Southwest Region rainbow trout stocking schedule - May

Fish and Game staff will be stocking more than 133,000 catchable-size (10 to 12 inch) trout at the following locations across the Southwest Region in May. In any year, May is a fantastic time to be an angler in Southwest Idaho, as stocking ramps back up throughout the region and many waters get their first big shot of fish since the fall. There are a few other things that make this May unique.

F&G begins annual grizzly bear research trapping in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest

As part of ongoing efforts to monitor the population of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, biologists from Idaho Fish and Game will begin annual research trapping grizzly bears in the Upper Snake Region beginning in May.

F&G Commission will meet via special conference call on Tuesday, May 13 at 9 a.m. MDT

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission is scheduled to hold a special conference call on Tuesday, May 13 at 9 a.m. MDT. The Commission is scheduled to make a decision to modify 2025 spring Chinook seasons.

Spring Chinook Salmon Fishing Update 5/6/2025: Rapid River Run, Hells Canyon, and Clearwater River Fisheries

Celebrating and honoring Idaho’s first state game warden, Charles Henry Arbuckle

On May 5, 1899, Governor Frank Steunenberg appointed 36-year-old Charles H. Arbuckle—a member of Idaho’s House of Representatives—to the Office of State Game Warden. During his two-year appointment, Arbuckle successfully started hiring deputy game wardens across the state to enforce the new laws.

Now available: Controlled hunt drawing results for moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat

Hunters who applied for controlled hunts for moose, bighorn sheep, and mountain goat hunts can see if they drew a tag by going to www.GoOutdoorsIdaho.com. The second application period for unissued moose, bighorn sheep, and mountain goat tags will be June 15-25.

Here's how public input helped shape big game seasons in Southwest Idaho

When hunters peek online or thumb through their copy of the 2025 Big Game Seasons and Rules Brochure for the first time, they should take note of several changes to seasons in the Southwest Region – and understand how those changes came about.

F&G, City of Caldwell partnering to address invasive weeds at Rotary Pond

Sometime during the week of May 4 through May 10, Idaho Fish and Game staff will be assisting the City of Caldwell with an herbicide application at Caldwell Rotary Pond to knock back invasive aquatic weeds that frequently make the pond unfishable in the summer months. The actual date of the treatment will depend on pond conditions and weather.