Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 13 - Fish and Game, Department of
Rule 13.01.06 - RULES GOVERNING CLASSIFICATION AND PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE
Section 13.01.06.103 - CLASSIFICATION OF WILDLIFE - GAME FISH
Current through August 31, 2023
Game fish includes the following fish and crayfish: (3-31-22)
01. American shad - Alosa sapidissima. (3-31-22)
02. Arctic grayling - Thymallus arcticus. (3-31-22)
03. Atlantic salmon - Salmo salar. (3-31-22)
04. Bear Lake whitefish - Prosopium abyssicola. (3-31-22)
05. Black bullhead - Ameirus melas. (3-31-22)
06. Black crappie - Pomoxis nigromaculatus. (3-31-22)
07. Blue catfish - Ictalurus furcatus. (3-31-22)
08. Blueback trout - Salvelinus alpinus oquassa. (3-31-22)
09. Bluegill - Lepomis macrochirus, including hybrid with pumpkinseed. (3-31-22)
10. Bonneville cisco - Prosopium gemmifer. (3-31-22)
11. Bonneville whitefish - Prosopium spilonotus. (3-31-22)
12. Brook trout - Salvelinus fontinalis. (3-31-22)
13. Brown bullhead - Ameirus nebulosus. (3-31-22)
14. Brown trout - Salmo trutta. (3-31-22)
15. Bull trout - Salvelinus confluentus. (3-31-22)
16. Burbot - Lota lota. (3-31-22)
17. Channel catfish - Ictalurus punctatus. (3-31-22)
18. Chinook salmon - Oncorhynchus tshawytscha. (3-31-22)
19. Coho salmon - Oncorhynchus kisutch. (3-31-22)
20. Crayfish - Pacifastacus sp. (3-31-22)
21. Cutthroat trout - Oncorhynchus clarkii, including subspecies Bonneville cutthroat trout - O. clarkiiutah, Lahontan cutthroat trout - O. clarkii henshawi, Westslope cutthroat trout - O. clarkii lewisi, and Yellowstone (including "finespotted") cutthroat trout - O. clarkii bouvieri. (3-31-22)
22. Flathead catfish - Pylodictis olivaris. (3-31-22)
23. Golden trout - Oncorhynchus aguabonita. (3-31-22)
24. Green sunfish - Lepomis cyanellus. (3-31-22)
25. Kokanee - Oncorhynchus nerka kennerlyi (not anadromous). (3-31-22)
26. Lake trout - Salvelinus namaycush. (3-31-22)
27. Lake whitefish - Coregonus clupeaformis. (3-31-22)
28. Largemouth bass - Micropterus salmoides. (3-31-22)
29. Mountain whitefish - Prosopium williamsoni. (3-31-22)
30. Northern pike - Esox lucius. (3-31-22)
31. Pumpkinseed - Lepomis gibbosus. (3-31-22)
32. Pygmy whitefish - Prosopium coulterii. (3-31-22)
33. Rainbow trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss, including redband trout - O. mykiss gairdneri. (3-31-22)
34. Rainbow/cutthroat trout (cutbow) - O. mykiss x O. clarkii hybrid. (3-31-22)
35. Sauger - Sander canadensis. (3-31-22)
36. Smallmouth bass - Micropterus dolomieu. (3-31-22)
37. Splake - S. namaycush x S. fontinalis. (3-31-22)
38. Sockeye salmon - Oncorhynchus nerka (anadromous). (3-31-22)
39. Steelhead trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss (anadromous). (3-31-22)
40. Tiger Trout - Salmo trutta x Salvelinus fontinalis. (3-31-22)
41. Tiger muskie - Esox lucius x E. masquinongy. (3-31-22)
42. Walleye - Sander viteus. (3-31-22)
43. Warmouth - Lepomis gulosus. (3-31-22)
44. White crappie - Pomoxis annularis. (3-31-22)
45. White sturgeon - Acipenser transmontanus. (3-31-22)
46. Yellow bullhead - Ameiurus natalis. (3-31-22)
47. Yellow perch - Perca flavescens. (3-31-22)