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lake trout

• a North American char, Cristivomer namaycush, having important commercial value.

  See also: gray trout  lake char  lake salmon  Mackinaw trout  namaycush  salmon trout (def. 1)  togue  touladi  white trout  laker  (def. 1)  

  • 1897  Lake trout are caught in most of the lakes. They take a troll bait readily.
  • 1924  The one dependable source of food supply for the natives who travel the interior in summer is fish, particularly the namaycush, the great lake trout, and a finer-eating fish does not exist.
  • 1965  These unwanted species clutter the lakes . . . affecting the highly regarded whitefish and lake trout.