I keep hearing rumors of lakers in whatcom. Anyone know if theres any truth to these rumors?

As I recall Lake Trout were planted in Whatcom in the late 1800s. There were lakers consistently caught until about World War II. Have not seen a confirmed catch since then.

I know that during the 1970s a number large trout were caught in the lake but all those fish turned out to be either cutts (largest a little over 9#) or Rainbows (largest 8#). No one was able to produce of fish or photo to confirm a Laker catch.

With the amount of water that is diverted from the Middle Fork Nooksack into Whatcom it is also remotely possible that a bull trout/Dolly Varden could reach the lake.

Tight lines
Curt

Tried a day of using Chelan techniques a couple years back. I had no takers. I did mark fish, but who knows what they were? According to Uncle Wes the lake had quite a fishery back in the day, but if there is anything left, only hard fishing effort could confirm...