Aaron Goettsche, of Stansbury Park, Utah, was fishing solo on McCall’s Payette Lake on June 19 when he reeled in a lake trout ...

Aaron Goettsche is no stranger to monster lake trout. An avid angler, fishing rod maker, and longtime veteran on ...

Aaron Goettsche of Stansburry Park caught a whopping 42-inch lake trout, which topped the previous record set in 2018.

"I’m honored to have the record, it is by length of 42 inches and the poundage for Idaho is pretty big," said Aaron Goettsche ...

For the first time since 2014, Idaho Fish and Game has stocked kokanee salmon into Payette Lake in McCall. Hatchery staff stocked a total of about 400,000 kokanee into the ...

Ice fishing at Payette Lake, Magic Reservoir, Duck Valley, Lake Cascade, is producing perch, ... Catching jumbo perch on Idaho’s Lake Cascade through the ice — and in (high-tech) style ...

An afternoon spent at Payette Lake can be relaxing and refreshing – as long as you refrain from dwelling on what lies beneath. The 5,330-acre lake, around which the resort town of McCall, Idaho ...