Catch-and-release only season on Henrys Lake starts today

Author: Report Date: February 15, 2023 Henrys Lake fishing season reminder: February 15, marks the start of the catch-and-release only season on Henrys Lake that remains in place through the Friday before Memorial Day weekend. Ice conditions are variable across the lake and there have been reports of...

Clearwater River Steelhead!!!

Author: Report Date: February 8, 2023 Clearwater River Steelhead!!! The fishing on the Clearwater River in Idaho this spring just can't be beat. We did have to endure a recent cold snap but it didn't shut us down it just slowed us down a little bit.

Stellhead Action in Hells Canyon

Author: Report Date: February 8, 2023 Last weekend Hells Canyon provided some great memories. Hooking steelhead and eating delicious homemade lunch was the highlight, but seeing beautiful views and wildlife wasn't much of a downer! As the weather warms...

We've been catching Steelhead!

Author: Report Date: February 1, 2023 We've been catching Steelhead! At Hammer Down we can help make all your fish stories to your buddies come true! Join us for a chartered fishing trip of a lifetime. The Hammer Down crew has been DIALED in on where...

Spring steelhead fishing on the Clearwater River in Idaho!

Author: Report Date: January 26, 2023 Spring steelhead fishing on the Clearwater River in Idaho! The water temperature on this particular morning was only 33° and we were still catching fish. It's going to stay good for the rest of the spring now. I've got one...

The weather is a bit cold but the Steelhead fishing on the Clearwater River in Idaho is hot!

Author: Report Date: January 23, 2023 The weather is a bit cold but the Steelhead fishing on the Clearwater River in Idaho is hot! The urge to move for spring in these magnificent fish has begun. Fishing has been really...

Fishing has been smoking!

Author: Report Date: January 20, 2023 Here's some fish pictures from the last couple of days. One word, pandemonium! Fishing has been smoking . I think it might get a little better yet. LOL I don't need to be any...

Steelhead are on our mind!

Author: Report Date: January 18, 2023 Fish, Fish, Fish... Steelhead are on our mind! Thank you Marty Reese , Friend's and Family it was so much fun fishing with you! Looking forward to seeing you on the river again! #friends #familyfun #birthdaytrip #riverfun #whitebirdlocals #localtrip #idaho #steelheadfishing #hammerdown...

Fishing on the Clearwater River in Idaho is really good this year!

Author: Report Date: January 17, 2023 My wife Lacy McClintock Wilcox and I put in late yesterday morning and went fast downriver and took out early and caught fish with reckless abandon! That's because the fishing on the Clearwater River...

The Clearwater River in Idaho is giving us some real banger bucks this year!

Author: Report Date: January 13, 2023 Yesterday I had the pleasure of helping this little guy land his first Steelhead ever! This is Dallas Payton. He's a diehard! He fished and tried very hard all day in the rain to learn and develop the skills to...

Steelhead fishing on the Clearwater River in Idaho just keeps getting better and better!

Author: Report Date: January 11, 2023 Steelhead fishing on the Clearwater River in Idaho just keeps getting better and better! This father-son team hooked 25 steelhead in 2 days. Sometimes everything just comes together right. It did for these guys! Here's a few pictures of some...

Fish are in great shape and in great numbers!

Author: Report Date: January 5, 2023 Here's a couple of fish from yesterday. I guided a single client and that man went five for six. He caught all of his fish side drifting where he was able to be completely enthused in his fishing and not...