Hunting, Fishing and Shooting

Hunting, fishing and shooting opportunities are available on all districts of the Sawtooth National Forest. 

Lake and Pond Fishing

Nearly 7,600 acres of lakes on the Sawtooth National Forest offer a variety of angling opportunities. The high, cold, streams and lakes within the Sawtooth Valley have resident redband and cutthroat trout and kokanee. In the backcountry, some of the lakes within the Sawtooth, White Cloud, Smoky, Pioneer, and Boulder Mountains are also stocked by Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Please contact Idaho Department of Fish and Game for the latest fishing regulations.

River and Stream Fishing

Over 3,500 miles of perennial streams offer a variety of angling opportunities. The best early season fishing is in the southern forest, where rainbow and brook trout can be found in small mountain streams. The Big Wood River and its tributaries, the North Fork Wood River, Trail Creek, and Warm Springs Creek, are stocked with hatchery rainbow trout by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, and offer good fishing after spring runoff.  Big and Little Smoky Creeks and the South Fork Boise River are stocked with native redband trout. Please contact Idaho Department of Fish and Game for the latest fishing regulations.

Hunting

The Sawtooth National Forest encompasses lands in Idaho Game Management Units 35, 36, 36A, 36B, 43, 44, 48, 49, 50, 54, 55, 56, and 57. Please contact Idaho Department of Fish and Game for more information and the latest hunting regulations. 

Recreational and Target Shooting

Recreational shooting is allowed on National Forest System lands outside of developed campgrounds and away from roads. Refer to the Occupancy and Use orders on the Alerts page for further restrictions.  

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Big Hole

Big Hole is a day use site on the South Fork of the Boise River located 6 miles west (down river) from the Big Smoky Gaurd Station area on Road No.227.  Popular for it's swimming hole, the area…

Bird Creek Campground

Bird Creek Campground is a primitive, non-reservation campground shaded by large ponderosa pines along the South Fork of the Boise River. Tubing and fishing are popular activities.  

Boundary Campground and Picnic Area

Boundary Campground is a developed, fee, non-reservation campground composed of 9 campsites located on Trail Creek approximately 2 miles northeast of the Sun Valley Resort Village. The 4-unit…

Bowns Campground

Bowns Campground, located 25 miles east of Featherville and 18 miles north of Fairfield, is a developed campground composed of 10 units along Big Smoky Creek. Two of the camp sites are double…

Canyon Transfer Camp

Canyon Campground is a non-reservation campground composed of 7 single units and 3 group sites on Big Smoky Creek. Campground amenities include picnic tables, fire rings, drinking water, restrooms,…

Caribou Campground

Caribou Campground is composed of 7 campsites which are first-come, first-serve, and is situated in a pine overstory near the Sawtooth National Recreation Area Visitor Center. Popular trail heads in…

Casino Creek Campground

Casino Creek Campground is composed of 19 sites including 2 double-sites along the Salmon River. Sites 18 & 19 are for tent camping only and sites 12, 13 and 14 accommodate livestock tethered to…

Cassia Division

The Cassia Division is a short 40 minute drive south of Twin Falls and is known to local residents as the "South Hills." The division's proximity to Twin Falls makes this area appealing to residents…

Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness

The White Clouds Wilderness was designated in 2015. In 2018, it was renamed the Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness in honor of Andrus, who served twice as Governor of Idaho and as the U.S.…

Chaparral Campground

Chaparral Campground is a non-reservation campground composed of 7 single sites and 3 double sites located on the South Fork of the Boise River. Campground amenities include 3 vault…