| Just the idea of battling a huge lake
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| | pressure.
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| trout lures anglers to all the remote
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| | Early spring just after ice out, is a
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| lakes as far north as the Arctic Circle
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| | great time for lake trout, they crowd
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| in Canada. These areas yield many 30 to
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| | into warmer water to feed closer to shore
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| 40 pound lunker lake trout each year.
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| | and remain in water 20 to 30 feet deep.
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| In some areas in Canada, the lake trout
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| | When lake trout move into shallow water
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| are also called Mackinaw or grey trout,
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| | in the spring and in the fall just before
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| but the most common nickname given lake
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| | spawning, the best methods are casting
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| trout is simply lakers. Lake trout
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| | with flashy spoons or still fishing with
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| resemble brook trout, except the tails of
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| | natural baits like smelts and strips of
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| lake trout are deeply forked, while those
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| | sucker meat.
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| of the brook trout are nearly square.
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| | Lake trout shy away from dark heavy
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| Lake trout in the Great Lakes are
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| | lines, so use clear, low diameter line
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| silvery-grey with white spots. Elsewhere,
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| | from 8 to 12 pond test is best. Most
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| they have light spots on a background
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| | fishermen prefer medium action spinning
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| that may vary from dark green to brown or
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| | tackle.
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| black.
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| | In years past heavy reels and wire line
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| Lake trout prefer water from 48 to 54F,
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| | was the standard for catching lake trout
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| colder than any other game fish. They
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| | in deep water. But now with the new
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| will die if unable to find water under 65
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| | equipment and techniques it is possible
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| degrees F. During summer month's lake
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| | to fish deep with much lighter tackle.
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| trout will descend to 200 feet in search
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| | Downriggers, sonar and technology has
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| of cooler water.
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| | made fishing for deep lake trout a lot
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| There are many lakes with water cold
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| | easier.
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| enough for lake trout, but lack oxygen in
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| | Deep lake trout are frequently scattered
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| their depths. And as a result lake trout
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| | and sluggish, so adding an attractor,
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| are restricted to mainly the cold,
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| | such as a dodger can improve your success
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| sterile lakes of the Canadian Shield, the
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| | while trolling.
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| Great Lakes and deep mountain lakes of
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| | Vertical jigging for lake trout is also a
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| the west.
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| | popular method in fishing Canada's north,
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| Lake trout grow slowly in these frigid
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| | works best with a lead head jig or
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| waters. In some lakes in Canada, a
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| | vibrating blade. Simply lower the lure to
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| 10-pound lake trout might be 20 years or
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| | the bottom; then reel it back up rapidly
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| older. The age of a trophy lake trout may
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| | to get that strike.
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| be 40 years or more. Because they grow so
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| | Casting with heavy gold or silver spoons
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| slowly there is always the danger that
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| | for lake trout is a proven technique when
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| they could be over harvested.
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| | lake trout are concentrated off points,
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| Unlike most other species lake trout
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| | in narrows, along islands or over
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| spawn in lakes rather than in rivers.
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| | spawning reefs. Cast from a long distance
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| Lake trout spawning occurs in the fall
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| | away to prevent spooking the lake trout.
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| over a bottom of baseball to football
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| | In the Great Lakes the lake trout have
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| sized; rocks. Water depth varies, but is
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| | made a remarkable come-back after they
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| usually 5 to 25 feet.
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| | were nearly wiped out by the sea lamprey
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| Lake trout have excellent vision, but
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| | and commercial fishing. Lake trout
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| because of the poor light at the depths
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| | populations have been rebuilt by lamprey
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| they live, they rely on their sense of
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| | controls and restocking programs. These
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| smell and on their lateral line to find
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| | programs have been put in use both in
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| food. In some water, they feed mainly on
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| | Canada and the United States, both
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| aquatic insects, worms and crustaceans.
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| | countries have been doing this for some
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| In other lakes they eat only fish, mainly
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| | time now and the lakes and anglers are
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| ciscoes, smelt, and sculpin.
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| | enjoying the fruits of their efforts.
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| A lake trout, brook trout hy-brid, called
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| | There is nothing like the feeling when
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| splake, has been stocked in some northern
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| | you hook up with a nice sized lake trout
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| lakes including Lake Huron. Splake mature
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| | on medium action fishing rig. So get out
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| earlier than lake trout and grow faster
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| | there and just enjoy nature and catch the
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| so they are less affected by fishing
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| | trophy lake trout.
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