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  FISIIKS 
  OF 
  THE 
  YELLOWSTONE 
  NATIONAL 
  TARK. 
  

  

  6. 
  Landlocked 
  Salmon 
  [Sdlmo 
  sebago). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  this 
  species 
  originally 
  was 
  known 
  from 
  a 
  

   few 
  localities 
  in 
  Maine, 
  but 
  has 
  been 
  widely 
  distributed 
  by 
  fish 
  cul- 
  

   ture. 
  It 
  has 
  become 
  acclimatized 
  in 
  many 
  waters 
  but 
  in 
  others 
  

   seems 
  not 
  to 
  have 
  become 
  established. 
  

  

  The 
  Sebago 
  salmon 
  requires 
  cool 
  water 
  and 
  plenty 
  of 
  food, 
  winch 
  

   in 
  its 
  natural 
  abode 
  and 
  in 
  those 
  waters 
  where 
  it 
  has 
  tlu-ived 
  best 
  

   consists 
  chiefly 
  of 
  smelts. 
  

  

  The 
  size 
  attained 
  depends 
  largely 
  upon 
  its 
  food 
  supply 
  and 
  per- 
  

   haps 
  upon 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  in 
  wliich 
  it 
  lives. 
  The 
  largest 
  fish 
  of 
  

   this 
  species 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  largest 
  lake, 
  i. 
  c., 
  Sebago, 
  

   where 
  two 
  fish 
  of 
  over 
  35 
  pounds 
  each 
  have 
  been 
  recorded, 
  and 
  many 
  

   from 
  15 
  to 
  20 
  pounds 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  by 
  anglers. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  6.— 
  Landlocked 
  salmon. 
  

  

  It 
  spawns 
  in 
  the 
  fall, 
  the 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  in 
  Maine 
  being 
  in 
  the 
  

   first 
  part 
  of 
  November. 
  Usually 
  the 
  fish 
  ascends 
  inlets 
  or 
  descends 
  

   outlets 
  for 
  the 
  purpose. 
  

  

  Besides 
  subsisting 
  upon 
  smelts 
  and 
  other 
  kinds 
  of 
  small 
  fishes, 
  it 
  

   eats 
  quantities 
  of 
  insects 
  at 
  times. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  higlily 
  esteemed 
  game 
  

   fish, 
  and 
  is 
  accounted 
  by 
  many 
  anglers 
  the 
  prince 
  of 
  game 
  fishes. 
  

   However, 
  the 
  game 
  qualities 
  are 
  greatly 
  affected 
  by 
  its 
  environment, 
  

   and 
  the 
  method 
  of 
  fishmg 
  has 
  something 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  it. 
  

  

  The 
  usual 
  method 
  of 
  angling 
  for 
  the 
  Sebago 
  salmon 
  is 
  by 
  troUing 
  

   with 
  lures, 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  smelt 
  or 
  other 
  small 
  silver 
  fish, 
  artificial 
  

   minnow 
  or 
  phantom, 
  various 
  spinning 
  contrivances, 
  or 
  artificial 
  fly, 
  

   and 
  usually 
  these 
  are 
  reinforced 
  by 
  a 
  spoon 
  as 
  a 
  supposed 
  attraction. 
  

   Wliether 
  in 
  lake 
  or 
  stream, 
  this 
  salmon 
  wiU 
  often 
  take 
  the 
  fly, 
  but 
  

   the 
  stream 
  salmon 
  are 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  best 
  fly 
  fish. 
  In 
  fact 
  in 
  some 
  locali- 
  

   ties 
  fly 
  fishing 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  method 
  employed. 
  When 
  taken 
  by 
  this 
  

   method 
  in 
  a 
  quick-water 
  stream, 
  the 
  Sebago 
  salmon 
  is 
  hard 
  to 
  beat 
  

   as 
  a 
  game 
  fish. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  many 
  taking 
  flics, 
  the 
  silver 
  doctor, 
  grizzly 
  kmg, 
  Seth 
  

   Green, 
  Montreal, 
  Jock 
  Scot, 
  brown 
  hackle, 
  and 
  the 
  like 
  are 
  con- 
  

  

  