Huge perch are biting at Lake Cascade in Idaho, plus places to find trout, bass and kokanee salmon throughout the state.

Catching trophy perch on Idaho’s Lake Cascade is easier with a guide. Fishing columnist Jordan Rodriguez caught huge perch with guide Chris Weber.

In search of massive perch, KTVB's Jude Binkley tagged along with local fishermen and Lake Cascade ice fishing guides, Chris Weber and Parker Weller, in Cascade, Idaho.

Luke Spaete of Boise on Feb. 15, 2014, was fishing in Lake Cascade when he caught a new Idaho state-record perch that weighed 2 pounds 10.88 ounces, topping the old record of 2 pounds 9.6 ounces.

In Lake Cascade, the main food source for perch is smaller perch. But from 2006 thru 2012, there was a new, and relatively small perch population with fewer large perch to eat the smaller perch.

Since 2012, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game’s McCall fisheries staff has conducted annual fall surveys on Lake Cascade by using gillnets and recording the species and sizes captured in the ...

Luke Spaete didn’t win Tackle Tom’s ice fishing derby at Lake Cascade, but he got a pretty good consolation prize — the new state record perch. Spaete’s fish weighed 2 pounds, 11 ounces ...

Tight lines! Want to chase jumbos at Lake Cascade? The perch bite has been hot, and Cascade Ice Fishing Outfitters still has openings this season.

Luke Spaete didn’t win Tackle Tom’s ice fishing derby at Lake Cascade, but he got a pretty good consolation prize — the new state record perch. Spaete’s fish weighed 2 pounds, 11 ounces ...

Lake Cascade, Idaho: A Premier Destination for Jumbo Perch How To Get There: Lake Cascade is a reservoir in the Boise National Forest on the North Fork of the Payette River in Valley County, Idaho.

FISHING -- Lake Cascade has produced another Idaho state-record yellow perch, this one weighing 2 pounds, 15.36 ounces to top the previous of 2 pounds, 11.68 ounces also caught in the reservoir ...

In search of massive perch, KTVB's Jude Binkley tagged along with local fishermen and Lake Cascade ice fishing guides, Chris Weber and Parker Weller, in Cascade, Idaho.