PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon’s first native trout fishing challenge is coming to rivers across the state in the spring of 2024. Participants in the Oregon Native Trout Challenge must catch and ...

In this edition of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness focuses on how to fish the state's hike-in alpine lakes with expert angler and fish biologist Jeff Ziller with the Oregon Department of ...

What makes Linton Lake special is not immediately obvious. The short hike to the lake, located just off McKenzie Pass Highway 242 in the Three Sisters Wilderness, features pleasant forest but is ...

If you’ve ever been frustrated by the number of anglers at your local fishing hole, there’s good news: Oregon is home to hundreds of backcountry lakes stocked with trout just waiting to be caught. All ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's fish health lab has detected a novel parasite in sick rainbow trout raised at the Klamath Falls, Rock Creek and Elk River ...

Trout and trout fishing are most often associated with flowing water—be it big western rivers filled with large browns, rainbows, and cutthroat to tiny mountain streams in the East with native brook ...

Oregon officials have killed about 160,000 rainbow trout to stop the spread of a pathogen they hadn’t seen before. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife staff discovered the parasite after they ...

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 ...

As the calendar turns to October, fall colors are starting to make their annual appearance. And while I enjoy the vibrant reds, oranges and yellows as much as the next guy, there’s one fall color that ...