Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush)

Lake trout inhabit, cold, oxygen-rich waters. Immediately after ice-out, when the surface temperature of the water is cold, lake trout can be caught in shallow water. As the temperature of the surface layer of the water increases during the summer, the lake trout move deeper and can be found in 60 to 200 feet of water. As the temperature of the surface layers of the water drops in the fall, lake trout move back into the shallows
to spawn.

Lake trout have an aversion to bright light and prefer low light conditions. They also prefer to feed in low light conditions, so the best time to fish for lake trout is on cloudy days or when the sun is low in the sky.
A strong fighter, lake trout are a popular game fish among anglers, and Slippery Winds offers some excellent opportunities to catch and release this sportfish.

Popular lake trout angling techniques are vertical jigging with lead-head jigs or jigging spoons; trolling with crankbaits, or with a large spoon attached to a three-way swivel and a bell sinker, or using planer boards such as a dipsey diver or pink lady.

Four of Slippery Winds six lakes hold lake trout. Yoke Lake produces the largest lakers with our guests catching and releasing trout up to the mid 30-inch range. If you are looking to catch good numbers of lake trout, then Bluffpoint is the best option, with abundant lake trout in the 4 to 12 lb range. Portage lakes Sullivan and Crossroute also have good populations of lake trout.