MCCALL, Idaho — The Payette National Forest is asking for public feedback on a proposal to raise overnight fees at the Upper Payette Lake Group Campground. Under the proposal, nightly rates would ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Utah angler Aaron Goettsche holds up a state catch-and-release record lake trout he caught from Payette Lake on June 19, 2025. The ...

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, ...

This national forest nestled in Idaho's mountains is a sprawling outdoor haven with gorgeous lakes, rivers, deep canyons, and ...

For decades, rumors of a Payette Lake monster have percolated throughout the McCall region. Local natives long feared an “evil spirit” that dwelt in the dark depths of Payette, and there have been ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 (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.

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 ...

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 ...