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The lake
trout has a
deeply
forked tail.
You
can
distinguish
the
lake
trout
from
the
other
trout
by
its
deeply
forked
tail.
Their
dorsal
fin
may
have
white
spots
and
their
body
sports
white
spots.
Lake
trout
are
not
native
in
western
Montana,
except
for
the
St.
Mary
and
Belly
River
drainages
east
of
the
Continental
Divide.
In
fact,
they
compete
with
bull
trout
for
space
and
food,
and
may
prey
on
bull
trout.
In
general,
angling
bag
limits
are
very
liberal
for
lake
trout.
In
Flathead
Lake
in
northwestern
Montana,
anglers
can
keep
15
lake
trout
under
30
inches
in
length
and
one
lake
trout
over
36
inches
in
length.
FWP
and
the
Confederated
Salish
and
Kootenai
Tribes
have
a
management
plan
in
place
that
seeks
to
control
or
reduce
lake
trout
while
increasing
the
native
bull
trout
and
westslope
cutthroat
trout.
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Study
the
illustration
and
photo
below,
along
with
the
key
characters
indicated.
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| TAIL |
Deeply Forked
(Center rays less than half length of longest rays) |
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| DORSAL FIN |
Without spots or sometimes with light-colored oval markings |
| BODY |
With white or cream-colored spots (never pink or red) on darker background |
| APPEARANCE |
Overall gray or nearly black/white coloration, sometimes with yellow tinge on fins. |
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