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Article: Lowly lake trout

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July 23, 2006
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For some reason, lake trout are the Rodney Dangerfields of Maine's sport fishery.

They get no respect.

During my stint with the Maine Fish and Wildlife Department, I attended a number of sportsmen's forums during which anglers cursed "the damned togue (lake trout)" and demanded the stocking of "more salmon."

In some ways, our romance with the fighting landlocked salmon is really contrary to nature's fishery scheme. In lakes like Moosehead, Schoodic and the Fish River Chain, which are natural lake trout habitats, our preoccupation with salmon has resulted in a diminished lake trout fishery. Don't take my word for it. Ask a fisheries biologist. Lakes can be like gardens with different soils. ...

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