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salmons in other waters was early considered, 

 and many large plants of fry were placed in the 

 Atlantic rivers from the Delaware northward ; 

 but no noteworthy or lasting results attended 

 these efforts. More recently the attempt has 

 been renewed by the planting of large numbers 

 of yearling fish in the most suitable eastern 

 streams and in the Great Lakes, and strong 

 hopes are entertained that success may eventu- 

 ally be attained. A quinnat weighing over ten 

 pounds was taken on a trolling spoon at the head 

 of the St. Lawrence River in September, 1899; 

 this fish could not have been older than two and 

 one-third years. Another fine example, weighing 

 twelve and one-half pounds, was caught in a gill- 

 net in September, 1900. In the spring of 1896, 

 the planting of steelhead fry in rivers at the west- 

 ern end of Lake Superior was begun. By June, 

 1897, many young salmon six to eight inches long 

 were caught in the streams, but it was not until 

 the following year that the fish appeared in the 

 lake. In the summer and fall of 1898 steelheads 

 were taken by the commercial fishermen operat- 

 ing along the American and Canadian shores of 

 Lake Superior, and by anglers in several of the 

 streams entering the lake north of Duluth. Fish- 



