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Idaho Fish & Game Anticipating Largest Steelhead Run on Clearwater River Since 2010 by Staff Big Country News, September 26, 2022

LEWISTON - The Idaho Fish & Game is anticipating its largest late summer steelhead run up the Clearwater River since 2010, according to Fisheries Regional Manager Joe DuPont.

As of September 21, the IDFG is predicting around 40,000 hatchery steelhead will be bound for the Clearwater River (see graph at original site). If the projections are accurate, it would result in the 7th best hatchery return ever to the Clearwater River basin, according to DuPont.

The IDFG is estimating that about 29,000 hatchery steelhead have already passed over Bonneville Dam, which exceeds the totals seen in the previous five years. According to the IDFG, 30% of run has yet to pass Bonneville Dam.