Help Fish and Game study burbot in the Kootenai River—and earn rewards in the process
Idaho Fish and Game is once again inviting burbot anglers to take part in the Kootenai River Angler Science Program—an effort that helps biologists gather valuable information to make burbot fishing even better.
Give your friends or family the gift of the outdoors this holiday season
What better way to share your love for the outdoors than by buying your favorite sportsman an Idaho Fish and Game gift certificate. Whether you pony up $5 or $500, a gift certificate opens the door for your friends and family to purchase a whole slew of outdoor opportunities — from hunting/fishing licenses to Super Hunt drawings.
It’s a bike! It’s a plane! It’s a… llama?...... carrying fish?
Idaho Fish and Game stocks more than 30 million hatchery fish into Idaho waters each year, and uses all kinds of transportation to get fish to their final destination – including bikes, planes, and llamas.
New Fish and Game study underway on largemouth bass in Coeur d’Alene’s Chain Lakes
Idaho Fish and Game has launched a new study to better understand largemouth bass populations in the eight Chain Lakes connected to Coeur d’Alene Lake. The project was developed through ongoing conversations and collaboration with local bass anglers and bass fishing groups.
THE HELLS CANYON WHITE STURGEON POPULATION
Joe DuPont writes his last blog to inform people about the challenges the Hells Canyon White Sturgeon population is facing and actions that are occurring to try and rebuild and stabilize this iconic sturgeon population.
Fill every crevice of your freezer by hunting these small game species this winter
The skills learned while small game hunting — including tracking, handling a firearm, field dressing and cooking the animals you harvest — harken back to the early days of the sport and later translate directly to big game hunting. Here are three of the most commonly found (and exciting) small game species to hunt this winter.
Henrys Lake Newsletter – Winter 2025
Henrys Lake anglers, let’s get you caught up on recent happenings, the latest population survey, the 2025 stocking report, and much more! We’ve been busy this season, and there’s a lot to share.
Why stock sterile fish?
Many of the trout that Fish and Game stocks into Idaho’s streams, lakes, and reservoirs cannot reproduce. Sterile fish are an important tool in a fisheries manager’s toolbox because they allow fishery managers to have more direct control over a population’s density and their potential to cause detrimental genetic impacts to wild fish.
Idaho Species Catalog
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