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Spring Chinook Season is Open
Report Date: Spring Chinook season is open the Dug Bar boat launch upstream to the deadline below Hells Canyon Dam. The bag limit will be 4 adipose fin-clipped spring Chinook per day of which no more than 1 may be an adult...
Snake River Spring Chinook Fishery Change
Report Date: Action: Open spring Chinook salmon fishing on the Snake River. Open Tuesdays and Fridays only beginning May 4, 2021. Effective date: May 4, 2021 until further notice. Species affected: Chinook salmon. Rule: Salmon: Min. size 12”. Daily limit four hatchery (adipose clipped) Chinook...Spring Chinook season will open on April 24
Report Date: Spring Chinook season will open on April 24 from the Dug Bar boat launch upstream to the deadline below Hells Canyon Dam. The bag limit will be 4 adipose fin-clipped spring Chinook per day of which no more than 1...
Crappie & Bass Fishing Will Start to Pick Up
Report Date: Water temperatures at Oxbow Dam are starting to rise into the 50s, which means crappie and bass fishing will be improving over the coming weeks.
crappie and perch fishing are starting to heat up
Report Date: Recent reports from anglers suggest crappie and perch fishing are starting to heat up, with fish of both species in the 12-16 inch range. The Brownlee pool is still filling, leaving the water elevation quite low, and access limited at...Spring Chinook season opens in Hells Canyon on April 24
Report Date: ENTERPRISE, Ore. – Spring Chinook season will open in Hells Canyon on April 24 from the Dug Bar boat ramp to the boundary below Hells Canyon Dam. Snake River spring Chinook are currently migrating up the main stem Columbia River...
Snake River Below Hells Canyon Report
Report Date: SNAKE RIVER below HELLS CANYON RESERVOIR: According to most recent creel surveys, steelhead catch rates have been below average at Hells Canyon Dam. The bag limit for steelhead has been reduced by emergency regulations to 2 fish per day through...Brownlee Reservoir Update
Report Date: No recent fishing reports. Please be aware that Spring Recreation Campground will be closed from Feb. 1 – March 31 for the replacement of the self-adjusting boarding docks and guide rails. Call the Idaho Power Company’s recording at 1-800-422-3143 to get...Owyhee River Report
Report Date: Sampling in September showed there are still plenty of large brown and rainbow trout available from 16 to 24 inches. Fishing has been good recently and anglers have reported catching some very large rainbow trout. Brown trout have also been...
Reduced steelhead bag limit for Snake River and tributaries continues into 2021, low returns persist
Report Date: ENTERPRISE, Ore. – Fishery managers have extended reduced daily bag limits for hatchery steelhead in the Snake River and tributaries, including the Grande Ronde, Wallowa and Imnaha Rivers. The bag limit of two hatchery steelhead per day remains in effect...