On ice or open water, winter lakers deliver a reward only those willing to work for it will ever know. I dragged the 12-foot aluminum boat across the frozen boat landing and attached a 6-horse motor ...

Lake trout might be the ultimate winter trophy. A tangle with one of these denizens of the deep is not soon forgotten. Lake trout fight with spirit and are always game for a battle in winter’s cold ...

This story, “Ice Cold Trout,” appeared in the December 1962 issue of Outdoor Life. Fred Peterson raced for the tip-up. Half sliding, half falling, he tossed his gloves to the ice and crouched over the ...

DULUTH — As western Lake Superior's surface water warms to its highest point of the year, experts are reminding anglers to be careful of their lake trout fishing techniques, noting many fish caught ...

Lake trout remain tangled in nets aboard a Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa boat at Knife River Marina in Knife River, Minn. The harvest was part of the band’s effort to reclaim traditional ...

Once-rare lake trout in Lake Superior are doing so well that state biologists will use the fish to stock the species in lakes around the state, officials have announced. This fall, the Department of ...