Today we have some fun fishing facts from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game! There several reasons why Idaho is a great fishing destination:
- Idaho has over 26,000 miles of rivers and streams
- Idaho has over 3,000 natural lakes
- Idaho has over 42 game fish species to catch1
The Idaho state fish is the Cutthroat trout and although fishing in Idaho can be quite bountiful, you likely won’t catch a fish as large as these humorous postcards from the 1980s depict!
![Postcard of oversized fish [1]](https://webpages.uidaho.edu/library/spec/harvester/objects/small/keithpetersonfish_1_sm.jpg)
![Postcard of oversized fish [2]](https://webpages.uidaho.edu/library/spec/harvester/objects/small/keithpetersonfish_2_sm.jpg)
![Postcard of oversized fish [3]](https://webpages.uidaho.edu/library/spec/harvester/objects/small/keithpetersonfish_3_sm.jpg)
