How to Use lake trout in a Sentence

lake trout

noun
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  • All of the lakes hold lake trout, and there is little ice.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Dec. 2017
  • Cuts were made instead to plants of brown trout and lake trout.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2018
  • One of the main reasons for that is the introduction of lake trout to the area.
    — Ryan Bergeron, CNN, 30 Dec. 2021
  • That lack of ice tells me the whitefish and lake trout will be biting like mad for the next couple of weeks.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2021
  • His best story was about a lake trout that broke one of his two-bys in half — over an eight-inch hole.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Feb. 2022
  • The group is trying to restore the native trout and stop lake trout from taking over.
    — Ryan Bergeron, CNN, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Here, lake trout have already taken over, and there are few bull trout left.
    — Janine Latus, Discover Magazine, 31 Aug. 2016
  • But also bad news for lake trout, which relied on the minnows as prey.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 1 July 2019
  • The rule sets the daily bag limit at five lake trout and creates a year-round open season.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2021
  • The fish, a lake trout, weighed an estimated 20 pounds.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2018
  • In winter months, try your hand at ice fishing for whitefish and lake trout.
    — Outside Online, 30 Sep. 2021
  • There are signs of some lake trout success in certain areas.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Fishing is good for landlocked salmon, lake trout, white perch, and smallmouth bass.
    — Virginia M. Wright, Outside Online, 8 Feb. 2021
  • Like many regional dishes (hello, lake trout) the origins of the name are murky.
    — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 15 Apr. 2021
  • In warming inland lakes, too, cold-water fish like lake trout and cisco have less room to live.
    — Jana Hollingsworth, Star Tribune, 21 July 2021
  • From the records available, the Big Pond's ecosystem was dominated by one top predator, the lake trout.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2018
  • On the north slope Blind Lake offers not only the trifecta, but grayling, and a hybrid splake (brookie and lake trout) as well.
    — Bob Semerau, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2020
  • Plump lake trout reigned atop a food web loaded with species such as perch, sturgeon, lake herring, whitefish and chubs.
    — Dan Egan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2011
  • Redfish will pummel them, stripers will clobber them, and even deep dwellers like lake trout can’t resist them.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Here’s an easy-to-make chowder recipe using lake trout for us inland anglers who can’t get their hands on some fresh clams.
    — Cosmo Genova, Field & Stream, 28 Apr. 2020
  • Stanford, on his first Lake Michigan fishing outing, took the rod and landed an 8-pound lake trout.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2022
  • The total is smaller than last year and the year before that, signaling a decline in the overall number of lake trout.
    — USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Some feature walleyes, others lake trout, northern pike, Arctic grayling and more.
    — Star Tribune, 3 June 2021
  • There is nothing quite like lake trout smothered in jalapeño blueberry sauce.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Aug. 2021
  • The unseasonable weather above the ice has little effect on the lake trout 18 feet down under.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Nov. 2019
  • The fish Smiley caught on May 4 was recognized this week as the Utah state record for a catch-and-release lake trout, measuring 48 inches.
    — John Meyer, The Know, 14 June 2019
  • Some of the businesses — a pharmacy, a lake trout restaurant, a party store — were missing their roofs.
    — Mckenna Oxenden, baltimoresun.com, 22 Nov. 2019
  • All fish caught and not eaten for dinner — expect lake trout, chinook salmon, coho salmon and more — will be packaged to take home.
    — Jessica Colley Clarke, New York Times, 22 May 2018
  • At that size the walleye would have had to eat just one more juvenile lake trout to push it into record territory.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2018
  • With so much territory and so few anglers, your chances of landing some of the lake’s trophy-size lake trout, walleye, or northern pike are great.
    — Outside Online, 6 Mar. 2023

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