Browse Idaho Fishing Reports

Fish are actively feeding in flats and tailouts with afternoon hatches firing. Flows are stable at 268 cfs.

The Coeur d'Alene is running low and cold, with mahogany duns, blue-wing olives, and midges your best fall bets. Fish small nymphs and sculpins to cover both the hatch and attractor options.

Fish are holding in tailouts and glides on the lower Coeur d'Alene, feeding selectively on small mayflies and caddis. Flows are stable at 268 cfs and much below normal.

Fall conditions have fish feeding throughout the day on the Coeur d'Alene. Flows are stable at 292 cfs with cool mornings and warm afternoons.

Stable fall flows and seasonal hatches have fish active across the Coeur d'Alene River. Cool mornings and mild afternoons favor consistent feeding throughout the day.

Coeur d'Alene River is fishing very good with strong hatches and plenty of feeding fish. Flows remain stable and below normal, favoring fine-line presentations.

Excellent hatches and stellar fishing on the Coeur d'Alene. Fish are getting selective as water cools, so focus on deeper pools, tailouts, and ripbank areas with duns, emergers, and smaller caddis patterns.

Cooler conditions and recent rain have improved trout fishing on the Coeur d'Alene, with blue-winged olives, mahogany mayflies, and caddis nymphs active.

Low flows and cooling water temperatures are activating cutthroat on the Coeur d'Alene. Fish are holding in slack water, focus your drifts there with small dries and terrestrials.

Fall is arriving on the Coeur d'Alene River, bringing cooler water and improved hatches after a sluggish summer. Morning fishing offers the best chance as flows rise and terrestrials remain active.

Very low flows make the Coeur d'Alene a challenge in late August, but early mornings and afternoon caddis can still produce. Focus upriver where water is coldest and fish feed most actively.

Summer heat has cooled the bite on the Coeur d'Alene, though terrestrial and aquatic insects remain active. Flows are holding steady at 285 cfs, well below normal but stable for the season.

The Coeur d'Alene is running very low and warm with spotty fishing; focus on early and late-day windows with dry flies.

Early morning fishing works best on the Coeur d'Alene when water temperature sits at 66°F and flows remain stable but low.

The Coeur d'Alene in August was very warm with flows well below normal at Cataldo. Fish the late afternoon caddis hatch or focus on small nymphs and patterns in pocket water.

Fish early mornings and tributaries. Flows remain stable and low. Multiple hatches active; use Stimulators, emergers, and small jigs.