A steelhead is pumped back into a raceway last summer at the Niagara Springs Hatchery near Wendell. Fish and Game killed 96,000 steelhead this month at its hatchery to prevent the spread of a virus.
Steelhead have their adipose fins clipped and passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags installed during a tour Monday, Aug. 19, 2019, at Niagara Springs Fish Hatchery in Wendell.
Fisheries biologist James Shipps monitors young steelhead as they're clipped, Aug. 19 at Niagara Springs Fish Hatchery near Wendell.
FILER — Idaho Fish and Game killed 96,000 steelhead this month to prevent a virus from spreading to other fish throughout the Magic Valley.
The 96,000 B-run steelhead at the Magic Valley Fish Hatchery had the IHN virus (infectious hematopoietic necrosis) according to a Fish and Game press release. That virus has been found in southern Idaho fish before, but this particular strain might have been new to the area. The strain does infect Pacific Northwest fish.
The young steelhead — which would have been released into the Little Salmon River as smolts this spring — may have had the virus before they were brought to the Magic Valley. They had been shipped, as eggs, from Fish and Game’s Clearwater Fish Hatchery.
There are still 1.5 million fish left at the Magic Valley Fish Hatchery. Fish and Game said losing the 96,000 fish “is not expected to have a major impact on the number of returning adults.” The euthanized fish made up about 12% of 2021’s Little Salmon River steelhead release for both A-run and B-run smolts.
If there is an impact on returning steelhead numbers, it would appear during the 2023 to 2024 run. The deaths also have no impact on the numbers of hatchery releases in the future, Fish and Game said.
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I was fishing behind CJ Strike dam in the Snake river. A beauty of a day casting plugs and caught this brilliantly colored Smallmouth bass. Catch and released to let some other lucky angler admire its beauty one day!
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Went fishing at crane creek reservoir with my daughter Hayleigh after her college classes were over for the day. Caught this 15" white crappie.
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We were on our way home and my daughter Hayleigh and i decided to fish the Bell Rapids sportsman's access for a lot of fat catch and release bass.
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Spent a nice day fish CJ Strike, caching mostly panfish all morning when i caught photo'd and released this lunker! CJ Strike has long been one of favorite Idaho fishing locations, going back 20 years.
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I got out of my classes for the day and my Dad asked if I wanted to go fishing out to Crane Creek Reservoir and of course I wanted go! I caught my personal best 14" white crappie! We caught a lot of fish! I love fishing with my dad.
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We were on our way home from fishing that morning and my dad asked if we wanted to try a new spot for a few casts. We ended up at Bell Rapids on the Snake river, we caught several good fighter bass, it turned out to be a good idea.
Stocking trout in Lake Cleveland
Daniel Anta, with Idaho Fish and Game unleashes around 1,000 fish into Lake Cleveland Monday, Aug. 10, 2020.
Stocking trout in Lake Cleveland
Daniel Anta, with Idaho Fish and Game unleashes around 1,000 rainbow trout into Lake Cleveland Monday, Aug. 10, 2020.
Stocking trout in Lake Cleveland
Daniel Anta, with Idaho Fish and Game unleashes around 1,000 fish into Lake Cleveland Monday, Aug. 10, 2020.
A fine day for fish stocking
Daniel Anta, with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, unleashes about 1,000 rainbow trout into Lake Cleveland near Pomerelle Mountain on Aug. 10.
Stocking trout in Lake Cleveland
Daniel Anta, with Idaho Fish and Game unleashes around 1,000 rainbow trout into Lake Cleveland Monday, Aug. 10, 2020.
Stocking trout in Lake Cleveland
Daniel Anta, with Idaho Fish and Game, talks with people after he released 1,000 fish into Lake Cleveland Monday, Aug. 10, 2020.
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