New fishing regulations

[cpierce]

I just picked up my new regulation booklet for this next year!

So much more water open!! Some is catch and release until Memorial Day, but it is open!!!
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[idahoron]

I heard that they were going to plant flat head catfish in Henerys. [laugh]
Ron
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[cpierce]

Ron, I am sure they will! []
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[cpierce]

Another nice thing is that kokanee and brook trout are both listed as separate from the "trout" limit. You can have a limit of both to eat if you want.

So if an area has catch and release on trout, you can still keep brookies, whitefish etc.
if they are allowed in the region rules.
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[windriver]

I talked to a guy about that at Mackay. He was excited that Kokes would be on a seperate limit.

Windriver
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[gstott]

I'm excited to have more pre-runoff streams to fish. It seems like they all opened up right in the thick of high water.
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[jeremypeace]

guess I better go get one when does it take affect.. Does it start at the first of the year or the beginning of the fishing season?
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[MMDon]

[quote windriver]I talked to a guy about that at Mackay. He was excited that Kokes would be on a seperate limit.

Windriver[/quote]

I hope the F&G officers have been made aware that the two species are now listed separately so by definition should have separate possession limits for the same trip on the same day.
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[cpierce]

MM, I am sure they have gone over them very carefully. I will probably have to tote the regulations with me just to recheck different water exceptions. Might be a good idea anyway so you can show it to them.

JeremyPeace, new regulations and a new licence both take effect with the new year, so don't anyone forget to get a new licence either. I am trying to remind myself here!!!
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[Bassnbob]

My wife and I will be getting our senior combo license next week for $11.75 each.

Sometimes you just gotta love being old. []
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[cpierce]

gstott said: I'm excited to have more pre-runoff streams to fish. It seems like they all opened up right in the thick of high water.

This is the part of the changes that I like the best also. It will be nice to have some more stream options available late in the year and before they become unfishable with high water. There are some small spring fed creeks that I want to give a try this spring. That is, if I can get to them. I may have to break out the cross country skis and snow shoes!!!
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[jeremypeace]

I already got my new license but they didn't have the new regs available where I went yet so I'll just keep looking.. Got my license now so I wouldn't forget when the new year rolles around.
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[MMDon]

The new rules are available here:

http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/fish/rules/
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[iliketofish]

I don't want to dig up any old ghosts, or flair any tempers, but I just looked through the new booklet and I can't find anything that says it's illegal to pick up a bull trout or wild steelhead and take a quick picture, however for sturgeon it specifically states that you can't take them out of the water.... Does this mean that a quick picture is OK now (not that that rule was enforced much before anyway), or did I just miss it?
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[cpierce]

I don't see anything about picking them up either. They must have just decided against it.
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[cpierce]

Another interesting change that I see is that they traded the start dates or closure to 1 July, off of the Palie Res tributaries and applied it to all of the lower So Fork tributaries.
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