Bill Matthews Outdoors

We decided that we would fish salmon in the morning and then go after sturgeon in the afternoon.

The Trokar TK2 V got a true test on this fish and it passed with flying colors! It was a wild salmon (not hatchery) so we released it safely

It is Cinco Da Mayo and there is reason to celebrate!! Fishing is open again!!!

The boomerang snip is a line cutter, but not just any line cutter, it is the king of all line cutters!

Pautzke has sourced the best scents to combine with their gel, giving your lure an amazingly realistic scent that can match the food source

I saw a reddish green balanced leach that I had purchased from the Reno Fly shop a few months ago and it looked promising so I tied it on

It did not take long for the bite to turn on. On our first drift I caught a nice Pink Snapper, known as a Opakapaka in Hawaii- This is an ab

Once again I fished with Friend Mark Sapda and guide Robert Thomas on the Queets river, located on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State

Finally I adjusted my depth to about 16” and boom - this was the magic depth. I caught crappie on almost every cast for at least an hour and

I headed up into the Cascades this afternoon looking for some fall trout fishing. I had a game plan all mapped out to try several different

It was a brisk morning with temps in the low 40’s, so the boat ride up the river was more refreshing than usual! On the way up river, we spo

As luck would have it, we got our limit of salmon pretty early, so we had plenty of time to go chase Smallmouth.

it sets up up a unique opportunity to catch King, Coho and Pink Salmon on the same day.

Day two of our Salmon Fly Adventure in Montana - A Father's Day Grand Slam!

It is Salmon Fly season in the Northwest, and that means you have to be willing to move fast when you hear bugs are on the water.

It is not uncommon to catch 50 fish in a day, and this often includes at least couple over four pounds. Here are three techniques that I hav

the big Hexagenia Mayflies appeared all around me. The Mayflies were everywhere and the fish were having a field day eating them.

Many people have asked me how I clean my razor Clams so is a quick video on how I do it.

2018 was an incredible fishing year. From the Gulf of Mexico to Alaska and many places in between. While there are way too many fish to...

How I rig a "Columbia River Crawdad"