This is my first-ever lake trout, caught on a spinner before we stopped to unpack the fly rods near the beginning of a 4-day float trip.  I caught another of about the same size soon thereafter.  The coloration is incredible compared to other lakers I've seen -- a much more believable cousin to the brook trout. From the Gulkana River in Alaska.
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This is my first-ever lake trout, caught on a spinner before we stopped to unpack the fly rods near the beginning of a 4-day float trip. I caught another of about the same size soon thereafter. The coloration is incredible compared to other lakers I've seen -- a much more believable cousin to the brook trout.

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