Lake trout might be the ultimate winter trophy. A tangle with one of these denizens of the deep is not soon forgotten. Lake trout fight with spirit and are always game for a battle in winter’s cold ...

Today we're out here in Lake Ontario flat-line trolling for lake trout. I'm using the silver/blue American Smelt model crank bait. We're out here in 30' of water, and the crankbait dives about 20' ...

The author holds an early spring lake trout caught while trolling a crankbait just a few feet below the surface of Lake Superior. / Joe Shead There are lots of different ways to catch lake trout, but ...

We're slow-trolling for lake trout with our deep driving American smelts. The crankbaits are going down about 20 feet. Water temp today is about 43°F (6°C) and air temp is about 32°F (0°C). ▶ If you ...

Wednesday was a cold, cloudy, and slightly windy morning on Lake Superior. But charter captain Ethan Waytashek left the Twin Points public boat ramp confident he and his client Isaiah Bartlett were ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced a new kind of lake trout record that was set on Lake Michigan. They say the laker, which was caught in Wisconsin waters back in 2023, was around ...

California trout fishing season opens April 26, 2025 How to get a California fishing license Best places to trout fish in northern Shasta and southern Siskiyou counties See list of North State lakes ...