Lake Trout

The lake trout may be the tastiest trout you'll find.

The lake trout, otherwise known as the lake char, is highly prized both as a gamefish and as a commercial species. Lake trout are also called Great Lakes trout, laker, namaycush, togue, grey trout, and mountain trout. Anglers catch this species by fly or spin fishing early in the spring. It has an excellent flavor and is mostly eaten fresh but it is sometimes smoked.

It is known that lake trout occur naturally and are widely distributed all over North America. It can readily be found in northern British Columbia in shallow lakes and in rivers and in deeper lakes in the south of British Columbia. It is the least tolerant of salt water of all the char classification.

The lake trout species ranges in size from 15-20 inches long, weighing an average of 5-10 pounds but they have been known to exceed upwards of 50-100 pounds! The body, colored light green or grey, dark green, brown or almost black with lighter colored spots is typical. The flesh may be white, pink, orange or orange-red, the color being influenced by the diet.

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