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the black, the rock and other basses and the perch 

 of streams and lakes other than typical trout waters; 

 the maskinonge and pike of the Great Lakes and 

 their tributaries, and the various pickerel and the 

 wall-eyed pike common to weedy waters of a great 

 extent of the country. 



" Of the salmon and its fishing it is unnecessary 

 to speak at length. Very few of the salmon rivers 

 of the East are open to the fishing public, and only 

 a specialist with the two-handed tackle is likely to 

 attempt the capture of the king of game-fish. The 

 ouananiche, too, is not a fish for the masses. It is 

 a game fighter, and at certain times a free riser, but 

 it is found in but a few of the Northern waters. 

 Its stronghold is Lake St. John, that Mecca of the 

 sportsman northward bound from Quebec City. In 

 Lake St. John and its tributary rivers, but especially 

 at the lake's outlet, which is the beginning of the 

 famous Saguenay River, is the stronghold of the 

 high-leaping ouananiche, and there the acrobatic 

 small salmon has been taken by many a tourist- 

 angler. And there are other salmon. Some of the 

 waters of the Far West at certain seasons are visited 

 by countless salmon of allied yet distinct species, and 

 many a fine fish, though inferior to the Atlantic spe- 

 cies, falls victim to the common trolling-spoon and 

 other devices. 



" Beyond question the most popular of our game- 

 fish is that spangled aristocrat of the hurrying 



