E-Tagging: The Better Way to Card Your Fish

E-tagging makes reporting salmon and steelhead harvests faster, easier, and more accurate. By using the salmon and steelhead e-tagging option on the IDFG Go Outdoors Idaho app, anglers help provide the best possible data to support sustainable fisheries for everyone. "When anglers use E-Tagging, the fishery can be managed more precisely, helping anglers harvest more of the allowed harvest share," said Don Whitney, Fisheries Biologist at IDFG.

Why use e-tagging:

• Instant digital reporting: Record your harvest directly from your phone-no paper tags required.
• Accurate and timely data: Every harvest reported digitally helps IDFG track populations and quickly make informed management decisions.
• Supports sustainable fishing: Better fisheries data means maximizing harvest opportunities and minimizing impacts to future stocks.

Important: Downloading the app isn't enough, you must sync it before heading to the river. Syncing updates your e-tag and ensures your harvest is reported correctly while you're fishing.

Get started with e-tagging:

Anglers with a current paper permit cannot switch to e-tagging for the 2026 season, but will have the option in 2027.

For instructions on purchasing an E-Tag permit, visit: https://idfg.idaho.gov/licenses/e-tagging/how-purchase-and-validate-your-electronic-permit

For instructions on how to use your E-Tag, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwSTy4gJkxg

With e-tagging, anglers are helping provide the best data to manage Idaho's fisheries and ensure a great fishing experience for everyone.