By Casey Santee
csantee@journalnet.com
Restoration and conservation efforts on the Bear River have Idaho’s population of Bonneville cutthroat trout on the rebound after decades of decline due to irrigation, habitat damage, overfishing,...

I say lets have a fishing competetion. SE Idaho, you can go from Chesterfield to american falls. You can fish from boat to from the bank, use worms to lures even power bait. Have a entry fee, have the competetion down to one thing pounds. Have it a 3 day event every fisherman would have a judge with them. We could make our own rules, sub- divisions, species division, we could run wild with this. Get fish and game involved, our local pros, fly to bait fishing this could be fun, all ideas and comments are appreciated. steve

Staples for Spring in Western Montana
By Corey Fisher

Once upon a time, the word "skwala" was only uttered in hushed whispers in fly shops and bars around Missoula. Tales of...

Spring is a magical time on the rivers and streams of Southwest Montana. Trout slowed to a virtual standstill by the frigid temperatures of winter awake from their dormant state to feed on the bounty of insect hatches that mark the changing of the season....

by
Dave Langston


We have waited for this exactly one year. Tomorrow, Saturday August 30th kicks off the official...

By Glen Bruderer


Idaho anglers should expect most of the same fishing opportunities in 2008 as in years past - only with more water.

Idaho fishing regulations changed very little from 2007, but the spring runoff will play a key role in how Idaho's fishing waters will fish in the spring and early summer.
There are, however, a few things that...

Years ago i would go out to rose ponds and float around. Well i went out there just this past Thursday the 29th of may 2009. I looked up on the internet at fish and game, i found that rose ponds was just stocked before Memorial day weekend. As the case may have it i got skunked. Now like i said years ago this is the place i go to just get a quick hour or so in either from the bank or the float tube. These trout back then were not the brightest in the world. i be using a hopper in the end of may and catching them left and right. So either it got fished out or they got smarter ,, Someone let me know.

Spring is finally here and even with low temperatures fishing is getting off to a good start on most reservoirs for cold-water species. Heck, I even got reports of ten pound plus rainbows taken at American Falls reservoir this past weekend. But for warm water anglers what species is first to take an offering thrown in the water? Catfish, and they become aggressive as soon as they prepare to spawn in the early spring.

Some of the biggest fish are taken during this time of the year. Down south during the January and February spawn, cats up to 40 pounds are taken regularly and...

Bryan Garcia, 5, displays a nice catfish.

The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission is seeking comment on a proposal that would allow state officials to close waters to recreation during a fire emergency.

The new rule seeks to authorize FWP to adopt temporary emergency closures of public waters to boating, floating, swimming, fishing and other uses when firefighting efforts on or near the water creates a danger to public health and safety.

A temporary emergency closure helps ensure public safety...

Cheyanne took advantage of her success turkey hunting, by spending some time fishing for steelhead near Grangeville.

Most Idaho anglers are dreaming of wild rainbows and cutthroat sipping flies off the surface of cold-water rivers and reservoirs among spectacular scenery in Idaho's backcountry.

Well, bass don't sip anything, and for scenery, how...

I get to come home for x-mas break, I plan on doing some ducking and gooseing just wanting to know about the numbers of birds in the aberdeen area. please send me an e-mail at sole_soaker@yahoo.com

By Lance Frazier
Logan Herald Journal

LOGAN CANYON — You know those holes you’ve fished on the Logan River, the ones that looked so promising yet failed to yield a single...

Howard Bruderer fights a nice salmon near Riggins, Idaho.

By John Bulger jbulger@journalnet.com BEAR LAKE — The three Idaho Fish and Game biologists wade slowly through the frothing creek that spills into Bear Lake, two carrying nets while the lead man sweeps a wand slowly through the water. One netter surges towards movement in the water and deftly captures a huge trout that has been stunned by electroshock....

Joe Pebworth, Age 10, First Jr Bass Tournament, 1st Place, Oxbow Reservoir

Smallmouths Snake River System
By
Dave Langston...

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So you think you know how to age a fish, do you? Not so - even the "experts" get fooled.

Wyoming Game and fish Department fisheries biologist Bill Wengert, a 35-year veteran, found out just how tricky it can be to age a fish recently when he caught a lake trout on Flaming Gorge Reservoir.

"I was ice fishing in the Big Bend area when I caught a lake trout weighing a very skinny two and a half pounds and measuring 22.75 inches in length," Wengert said. "The fish...

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Kyle Cindell shows off a nice 4-pound bass.

Chance Bruderer caught this nice salmon near Riggins, Idaho.

I have herd from a few people that the deer hunting in south eastern idaho is on it's way down hill. I do not know if they are just being lazy and not hunting to hard or hard enough to find much. I recently moved to northern idaho for school and am a little home sick for the mule deer hunting. I could sure use a few good pics from someone and a good story or two. The deer hunting up here concists of whitetail hunting and I hear it gets realy good come mid november, opening day up here was rather slow, seen a few does and one small buck I sat all morning in one spot about a mile froma road and watched a clear cut. The elk are finaly into the rut not and talking untill almost 1 pm. please shoot...

By Jennifer Jackson
Idaho Department of Fish and Game
POCATELLO  - Who ever heard of report cards during summer? Aren’t the long lazy days of the season set aside for outdoor pursuits like fishing? Sure they are, and Fish and Game is asking you to combine both with the new Fishing Report Card program.
Here is how it works.
  When you visit your favorite fishing spot in southeast Idaho, you may notice a post or kiosk affixed with a tan box and a set of fishing...