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  • If recent changes in the lake foreshadow long-term trends, these modeling results suggest that young lake trout will not overwinter successfully, and the associated changes in mortality patterns may lead to local extinction and the disruption of lake-trout control of the trophic structure in many arctic lakes [17].

    Climate change effects on arctic freshwater fish populations 2009

  • We took six or eight more sheepshead, and the captain caught a handsome, active fish of about four pounds weight, resembling the squetegue or weakfish of New York, but having dark spots on the back, like the lake-trout of the Adirondacks.

    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 Various

  • In the glorious sunset of a restful Sunday we crossed the glassy lake to its outlet, taking two fine lake-trout of four pounds as we went, and glided out of as beautiful a lake as sun and moon shine upon into the swift, steady, deep current of what for the first time in its long way Gulfward bears the full dignity of a river.

    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 Various

  • It was yet only mid-afternoon, but we had paddled steadily and made good progress nearly four days; so we went into early camp on a bluff overlooking the entire lake, did our first washing of travel-stained garments, brought up epistolary arrearages, caught two fine lake-trout for our next breakfast and went to sound sleep in the nine-and-a-half-o'clock twilight.

    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 Various

  • Special emphasis is laid on outfitting for fly fishing, but full instruction is also given to the man who wants to catch pickerel, pike, muskellunge, lake-trout, bass and other fresh-water game fishes.

    Apple Growing M. C. Burritt

  • We began our second week upon the Mississippi with a breakfast of baked lake-trout, slapjacks, maple syrup and coffee, which embodied the culinary skill of the entire fleet: then started for Winnibegoshish in the height of good spirits and physical vigor.

    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 Various

  • There a big lake-trout shoots by like a silver streak of light, or here is a school of hundreds of little fingerlings.

    Stories of California Ella M. Sexton

  • So we returned to our island camp in no very good mood, but a successful troll for lake-trout, and a good supper off two fine fellows baked under the coals in birch jackets, sent us to bed in good spirits and with no regrets save for the lost barometer.

    Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science Various

  • A nine-inch lake-trout flapped in the boat's bottom.

    Long Ago, Far Away Murray Leinster 1935

  • The lake-trout were not rising any more, but now and again the screech of a cock-ptarmigan could be heard among the withies.

    The Great Hunger Johan Bojer 1915

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