Coaster Brook Trout Lake Superior

Along with lake trout Salvelinus namaycush they comprise the two char species native to Lake Superior.

Coaster brook trout lake superior. We specialize in Coaster Brook Trout and Lake Trout. Several hotspots east of Nipigon Bay include Terrace Bay Rossport Marathon and Pukaskwa Park. 2020-10-14 Coasters as these fish are more commonly referred to are Brook Trout that reside mainly year-round in the frigid waters of Lake Superior and are an extremely aggressive fighting fish.

2014-06-23 The Salmon Trout River is located in the Huron Mountains of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and has become well known in recent years due to a proposed nickel mine near its headwaters. The Salmon Trout River in Marquette Mich hosts the last known remnant breeding population of coasters in the area. Millions of brook trout were stocked during the last century in Lake Superior and its tributaries.

2019-10-28 The coaster brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis is a potamodromous form of brook trout that spends part of its life in the nearshore waters of the upper Great Lakes. The Coaster Brook Trout Research Unit is an advocacy initiative intended to raise awareness of this significant segment of the eastern brook trout species Salvelinus fontinalis once common in Lake Superior but now comparatively rare. Twenty coaster brook trout captured from Nipigon Bay Lake Superior were surgically implanted with radio transmitters and were located from June 1999 to October 2000.

Coasters aka Specks aka brook trout are a hidden gem amongst the 3 quadrillion gallons of water in Lake Superior. We pick out high percentage areas to cast. The life-history genetics seasonal movements and habitat use of coaster Brook Trout in Lake Superior is not well understood particularly in Minnesota waters.

Once abundant and widespread they are big colorful highly sought. Called coasters because they tend to work the shore-line of Lake Superior these brook trout are large and usually willing biters. Grow large and provide great sport.

A beautifully coloured Coaster Brook Trout. Although stocked fish survived to be caught by anglers they failed to restore both a self-sustaining stream brook trout population and a coaster fishery. The lakes coaster brook trout.