Lake Trout vs. Splake
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What's the Difference?
Splake are both smaller, slimmer, and darker than lake trout.
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The tail fin of the lake trout is deeply forked, while the splake's tail is only slightly forked and not as pointy as that of the lake trout.
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Splake have a maximum size of 35'' and 20lb.
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Lakers, on the other hand, have a maximum size of 60'' and more than 60lb, making them the bigger species of the two.
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Dead fish can also be accurately identified by the number of appendages on their intestinal tract.
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Lake trout will have between 120 and 180 appendages, while the smaller splake only have between 65 and 85 of them.
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Find out even more ways of telling the difference between a laker and a splake via the link below!
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