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Idaho Trout

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]
Postcard of oversized fish [1]
Postcard of oversized fish [2]
Postcard of oversized fish [2]
Postcard of oversized fish [3]
Postcard of oversized fish [3]
Postcard
Postcard

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