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 ...

When ice fishing stocked trout ... The author caught this splake, which is a hybrid between a brook trout and a lake trout. / Joe Shead Common Stocked Trout Species and How to Identify Them ...

Limits are usually high, and these fish taste great after a bath in the fryer. Ice anglers looking for a bigger trophy often target northern pike, lake trout, and walleye. These fish terrorize ...

“We’re avid fishermen all through the year, trout, summer fishing. We just like being ... it was the only lake in the area that had ice on it. I did really well the first time I came here ...

Eric grew up in Racine and became an expert in trout and salmon fishing in tributaries, harbors and the lake, in open water and through the ice. Cal has been accompanying his father and catching ...

Georgetown Lake’s trout and salmon face a potentially ... such as lots of nutrients, bugs and fish, he said. “Once the ice is on the lake, there is a finite amount of dissolved oxygen availabl ...

I like to use braided line like Sufix Performance Ice braid with a mono leader to cut down on line stretch. Lake trout aren’t line shy, so you can use fairly heavy line to handle nice fish.