According to Idaho Fish and Game, Dylan Smith of Idaho Falls caught the 43.25-inch lake trout on Payette Lake in McCall on May 2 to set a new state catch-and-release record. The previous state ...

The monster fish measured more than three feet long and easily beat the previous record.

Dylan Smith landed a 43.25-inch lake trout on Payette Lake, reclaiming Idaho's catch-and-release state record he originally ...

An Idaho Falls angler miraculously reeled in a new state catch-and-release record lake trout and, even more unbelievably, was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Something's in the water in McCall -- and apparently it's record breaking lake trout. Dylan Smith broke an Idaho record when he ...

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Utah angler Aaron Goettsche holds up a state catch-and-release record lake trout he caught from Payette Lake on June 19, 2025. The fish measured 42 inches long. Aaron Goettsche Courtesy of Idaho ...

Idaho Fish and Game is stocking roughly 110,000 catchable-sized rainbow trout in Gem State waters in July. Here are the most ...

A Utah man set an Idaho state record back in June, catching a 42-inch Lake Trout inside of Payette Lake, state officials said. According to a news release from the Idaho Fish and Game, Aaron Goettsch, ...

MCCALL — Aaron Goettsche is no stranger to monster lake trout. An avid angler, fishing rod maker, and longtime veteran on Utah’s/Wyoming’s famous Flaming Gorge Reservoir — a world-renowned fishery ...

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, ...

An Idaho angler had a bit of déjà vu last month while fishing on Payette Lake when he landed a lake trout that set a state record — for the second time in a decade. Dylan Smith, of Idaho Falls, was ...