Utah angler Aaron Goettsche holds up a state catch-and-release record lake trout he caught from Payette Lake on June 19, 2025. The fish measured 42 inches long. A Utah angler caught a monster lake ...

As Captain Kyle Sandy motored away from Mile High Marina, the bustle of McCall faded into the peaceful stillness of our alpine surroundings. And after weeks of near-triple-digit heat in the Treasure ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Department of Lands has auctioned off 21 vacation home sites at Payette Lake as part of its plan to divest itself of the lucrative but difficult-to-manage assets.

BOISE, Idaho — Reeling in the "big one" is every angler's dream, but it became a reality for one Stansbury Park, Utah man who caught a record-setting lake trout in Payette Lake. On June 19, 2025, ...

Idaho is down to just 51 state-owned cottage sites at Payette Lake after six years of auctions. The state has now sold 262 of its state-owned lake cabin sites at Payette and Priest lakes combined, and ...

BOISE, Idaho-Monday, September 23, 2013 -The newest attraction in west-central Idaho is McCall Lake Cruises - an Idaho-based, environmentally conscious company that offers visitors an experience on ...

MCCALL, Idaho — Local emergency services are urging residents to exercise extreme caution on frozen bodies of water after a person driving a UTV ventured onto thin ice at Payette Lake on Jan. 25 and ...

Two years after the Central Idaho Mountain Bike Association (CIMBA) first announced its plans to build a trail orbiting Payette Lake, roughly half of the route is finished. “The big vision is that you ...

It has been a great summer for catching Mackinaws at Payette Lake — just ask Boise angler Dylan Smith. This is the first year Smith has fished for lake trout at Payette, but he says he has already ...

Aaron Goettsche, of Stansbury Park, Utah, was fishing solo on McCall’s Payette Lake on June 19 when he reeled in a lake trout, according to a news release from Fish and Game. The fish, which he later ...

BOISE, Idaho - The Idaho Department of Lands has auctioned off 32 more lots at Payette Lake in northern Idaho as it continues its plan to divest itself of the lucrative but difficult-to-manage assets.