Altmar, N.Y. — Winter is Shane Muckey’s favorite time of year for one reason: Salmon River steelhead. Muckey, 56, owns Altmar Outfitters lodge and fish cleaning station, a local landmark familiar to ...
An angler shows off a big hatchery steelhead taken on the Cowlitz River. While hatchery winter steelhead are tough to forecast, the wild return of Columbia River winter steelhead is expected to be ...