CASCADE, Idaho — While many anglers hang up their poles when winter arrives and the lakes freeze over, Idaho's ice fishermen embrace the changing landscape and take to the solitary terrain for some of ...

Idaho’s Lake Cascade is one of North America’s premier fisheries for big yellow perch like these jumbo specimens caught through the ice. Provided by Jordan Rodriguez In the pale morning light, the ...

Lake Cascade produced three perch in 2014 that topped a state record that had stood for 38 years, and also a world’s record for largest perch ever caught on a tip-up rig. Tia Wiese of Eagle currently ...

With Idaho Fish and Game biologists wrapping up their annual Lake Cascade gillnetting survey, the question on everyone’s mind is: What does the forecast look like for anglers going after ...

Meridian angler Caleb Nichols shows off a 30-inch Mackinaw trout he caught (and released) at Payette Lake in McCall. Jordan Rodriguez February marks the final month of reliable ice at many local ...

I heard that everyone and their brother has been catching perch at CJ, so I thought I’d better go hit them. Buddy, Alex Murashko has been telling me that he wanted to go fishing, so I invited him ...

CASCADE, Idaho — Idaho Fish and Game (IDFG) researchers this week confirmed a walleye caught in Lake Cascade in May 2022 was transported and illegally-stocked in the lake two years before it was ...

Fishing season is really hitting its stride across southern Idaho. With nice weather settling in and more water than we’ve had in recent years, there are plenty of options for anglers to choose from.

In the pale morning light, the ghostlike outline of Sugarloaf Island appeared, quickly vanishing into the mist as our snowmobiles sped by. I had been ice fishing on Lake Cascade many times, but never ...