ROGER PHILLIPS/Idaho Department of Fish and Game
Idaho Fish and Game’s hatchery summer chinook run has improved enough the agency can offer a limited fishing season for the fish, like the one pictured here.
April 2, 2017
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Snowpack should pay dividends for anglers
Fish need water, and Idaho’s mountains are full of water in the form of a giant snowpack. According to the Natural Resources Conservation Service, mountain ranges throughout the state in early March had snowpacks ranging from a 90 percent of average in the Coeur d’Alene and Priest drainages to 175 percent of average in the Big Wood drainage. Most areas were running between 120 and 160 percent of normal.