

If we are fishing Great Bear Lake, we will be dragging a huge spoon on one line, guaranteed. Depending on the location of the lake, big baits equal big Lake Trout. Size does matter when it comes not only to spoons but to all laker baits. Some may argue this point, but they will likely lose. We challenge you to find a more productive trolling lure when it comes to laker-capture fish stats throughout the entire band of Lake Trout waters across Canada.

The spoon may well be the most popular Lake Trout lure of all time. In no particular order, here are our Top Five best baits for Lake Trout: 1. And in that time, we have learned what Lake Trout baits have worked best for us. Through the years, we have caught Lake Trout from Quebec to British Columbia. That, friends, is an old fish!Īng holds a thick, old Lake Trout taken from frigid deep water. Lake Trout vary in age, but some studies show that they can exceed 60 years. Once to the surface, you will often hear the fish burping-honestly, they literally burp! It’s actually quite funny hearing it for the first time. When fighting a Lake Trout-especially a big one-you will see air bubbles rising to the surface. So why are they called trout?Īnother characteristic of the Lake Trout is it can not only go about its daily activities in 100-plus-foot deep frigid waters, but it has the ability to inflate and deflate its swim bladder to compensate for changes in water pressure, allowing it to rise safely (avoiding barotrauma) from extreme depths to the surface of a water body. Oddly enough, the Brook Trout, Bull Trout and Dolly Varden Trout are also in the Char family. First, it is not even a true “trout.” It is in the char family as with its cousin, the Arctic Char. The Lake Trout is a distinctive creature of the wild. This article is about Ang and Pete’s lure and bait suggestions, which will hopefully help you decide what is the best bait for Lake Trout fishing. They pull like a low-geared winch and seemingly never give up. In freshwater, one of the strongest “tow-trucks” of all fish species is the Lake Trout. Does the thought of a big fish towing you around the lake in your boat excite you? We know it excites us because we’ve had this thrilling experience.
