🌡️ Preferred water temp
10–15°C (50–59°F).
⏰ Best time to catch
Ice-out shallow bite, then deeper through summer like a small lake trout.
Habitat
Stocked brook × lake trout hybrid in cold Shield lakes; thinks it's a shallow-water laker.
Season by season
Spring
Cruises ice-out shorelines — small spoons and worms from shore.
Summer
Drops to 10–20 m; slow-troll small spoons or jig bait near bottom.
Fall
Back on shoals and points as the water cools.
Winter
A popular ice target: small spoons and jig/minnow in 5–15 m.
What to throw
Small spoons, jigs with minnows, worm harnesses trolled slow.
Popular Splake lakes
Lake Superior
Dogtooth Lake
Round L.
Ramsey Lake
Lucy Lake
Victoria Lake
Otter Lake
Rock Lake
Lukinto Lake
Margo Lake
Elkhorn L.
Nelson Lake
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