Largest Lake Trout Caught In Canada

There are many trophy-class lake trout fisheries but Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories is considered to have the largest growing lake trout on earth.
Largest lake trout caught in canada. The lake trout is sought after as both a game fish and as a fish caught for consumption. Bigmouth Buffalo record from Ontario. Adults average 15-40 pounds.
The largest ever recorded lake trout was caught by a commercial fishing net. Giant Brown Trout from Saskatchewan. This incredible trout was caught using a gillnet in 1961.
Approximately two years ago some fishermen caught the largest trout ever known. The good news is that even smaller Northerns will give anglers a great fight and the species is pursued due to this. The world record lake trout is 102 lbs 462 kg.
Long and weighed in at over 50lbs. The fish was 83 pounds and was caught on Great Bear Lake. Ontario record Carp caught during fly fishing.
The fish was the biggest of 309 lake trout caught in. Rainbow trout record from BC. The largest lake trout caught on a rod and reel was caught on Great Bear Lake in 1995 and weighed 72 lbs 33 kg with a length of 59 in 150 cm.
The largest lake trout on a rod and reel is 72 lbs caught by Lloyd Bull in Great Bear Lake Canada on July 19 1991. It weighed 102 pounds. Reindeer Lake is one of the top if not the top lake for Trophy Northern Pike and Trophy Lake Trout fishing in North America not to mention Walleye and Arctic Grayling making the Canadian grand slam of fishing all at your finger tips.