SBT Harvest Management Program

The overarching goal of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Harvest Management Program is to provide treaty-reserved fishing opportunities to Tribal members, while managing fishery impacts to ESA-listed Snake River spring/summer Chinook salmon. Tribal harvest is managed according to the SBT’s Tribal Resource Management Plans for the Salmon and Grande Ronde/Imnaha river basins.

Fisheries Mapping Tool

Click on any Fisheries Management Area (FMA), Campsite, or Water Flow Point for more information

To see how many Chinook adult returns have returned to a trapping location (either IDFG or SBT), click the respective FMA below.

Fisheries Management Areas shaded red are curtailed for the 2024 Season

Tribal Fishermen's Updates

Click the memo image below to view fishing-associated files

(Current and upcoming curtailments, USFS maps and press releases regarding current/upcoming road closures, and a Northeast Oregon info sheet)

Tribal Programs

Tribal programs in Bear Valley Creek, Panther Creek, the East Fork, and the Yankee Fork Salmon River will continue through 2024. All traps are fully installed and effective as of June 25th. Returns to each trap can be viewed by clicking the respective FMA on the map above.

SBT Fishing Effort To Date

As of 13 August 2024, fishing effort by Shoshone-Bannock Tribal members has been observed in Bear Valley Creek, the South Fork, Marsh Creek, and the Upper Salmon River above Valley Creek.

Fishery Updates

In-River Construction

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is implementing an in-river project downstream of Sawtooth Fish Hatchery beginning July 22nd. For more information please click the fish image to the right.

Salmon River Restoration for Chinook and Sockeye Recovery Efforts | U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceSTANLEY, Idaho – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Lower Snake River Compensation Plan program will implement an in-river project immediately downstream of the Sawtooth Fish Hatchery in the summer of 2024 that benefits both Chinook and sockeye salmon in the Upper Salmon River. The project will fill the scour hole at the Sawtooth fish weir approximately 6 miles south of Stanley, Idaho. The project aims to improve passage of adult Chinook and sockeye salmon into the hatchery trap.

Temporary change to boundaries of Upper Salmon River (above Valley Creek) FMA

Due to the in-river project mentioned above, FHBC has modified the boundaries of the FMA to prohibit Chinook Salmon Hunting within 100 yards of the Sawtooth Weir from July 22 - August 14.

Fish Distribution

Chinook Salmon will be picked up from the Sawtooth weir the morning of August 7th to be distributed to Tribal members in the afternoon.

Current and Upcoming Curtailments

The South Fork Salmon River was curtailed effective 11:59 p.m., Thursday, July 18, 2024.
Bear Valley Creek (including Elk Creek and tributaries) was curtailed effective 11:59 p.m., Thursday, July 25, 2024.

Water Clarity Images

(updated on June 20, 2024)

Mainstem Salmon River near the mouth of the East Fork Salmon River

Mainstem Salmon River near the mouth of Valley Creek

Fishing regulations and guidelines for the 2024 Chinook salmon season are available at the Fish and Wildlife Department. If you have any questions, please contact the Fish & Wildlife Department at (208) 239-4551.

Additional Links

Hatchery Returns = https://idfg.idaho.gov/fish/chinook/returns?updated-June2020=

IDFG Sport Fisheries = https://idfg.idaho.gov/fish/chinook/rules