GOLD BEACH — John Anderson took an old fishing tool, added a new twist and promptly ushered spring to the Rogue River on Tuesday — while perhaps starting a new fad along the way.

Anderson's modified plastic diver played a key role in this year's first confirmed catch of a Rogue spring chinook, the opening salvo to a season that always brings promise to anglers locked in a love-hate relationship with the Rogue's most prized denizen.

The diver's unique up-and-down action in the current helped whip and wiggle a spinning anchovy bait enough to get the springer to chomp it early Tuesday on the lower Rogue...

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By David Johnson

With winter steelhead season in full swing on Tillamook area streams and since my other favorite pastime is eating I thought I’d share some of my favorite places to eat around Tillamook before and after a day of steelhead fishing.  Not only do I like good food but I like to get a good deal.  You will find both at these places.

Check out this pilot project of the Department of History at Oregon State University and Oregon Sea Grant, to bring together information on the fisheries history of the Pacific. They hope to establish a virtual community of people interested in the history of fishing throughout the Pacific.

The history of fishing has been well documented in other part of of the world. People interested in the development of fishing in the North Atlantic Ocean have been organized for more than a decade. Scientists meet internationally on a regular basis, to discuss fisheries, but even a group like the History of Marine Animal Populations, which met in Vancouver, B.C. in May of 2009, is more about science than it is about history.

Read the Bandon World Fishing Report

2010 Oregon Tuna Classic Dates Set -

It all started in 2005 when a small group of fisherman joined together to steer their passion for fishing to a cause that would help feed the hungry.

from Portland Examiner

The end of the fall Salmon runs along the southern Oregon Coast brings the beginning of the winter steelhead migration. Owing to their energetic fight and tendency towards acrobatics, winter steelhead are a favorite game fish in Oregon. The steelhead fishing season is currently in full swing on the lower Rogue River, as well as on other smaller systems in the region such as the Chetco, Elk, and Sixes rivers. Each of these rivers supports productive winter runs while offering a unique angling experience. Plug fishing and side drifting are the techniques of choice for catching winter steelhead.