Idaho · freestone
11.8 miles
October on the hatch chart — names and sizes, not a catch report.
Filled months are when that insect is on the chart. Best months for this river are lit.
Swipe months to stay on the year
| Insect | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Midge (Chironomidae) | ||||||||||||
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| Ant (Terrestrial) | ||||||||||||
| Grasshopper (Terrestrial) | ||||||||||||
| Beetle (Terrestrial) |
Hatch-chart nymphs, dries, and streamers for this river. Not a crowdsourced catch report.
Open the Palisades Creek fly list →2 listed points. Map is Vellum land and Teal water — a desk chart, not a satellite.
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USFS Caribou-Targhee Palisades Creek Campground. Official coordinates 43.3973, -111.2133615. Five single and two double sites, vault toilets, drinking water in season. Palisades Creek Trail starts here. Fishing on the creek is closed April 1 to June 30.
USGS site 13033500 Palisades Creek near Irwin, ID. Official NWIS 43.3754732, -111.2443895. No current discharge as of 2026-09-29. Historic gauge location near the mouth.
Idaho fishing license required. South Fork Snake River tributaries (IDFG 2025-2027): no harvest of Cutthroat Trout; no limit on Rainbow Trout or trout hybrids; June 1 through June 30 closed to fishing. Caribou-Targhee National Forest Palisades Creek Campground page (updated June 30, 2026) also states the creek is closed to fishing April 1 to June 30. Follow posted signs. Verify current IDFG rules before fishing.
Verify with Idaho Fish and Game. Retrieved 2026-08-31. Seasons and gear rules change.
Palisades Creek is a South Fork Snake tributary in Bonneville County, Idaho. Idaho Fish and Game lists it at 11.8 miles. It joins the South Fork near Irwin, below Palisades Dam. A non-motorized trail runs from Palisades Creek Campground toward Lower and Upper Palisades Lakes.
USGS 13033500 Palisades Creek near Irwin, ID exists at 43.3754732, -111.2443895. It is not transmitting live discharge. Do not treat it as a live flow gauge. Palisades Creek Campground (USFS 43.3973, -111.2133615) is the mapped access: from Swan Valley, 7 miles east on US 26, then 2 miles northwest on Forest Road 255.
IDFG South Fork Snake River tributary rules apply: no harvest of cutthroat trout, no limit on rainbow trout or trout hybrids, and closed to fishing June 1 through June 30. The Caribou-Targhee campground page also notes a creek fishing closure April 1 to June 30. Use the stricter posted dates on site and verify current IDFG rules.
Freestone
Brown Trout · Rainbow Trout · Mountain Whitefish
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Steelhead · Chinook Salmon · Rainbow Trout
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Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout · Brook Trout
Freestone
Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout · Brook Trout
Spring Creek
Rainbow Trout · Brown Trout · Brook Trout
Freestone
Westslope Cutthroat Trout · Bull Trout · Mountain Whitefish
If something here is thin or wrong, add what you know. It goes to review before it publishes.
Contribute to this riverNo USGS site is linked to Palisades Creek. We do not invent a site id or guess a flow.
