A big spring 2025 steelhead run holds potential for anglers hoping to catch one of Idaho’s most sought after fish. The latest steelhead return is the best since 2015 with more than 100,000 fish crossing Lower Granite Dam in 2024, … Continued
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently announced that the agency has stocked fall fingerling steelhead in Lake Superior and two rivers along the North Shore. In 2017, Minnesota DNR began raising steelhead trout to bolster the population of these … Continued
Rreduced bag and possession limits have been extended for the 2018 Idaho spring steelhead season, according to Idaho Department Fish and Game (IDFG). This year’s spring season began January 1. Daily steelhead bag limits are two daily and six in … Continued
Approximately 420,000 steelhead have been released into the American River, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). The juvenile steelhead were raised at Nimbus Fish Hatchery and released into the American River just upstream of the I … Continued
In August, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) designated the Nisqually and Elwha rivers as wild steelhead gene banks to help conserve wild steelhead populations. Under that designation, both rivers will be off-limits to releases of steelhead raised … Continued