ANGLING 



Canada. In Lake Superior it is known to exceed 

 fifty pounds in weight. In Lake Metis it exceeds 

 thirty pounds. It attains a similar size in Lake 

 Nepigon. It grows just as large in the lakes of 

 Labrador, and in some of the waters of the Lake 

 St. John region, notably in Lake St. Joseph and 

 Lake Tschotagama. It has been known to take a 

 fly in the waters north of Quebec, but this is quite 

 a rare occurrence, and has only been noted early in 

 the spring, when the ice was but just disappeared. 

 As soon as the water grows at all warm, the laker 

 seeks its lowest depths, and is only to be taken by 

 deep-water trolling. The line must be long and 

 weighted with heavy sinkers. Minnows and spoon 

 bait are found to be the most successful lures. 



Of the fishing for brook trout [Sahelinus fonti- 

 nalis) to be had in the Dominion of Canada, several 

 large volumes might be written. Both the habits 

 of the fish and the manner of its capture being 

 exactly the same in Eastern Canada as in the East- 

 ern and Northern States, there is no reason for 

 consuming valuable space in the description of them 

 here. The enormous size to which some of the 

 species attain in the cold northern waters of Canada 

 is, however, worthy a passing notice. Only in 

 Maine, perhaps, are such monster brook trout to be 

 found as those to which I have reference. Eight 



