On ice or open water, winter lakers deliver a reward only those willing to work for it will ever know. I dragged the 12-foot aluminum boat across the frozen boat landing and attached a 6-horse motor ...

Lake trout might be the ultimate winter trophy. A tangle with one of these denizens of the deep is not soon forgotten. Lake trout fight with spirit and are always game for a battle in winter’s cold ...

Lake trout are denizens of the deep. For most of the year, they’re hunkered down 50 feet or more in the recesses of lakes and reservoirs, chilling out below the thermocline in colder water. To catch ...