Idaho Fish and Game

$50,000 is swimming in Lake Pend Oreille

Friday, February 22, 2019 - 11:39 AM MST

If the great taste of a walleye fillet isn’t enough, anglers will now have added incentive to catch and keep walleye in Lake Pend Oreille and connected Idaho waters.

Feb. 19: Lake Cascade ice conditions and fishing report

Tuesday, February 19, 2019 - 12:13 PM MST

Heavy snows hit in February, which made access to the lake more challenging, but ice conditions remain good

Feb. 19: Upper Salmon River steelhead fishing report

Tuesday, February 19, 2019 - 10:32 AM MST

Feb. 19: Steelhead angler effort on the upper Salmon River over the past week was light with most anglers only fishing for an hour or two during the afternoons.

Fish and Game Schedules Big Game Measuring Day in Pocatello on March 5

Friday, February 15, 2019 - 6:56 PM MST

Tuesday, March 5, is Big Game Measuring Day at the Southeast Regional Office of Idaho Fish and Game located at 1345 Barton Road in Pocatello.

UPDATE: F&G adds three proposals to 2019-20 big game hunts

Friday, February 15, 2019 - 4:58 PM MST

Idaho Fish and Game is adding three proposals for the 2019-20 big game hunting season for eastern Idaho mule deer hunts and elk hunts in the Weiser and Brownlee zones in response to new information. 

2018 deer, elk harvests similar to 2017; above 10-year averages except mule deer

Friday, February 15, 2019 - 11:20 AM MST

Hunters took more mule deer and fewer white-tailed deer in 2018 compared to 2017, while the elk harvest was similar between the two years -- dropping by less than 2 percent from 2017 to 2018. The 2018 elk harvest was about 15.4 percent above the 10-year average, and the overall deer harvest was less than 1 percent below the 10-year average.

Submit your project ideas to the Coeur d’Alene Basin Restoration Partnership

Thursday, February 14, 2019 - 1:53 PM MST

The Restoration Partnership is soliciting restoration project ideas from citizens, businesses, non-profit organizations and government agencies to benefit natural resources in the Coeur d’Alene Basin. Deadline to apply is March 20.

Public's Help Sought in Deer Poaching Case

Thursday, February 14, 2019 - 12:07 PM MST

Fish and Game is asking the public for information regarding the recent poaching of two mule deer bucks just off Big Willow Road north of Emmett.

Bighorn Sheep Capture Planned in Hells Canyon

Thursday, February 14, 2019 - 10:54 AM MST

An interagency effort is planned between Idaho Fish and Game, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to capture 80 bighorn sheep in five Hells Canyon herds Feb. 19–28.