The Lake Trout is a member of the Salmon family and is called the laker, mackinaw, trout, grey trout, salmon trout, toque, and touladi in different parts of Canada. It is in fact a member of the Char family that inhabits the deep water. The Lake Trout is among the largest of the freshwater fish.

Best Trout Fishing in Canada

The best trout fishing in Canada can be found in Ontario.  Trout fishing flies are some of the finest fishing lures created.  Many trout fishing guides tie their own flies for fly fishing.

Be sure to ask any prosepective Trout fishing lodge if they have guides with experience specifically with trout fishing techniques.  Check out their website for a variety of  trout pictures over a number of different years.

Lake Trout Habitat

In Canada, the Lake Trout is found in the more northerly parts from the Maritime provinces and Labrador in the east to northern British Columbia in the west, and throughout the Northwest Territories and the Yukon.

Lake Trout prefers cold, clear, oxygenated water with temperatures around 50 degrees Fahrenheit. It makes its home for the most part in large, deep lakes, although in the Northwest Territories it is also found in shallow tundra lakes and large, deep rivers.  Lake Trout seem to grow larger in colder lakes.

Early in the spring, the Lake Trout is caught by fly fishing or spin fishing.  As surface waters warm up in summer, Trout head for deeper water. In far northern lakes however, they stay close to surface during the summer – this makes for some exciting fly fishing!

For the most part, Lake Trout are found in lakes with a depth greater than 50 feet, with temperatures between 38 and 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Lake Trout are not conducive to large amounts of saline and don’t migrate to the sea as do Salmon, Brook Trout and Arctic Char.

In the southern parts of its distribution, Lake Trout migrate to cooler areas of the lake in the summer and stay inactive. In July and August, the Trout is found in a depth of 20-60 feet. In spring and fall, the Trout are found near underwater ledges and along rocky shorelines at around seven to 20 feet.

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