fishing |

South Fork Boise Rainbows: More Wild than Native

Posted by admin on July 8, 2012 | No Comments

Map with pie charts showing extent of hybridization across the Boise River Basin

An article in a recent issue of the North American Journal of Fisheries Management takes a look at the South Fork Boise River wild trout fishery in the context of genetic background of the redband/rainbow trout residing in the upper Boise River basin.

Authors Helen Neville (Trout Unlimited Boise office) and Jason Dunham (US Geological Survey, Corvallis, OR) studied the hybridization of the redband trout due to the historic stocking of hatchery-raised coastal rainbow trout in the South Fork Boise River until the late 1970s, and compared genetic information on the South Fork trout with samples of trout from tributaries in the North and Middle forks of the Boise River.

It was the 2008 fish sampling genetic study that provided the basic information for the genetic analysis, and ultimately this report. Using the genetic analysis plus fish stocking records dating back several decades the authors concluded the following: Continue Reading…

How’s the Fishing?

Posted by admin on September 26, 2011 | No Comments

This website is the creation of fishing enthusiasts who have a conservation interest in the South Fork Boise. And we’re as interested as any in the fishing conditions. But the best information on fishing is to be found with local fly shops, businesses and message boards. Here’s a working list: