Print it. Bag it. Bring it.Phones die, screens crack, and most of this water has no signal. Print this map, fold it into a zip-top bag or dry bag with your license, and you have a backup your electronics can’t give you. Every marker is numbered so you can say exactly where you are.
| # | Point | Type | Lat, Lon | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hayspur Fish Hatchery Idaho Department of Fish and Game | Agency / conservation office | 43.33968, -114.14710 | IDFG's hatchery at the head of the spring complex, about 2 km north of the creek. |
| 2 | Silver Creek Preserve The Nature Conservancy | Park / conservation area | 43.31311, -114.15003 | The preserve that made this creek famous; the visitor centre and the Kilpatrick Bridge road leave from here. |
| 3 | USGS gauge — Silver Creek at Sportsman Access Station 13150430 | USGS gauge | 43.32336, -114.10835 | |
| 4 | Silver Creek West IDFG access site | Access / boat ramp | 43.32539, -114.10434 | IDFG access with a small campground on the same ground — OSM's Silver Creek Campground node sits 30 m away. |
| 5 | Silver Creek East IDFG access site | Access / boat ramp | 43.33070, -114.09054 | |
| 6 | Picabo Angler US 20 at Picabo | Bait, tackle & fly shop | 43.30824, -114.06690 | The one fly shop actually on the creek. Placed at the Picabo store complex on US 20 — the shop is not separately mapped. |
| 7 | Idaho Medal of Honor Highway Bridge US 20 crossing below Picabo | Bridge crossing | 43.29490, -114.03005 |
Gauge: USGS 13150430 — SILVER CREEK AT SPORTSMAN ACCESS NR PICABO ID. Live flow on the web page.
Species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
Regulations: idfg.idaho.gov/rules/fish
Emergency: call 911 and give the number of the nearest point on this map plus its coordinates.
Silver Creek sportsman access near Picabo — the USGS gauge site, public parking and walk-in access.
Silver Creek Preserve visitor center — managed access, sign-in required, the classic upper water.
Highway 20 bridge crossing — public access to the lower creek toward the Little Wood River.
Kilpatrick Bridge access — walk-in to the middle creek, popular with float tube anglers.
Point of Rocks access — public reach on the lower creek with parking off the county road.
Picabo area public easements — limited bank access along the state highway corridor.
Little Wood River confluence access — downstream water, more freestone in character.
Spring: baetis and midges through April and May, fewer anglers, and stable spring flows while the freestone rivers nearby are running off and unfishable.
Summer: the main event. Pale morning duns and callibaetis in the mornings, the brown drake emergence in June, tricos and terrestrials from late July into September; fish early and late in the heat.
Fall: outstanding. Baetis return, hopper fishing