Idaho Fish and Game shares some common fishing violations in Southeast Region – Local News 8

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Whether or not you dangle a jig by way of a gap within the ice or solid a streamer into an open river, wintertime is a superb time for fishing.  Southeast Idaho has no scarcity on implausible winter fisheries– however earlier than you head out to reel within the enjoyable, ensure you already know the foundations.

Listed below are some essential reminders primarily based on a number of the commonest violations Fish and Recreation conservation officers encounter within the Southeast Area.

Know your limits.

• Chesterfield Reservoir positioned close to Bancroft is a well-liked year-round fishery with fast-growing rainbow trout.  Simply keep in mind it has a two-trout and six-bass restrict. And, any bass have to be not less than 14 inches if you wish to take it residence for dinner. 
• American Falls Reservoir which has produced some Idaho state file trout can be a terrific bass fishery.  It has a bass restrict of two, any dimension.  Trout restrict is 6. 
• On the Snake River from Eagle Rock upstream to American Falls Dam, the trout restrict is 0 (catch-and-release) from October 16 to the Friday earlier than Memorial Day weekend.   Saturday of Memorial Day weekend to October 15, the trout restrict is 2.

Don’t take the bait.

• Daniels Reservoir close to Malad Metropolis is a well-liked trout fishery and produces some lovely fish.  Nonetheless, anglers want to go away the bait at residence!  Significantly, don’t even have it in your sort out field, or you will have some explaining to do.  Barbless hooks are additionally required.  Trout restrict is 2, none beneath 20 inches will be stored. 
• Each Treasureton Reservoir in Franklin County and Twenty-4 Mile Reservoir in Caribou County have a number of the identical guidelines as Daniels.  No bait allowed, barbless hooks required, and there’s a trout restrict of two, none beneath 20 inches.  However at Treasureton, there is no such thing as a dimension, bag, or possession limits on bass. And, at Twenty-4 Mile, no motors allowed. 

Acquired license?

• These 14 and older will need to have a legitimate Idaho fishing license to fish in Idaho. 
• That is true even for small group ponds positioned in parks, nature areas, and recreation amenities, reminiscent of Pocatello’s Edson Fichter Nature Space and Portneuf Wellness Complicated and Soda Spring’s Higher Kelly Park Pond. 
• Bear Lake within the southeast nook of the state straddles the Idaho-Utah border, so both a legitimate Idaho or legitimate Utah fishing license can be utilized to fish this physique of water– regardless of which a part of the lake you drop your anchor.

Don’t slip on the ice (fishing)!   

• When slicing a gap within the ice, be sure it’s no greater than 10 inches in diameter. This isn’t just for public security, it’s the legislation.  The exception:  any dimension gap could also be minimize by way of the ice to dip web cisco on Bear Lake (season goes from Jan. 1 to Feb. 15). 
• What number of poles can be utilized?  Relies upon the place you’re fishing.  For instance, at Bear Lake, two traces are permitted when ice fishing with a two-pole allow.  When ice fishing at Daniels, Treasureton, or Twenty-4 Mile Reservoir, just one line is allowed.

There’s an app for that.

Use your cellphone to obtain Idaho Fish and Recreation’s free gooutdoorsidaho.com app and by no means be with out your fishing or searching license once more.  That’s as a result of you should purchase your license by way of this app and obtain it proper to your cellphone!  Must double-check a regulation?  You should have that data (and extra) at your fingertips, too.

Know one thing?  Say one thing!

In case you witness or suspect somebody is committing a wildlife violation, please say one thing.   The vast majority of Fish and Recreation’s wildlife instances come from ideas from the general public.  You can also make a name to your nearest regional Fish and Recreation workplace or contact Residents Towards Poaching (CAP) at 1-800-632-5999.  Callers can stay nameless, and rewards can be found for info that results in an arrest.  Can’t keep in mind the CAP quantity?  It’s there on the again of your fishing, searching, or trapping license— or yow will discover it on gooutdoorsidaho.com.

Hopefully, these reminders will provide help to higher put together on your subsequent fishing journey within the Southeast Area.  Simply keep in mind, it’s your duty to “know earlier than you go”. For a whole checklist of Idaho fishing rules, please discuss with the 2022-2024 Fishing Seasons and Guidelines out there on-line or in booklet type at an Idaho Fish and Recreation vendor.