Wednesday October 23, 2024
KTVB —
Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he might just be helping Idaho Fish and Game (IDFG).
IDFG is asking anglers to come out and catch walleye fish, also known as yellow pike, as the fish are spreading in Idaho waters at an alarming rate.
For the past few years, IDFG has asked anglers to harvest any walleye they catch in Idaho salmon and steelheads rivers.
In 2023, anglers caught 19 walleye in the Snake and Salmon rivers. In 2024, so far, IDFG has gotten 60 verified reports of walleye that were caught.
The agency has made it clear in the past that walleye themselves aren’t “bad” fish, they just don’t mix with the native fish species in Idaho rivers and threaten salmon and steelhead survival.