Chinook Jacks Coming to the Boise River

Idaho Fish and Game will be stocking 300 to 400 Chinook jacks in the Boise River Monday, July 1. The jack salmon will be released from the Glenwood Bridge to Barber Park at the sites commonly used to release steelhead. The salmon fishery has closed in the Little Salmon and the lower Salmon rivers. Jacks not caught in those fisheries and not required for broodstock at Rapid River Hatchery will be transported to the Boise River. Anglers will not need a salmon permit to fish for Chinook salmon in the Boise River this year because only jacks are being released. Once released in the Boise River, they will be considered landlocked and are included under the regional general rule for trout. The general trout bag limit in the Boise River is six. But special rules apply in one river segment. From the East Boise River footbridge upstream to where Loggers Creek is diverted from the Boise River, the trout limit is two, and none may be under 14 inches. (Please see Page 23 in the 2013-2015 Fishing Seasons and Rules brochure).