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Lake Trout Traditional Cache

Hidden : 4/9/2015
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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All trails lead to Dauphin

Ethelbert to Ashville 

 

All trails lead to Dauphin this summer for GC59ZQW Country Legends 2015 (WestCan5).  A series of trails has been created to connect some of the main highways in Manitoba that pass thru Dauphin.


This is what you can expect on this trail:  The caches are approximately placed 2 to 4 miles apart and are usually no more than 500 feet from the highway. Cache containers are micros and larger.  There will be a mix of container types and some will be winter friendly and some won't. For this reason there won't be a winter attribute at all because of snow levels on the sides of the roads in the winter will vary.  Some of the caches will require you to walk thru ditches so depending on time of year and water levels rubber boots might be a good idea.

Fishing is a big part of Manitoba so we will be naming the caches on this leg of the trail after fish species that can be found here.

Lake Trout:

Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) is a freshwater char living mainly in lakes in northern North America. Other names for it include mackinawlake char (or charr), touladitogue, and grey trout. In Lake Superior, it can also be variously known as siscowetpaperbelly and lean. The lake trout is prized both as a game fish and as a food fish. Lake trout are the largest of the chars; the record weighed almost 46.3 kilograms (102 lb) (netted) with a length of 50 inches (127 cm), and 15– to 40-pound fish are not uncommon. The average length is 24-36 inches (61–92 cm). The largest caught on a rod and reel according to the IGFA was 72 pounds (33 kg), caught in Great Bear Lake in 1995 with a length of 59 inches (150 cm)

 

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