black-canyon

Black Canyon is a stretch on Bear River, Idaho.

It is fishable.

The Bear River below Grace Dam, through a lava-rock canyon. Hatch Magazine calls it one of the few easily reached public access points on the Idaho Bear (IDFG and PacifiCorp cooperative agreement); IDFG says stocked Bonneville cutthroat make up much of the fishery, rainbow and brown also present, and the upstream side of the access has the best cutthroat water. Lava bottom, wading staff advised. W

Sourced from 2 sites.

Sources: hatchmag.com (retrieved 2026-10-20) and Idaho Department of Fish and Game (retrieved 2026-10-20).

Access, closures and rules change; check with the state agency before you go.