The Payette Lake Trail will feature lake views with granite outcroppings and forest in the foreground. Courtesy of CIMBA The Central Idaho Mountain Bike Association (CIMBA) plans to begin construction ...

Until a couple of years ago, anglers who hoped to make the Idaho Department of Fish and Game’s record book wound up killing the state’s grandest fish, based on a requirement that weights of all record ...

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. Aaron Goettsche Courtesy of Idaho ...

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, ...

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 ...

MCCALL — Aaron Goettsche is no stranger to monster lake trout. An avid angler, fishing rod maker, and longtime veteran on Utah’s/Wyoming’s famous Flaming Gorge Reservoir — a world-renowned fishery ...

Idaho officials were proud to announce a new state-record lake trout Monday. The 42-inch lunker was caught by Aaron Goettsche, a fisherman and rod maker from Utah, and a lot of their excitement stems ...

BOISE, Idaho — Valley County commissioners are working on drafting an ordinance that would put in certain restrictions along waterways - specifically Lake Cascade and Payette Lake. The new ordinance ...

A Utah angler caught a monster lake trout in McCall last month, Idaho Department of Fish and Game officials announced Monday, and his catch broke the state catch-and-release record and signaled the ...