Forget El Nino, drought, climate change, giant squid, water diversions, overfishing and bad forestry practices. The boys over at AnglersTube have discovered the real reason salmon populations in the West are crashing! Kidding of course…

Be sure to watch it all the way to the end of the clip for a happy ending!

Okay, this is just straight-up weird…but oddly entertaining, too! Lombard of the Intertidal takes you on a “deep, deep, inner city fishing experience” that is more urban than even Mike Iaconelli can get you into on City Limits Fishing.

Just got back from a week-long roadie in Northwestern Oregon, where Big Fred, Riles and I met up with our boy Nick “The Sultan of Steelies” Amato, Editor of Salmon Trout Steelheader Magazine and all-around cool cat. We focused on some of the smaller, less traveled streams on the Oregon coast. Here’s what we found…

Okay, shameless self-promotion time! For those of you within driving distance of the Sacramento River, it’s time to start thinking about that spring striper trip! Here’s a little video from last year to get you juices flowing.

Fishing will be heating up in March and will last into May (at least)…don’t miss out! I just so happen to know a good fishing guide if you’re looking to go the guided route…

The epic, “dream season” that was the Smith River’s fall Chinook run seems to have rolled straight into what looks to be an awesome year of winter steelie fishing! The Team FishwithJD boys headed north earlier in the week with guides John Klar of John’s Guide Service and Mike Stratman of Redwood Coast Fishingto see firsthand how steelhead season on the Smith is shaping up. A selfless act of recon, with you, the reader in mind, you might say…

No More Salmon Fishing – Unless YOU Fight! from Bruce Tokars on Vimeo.

Dry flies aren’t just for trout streams and bass ponds…check out the fun I had on salmon with dries in Alaska this fall! Yea, they’re all 3- to 6-pound humpies, but a blast none-the-less…YEEEEHAAAAWWW!!!

JD heads north to Alaska for some super fun topwater dry fly salmon action!

Striper fishing in California’s Central Valley can be an emotional roller coaster at times. The highs can be so sweet, but then the lows can come outta nowehere and kick ya to the curb. Unlike other anadramous species like salmon that pretty much head one direction — upriver — stripers can disappear overnight and you’re never sure if they went up or down.

Here’s a glimpse of the beauty of striper fishing…the chaos, excitement and, in this case, family bonding, from a recent trip of mine…

Here’s the vid (finally) from our last BC Steel Quest! Hopefully, we’ll add the 09 Version late this year!

JD & the boys head to northwestern British Columbia to chase monster steelhead!

A little early morning dance with a popper-eating striper on the California Delta…