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Well, the last few days of fishing had a lot of women in town, the weather and water warmed up which was really nice but seemed to stall the fish a bit. We still had  a bit of trash fish and some steelhead caught! A few big Wild fish! And then some lucky ladies managed to sneak in and grab some most fish placing! Rebecca Kelly with 2 fish and 61″ Hatchery inches got her into 4th Place Most Fish! Carrie Homburg slid into 3rd Place Most Fish with 3 fish! We also finished out our food drive with over 2,000 items donated by you ladies!! Which is just….AMAZING! Check out the live video below from fish dance with all those …

It is official, the steelhead season has be reopened! Women With Bait, steelhead tournament is on! We still need NOAA to approve the permit but there have been agreements reached to continue fishing until that time, which we are still hoping for that in a timely fashion. We want to Thank you, everyone, for all of your amazing support!! We appreciate you, this community, and IRCA for all the great things that have been done. We are having a celebration in the park today, instead of the protest that was planned. We will be posting more about that later, but for now take a look at the press releases from F&G and IRCA about the reopening of the season. We hope …

Hey everyone! Our community is coming together in great ways to save Riggins and our Steelhead Season! Please join us! Your support is needed more now than ever, check out the Idaho River Community Alliance’s Facebook page like it to stay updated on what is happening and share your support! https://www.facebook.com/IdahoRCA/ We just got word yesterday, that one of the groups involved with filing lawsuit against F&G has backed out on that, and are also urging F&G to reconsider the steelhead closure. That article here! IRU backs out of lawsuit. The other groups involved in the threats of litigation again are  Conservation Angler, Wild Fish Conservancy, Friends of the Clearwater, Snake River Waterkeeper, Wild Salmon Rivers and the Wild Fish Conservancy. We hope …

Hello Women with Bait participants & Steelhead Fishing Family,   We are so excited to see you for the 2019 Women with Bait Fishing Tournament!! This year will mark our 25th Annual tournament, an occasion we wouldn’t want to miss.    As you may have heard, the steelhead fishing season could be postponed. However, all hope is not lost! To see this year’s competition move forward, we need your help. The decision sits with NOAA Fisheries, a federal agency and we hope Idaho’s leaders can help.   I am asking that each one of you send a letter similar to what is posted below to Idaho’s Congressional Delegation. We have provided the elected official’s name and where to send the letters. …

  Good Morning Ladies! The tournament is still on!  We are confident that we will still have Women With Bait and we are anticipating that the steelhead season will be reopened for Spring as we are getting positive indications from IDF&G.  We are working on it and we will be keeping everyone updated! We are feeling positive and want you to be as well. Thank you guys so much for your patience and support, RA crew appreciates you!   Here are the press release links: https://idfg.idaho.gov/press/fish-and-game-commission-suspends-steelhead-fishing-due-threatened-lawsuit https://idfg.idaho.gov/press/letter-steelhead-anglers-fg-director-virgil-moore You can contact Barry Thom at NOAA to encourage a speedy approval of Idaho’s Steelhead plan – barry.thom@noaa.gov. Idaho’s Steelhead Plan Document  in link and it is open for public comment that information is in the …