CLARK FORK RIVER BELOW CABINET GORGE DAM ID
CLARK FORK RIVER ID USGS
CLARK FORK RIVER BELOW CABINET GORGE DAM ID (12391950) is a real-time river monitoring station on the CLARK FORK RIVER in ID, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its river conditions, including water level, and streamflow and keeps recent, datum-labelled water-level history for anglers. 19 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 12391950
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- ID
- Coordinates
- 48.0881, -116.0728
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Fishing regulations
Panhandle Region zone defaultDefault area rules for fish in the public records above. A grey row means the release has no canonical regulation match for that species.
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Brook Trout Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Daily limit
- 25
- Notes
- Region default (all waters open all year unless modified)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Bull Trout Open · Catch & release only Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Notes
- Region default (all waters open all year unless modified)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Northern Pike Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Daily limit
- unlimited
- Notes
- Region default (all waters open all year unless modified)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Walleye Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Daily limit
- unlimited
- Notes
- Region default (all waters open all year unless modified)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Black Bullhead No season data
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Brown Trout No season data
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Cutthroat Trout No season data
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Largemouth Bass No season data
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Largescale Sucker No season data
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Longnose Dace No season data
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Longnose Sucker No season data
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Mountain Whitefish No season data
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Northern Pikeminnow No season data
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Pumpkinseed No season data
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Rainbow Trout No season data
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Redside Shiner No season data
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Slimy Sculpin No season data
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Smallmouth Bass No season data
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Yellow Perch No season data
Effective Jan 1, 2026 – Sep 14, 2027 · evaluated for 2026-09-10 in America/Boise
Regulations shown are for reference only and may not reflect in-season changes. Always verify current regulations with the Idaho Fishing Seasons and Rules before fishing.
Fish recorded near this station
Sampled in this watershedClark Fork River Below Cabinet Gorge DAM ID has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling in the HUC8 watershed 17010213 containing this station. The dataset includes 19 species with recorded observations.
Species include: black bullhead (Ameiurus melas), longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus), largescale sucker (Catostomus macrocheilus), slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus), northern pike (Esox lucius), and 14 others.
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- Longnose Sucker Catostomus catostomus
- Largescale Sucker Catostomus macrocheilus
- Slimy Sculpin Cottus cognatus
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkii
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Mountain Whitefish Prosopium williamsoni
- Northern Pikeminnow Ptychocheilus oregonensis
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Redside Shiner Richardsonius balteatus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Bull Trout Salvelinus confluentus
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- Walleye Sander vitreus
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Sampled in this watershed
- Fish were sampled elsewhere in the same watershed — a provincial or federal survey nearby, not at the gauge itself.
- Records
- 19 species
- from 19 individual records
- Observed
- Apr 16, 2012 – Jun 3, 2014
- 2 dated records