Salmon Region Press Releases and Blogs

Bridgelip Suckers - How a nongame fish can help guide fisheries management decisions

Wednesday, July 1, 2020 - 11:09 AM MDT

Upper Salmon River Chinook Salmon Fishing Report

Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 1:54 PM MDT

Salmon Region waters to be stocked with trout in July

Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 1:35 PM MDT

Sorry folks: No Chinook fishing season on the South Fork of the Salmon River for 2020

Tuesday, June 23, 2020 - 3:10 PM MDT

F&G Commission approves Chinook season for Upper Salmon River starting June 26

Tuesday, June 16, 2020 - 9:46 AM MDT

Idaho Fish and Game Commission met via conference call and approved a Chinook fishing season to start June 26 on about 38 miles of river starting near Clayton and going upstream to near the Stanley Fish Hatchery. About 300-350 adult Chinook are expected to be available for harvest. 

Salmon Region waters to be stocked with trout in June

Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - 5:09 PM MDT

Restoring salmon habitat can prevent harmful floods

Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - 3:46 PM MDT

Idaho Fish and Game biologists are applying techniques to restore salmon and steelhead habitat that can reduce the effects of large flood events while also improving agricultural lands. The way this is done seems counter-intuitive: by allowing rivers to flood into areas where they will not cause damage.

Spring bear hunters reminded of baiting rules

Friday, May 22, 2020 - 12:23 PM MDT

Connecting streams, habitat improvements and monitoring efforts support spawning steelhead in the upper Salmon River

Friday, May 15, 2020 - 10:37 AM MDT

In 2007, Fish and Game began operating picket weirs and traps on multiple tributaries of the Salmon River to document the number of steelhead that enter certain tributaries to spawn. Fish and Game gathers information such as length, weight, sex, origin, and other data on the fish before releasing it upstream to spawn. The information collected is then used to evaluate ongoing habitat restoration projects and guide future management decisions.

Local ponds and lakes in the Salmon Region provide great fishing destinations this Memorial Day Weekend

Thursday, May 14, 2020 - 12:14 PM MDT

Wild Adult Steelhead Returns: detections at a new tributary PIT array.

Friday, May 1, 2020 - 9:57 AM MDT

During the spring wildlife baby boom, young animals are better off left alone

Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 9:44 AM MDT

Spring is here, and so is the peak of baby wildlife season. People are bound to see young wildlife when they venture outdoors during the spring and early summer, and there is a pretty good chance that they will see a baby animal that appears to be alone. Fish and Game officials have a simple suggestion to people who discover baby animals that appear to be abandoned: Just leave them be.

Repeat Spawning Steelhead - An Amazing Adventure

Monday, April 13, 2020 - 2:12 PM MDT

Some nonresident licenses, permits, and tags sales temporarily suspended by F&G Commission

Saturday, April 4, 2020 - 9:19 AM MDT

F&G offices closed except by appointment

Thursday, March 26, 2020 - 12:37 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

Attention elk hunters: If you apply for a controlled elk hunt in 2020, you can not buy a capped elk zone tag until five days after they go on sale

Friday, March 20, 2020 - 3:50 PM MDT

At its March 20 meeting, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission established a five-day waiting period to purchase capped elk zone tags for any resident who applies for a controlled elk hunt regardless of whether the person draws the controlled hunt tag.  

Idaho Fish and Game cancels events due to COVID-19 virus

Monday, March 16, 2020 - 4:34 PM MDT

March 16: Upper Salmon River steelhead fishing report

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