Ask Fish and Game

Q. I hear the steelhead run is still going strong. When does the spring season start? A. The new steelhead season begins on the first day of the new year. A new fishing license and steelhead tag is required. What you hear about the run is right. The run over Lower Granite Dam has exceeded 205,000 steelhead, the second largest run on record. Your Fish and Game Commission recently raised the limits for the spring season to three per day and nine in possession. If you do so well that you want to buy a second tag, you can legally have 40 fish in the new season.