Apply for a Record Fish in Idaho

How to Apply For a Record

There are two ways to apply. View both procedures below.

All applicants must submit a completed Record Fish Application Form, accompanying photographs, and a certified weight receipt (if applicable) to Idaho Fish and Game at this address:

Resident Fisheries Coordinator
Idaho Dept. of Fish and Game
P.O. Box 25
Boise, Idaho 83707
E-mail: website@idfg.idaho.gov

Note: The online form will be available soon. The PDF above is currently the only option

1. How to Apply for a Catch and Release Record
All applicants must submit:

A completed Record Fish Application Form, which includes the legal signature of one witness to the measurement and release.
At least one photo of the fish with the angler and 2 or 3 of the measuring process.

Fish must be released safely

At least one photo of the fish directly next to a ruler/tape or an object of known verifiable length (such as a seasons and rules book)

At least one photo of the angler with the fish

At least one witness to the measurement and release

Measure the total length from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail, with lobes of tail squeezed together.

Sturgeon should be measured upside down along the belly from the snout to tip of the upper lobe of the tail fin

Salmon, Steelhead and White Sturgeon must be measured and photographed in the water

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2. How to Apply for a Certified Weight Record
All applicants must submit:

A completed Record Fish Application Form, which includes the legal signature of one witness to the weight.
A receipt from a certified scale documenting the weight.
Verification of species and by Idaho Fish and Game.
At least one photo of the fish.

A receipt from the certified scale documenting the weight (typically be found at grocery stores or US Post Offices).

Verification of species and by IDFG staff from an IDFG office.

At least on photo of the fish.

At least one witness to the weight.

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