Tweet NOAA-supported restoration work aims to alleviate flooding, prevent fish kills, and reconnect migrating salmon and steelhead to their historic habitat. Butano Creek flows under Pescadero Creek Road. (Photo: San Mateo Resource Conservation District) For decades, sediment buildup in California’s … Continue reading →
Tweet \ Salmon habitat restoration project on the Eagle Valley Ranch near Salmon, Idaho All rights reserved. Photo by: Jeff Dillucia Idaho Fish and Game biologists are applying techniques to restore salmon and steelhead habitat that can reduce the effects … Continue reading →
TweetAs steelhead fishing begins to wrap up for this spring, we wanted to provide an update on the University of Idaho steelhead catch-and-release study. Like many things, the study has been influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Tagging that was occurring … Continue reading →
Tweet By Tim Copeland, Fisheries Natural Resource Program Coordinator Monday, April 13, 2020 – 2:12 PM MDT Spring is spawning season for Idaho’s steelhead. These fish make an incredible journey to reach their home streams to spawn. Sometimes, it is not … Continue reading →
TweetBiologists are confident broodstock needs will be met so size restriction is no longer needed The Idaho Fish and Game Commission removed the size restriction starting March 13 on steelhead fisheries in the Clearwater River basin and Snake River downstream of Couse Creek. … Continue reading →
Tweet The last steelhead encounter rate and catch-and-release survival project update was in early January and some great progress has been made since then. As of February 26th, a total of 179 tags have been reported by anglers from all … Continue reading →
Tweet The future of Idaho’s salmon and steelhead depends on wild fish. They embody the genetic diversity that evolved in the high mountain nurseries, surging spring run-offs, fresh to salt water transformation and 466-mile migration back to Idaho to spawn … Continue reading →
Tweet “Do Idaho hatcheries clip the adipose fin on every steelhead they release?” As with many things in our salmon and steelhead world, clipping or not clipping hatchery fish can get a little complicated. Some hatchery steelhead smolts are released … Continue reading →
Tweet Reminders for 2020 February 4, 2020by ptirawildlife, posted in Fishing (Sport), salmon, steelhead The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) would like to remind anglers that emergency regulations affecting spring Chinook salmon fishing in the Klamath River Basin were re-adopted by the California Fish and … Continue reading →
Tweet Action: Returns these waters to permanent rules as listed in the 2019-20 Washington Sport Fishing Rules pamphlet. Effective date: Feb. 5, 2020. Species affected: Hatchery steelhead. Location: Skykomish River, from Wallace River upstream to the confluence of North and South forks. Wallace … Continue reading →
TweetGo steelhead fishing this weekend The winter steelhead season is well underway. Recent rains have dispersed fish throughout the basins on the coast and in the Willamette Valley. The key to winter fishing is to keep an eye on water … Continue reading →
Tweet Action: Returns Hoko River to permanent rules as listed in the 2019-20 Washington Sport Fishing Rules pamphlet. Effective date: Immediately. Species affected: Hatchery steelhead. Location: Hoko River (Clallam County), from the mouth to the Ellis Creek Bridge (river mile 18.5). Reason for action: Hatchery … Continue reading →
TweetAction: Anglers fishing the McNary Pool must release all sturgeon. Effective: Feb. 1, 2020. Location: McNary Pool (Lake Wallula), including the Hanford Reach and Snake River upstream to Ice Harbor Dam. Species affected: White sturgeon. Reason for action: The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission in … Continue reading →
TweetOLYMPIA – The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) on Tuesday approved an application from Cooke Aquaculture to farm all-female, sterile (triploid) rainbow trout/steelhead in Puget Sound. The five-year permit applies to existing net pens in Puget Sound where … Continue reading →
Tweet OLYMPIA – With low numbers of wild steelhead projected to return to the Skagit Basin, fishery managers with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced today that the Skagit steelhead catch-and-release fishery will not open this year. … Continue reading →
Tweet Written by Will Lubenau, University of Idaho As the new year begins, we thought it would be a good time for an update on the steelhead encounter rate and catch and release mortality study. We have continued to get … Continue reading →
Tweet Action: Requires the release of all steelhead in the Hoko River. Effective date: Dec. 12, 2019, until further notice. Species affected: Hatchery steelhead. Locations: Hoko River (Clallam County), from the mouth to the Ellis Creek Bridge (river mile 18.5). Reason for action: Preseason … Continue reading →
Tweet Action: Steelhead daily limit is 1 hatchery steelhead. Anglers must stop fishing for steelhead once their steelhead daily limit has been retained. Effective date: Jan. 1, 2020 through April 15, 2020. Species affected: Steelhead. Locations: Walla Walla River from the mouth to … Continue reading →
Tweet By Roger Phillips, Public Information Supervisor Friday, October 18, 2019 – 11:41 AM MDT Anglers can still fish for and harvest steelhead, but the bag limit is reduced Steelhead fishing continues on portions of the Snake, Salmon and Little Salmon rivers, … Continue reading →
TweetAction: Allows retention of up to 3 hatchery adult salmon, including up to 1 hatchery adult Chinook. Allows retention of up 3 hatchery steelhead. Effective date: Sept. 19 through Dec. 31, 2019. Species affected: Hatchery salmon (Chinook and coho) and hatchery steelhead. Location: Washougal … Continue reading →
