One secret to catching sockeye is putting your lure in the right place. What I call the sweet spot or a place in the river sockeye seek to conserve energy on their lengthy upriver migration to ...

Salmon is America’s favorite fish — in 2022, salmon was the nation's top-value finfish, equating to $827 million in revenues.It’s also one of its most misunderstood.

It's one of the rarest species — in 2019, a mere 9.9 million pounds of king salmon were commercially caught in U.S. waters compared to 290 million pounds of sockeye — which is why it's so damn ...

It’s a big weekend at the Ballard Locks as sockeye salmon return as part of their journey upstream to spawn in Lake ...

This year's Lake Washington sockeye run is off to a rough start, but a salmon-trucking project by the Fish and Wildlife Department and Muckleshoot Indian Tribe aims to help.

How to shop for sockeye salmon. The reality is that most “fresh” sockeye salmon you find outside of Alaska has already been frozen, then thawed at a supermarket or fishery.

Aficionados of wild Alaska salmon are stocking up at retail shops on sockeye fillets from the Copper River to Bristol Bay and ...

Though I didn't dislike Trader Joe's Hot Smoked Sockeye Salmon, it was my least favorite of everything I tried. If you're used to (and enjoy) hot smoked salmon, this may be a great purchase.Having ...

A sockeye salmon (top left) swims past a chinook salmon at the fish-counting window at the Bonneville Dam on June 27, 2012, near North Bonneville, Washington. Rick Bowmer/AP.

Bristol Bay’s sockeye salmon run totaled 51.6 million fish, more than a third higher than the preseason forecast of 37.9 million fish and about 7% higher than the average over the past 20 ...