lake trout

noun

1. a large, fork-tailed trout, Salvelinus namaycush, of the lakes of Canada and the northern U.S., valued as a food and game fish.

lake trout

noun

1. a yellow-spotted char of the Great Lakes region of Canada

Word History and Origins

Origin of lake trout¹

First recorded in 1660–70

Example Sentences

There a big lake-trout shoots by like a silver streak of light, or here is a school of hundreds of little fingerlings.

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While examining a fine lake-trout, he remembered that he had read of raw fish being excellent food under the right conditions.

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There are enthusiastic anglers, however, whose specialty is trolling for lake trout.

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Bass fishing usually comes next, though some writers accord second place to the lake trout, salmon trout or land-locked salmon.

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The mascalonge, as a game fish, is scarcely behind the small-mouthed bass, and is certainly more gamy than the lake trout.

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