Lake trout are native and the current population is wild.
The biggest fish taken in the tournament was a 19-pound lake trout.
Nothing since he and Sam had shared the lake trout at breakfast.
Adult lake trout have been stocked from 1982 through 1999.
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Lake trout have been known to live for well over 20 years, so the big ones can make a worthy opponent.
There was a stuffed lake trout over the bar and a moose head on the wall by the door.
Over the last 10 years, park biologists have netted and killed more than 100,000 lake trout.
In these lakes, lake trout take on a life history known as planktivory.
"I've got a lake trout thawed out at the house," she said.