Skip to content
Salmon River Tours

Salmon River Tours

Fishing GuideSalmon & SteelheadBass FishingTrout FishingFly Fishing
Visit website

About

Salmon River Tours is a fishing guide service based in Riggins, Idaho. It operates on the Salmon River. The service also fishes the Snake River in Hells Canyon, targeting steelhead, Chinook salmon, sturgeon, bass, and trout. Trips are available as one-day excursions or multi-day lodge trips.

Gallery

Trip details

Fishing Types
Salmon & Steelhead, Bass Fishing, Trout Fishing, Fly Fishing

Fishing spots near Salmon River Tours

Loads the full map of the fishing spots near this listing. We leave it off by default so the page opens fast on mobile data.

Browse all fishing spots

Angler reviews

What anglers are saying

4.6· 22 reviews on Google
View all on Google
  • N
    Nicole Tomasini· 2 years ago

    We did the jet boat tour yesterday with Jess. It was AWESOME! He had the most knowledge about the different areas along the way and would stop at historical sights and tell the stories. We had lunch at China bar lodge and the food was great, people were so nice and views are amazing. The ride back down the river was so fun and wet! His new boat is also one of the coolest ones out there!

  • L
    Lindy Smither· 3 years ago

    We took a trip in Hells Canyon with Salmon River Tours and it was amazing!! The communication was excellent, they were on time and very friendly. We had some first timers with us the and showed them how to successfully catch some fish! They were very knowledgeable not only the area but also the history. They spotted tons of wildlife for us and we were sad to have the day come to an end. We will definitely book a trip with them again!

  • A
    Andrew Price· 2 years ago

    This is a review for a 2 day Steelhead drift boat trip in late February. We enjoyed our time on the river and with our guide. The river is beautiful and we saw lots of wildlife. Unfortunately, we didn't get so much as a steelhead bite during our 2 days fishing. We understand that fishing can be slower, but if we knew that getting skunked over 2 days was a possibility we probably wouldn't have come and instead opted for a trip earlier in the season. I wouldn't come back at this time of year.

  • S
    Sam Elliott· 2 years ago

    You won’t find a better and more inviting group that knows the river. We had a great trip even after a scheduling incident (completely my fault, didn’t check the confirmation) and they made it work for us. We will definitely be going back and the fishing was great.

Reviews powered by Google. Content belongs to its respective authors.

Typical flow by month

1951 to 2026

The water at Salmon River Tours typically runs highest in May, at a median 2,300 cfs, and lowest in September, at 196 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 9,650 cfs, in 1974.

Typical flow by month at Little Salmon River at Riggins ID, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January228176 to 317
February277196 to 412
March497323 to 837
April1,185820 to 1,665
May2,3001,670 to 3,260
June2,2551,365 to 2,930
July450340 to 662
August220179 to 287
September196160 to 253
October198158 to 244
November225182 to 298
December223177 to 316

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 73 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Little Salmon River at Riggins ID (site 13316500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

80Go/ 100 conditions scoreBest day: Sun, Sep 27 (93)

High today

85°F

Wind

11 kt

Gusts 14 kt

Rain chance

3%

Week ahead

Tue85°F3%
Wed83°F2%
Thu89°F0%
Fri76°F48%
Sat71°F48%
Sun72°F12%
Mon70°F14%

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). See full conditions →

Free tools

Your free outdoor toolkit

In your pocket

Take every fishing spot with you.

Free, no account needed. River levels, maps, and an AI fish identifier in your pocket.

  • Every charter, guide, and access point in your pocket

  • Snap a photo. AI names the catch

  • Public-land boundaries so you know the bank is open

  • GPS tracking that keeps recording on water with no signal

The Angling Hubs app dashboard

For operators

Run your fishing business?
Launch your branded surface.

Get your own branded surface in the Angling Hubs app and a directory listing in minutes. Bookings, digital waivers, and your whole operation live in one cockpit.