Idaho offers at least 31 local fisheries for fishing enthusiasts. Its ponds and lakes cold and clear waters are home for trout, salmon and smallmouth bass. Idaho’s rugged mountains contain more than 1,500 high mountain lakes with good trout fishing. There are also numerous large natural lakes and reservoirs that provide a wide variety of fishing opportunities for warm and cold-water species. Unlike other states, most Idaho fishing waters are located in the public domain, and are open to the public. Idaho is the only inland western state with ocean-run salmon and steelhead. Other fish species that can be found on this state’s fishing waters include crappie, catfish, and panfish.