There are lots of different ways to catch lake trout, but the key to consistency is knowing the best techniques and lures to use based on the current conditions and the fish’s patterns and preferences ...

Today we're running with live bait (live minnows) on a dual T-Turn bait rig, and we're fishing for lake trout! These T-Turn Bait Rigs come pre-rigged with fluorocarbon line, a snap, and two T-Turns ...

When trolled at slow to moderate speeds, the distinctive wide wiggle action has been drawing strikes longer than I’ve been alive. The split-tail design simulates an erratic baitfish action that even ...

Today we're out there at the mouth of Lake Ontario, doing something I normally wouldn't do until the spring: trolling for ...

How can you not respect the lake trout? A potential goliath of a freshwater predator, the laker is a stunningly attractive creature—hard charging, typically delicious and a survivor of every ...

Lake trout are denizens of the deep. For most of the year, they’re hunkered down 50 feet or more in the recesses of lakes and reservoirs, chilling out below the thermocline in colder water. To catch ...

The author holds an early spring lake trout caught while trolling a crankbait just a few feet below the surface of Lake Superior. / Joe Shead There are lots of different ways to catch lake trout, but ...