american-falls-dam

American Falls Dam is a feature on Snake River, Idaho.

It is fishable.

Top of the tailrace fishery. IDFG: the river from the dam to Eagle Rock is a popular, increasingly 'destination' trout fishery (rainbow, brown, smallmouth, white sturgeon); winter and fall flows can be sharply reduced.

It is upstream of American Falls Tailwater.

Sourced from 2 sites.

Sources: Idaho Department of Fish and Game (retrieved 2026-10-20), Idaho Department of Fish and Game (2) (retrieved 2026-10-20) and wetflyswing.libsyn.com (retrieved 2026-10-20).

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