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Waw'aalamnime Creek is a public river in Idaho County, Idaho. You can fish it on an Idaho fishing licence (steelhead and salmon need separate permits). The Idaho stream-access law lets the public use the bed and banks of a navigable stream below the ordinary high-water mark regardless of who owns the adjacent land; on non-navigable water, check current signage or ask permission.
It runs roughly 5 miles through the Salmon Region region. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are South Fork Race Creek and West Fork Race Creek.
Night fishing: No statewide night-fishing closure in Idaho; many rivers and streams have a Memorial-Day-weekend-to-November 30 general season, and steelhead/salmon/sturgeon water is open only by annual rule — check the current IDFG fishing seasons and rules for this water.
Boats: Most Idaho trout streams are waded or floated by drift boat or raft; the big lakes and reservoirs (Pend Oreille, Coeur d'Alene, Cascade, Dworshak, American Falls) take a trailered boat via a state or Forest Service ramp; alpine lakes are hike-in float-tube water.
Bank & bivvy camping: Idaho is about 63% federal land — dispersed camping is allowed on most BLM and Forest Service ground along these waters. Idaho's stream-access law also lets the public use the bed and banks of a navigable stream below the ordinary high-water mark regardless of adjacent ownership.
Tackle: Idaho's general trout limit is 6, but a large number of waters are managed as wild-trout, quality, trophy or catch-and-release with reduced limits and gear restrictions; bull trout are catch-and-release statewide and steelhead/salmon need separate permits and annual seasons. Check the current IDFG rules for this water.
Anyone 14 or older needs an Idaho fishing licence — the resident annual is about $30.50, the non-resident annual about $98.25 (Idaho's non-resident fee is one of the highest in the country), with a non-resident 1-day (~$23.50) plus $6/consecutive-day option. Steelhead and salmon each need a separate permit. Idaho residents 65 and older buy a reduced-fee licence; under-14 fish free with a licensed adult. Buy from IDFG at idfg.idaho.gov. An Idaho fishing licence covers this water — it is on IDFG's public-waters hydrography (steelhead and salmon each need a separate permit).
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