January 2024

Lake Cascade perch looking up

Anglers should expect to see more “jumbo” perch in the next few years in Lake Cascade as the lake continues to see an increase in perch numbers, according to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.“Numbers declined in 2017 and remained low for about three years, but we are now starting to see the rebound from that period,” said Anthony Dangora, Regional Fisheries Biologist with Fish and Game.An October survey of the lake that captured more than 1,200 fish showed more medium size fish from eight to 10 inches in length, compared to 2019 when many fish caught in the survey were about 14-inches long.“Those jumbos that provided excellent fishing from 2015 through 2019 also consumed many of their own offspring, but as the abundance of jumbos started to decline, we started to observe an increase of smaller perch,” Dangora said.Medium size fish caught in October should reach “jumbo” size in about four years and big perch should be plentiful in the foreseeable future.

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Sports Briefs

M-D CHEER SHOWS OUT IN OROFINO The McCall-Donnelly cheerleaders missed a first-ever first place finish by the slimmest of margins as they competed at the… Login to continue reading Login…

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Active lifestyles know no age

Kathy Malone has no trouble hauling firewood and shoveling snow even as she approaches her 78th birthday.Malone is among 12 members of a senior exercise class at Legend CrossFit in McCall that aims to helps elderly people gain and retain muscles used for everyday life.“It absolutely changed my life,” said Malone, 77.

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West Face sentencing completed

A man shot by law enforcement officers at the West Face Trailhead near McCall last May was banned from using public lands for three years earlier this month.Brooks Roberts, 39, was sentenced to three years of probation, including the three-year public land ban, before U.S.

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