Lake Trout
Salvelinus Namaycush
Timothy Kusherets
Lake Trout can be found along the coasts of North America, Europe, and New
Zealand. The coloration is a bronze to brown body with white irregular spots
the length of the body. The forked tail is sharp at the tips with intermittent
white spots on the rays. These fish can grow to become truly monstrous. Above
average fish are taken annually between forty and seventy-pounds while the record
stands near one hundred-pounds. These fish are so strong that they can literally
pick and choose where to swim predominately preferring deep lakes and fast rivers
and stream.
These fish can be taken on just about anything that shows a lot of action in
the rivers but they prefer baits when fished for in deeper sections of any river.
The best way to drift-fish these babies is to seek out the deepest water in
the area usually found in pools and drop-offs. To get down it’s necessary
to use heavier weights but it’s not necessary to use a heavier mainline
more than twelve to fifteen-pounds. The class weight of mainline will give the
fish a sporting fight but it’s more than reasonable to expect landing
these fish without much of a problem. Lake trout tend to have larger and sharper
teeth than most trout so it’s advisable to use heavier leader line than
the mainline regardless of what test is used; thought it’s not necessary
to use steel leaders.
© Timothy Kusherets 2004/08
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