Idaho Fishing Tournaments
Bass trails, high school championships and big-lake trout derbies across Idaho, by month and by water.
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Host pages give 3 Idaho dates ahead (3 on lakes and rivers, 0 elsewhere), along with 4 published results; each water with its own contest page links from the lists below.
Idaho contest dates, month by month
November 2026
| Date | Event | Water | Organizer | Gathering point | County |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-21 | LPOIC Fall Thanksgiving Derby 2026 | Lake Pend Oreille | Lake Pend Oreille Idaho Club (LPOIC) | Bonner County |
June 2027
| Date | Event | Water | Organizer | Gathering point | County |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-06-18 | BAM Brownlee Reservoir Pro-Am 2027 | Brownlee Reservoir | BAM Tournament Trail (Bass Angler Magazine) | Farwell Bend State Park (Oregon side) | Washington County |
| 2027-06-18 | BAM Brownlee Reservoir Scholastic 2027 | Brownlee Reservoir | BAM Tournament Trail (Bass Angler Magazine) | Washington County |
Idaho host schedules, read November 2026.
Idaho derby winners printed without dates
Club standings sheets name derby winners by division but print no event date, so they are kept on their water page rather than the dated calendar.
| Water page | Winners | Series |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Pend Oreille derby winners | 16 division winners | LPOIC derbies |
Standings as posted by each club, linked from the water page.
Idaho lakes and reservoirs with contests
- Brownlee Reservoir tournaments2 upcoming, 1 result
- Cascade Reservoir tournaments0 upcoming, 3 results
- Lake Pend Oreille tournaments1 upcoming, 0 results
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Reservoir, alpine and canyon scenes for Idaho Fishing Tournaments
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Water around the Idaho Fishing weigh-in docks, photographed
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Idaho contest fishing, asked and answered
Which Idaho waters carry the most contest rows here?
Lake Pend Oreille, Brownlee Reservoir and Cascade Reservoir hold the most rows read from host pages, counting derby winners.
How many Idaho contests are still ahead?
3 future dates as of November 2026, plus 4 dated winners and 16 derby winners printed without an event date.
Where do the Idaho dates on this page come from?
From the organizers: BAM event pages, Lake Pend Oreille Idaho Club derby notices and standings, and Student Angler Federation fact sheets and weigh-in sheets, one link per row.
Are trout derbies part of this calendar?
Yes: the Lake Pend Oreille Idaho Club runs spring, fall, members-only and Thanksgiving derbies, and 16 division winners are listed by heaviest single fish exactly as printed; none enters a five-bass average.
Which Idaho host appears most often?
BAM Tournament Trail (Bass Angler Magazine), with 2 dated events.
What is the next Idaho contest listed?
LPOIC Fall Thanksgiving Derby 2026 on Lake Pend Oreille, starting 2026-11-21.
Are high school results named?
Student Angler Federation championships list the winning school or club only; students are minors, so no names appear.
Why is the Idaho winning-bag average so short?
Only 2 dated one-day results print a five-bass limit (the high school championship on Lake Cascade); derby fish and three-day trail totals are shown as printed.
Does a Brownlee contest launch in Idaho?
Not the BAM events read: they launch from Farwell Bend State Park on the Oregon side of the reservoir, which forms part of the state line.
How do I find an Idaho contest close by?
Tap the near-me button up top and it sorts the six nearest coming Idaho contests by distance from you.
How Idaho contests sit under the IDFG brochure
Every date on this calendar was read from the organizer that printed it, among them the BAM Tournament Trail, the Lake Pend Oreille Idaho Club and the Student Angler Federation, each linked in its row.
A contest field fishes under the same Idaho Fishing Seasons and Rules brochure as anyone else on that water: the region table for the water, plus any rules IDFG prints for that lake or river by name.
Brownlee Reservoir sits on the Idaho-Oregon line; the BAM events there launch from the Oregon shore.
Idaho Fishing Seasons and Rules 2025-2027 as printed on IDFG Fishing Planner pages; host pages linked in the tables; retrieved November 7, 2026.
Know a tournament that is not listed?
Send it here with a link to the organizer’s event page or schedule. Weekly and monthly ones only need to go in once. If that page shows the name and the date (or the day of the week), it goes on this page right away. If not, we check it by hand within a week.
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