Southwest Region

The Southwest region boasts a wide diversity of wildlife and wildlife habitats. The region encompasses river canyons, sagebrush deserts, high mountain lakes, and mountainous forests. Regional waters include warmwater fisheries for bass, bluegill, yellow perch, crappie, channel catfish and white sturgeon, while coldwater fisheries boast some of the finest trout, kokanee, steelhead and Chinook salmon fishing in the state.

News

What is this fish? Identifying some of the lesser-known species anglers catch in southwest Idaho

Tuesday, May 4, 2021 - 7:24 AM MDT

When it comes to identifying their catch, most anglers know their fish, especially their game fish.

Southwest Region
Southwest Region Rainbow Trout Stocking Schedule - May

Wednesday, April 28, 2021 - 12:21 PM MDT

Personnel from Fish and Game's McCall and Nampa Hatcheries will be releasing more than 177,000 catchable-sized rainbow trout at the following locations during May. LOCATION WEEK STOCKED NUMBER OF TROUT

Southwest Region Fishing Fish Stocking and Schedules Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
During the spring wildlife baby boom, young animals are better off left alone

Tuesday, April 27, 2021 - 3:15 PM 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.

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Idaho anglers are citizen scientists who help collect data by reporting tagged fish they catch

Friday, April 9, 2021 - 9:53 AM MDT

If you are one of the lucky anglers who catch a tagged fish, be sure to report the tag through Fish and Game's website Tag You're It. Your efforts are helping to better shape fisheries management in Idaho.

Southwest Region
2022 – The Year New Spring Black Bear Seasons Begin

Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 7:55 AM MDT

A number of black bear hunters seem eager to take advantage of a new spring black bear hunting general season established at the March Fish and Game Commission meeting. Not so fast.

Southwest Region Big Game Hunting Black Bear
BCR Ammo Amnesty Program Has Ended

Thursday, April 1, 2021 - 11:52 AM MDT

It was popular while it lasted, but like all good things, BCR's steel ammo amnesty program has come to an end. Steel-jacketed ammo is normally banned at BCR, but wet conditions during February and March minimized the sparking risk, and the program served as an educational opportunity to inform shooters of the different types of ammo on the market.

Black's Creek Public Shooting Range Public Shooting Ranges Southwest Region
F&G seeks public help in suspected elk poaching case near Emmett

Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - 11:21 AM MDT

The big bull elk with a distinctive set of antlers was something of a celebrity to folks living in Emmett. Now Fish and Game is asking people for information regarding the suspected poaching of a large bull elk northeast of Emmett near Black Canyon Dam in late February.

Southwest Region Enforcement Elk