Idaho’s rivers have long been a haven for anglers chasing the thrill of landing a Chinook salmon, but 2025 has brought some big changes to the fishing scene, especially on the South Fork Salmon River.

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission will consider reopening the Little Salmon River to Chinook salmon fishing in a conference call at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 4. The call will originate in the Idaho ...

My fishing guide, Shiloh Patterson, vividly remembers the first time he hooked a king salmon back in 1997. The fight lasted only 10 seconds before his line snapped, but it was all he could talk about ...

BOISE, Idaho — Attention anglers: Idaho Fish and Game (IDFG) has released a new app for salmon and steelhead permits. The new app, available in low-service areas and while a device is in airplane mode ...

The spring Chinook fishing season opens April 26 in the Salmon, Snake and Clearwater river drainages. Two stretches of the Salmon River open that day. The Lower Salmon River from the Rice Creek bridge ...