From plankton and insects to fish and small mammals, a Lake Trout will devour it all.

Natural Lake Trout Bait varies according to food availability, and the size of the individual Trout. They are even cannibals, eating smaller Trout. Often Sculpin and Cisco are the favoured food, although in the Great Lakes they prefer Smelt, and Alewife. The larger Trout prefer fish.

Fly fishing for Trout attempts to mimic the real-life movements of insects that may land on the water surface.  You can learn fly fishing techniques from a few of the American Plan Trout Fishing Lodges.  Contact a few Outfitters and ask them about the skills of their Trout Fishing Guides – if you find a guide who ties his own flies for fly fishing – you are sure to have a great time fly fishing for Trout!

Adult Lake Trout may eat zooplankton, insect larvae, small crustaceans, clams, snails, leeches, mice, shrews, and even birds on rare occasions. They also feed eagerly on white fish, and sticklebacks.

It is a little-known fact that Lake Trout are patient and cunning predators, waiting beneath schools of baitfish for a weak or injured fish to stray from the school.

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