Trout ID

Even in Ontario there are lakes here and there with year-round seasons for (stocked) lakers.

I'm not actually sure whether the Niagara would be an example of a river that lakers enter during the spawn to forage on the migratories' eggs, or just a river that's deep and cold enough to support lakers in its own right. Some major rivers are more like lakes from a fish's perspective.

There are river spawning populations of lake trout, there are a few rivers along Superior that have runs apparently. Considering lake trout spawn on windswept shoals/shorelines with appropriate cobble it wouldn't be that big of a jump for them to use rivers to spawn.

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Originally Posted by tweedwolfscream

Even in Ontario there are lakes here and there with year-round seasons for (stocked) lakers.

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^^^^^ This

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Originally Posted by tweedwolfscream

Even in Ontario there are lakes here and there with year-round seasons for (stocked) lakers.

I'm not actually sure whether the Niagara would be an example of a river that lakers enter during the spawn to forage on the migratories' eggs, or just a river that's deep and cold enough to support lakers in its own right. Some major rivers are more like lakes from a fish's perspective.

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I would agree with this ^^

I have caught Lakers year round in the Lower Niagara (whirlpool). Though i was targeting Steelhead. They do have some beautiful colours later in the fall.

W.