﻿THE 
  LANDLOCKED 
  SALMON. 
  

  

  The 
  landlocked 
  salmon 
  was 
  formerly 
  regarded 
  as 
  specifically 
  distinct 
  

   from 
  the 
  seagoing 
  form, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  now 
  generally 
  considered 
  only 
  a 
  vari- 
  

   ety. 
  The 
  fish 
  found 
  in 
  Sebago 
  Lake 
  and 
  other 
  localities 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  Salmo 
  salar 
  sebago, 
  and 
  the 
  Canadian 
  form 
  as 
  Salmo 
  

   salar 
  ouananiche. 
  From 
  the 
  fish-culturist's 
  point 
  of 
  view, 
  however, 
  the 
  

   marked 
  difference 
  between 
  the 
  landlocked 
  and 
  the 
  seagoing 
  salmon 
  in 
  

   habits 
  and 
  growth 
  must 
  separate 
  them 
  as 
  widely 
  as 
  any 
  two 
  species 
  of 
  

   the 
  same 
  family. 
  

  

  Landlocked 
  salmon 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  exist 
  only 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  lakes 
  in 
  

   Sweden, 
  besides 
  the 
  lakes 
  of 
  eastern 
  North 
  America. 
  They 
  are 
  native 
  

   to 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  lakes 
  of 
  eastern 
  Labrador, 
  including 
  the 
  waters 
  tribu- 
  

   tary 
  to 
  Ungava 
  Bay, 
  and 
  find 
  their 
  western 
  limit 
  in 
  Lake 
  St. 
  John 
  and 
  

   vicinity, 
  on 
  the 
  Saguenay 
  Eiver. 
  Those 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  district 
  have 
  been 
  

   much 
  written 
  about 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  '■'■ 
  ouananiche.''^ 
  

  

  Doubtless 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  the 
  migratory 
  instinct 
  is 
  at 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  

   most 
  of 
  the 
  variations 
  from 
  the 
  normal 
  type 
  of 
  Salmo 
  salar 
  which 
  the 
  

   landlocked 
  salmon 
  exhibits. 
  The 
  lakes 
  afford 
  a 
  far 
  poorer 
  feeding- 
  

   ground 
  than 
  the 
  sea; 
  hence, 
  perhaps, 
  the 
  diminutive 
  size 
  and 
  leaner 
  

   flesh 
  of 
  the 
  landlocked 
  salmon. 
  Its 
  lower 
  tone 
  of 
  color, 
  less 
  permanent 
  

   sexual 
  marks, 
  and 
  greater 
  liability 
  to 
  ovarian 
  disease, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  differ- 
  

   ent 
  habits 
  of 
  feeding, 
  may 
  jierhaps 
  be 
  referable 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  general 
  

   cause. 
  There 
  are 
  some 
  other 
  peculiarities, 
  however, 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  so 
  

   easily 
  explained. 
  For 
  instance, 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  landlocked 
  salmon 
  are 
  

   considerably 
  larger 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  sea 
  salmon, 
  and 
  the 
  very 
  young 
  

   fry 
  are 
  correspondingly 
  larger. 
  

  

  The 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  of 
  the 
  Sebago 
  landlocked 
  salmon 
  seems 
  to 
  

   be 
  more 
  rapid 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  anadromous 
  salmon, 
  for 
  some 
  specimens 
  

   more 
  than 
  a 
  foot 
  long 
  still 
  bear 
  on 
  their 
  sides 
  dark, 
  transverse 
  bands, 
  

   characteristic 
  of 
  young 
  salmon 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  that 
  the 
  landlocked 
  fish 
  

   simply 
  retain 
  the 
  marks 
  of 
  the 
  immature 
  stages 
  to 
  a 
  later 
  period 
  of 
  life. 
  

   This 
  view 
  is 
  supported 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  dark 
  bands 
  are 
  never 
  com- 
  

   pletely 
  obliterated 
  from 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  landlocked 
  salmon, 
  being 
  always 
  

   very 
  distinct, 
  even 
  in 
  adult 
  specimens, 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  skin, 
  a 
  

   character 
  absent 
  among 
  migratory 
  salmon. 
  

  

  The 
  landlocked 
  salmon 
  is 
  smaller 
  and 
  more 
  slender 
  than 
  the 
  anadro- 
  

   mous 
  salmon, 
  but 
  its 
  flesh 
  is 
  fat 
  and 
  rich 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  delicate 
  flavor. 
  

   In 
  game 
  qualities 
  it 
  is, 
  for 
  its 
  size, 
  quite 
  the 
  peer 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  salmon, 
  and 
  

   affords 
  keen 
  sport 
  to 
  the 
  fly 
  fisherman. 
  It 
  is, 
  therefore, 
  much 
  sought 
  

   after, 
  and 
  ranks 
  in 
  public 
  favor 
  among 
  the 
  foremost 
  fresh- 
  water 
  species. 
  

  

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