-to-clean-trout-scott-haugen

Trout are mild to the taste, which is one reason so many people enjoy eating them. Trout can be cleaned many ways, and how you want to cook them often dictates how you’ll clean them. Plan ahead and try multiple options to get the most of what these mild fish have to offer. “We’ve just always c...

04/04/2024

https://www.glangler.com/blogs/articles/tips-and-tricks-mike-schoonveld

The Basics and Beyond column is “reader driven.” All of us together are smarter than any one of us in particular, and whether you are an old dog or just a pup in the Great Lakes angling world, we can all learn new tricks. Where better to get tips and tricks than from other GLA readers who have r...

29/03/2024

https://www.glangler.com/blogs/articles/wind-driven-patterns-for-great-lakes-smallmouth-matt-straw

It’s possible to predict where the water will be warming and where it will be dropping in temperature by keeping track of wind history. Wind creates currents. Really warm, calm days in spring can drive water temperatures up quick. Some of the biggest bass available can engage in a feeding frenzy. ...

21/03/2024

https://www.glangler.com/blogs/articles/the-self-fulfilling-prophesy-matt-mcqueen

Something often overlooked is recording what lures and methods did not work and how long you attempted to catch fish with these items. This is how my teammates finally convinced me that meat rigs weren’t producing as well as I thought. It’s a game of odds. The less you run a lure behind your boa...

12/03/2024

https://www.glangler.com/blogs/articles/a-game-plan-for-spring-brown-trout-mark-romanack

In a nutshell bait fish and the brown trout that depend on them are going to be found in the warmest available water. Brown trout will hit a wide variety of lures in the spring time. While these fish often suspend to target smelt and other pelagic forage species, brown trout are a species that is ty...

09/03/2024

04/03/2024

https://www.salmontroutsteelheader.com/blogs/salmon-recipes/pellet-smoked-salmon-bellies-tiffany-haugen

After writing the book, Smoking Salmon & Steelhead, we have dozens of different wet and dry brines that add unique pizazz to smoked fish. As fun as new tastes and flavor combinations can be, sometimes we just want easy. And there is no easier recipe than my dad’s recipe that was passed down to...

01/03/2024

https://www.glangler.com/blogs/articles/coho-mojo-mike-gnatkowski

The outflow from major rivers, like the St. Joe and Grand, attracts schools of salmon in the spring. The murky outflow of the rivers is much warmer than the big lake in the spring and fish take refuge in the veil of the tepid water. Stitching the color line is a proven tactic where major rivers ente...

29/02/2024

Making a Spawn Sac.

21/02/2024

https://www.salmontroutsteelheader.com/blogs/articles/cold-bay-steel-randall-bonner

I kept wondering how many more steelhead were in the area. I moved downstream of where I had been hooking coho and finally connected with a steelhead that cooperated for a handshake and a photograph. In less than a half hour, I landed a rainbow, a Dolly Varden, coho and a steelhead. The wild steelhe...

14/02/2024

LIVE TONIGHT! George Joy of Becharof Lodge located in Alaska will be joining us. George has some great stories to share and he is also giving away two FREE trips to Becharof Lodge! DON'T MISS IT!

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02/02/2024

https://www.salmontroutsteelheader.com/blogs/articles/hewescraft-history-staff

Bob and Ralph built boats under their Hewes Flying Service company name starting in 1948 establishing a tradition of safe, tough aluminum boats that has lasted for 75 years. Bob and Ralph called their school Hewes Flying Service. As business at the piloting school waned, Bob and three of his friends...

01/02/2024

https://www.glangler.com/blogs/articles/three-must-have-spring-steelhead-rigs-brian-kelly

"The spring season is the time to open the bag of tricks and employ tactics that will entice the fish to bite after they have seen it all. These three rigs are must-have items in the vest this time of year." The author and his daughter, Tatum, took this spring steelhead on a jig It was a long, cold....

31/01/2024

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