Outdoors
What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.
New trespassing, animal salvage and trapper laws begin soon
Many new Idaho laws that passed in the last legislative session take effect July 1, including laws that affect outdoor recreationists such as hunters, anglers and trappers.
Bass busters make state team
By RALPH BARTHOLDT
Killer bacteria found in Alaska moose, caribou
A harmful bacteria previously thought to live only in sheep and goats has been found in Alaska caribou and moose, according to a study announced last week by t…
Casual cast nets 25- pound pike for Hayden man fishing from shore
You can find Don Dorame on many weekends in summer fishing the edges of Hayden Lake from a 14-foot Klamath aluminum boat with a 15 horsepower Johnson that leav…
Record size trout prowl little Idaho lake
By ERIC BARKER
Biologists asking angler help to collect SL chinook fin clips
Anglers who catch a chinook salmon in Spirit Lake are asked to provide a fin clip for biologists to use as part of a statewide chinook salmon study.
Fish tales, roadside casting and the gospel of garlic on Fernan
By RALPH BARTHOLDT
Shortened Chinook fishing and bag limits on Lower Salmon and Little Salmon rivers
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game Commission changed fishing to four days per week, Thursday through Sunday, on the Lower Salmon and Little Salmon rivers starting Saturday, June 9, and anglers will also have a …
There's no discounting old school travel comfort
Honer’s dad made Winnebagos.
Controlled hunt applications are back online, deadline to apply is today
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game’s licensing system has resumed operating and people can apply for controlled hunts online, at license and tag vendors, at Fish and Game offices and via telephone at 800-554-868…
Commission sets Chinook seasons for South Fork Salmon, Upper Salmon, Lochsa
Idaho Department of Fish and Game Commission on June 6 set the Chinook fishing seasons on the South Fork of the Salmon, Upper Salmon and Lochsa rivers to open June 23.
Steamboat Pond heats up for Free Fishing Day
By RALPH BARTHOLDT
Panhandle rivers shaping up better than average for June
By RALPH BARTHOLDT
Big rivers, long empty roads -time to unlock something new
Once years ago, I drove the long stretch of narrow asphalt up the St. Joe River from St. Maries in spring, weeks before my source at the tackle shop in town said the water was fishable.
Winning rainbow pushes 16 pounds at Lake Pend Oreille derby
Aimee McCorkle was still in bed in the fo’c’sle of her and husband Rick’s fishing boat near Whiskey Rock last weekend when she heard the reel start to buzz.