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Steelhead Limits Reduced
for 2018 Spring Season

by Mike Demick
Times-News, January 4, 2018

Steelhead make their final push to the headwaters of the Clearwater and Salmon rivers during spring, which concentrates them in the upper tributaries. JEROME -- Fish and Game commissioners have extended the reduced bag and possession limits for the 2018 spring steelhead season, which started Monday. The limits include:

All other 2018 steelhead rules apply -- including season harvest limits and opening/closing dates. An updated brochure is available on the Steelhead Fishing Rules page at https://idfg.idaho.gov/fish/steelhead/rules.

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



Mike Demick
Steelhead Limits Reduced for 2018 Spring Season
Times-News, January 4, 2018

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