The bull trout and the Dolly Varden are not as highly rated as a game fish as most other members of the Salmonidae family, but they do have considerable sporting and food value and are gaining esteem. The following are fishing methods used to catch this fish:
The bull trout resembles the Dolly Varden in external characters, and will probably require laboratory analysis by a scientist familiar with the species to be positively identified. As a rule one can be fairly certain that any char other than the lake trout (S. namaycush) or brook trout (S. fontinalis), weighing over 12 pounds and taken in the areas mentioned, will prove to be a bull trout.