EAGLE, Idaho — There is a new partial owner of Cougar Island located on Payette Lake near McCall. The island is visible in a popular spot of the lake, with a family leasing a part of the property. The ...

Payette Lake in McCall is one of the top summer tourist attractions in Idaho. A new recreation lease protects hiking, biking and many other activities near the lake. Idaho Statesman file photo Valley ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

In 1912, the Collyer family boarded the ill-fated ship bound for Payette. Only the mother and daughter survived. Explorer ...