We're running the American Smelt crankbaits today, the deep dive model. The crankbaits will dive about 20' as we slow troll ...

Today we're out there at the mouth of Lake Ontario, doing something I normally wouldn't do until the spring: trolling for lake trout. This time I'm trolling right at the top of winter using the new ...

As of spring 2025, Lake Champlain’s lake trout population is now self-sustaining, a goal that has been in the works for more than 50 years. After joining forces over multiple decades, Vermont, New ...

Anglers across Washington can prepare for the opening day of lowland lakes fishing on April 26, with more than 14.5 million trout expected to be stocked statewide, according to the Washington ...

As we speak, er... type, I’m en route back home from Plummers Lodge up in the Northwest Territories. I met the owner, Chummy Plummer, years ago at a Safari Club International Conv. This past February, ...

Michigan DNR officials say the oldest lake trout ever recorded was found in 2023. Researchers were studying a subspecies of lake trout at a remote island in Lake Superior when they recorded the ...

There’s some big news for the eastern part of our region. Lake trout have been restored to Lake Champlain. The native species was decimated by pollution, overfishing and the invasive sea lamprey. But ...