BOISE, ID – Treasure Valley residents, it’s official: You can go ahead and dust off your steelhead fishing gear. Fish are coming to the Boise River on Friday, Nov. 21.
“After two weeks of trapping at Hells Canyon Dam, we have met broodstock needs for the hatchery and have enough steelhead on hand for a stocking event in the Boise River,” said Chris Sullivan, Anadromous Fisheries Coordinator.
Approximately 200 total steelhead will be released into the Boise River at the usual locations:
- Glenwood Bridge
- Americana Bridge
- Below the Broadway Avenue Bridge, behind Boise State University
- West Parkcenter Bridge
- Barber Park
The fish will be released in equal numbers at these five stocking locations. Fish and Game cannot provide exact stocking times, but generally, it occurs between 12 p.m. and 2 p.m…