Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Fisheries Research Report No. 1904, 1982

Lake Trout Spawning Habitat in the Great Lakes


Wilbert C. Wagner

Marquette Fisheries Research Station
Marquette, Michigan


Abstract.-Substrate where lake trout spawned and fry were produced or only fry were found is described and illustrated. Rounded or angular rock about 5 to 50 cm diameter with interstice depths of 30 cm or more gave the best protection for eggs and fry. Thus, future lake trout stocking should be made over this type of substrate, and artificial structures should duplicate these conditions.