Fishing near Caldwell, ID

Set in Canyon County in southwest Idaho, Caldwell sits within reach of one of the few inland regions where anglers can still target steelhead and salmon. Its back-yard water is Lake Lowell, an 8,826-acre off-stream reservoir inside Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge and the top local destination, while the Snake and Boise Rivers add catfish, trout, and seasonal runs.

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Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Bluegill Sunfish

Lepomis macrochirus

Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

Brown Bullhead

Ameiurus nebulosus

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Bull Trout

Salvelinus confluentus

Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

Chinook Salmon

Coho Salmon

Oncorhynchus kisutch

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

Cutthroat Trout

Flathead Catfish

Pylodictis olivaris

Green Sunfish

Lepomis cyanellus

Largemouth Bass

Mountain Whitefish

Prosopium williamsoni

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