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Where to catch wallhanging winter lake trout

Minnitaki Lake, Lake Temegami, Clearwater West Lake, and White Otter Lake for wallhanging winter lake trout.
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winter brook trout
Dial in winter brook trout
Brook trout provide steady action right through to ice-out. Dial in your winter tactics, and you just might catch your best squaretail ever.
winter steelhead
How to catch winter steelhead
With some adjustments to techniques, water and weather, you can confidently write steelheading on your January calendar.
wallhanger lake trout
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Where to catch wallhanging winter lake trout

Minnitaki Lake, Lake Temegami, Clearwater West Lake, and White Otter Lake for wallhanging winter lake trout.
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winter brook trout
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Dial in winter brook trout

Brook trout provide steady action right through to ice-out. Dial in your winter tactics, and you just might catch your best squaretail ever.
Read More »
winter steelhead
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How to catch winter steelhead

With some adjustments to techniques, water and weather, you can confidently write steelheading on your January calendar.
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heavy fly fishing
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Using heavy flies for lake trout

This heavy-fly technique leaves plenty of room for steelheaders to experiment drifting big, buggy jigs through favoured, late-winter holes.
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Great Lakes rainbows
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Expecting rainbows

As environmental conditions evolve across the Great Lakes, anglers and the MNR continue to monitor the status of rainbow trout.
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Trout flies
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10 epic trout flies

With thousands of trout flies for brook trout, most will work in the right conditions—but these 10 are my go-to every season.
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Ask an expert: trolling for brown trout
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Ask an expert: trolling for brown trout

A reader asks: I’d like to troll for spring brown trout on Lake Ontario. What structure, depth, speed & presentation work best for a beginner?
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Angler fishing near a culvert in early spring, surrounded by flowing water and budding greenery.
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Trout on the move: Spring creek fishing strategies

After opener, trout flood tributaries and face heavy pressure. Catching them takes stealth and clever lure selection.
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An angler proudly holds a freshly caught brook trout on the banks of a creek, its vibrant colors glistening against the serene waters—making the most of put-and-take fishing opportunities.
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Taking advantage of put-and-take fishing

Ontario’s put-and-take fishery has evolved creating exciting fishing opportunities anglers can take advantage of.
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