More steelhead bound for the Boise River on Wednesday, Nov. 26

More steelhead are headed for the Boise River during the week of Thanksgiving.  

Approximately 85 additional steelhead will be released into the Boise River on Wednesday, Nov. 26. Fish and Game stocking trucks will be releasing fish at the usual locations: 

• Glenwood Bridge
• Americana Bridge
• Below the Broadway Avenue Bridge behind Boise State University
• West Parkcenter Bridge
• Barber Park

The fish are trapped at Hells Canyon Dam on the Snake River and will be released in equal numbers at these five stocking locations. 

"We recognize that we weren't able to provide much advanced notice for this second stocking event, but it was really up in the air until Tuesday," said Regional Fisheries Manager Art Butts. "Our hatchery staff were trapping fish until 4 p.m. today to get us up to 85 fish, and we only had three fish available to start the day on Monday." 

Boise River steelhead limits are 2 fish per day, 6 in possession and 20 for the fall season. Though required in other steelhead waters, barbless hooks are not required for Boise River steelhead angling.

In addition to a valid fishing license, anglers looking to fish for one of the hatchery steelhead need a steelhead permit. Permits can be purchased at any Fish and Game office or numerous vendors across the state.

All steelhead stocked in the Boise River will lack an adipose fin (the small fin normally found immediately behind the dorsal fin). Boise River anglers catching a rainbow trout longer than 20 inches that lacks an adipose fin should consider the fish a steelhead. Any steelhead caught by an angler not holding a steelhead permit must immediately be returned to the water, and it is illegal to target steelhead without a steelhead permit.