Through early April, Fish and Game staff will be out on the river from dawn to dusk, seven days a week, distributing tubes like these at popular fishing holes and signing up anglers interested in participating in the department's steelhead broodstock program.
February 9, 2021
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February 9, 2021 1 a.m.
Anglers needed to collect steelhead broodstock on the South Fork Clearwater River
About 7,000 hatchery steelhead set to return to the South Fork Clearwater River
Since 2010, Idaho Department of Fish and Game has been recruiting volunteer anglers to catch adult steelhead from the South Fork Clearwater River. Hatcheries rely on anglers from around the region, other states, and even other countries to collect steelhead broodstock on the South Fork Clearwater River each year.