Lake Trout

The Lake trout is a member of the char family and its the largest fish out of them. Lake trout are slow growers and they live long sometimes living up to ages of 40. It may take 15 years for some Lakers to grow up to 2 pounds. Lake trout mix themselfs into the catches in the midwest some Lakers reaching over 20 pounds 10 to 12 pounds is the average size for Lakers. The largest Laker caught in the midwest with a rod and real was 72 pounds! The largest ever caught was caught in a gillnet and it weighed 102 pounds. During the summer months, in lakes the Lake trout will move to 100 to 200 feet or more for comfortable temperatures. In some big lakes of the far north lake trout can grow to enormous sizes. Lake trout are mostly fish eaters. In most waters, the Lake trout eat heavily on fish such as ciscoes, smelt, or sculpins. In other lakes they feed mostly on plankton, insects, or crustaceans. In this situation Lake trout never reach the size of those that are in fish-eating populations. In any case dodgers, flashers, and cow bells are often used when trolling with minnows. Few anglers use nightcrawlers, for still-fishing near the bottom of the lake from shore or boat or occasionally troll behind attractors. If trolling with fly tackle use a streamer or bucktail. Another effictive way is to use downriggers. Once you get a Laker on it does not jump like a rainbow would, it gives a very strong underwater battle which tires most grown men out. These swift, torpedo-shaped fish inhabit in the cold deep waters of lakes in the midwest. The most effictive lure is a spoon while trolling and the same with bait fish.

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