Lake trout are denizens of the deep. For most of the year, they’re hunkered down 50 feet or more in the recesses of lakes and reservoirs, chilling out below the thermocline in colder water. To catch ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Jerry Darkes is a noted local fly fishing master, an expert fly tier and author, and travels the Great Lakes for trout, resulting in his recent book, the colorful “Essential Flies ...

Great Lakes steelhead are adfluvial fish, meaning they migrate from big lakes into rivers to spawn. This annual migration starts in the fall and ends in the spring when they return to the lakes to ...

Men’s Journal aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. It’s mid-June and I’m on a hike-in lake somewhere in the ...

The Lake Erie Walleye Trail expands into winter with its first-ever ice fishing event, allowing teams to catch up to five walleye on thick Western Lake Erie ice.

On Long Lake, walleye fishing has been decent all winter, and some big fish are beginning to show. Both Long and Roosevelt will improve if the weather continues to warm. In the Columbia Basin, Moses ...

Located in the middle of our river valley is the town of Avon. In the center of the town is Nottingham Lake, a manicured stillwater for anglers in need of a quick casting escape, high water ...

Phil Rowley knows he has a fly line problem. The guide, fly tier and stillwater expert from Edmonton, Alberta, carries about 20 fly lines on his boat when fishing lakes. He packs floating lines, slow ...

RED LAKE, Minn.--The wind was howling--again--and rain a couple of days earlier likely had made the backroads muddy and treacherous. Trying to get a boat into the remote lakes open to nontribal ...