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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Once the premier yellow perch fishery in Idaho, Lake Cascade has seen a decline in its perch populations since the mid 1990s due to predation by the pikeminnow, poor water quality and disease. But a ...

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 ...

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.