MDIFW fisheries biologist Frank Frost captured this fascinating footage of lake trout preparing to spawn on Eagle Lake in northern Aroostook county. Frost is overseeing a radio telemetry study of lake trout and brook trout in Eagle Lake, and had trapnetted several of these fish. These lake trout tipped the scales between 14 and 18 pounds. Lake trout are the largest and longest lived of our native freshwater fish, and usually are found in the depths of our deepest lakes and ponds. Come fall howev

Join MDIFW Native Fish Conservation Biologist Merry Gallagher to learn how wood addition in small headwater streams helps improve brook trout habitat by: ✔Providing cover (places for trout to hide from predators!) ✔Creating a variety of habitat types, especially deep-water areas ✔Fostering opportunities for leaf litter to collect, which is ultimately food for the insect communities that are already there. Trout eat these aquatic insects! ✔Helping keep the water as cold as possible If you are a p