For the first time since 2014, Idaho Fish and Game has stocked kokanee salmon in McCall’s Payette Lake. The recent load of 400,000 fingerling kokanee is the latest step in an effort to balance ...

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 ...

Managing a large sterile lake with big, long-lived predators and a fluctuating prey species poses a big challenge for fisheries managers, and Payette Lake at McCall is the latest case ...

For years, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game has sought to balance the populations of Payette’s two primary game species: kokanee and Mackinaw (lake) trout.

White sturgeon are Idaho’s largest fish species, ... Little Payette Lake in McCall is our most notable fishery, and they’re also found in Lake Cascade and a handful of remote alpine lakes.

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is proposing to allow spearfishing for certain non-native game fish species across the state. In North Idaho, the agency’s proposal would allow anglers to ...

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is proposing to allow spearfishing for certain non-native game fish species across the state. Taking bass, pike, walleye and lake trout could be allowed Skip ...

Fishing columnist Jordan Rodriguez said it’s paying off. Kokanee salmon are making a comeback at McCall’s Payette Lake, and bringing outfitters too Skip to main content ...