Apply for a Record Fish in Idaho

How to Apply For a Record

There are two ways to apply. View both procedures below.

All applicants must submit a completed Record Fish Application Form, accompanying photographs, and a certified weight receipt (if applicable) to Idaho Fish and Game at this address:

Resident Fisheries Coordinator
Idaho Dept. of Fish and Game
P.O. Box 25
Boise, Idaho 83707
E-mail: website@idfg.idaho.gov

• Fish must be released safely
• At least one photo of the fish directly next to a ruler/tape or an object of known verifiable length (such as a seasons and rules book)
• At least one photo of the angler with the fish
• At least one witness to the measurement and release
• Measure the total length from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail, with lobes of tail squeezed together.
  • Sturgeon should be measured upside down along the belly from the snout to tip of the upper lobe of the tail fin
• Salmon, Steelhead and White Sturgeon must be measured and photographed in the water

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• A receipt from the certified scale documenting the weight (typically be found at grocery stores or US Post Offices).
• Certified scales are now available to weigh fish at the following Fish and Game Offices: Coeur D’Alene, Lewiston, Boise HQ, and Pocatello.
• Verification of species and by IDFG staff from an IDFG office.
• At least on photo of the fish.
• At least one witness to the weight.

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