to one of the “smallest” state record fish ever caught in Idaho, it’s time to wrap up the top “big fish” stories from 2024. In total, 2024 had 7 new state records, which included 4 ...

Cutthroat trout are Idaho’s state fish, and the Westslope ... for a state certified-weight record Westslope cutthroat trout. While this trout’s size may not be impressive, the effort needed ...

There were several big fish caught across the state this year, resulting in multiple records. According to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, seven records were set in Idaho in 2024 ...

“I was stunned that it was a cutthroat because of its size,” Whitesitt ... catch to the Idaho Fish and Game, and the agency verified it has a catch-and-release state record for Westslope ...

Records from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game showed three pups likely around a month old were shot and killed by a hunter, who then collected reimbursement funds for at least two of them.

and the 570 wolves killed in 2019-2020 is record-breaking, perhaps reflecting Idaho Department of Fish and Game’s incentivization of wolf-killing. This level of population disruption leads to ...