siscowet
Noun
Meaning
A large, fat variety of the namaycush found in Lake Superior; -- called also siskawet, siskiwit.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
mackinaw
char
lean
togue
lake trout
laker
namaycush
lake salmon
mackinaw trout
Salvelinus namaycush
paperbelly
grey trout
great lakes trout
lake char
laker trout
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Common lake trout tend to stay in shallower waters, while siscowet lake trout stay in deeper water.
Common lake trout (also called "lean" lake trout) are slimmer than the relatively fat siscowet.
In Lake Superior, common lake trout (S. n. namaycush) and siscowet lake trout (S. n. siscowet) live together.