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Outdoors: Fishing for lake trout in cold deep water

In Ontario's Algoma Country grays can be found on Lake Huron and Lake Superior as well as in a host of inland lakes
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I marvel at all the different names popular fish species get saddled with.

The lake trout is no exception, and this unique species goes by some pretty colorful names, including denizen of the deep, mackinaw, siscowet, lake char, touladi and my favorite the gray trout.

The gray trout or just gray for short inhabits clear, cold and deep water lakes all across the Northern United States and Canada.

In Ontario's Algoma Country grays can be found on Lake Huron and Lake Superior as well as in a host of inland lakes.

Compared to other trout and char species the lake trout grows much larger.

Fish in the 20-pound class are fairly common and every year anglers boat fish in the 30, 40 and sometimes even 50-pound class!

The Ontario record for lake trout is a whopping 63 pounds caught near Isle Royale. Grays are one of those fish you can only catch in the north.

These fish require cold, pristine waters, and Ontario's Algoma Country is at the top of the list when it comes to destinations teaming with hungry trout.

- Mark Romanack

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