Fishing

Woman holding a rainbow trout with one hand, with her fly fishing net in her other hand, while wading in the North Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River.

Know Local Fishing Regulations Before You Go

Be sure you know the specific rules for the state and waterway where you plan -- easily-accessible resources make it simple to learn.
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Three rainbow trout in a fishing net.

Free Fishing Weekend in Washington: June 12-13

Every first weekend in June, WDFW hosts Free Fishing Weekend to encourage first-timers to experience the sport.
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Man holding Black Crappie fish and smiling at the camera.

Fishing Close to Home in Spokane & North Idaho

8 destinations near Spokane, Coeur d'Alene, and Sandpoint: drive less, fish longer, and take advantage of the longer daylight hours.
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Man holding a redband trout with two hands, one hand under the belly and another at the tail.

Fly Fishing & Catching Your First Redband Trout

Advice on how to fly fish on the Spokane River from Spokane Tribe Fish Biologist Conor Giorgi and Silver Bow Fly Shop Owner Sean Visintainer
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Man holding a redband trout with two hands, one hand under the belly and another at the tail.

Spokane’s Native Redband Trout

Redband trout are the iconic fish of the Spokane River. Learn about the environmental challenges and conservation collaborations in this Nature column by Adam Gebauer.
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Fly-fisherman holding a wild steelhead in the water.

Bold Proposal to Restore Snake River Salmon & Steelhead

Snake River wild salmon and steelhead population is drastically declining, and the solution is to remove the four lower Snake River dams to allow salmon ...
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The author steelhead fishing on the Columbia River_Photo Jeff Holmes.

A Path Forward for Inland NW Salmon

A proposal for a Columbia Basin Fund could keep salmon from extinction in the Snake River basin, which includes pristine rivers in Idaho, NE Oregon ...
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Jessica Haydahl holding a sturgeon fish under water.

2021 Fly Fishing Film Tour Goes Virtual

Spokane and Coeur d’Alene area anglers can catch this year’s film festival at a living room near you! Like many of your favorite events this ...
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Fly Fishing Film Tour Comes to Spokane & other NW Cities

The 14th annual Fly Fishing Film Tour stops in Spokane on January 28, 2020, at the Bing Crosby Theater, followed by film tour events in ...
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