{"id":8344,"date":"2022-10-07T06:49:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T12:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=8344"},"modified":"2025-04-26T16:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T22:31:13","slug":"8344","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=8344","title":{"rendered":"Arctic Grayling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anna Daly writes: Idaho’s lakes and rivers provide many opportunities for anglers looking to hook something special.<\/p>\n

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Whether it’s a type of trout or salmon, all have their own unique colors and markings.<\/p>\n

However, there is one fish swimming in Idaho’s high-mountain lakes whose beauty stands out from the rest: the Arctic Grayling.<\/p>\n

Its sail-like fin that fans out across its back and its vibrant markings make this fish truly a striking catch.<\/p>\n

The Arctic Grayling – which is a type of trout – is not native to the state and is a rare find in most places in Idaho. However, they are stocked in several backcountry mountain lakes.<\/p>\n

They don’t get very big in Idaho’s cold lakes with the\u00a0last record fish caught measuring 16.2\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>inches. According to Idaho Fish and Game, anything over 12 inches is considered a big Arctic Grayling.<\/p>\n

To see when and where Idaho Fish and Game has stocked the Arctic Grayling, head to the\u00a0Idaho Fishing Planner.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In 2020 BCHI assisted Fish & Game<\/a> in stocking one lake on the western side of the Frank Church<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anna Daly writes: Idaho’s lakes and rivers provide many opportunities for anglers looking to hook something special. Whether it’s a type of trout or salmon, all have their own unique colors and markings. However, there is one fish swimming in Idaho’s high-mountain lakes whose beauty stands out from the rest: the Arctic Grayling. Its sail-like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-the-campfire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8344"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8347,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8344\/revisions\/8347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}