Fish and Game News

Waterfowl season opens this week

The 2010 waterfowl season opens Saturday Oct. 2 in Area 1, northern and eastern Idaho, and on Oct. 9 in Area 2 in southwestern Idaho and the Magic Valley.

The season includes Canada and greater white-fronted geese, ducks, coots and snipe and runs to Jan. 14, 2011, in Area 1 and to Jan. 21, 2011, in Area 2.

A split season for blue, snow and Ross’s geese in southwestern Idaho and the Magic Valley runs from Oct. 29 to January 21 and February 19 to March 10, and in parts of the Upper Snake and Southeast regions from Oct. 22 to January 14 and February 19 to March 10.

The daily bag limit is seven ducks; but not more than two female mallards, two redheads, three scaup, two pintails and one canvasback can be part of the bag limit. The daily dark goose bag limit is four, and the daily limit for light geese is 10.

Possession limits are twice the daily bag limit. The daily and possession limit for coots is 25, and the daily limit for common snipe is eight and the possession limit 16.

Hunters 16 or older need to buy a federal Migratory Bird Stamp. All hunters also must buy a federal migratory bird validation. Both are available from Fish and Game license vendors and online at https://id.outdoorcentral.us/.

Steelhead season opens Oct. 15

Steelhead harvest fishing season will open Oct. 15, on the Clearwater River upstream of the Memorial Bridge on U.S. Highway 12 near Lewiston.

The steelhead harvest season already is open on the Clearwater River downstream of the Memorial Bridge.

The harvest season opened September 1, on the Salmon, the Little Salmon and the lower Snake rivers.

The fall steelhead season runs through Dec. 31.