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Reduced Steelhead Bag,
Possession Limits Extended to Spring

by Staff
Idaho County Free Press, December 27, 2017

Steelhead make their final push to the headwaters of the Clearwater and Salmon rivers during spring, which concentrates them in the upper tributaries. Fish and Game commissioners extended the reduced bag and possession limits for the 2018 spring steelhead season, which starts Jan. 1.

Daily bag limits for the 2018 spring season are two daily and six in possession statewide. Only adipose fin-clipped steelhead may be harvested. Steelhead longer than 28 inches in total length cannot be harvested on the mainstem Clearwater, North Fork Clearwater, Middle Fork Clearwater, South Fork Clearwater, or the Snake River from the confluence (Lewiston) upstream to Couse Creek Boat Ramp.

All other 2018 steelhead rules still apply, including season harvest limits, opening and closing dates. An updated brochure will be available before Jan. 1 on the Steelhead Fishing Rules page at idfg.idaho.gov.

The number of hatchery steelhead returning to Idaho is sufficient to provide a harvest fishery for adipose fin-clipped, hatchery-origin steelhead under reduced harvest limits through the spring season. The size restriction on the lower Snake and Clearwater rivers protects the larger "B-run" steelhead from overharvest and ensures enough will return to replenish hatcheries.

Limits include:



Staff
Reduced Steelhead Bag, Possession Limits Extended to Spring
Idaho County Free Press, December 27, 2017

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