Steelhead Fishing Press Releases and Blogs

Idaho's Fish Marking Program - We Have Come A Long Ways

Monday, May 4, 2020 - 5:54 PM MDT

The Idaho fish marking program started in 1975 with a small group of people directed to tag salmon and steelhead raised in Idaho’s hatcheries by inserting a tiny pieces of wire, known as coded-wire tags, into the snouts of over one million salmon and steelhead. Now Idaho’s fish marking program clips and tags approximately 11 million juvenile salmon and steelhead each year.

Steelhead attempt to ascend Big Bear Falls in the Potlatch River drainage

Thursday, April 16, 2020 - 9:49 AM MDT

Row, Row, Row Your Smolt Gently Down the Stream: Barging Juvenile Salmon and Steelhead through the Columbia and Snake Rivers

Thursday, April 9, 2020 - 11:41 AM MDT

Attention anglers: Delays expected in "Tag, You're It" reward processsing, but please continue to report tags

Thursday, March 26, 2020 - 6:29 PM MDT

F&G will not give away spawned steelhead at hatcheries during spring

Tuesday, March 24, 2020 - 4:38 PM MDT

Fish and Game will be spawning adult steelhead during spring at the Pahsimeroi and Sawtooth hatcheries, but those fish will not be given away at the hatcheries. Instead, the Pahsimeroi and Sawtooth hatcheries will contact local food pantries to help distribute steelhead carcasses for public consumption.  

March 23: Upper Salmon steelhead fishing report

Tuesday, March 24, 2020 - 8:36 AM MDT

F&G completes land deals in Clearwater Region, securing access for hunters and anglers

Monday, March 23, 2020 - 3:16 PM MDT

March 16: Upper Salmon River steelhead fishing report

Monday, March 16, 2020 - 10:21 AM MDT

F&G Commission drops steelhead size restriction from Clearwater basin and portion of Snake River

Thursday, March 12, 2020 - 10:24 AM MDT

March 9: Upper Salmon River steelhead fishing report

Monday, March 9, 2020 - 11:35 AM MDT

Salmon River steelhead anglers reminded of reduced limits

Friday, March 6, 2020 - 9:26 AM MST

Grab your steelhead gear - Deadwater is out!

Friday, March 6, 2020 - 9:11 AM MST

March 2: Upper Salmon River steelhead fishing report

Monday, March 2, 2020 - 1:07 PM MST

University of Idaho researcher provides update on wild steelhead catch-and-release study

Thursday, February 27, 2020 - 10:53 AM MST

Study aims to estimate how many wild steelhead are caught in Idaho and later estimate how well steelhead survive being caught and released. Through late February, 179 tags have been reported by anglers. 

Spring steelhead fishing is another chance to catch big fish

Wednesday, February 12, 2020 - 2:23 PM MST

Steelhead make their final push to the headwaters of Idaho’s famous steelhead streams during spring, which concentrates them in the upper tributaries of the Clearwater and Salmon rivers. 

Broodstock Collection on the South Fork 2020

Thursday, February 6, 2020 - 10:25 AM MST

We will begin the angler broodstock collection program on February 8 and will continue until we meet our broodstock goals or the first week of April, whichever comes first.  Anglers who would like to participate in the program are required to sign a volunteer form that IDFG personnel will be carrying with them. This will allows anglers to handle steelhead with an adipose fin as they put them into a tube. We will be driving up and down the road and should be easy to track down if we don’t come to you first!

Update: F&G Commission expands 2020 spring steelhead fishing season starting Jan. 1

Wednesday, December 18, 2019 - 10:55 AM MST

Commission reopened steelhead fishing in the Clearwater River and lower Snake River downstream of Couse Creek Boat Ramp beginning Jan. 1. Daily bag limit in those sections are limited to one adipose-clipped steelhead per day, none over 28 inches in length.

F&G Commission will consider expanding steelhead fishing season on Wednesday, Dec. 18

Tuesday, December 17, 2019 - 10:39 AM MST

Commission will consider reopening steelhead fishing in the Clearwater River and lower Snake River downstream of Couse Creek Boat Ramp. Daily bag limit in those sections would be limited to one adipose-clipped steelhead per day, none over 28 inches in length.

Dec. 2 Upper Salmon River Steelhead fishing report

Monday, December 2, 2019 - 11:07 AM MST

F&G commission extends smaller steelhead bag limits for 2020 season for Snake and Salmon rivers

Monday, November 18, 2019 - 3:10 PM MST

Idaho Fish and Game Commission extended the current bag limits for steelhead fishing (one fish per day, three in possession) on portions of the Snake, Salmon and Little Salmon rivers for the 2020 spring steelhead season, which begins Jan. 1.