Lake Trout
Salvelinus namaycush · Salmonidae
About this fish
- Spawning
- September, October and November
- Largest length
- up to 125 cm (49 inches)
- Lifespan
- up to 20 years
- Matures at
- about 8 years old
Values come from a national database of the United States, not Wisconsin surveys: maximum length is the species' largest recorded anywhere, and spawning months are range-wide (Wisconsin timing, in a colder climate, can be later).
USGS FishTraits 14.3 (CC0). Credit: Frimpong and Angermeier, U.S. Geological Survey.
10 open records of this fish in Wisconsin were used here.
Lakes where it has been stocked
Stocking shows what was added to a lake, not what lives in it.
Showing 12 of 17 lakes
- Big Carr LakeOneida County213 acres · 71 ft deeplast stocked 2025; 5 years since 2010Clearstocked
- Black Oak LakeVilas County584 acres · 85 ft deeplast stocked 2025; 4 years since 2010Clearstocked, recorded
- Geneva LakeWalworth County5,262 acres · 135 ft deeplast stocked 2025; 15 years since 2010Clearstocked, recorded
- Goto LakeLanglade County28 acres · 82 ft deeplast stocked 2025; 5 years since 2010Moderatestocked
- Green LakeGreen Lake County7,346 acres · 236 ft deeplast stocked 2025; 15 years since 2010Moderatestocked, recorded
- Lake SuperiorWisconsinlast stocked 2025; 16 years since 2010stocked, recorded
- Long LakeVilas County872 acres · 95 ft deeplast stocked 2025; 6 years since 2010Clearstocked
- Little Trout LakeVilas County978 acres · 98 ft deeplast stocked 2024; 3 years since 2010Clearstocked, recorded
- Trout LakeVilas County3,816 acres · 117 ft deeplast stocked 2024; 10 years since 2010Clearstocked, recorded
- White Sand LakeVilas County734 acres · 71 ft deeplast stocked 2024; 6 years since 2010Clearstocked, recorded
- Keyes LakeFlorence County202 acres · 77 ft deeplast stocked 2023; 4 years since 2010Clearstocked, recorded
- Lake LucerneForest County1,026 acres · 73 ft deeplast stocked 2022; 5 years since 2010Clearstocked, recorded
- White Sand LakeVilas County1,229 acres · 63 ft deeplast stocked 2019; 1 year since 2010Clearstocked
- Plunkett LakeIron County48 acres · 35 ft deeplast stocked 2017; 5 years since 2010Clearstocked
- Weber LakeIron County61 acres · 39 ft deeplast stocked 2017; 3 years since 2010Moderatestocked
- Patterson LakePrice County70 acres · 34 ft deeplast stocked 2016; 1 year since 2010Clearstocked, recorded
- Pallette LakeVilas County173 acres · 65 ft deeplast stocked 2012; 1 year since 2010Clearstocked, recorded
Lakes where it has been recorded
From open fish survey and museum records. A record shows the fish was found near the lake in that year, not that it is there now.
Showing 3 of 3 lakes