Steelhead Trout

Feb. 19: Upper Salmon River steelhead fishing report

Feb. 19: Steelhead angler effort on the upper Salmon River over the past week was light with most anglers only fishing for an hour or two during the afternoons.

Weekly Steelhead Harvest Report from Clearwater Region (1/6/19)

The majority of the fishing effort on the main stem of the Clearwater was up around Orofino. There were still a few people fishing between Hog Island and the Paper Mill who reported successful fishing trips.

The anglers fishing along the bank on the North Fork were reporting success but catch rates and effort was slower on Sunday.

Most of the anglers that were viewed fishing on the North Fork were bobber fishing.  Check details on Harvest Report. - Jaime Robertson, Regional Fisheries Technician, Clearwater Region

Steelhead fishing continues uninterrupted with two new area closures

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission on Friday, Dec. 7 approved an agreement to keep most steelhead seasons open, but steelhead fishing in two areas closed effective 11:59 p.m. Dec. 7.

Steelhead will be released into Boise River Nov. 21

Stocking the Boise River with steelhead started in 1983, and adult hatchery steelhead have been stocked in the river every year since 1998.

Fish and Game Commission suspends steelhead fishing due to threatened lawsuit

Please Note: This press release is no longer current. Please review the most recent actions taken to reopen steelhead fishing in Idaho.

Idaho Fish and Game Commission on Nov. 14 voted to suspend the steelhead fishing season at the end of fishing hours on Dec. 7 under threat of a federal lawsuit by six organizations for Fish and Game operating a steelhead season without a federal permit, which is currently pending. 

Letter to steelhead anglers from F&G Director Virgil Moore

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission suspended the fall steelhead season effective midnight December 7, 2018.  The decision was made after careful thought in response to a threatened lawsuit over the federal government’s failure to process Idaho’s Endangered Species Act permit for the steelhead fishery. Steelhead fishing will remain closed in 2019 until further notice.  

Clearwater Region Steelhead creel update 10/22/18 to 10/28/18

Hi everybody.  The Clearwater Region's steelhead creel data from 10/22/18 to 10/28/18 is summarized below.

Lower Granite Dam Fisheries Research

Lower Granite Dam Fisheries Research

Idaho Department of Fish and Game

By Dalton D. Lebeda, IDFG/PSMFC Senior Fisheries Technician

Oct. 9: Idaho steelhead update from fisheries manager Joe DuPont

With steelhead harvest season opening Oct.15 on the Clearwater River, anglers are reminded that Idaho Fish and Game is continuing the one-fish bag limit for hatchery steelhead until Dec. 31 in order to continue reduced harvest on hatchery steelhead and protect wild steelhead. 

F&G assumes management of Hagerman steelhead hatchery

Idaho Fish and Game recently reached an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to assume operations of the Hagerman National Fish Hatchery, which raises about 1.6 million juvenile steelhead for release in the Upper Salmon River Basin.