successfully encouraged anglers to target and harvest small lake trout, an essential effort in managing the species' population in Flaming Gorge Reservoir. The contest drew 156 participants across ...

High water events are, however, a blessing and a curse in the trout game. The trick to using them to your advantage is understanding what the fish will do and how they’ll behave during the three ...

Lake trout fight with spirit and are always game for a battle in winter’s cold water. Plus, they grow large. A 20-pounder is a possibility nearly anywhere they swim, and in some waters, a fish t ...

Boulders, steep drop-offs, fallen trees and even beaver lodges are all good fish-holding structure. The author caught this splake, which is a hybrid between a brook trout and a lake trout.

Additionally, as fish scatter and recover from spawning behaviors, fishing again becomes harder. Of course, conditions will vary region by region and even lake by lake. The number one key here is to ...