Once in a while I here about sightings of big trout and I have marked fish in the 75' to 80' and deeper. I know it is the deepest natural lake in the state. How deep do walleyes usually swim? And have Lake Trout ever been put in saltonstall by the DEP?

Lakeville Lake is the deepest in Ct. at over 100' deep.At one time in the early 1900's it contained Lakers.
That lake holds the state record Laker also.

Hey fishingbum, dreaming about Saltonstall already! I agree w/ Iceman, if there were 'lakers' in there, someone would have got one already because of their agressive nature. Saltonstall is the deepest at 113' vs Lakeville (Wononscopomuc) at 103': both are natural lakes and have favorable conditions for lakers. Lakeville does have the record and had a substantial population of 'lakers' in the 1900's but due to declining water quality during 1960's the population disappeared. As far as I know 'lakers' were never introduced into Saltonstall when they had the stocking program back then. Now here's the technical data (DEP Guide): Lakeville has better water clarity but Saltonstall has better oxygenation, even in late summer and in deeper depths ( greater than 5 ppm - 3ppm beyond 25'). DEP states only a few large water supply currently has the conditions to sustain a populaltion of 'lakers', unfortunately it's all on private bodies of water: is Saltonstall one of them? We will never know because of the cost. In regards to rainbows & browns... maybe hybrids, very possible because Saltonstall has lots of deep underwater springs feeding into it. I've seen breaks in the thermocline during the summer, very unusual to mark bait balls at those depths. We have all marked large 'fish' at those mentioned depths, before walleyes were even introduced, including Buck but have yet to resolve the mystery. So if you're game, I have portable downriggers and various trolling gear for this spring: maybe we can pull up a 'monster' trout! Fellow 'Saltonstall Junkie', Steve