As of spring 2025, Lake Champlain’s lake trout population is now self-sustaining, a goal that has been in the works for more than 50 years. After joining forces over multiple decades, Vermont, New ...

Aaron Goettsche holds up the state-record lake trout he caught from Payette Lake on June 19. Idaho officials were proud to announce a new state-record lake trout Monday. The 42-inch lunker was caught ...

A Utah man set an Idaho state record back in June, catching a 42-inch Lake Trout inside of Payette Lake, state officials said. According to a news release from the Idaho Fish and Game, Aaron Goettsch, ...

Utah angler Aaron Goettsche holds up a state catch-and-release record lake trout he caught from Payette Lake on June 19, 2025. The fish measured 42 inches long. Aaron Goettsche Courtesy of Idaho ...

The Minnesota Department of Fish and Widllife officially confirmed the state’s newest laker record on Monday. The 43.25-inch lake trout caught by Isaiah Bartlett in March surpassed the state’s ...

MCCALL — Aaron Goettsche is no stranger to monster lake trout. An avid angler, fishing rod maker, and longtime veteran on Utah’s/Wyoming’s famous Flaming Gorge Reservoir — a world-renowned fishery ...

"The all-tackle record of a huge lake trout answers the question “What is the biggest trout ever caught on rod and reel?” But that question, in fairness, should ask what is the biggest trout ever ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced a new kind of lake trout record that was set on Lake Michigan. They say the laker, which was caught in Wisconsin waters back in 2023, was around ...

Steve Jones, 72, regularly fishes Shaver Lake northeast of Fresno in Central California. He started fishing the lake as a youngster with his father, and he knows it well after all these years. On ...