Idaho & Montana Fishing Report | Spokane News

Spokane News Today | 2 Min | The Daily News Now! · Aug 6, 2026 · 1m

Fly fishing on the North Fork Coeur d’Alene and St. Joe Rivers is slow but promising with terrestrials and small mayflies, while Spokane River action thrives with dry-dropper rigs and nymphing in deeper runs. Montana’s Clark Fork River is closed or restricted—check regs before you go. Steelhead returns are low on the Clearwater. Idaho’s August stocking blitz includes 75K rainbows across lakes like Day Rock and Elsie, plus kokanee in Fish Lake and Wapato. Potholes Reservoir delivers walleye, bass, and crappie; Snake/Columbia systems offer solid catfish and bass bites. Rock Lake’s bays are hot…