FISHES OF THE CONNECTICUT LAKES. 13 



East Inlet. — Next to Main Inlet this stream is the largest entering 

 Second Lake. The lower 3 miles is mostly swift, rocky, and turbu- 

 lent. About 3 miles from the lake there is a dam, which has backed 

 the water up 5 or 6 miles, practically making a pond and dead water 

 full of old stumps and dead trees, especially in the lower part. The 

 upper course of the inlet is a characteristic rough and rocky mountain 

 brook. This inlet has been a remarkable trout stream. It is prob- 

 ably fished more than any other stream in the vicinity and hundreds 

 of trout are taken from it every year. Most of the fish are small, 

 however, seldom being over a half-pound in weight. 



Other fish observed in the inlet above the dam were chub-minnow 

 and redfin. Below the dam near the mouth of the stream were se- 

 cured, besides the above-mentioned species, longnose dace and young 

 cusk or burbot. 



Main Inlet of Second Lake. — Main Inlet is the outlet of Third 

 Lake. Over most of its course it is a swift, gravelly, and rocky 

 stream. About 1 mile or more of its low^er end is dead water, navi- 

 gable by boats. There are two other dead-water tracts in its coui-se, 

 the lower being about 3 miles from Second Lake. About 2 miles 

 from the lake the inlet is joined by a considerable stream, said to come 

 from Scotts Bog, where excellent trout fishing is found. Main Inlet 

 would be an excellent spawning ground for trout, salmon, and white- 

 fish, although it is more or less obstructed by an old log jam, perhaps 

 2 miles from Second Lake. 



Trout probably resort to this stream to spawn, though it is not now 

 considered a very good trout stream. In the past, however, many 

 were caught there, and the midwaj^ dead water was once a favorite 

 spot. At present a good many fine trout are taken in the lower dead 

 w^ater, especiall}^ near the mouth of the stream. These fish, however, 

 have doubtless run in from the lake. In August good trout fishing 

 was found just within the mouth of the inlet. In September just 

 outside among the water plants trout and "lakers " were caught. The 

 only other species observed in Main Inlet, excepting just below Third 

 Lake, were chub-minnows. 



The fishes collected in Second Lake and inlets are as follows : 



Longnose sucker (Catosfonuis catostomus). 



Common sucker (Catostomus comniersonii). 



Redlin (Notropis cornutus). 



Longnose dace (Rhinichtlii/s cataractw). 



Blacknose dace {Rhiniclithys atronasus). 



Clinb-minnow (Coucsius plmnbeas). 



Eel (Anguilla chrisypa). 



Laker (Cristivomcr namaycush) . 



Tront (Salvelinus fontinalis) . 



Blob (Cottus gracilis). 



Burbot or cusk (Lota maculosa). 



