Got Trout???

[PikeBayCommanche]

Lakers anyone???

[Trout Guy]

Nice fish!!!

[Bugman]

What a monster!! What did that pig weigh in at?

[PikeBayCommanche]

Yeah talk about Dinosaurs. Its from Great Bear Lake. Think that one is around a 60lbr.

It just was a sweet pic. I have been there just didn't get one that big.

Not me in the pic.

[wetaline]

Holy smokes!!!! What type of tackle were you using to land that pig? Nice catch.

[PikeBayCommanche]

Don't know what was used for that one but what we used was a 7 ft heavy rod with an Abu Ambassador Reel with 50lb. power pro. Then a big plug down about 12 ft.

[mattkimk]

Thats about 50-55 lbs. bigger than the biggest Laker I got this ice season.

Nice fish

[thistlekicker]

how old would a fish that size have to be, in a lake that far north? 200?

[traveler]

I'm thinking more like 30...just a guess. I don't think lakers live ALL that long.

[Bugman]

Was it catch and release or was it mounted?

[PikeBayCommanche]

Lakers live alot longer than that. Especially in that cold water. It is probably more like a 100 year old fish.

All fish that big up there have to be realeased.

It was not me or my group just a photo from up there. If I get a chance I will post a few of mine.

[DEADhead]

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It is probably more like a 100 year old fish.

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the oldest known lake trout was a reported 50 years old. 20-40 years is about the average life expectancy of lakers.

as an FYI, the World Record Lake Trout (angling): 66 lbs, 8 oz, from the Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories, on May 27, 1993 by Rodney Harback.

Largest on record weighed 46.3 kg (102 lbs.) and measured 126 cm., taken with a gillnet from Lake Athabasca, Saskatchewan, in 1961.

that is an impressive fish in the picture. wow.