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priate to fishing for pickerel or mascallonge, than for so 

 delicate and beautiful a fish as the trout. Artificial min- 

 nows, artificial grasshoppers, and the like, are riot suc- 

 cessful enough to justify their use. 



SALMON-TROUT. As the fishing for salmon-trout is 

 altogether different from that for salmon or trout, we will 

 give separate directions in reference to it. These fish are 

 known under several names, both scientific and popular; 

 but it is questionable whether there are more than two 

 species. In different waters they have a distinct appear- 

 ance and differ greatly in size, but it is doubtful whether 

 the changes are more than the mere effect of local causes. 

 They are fond of large sheets of water, the smallest of 

 which, and where they attain the least growth, deserving 

 the name of lakes. In such inland seas as Lake Superior, 

 they will occasionally reach a weight of one hundred 

 pounds, while in other places they will not average over 

 two or three. They are common in most of the north- 

 ern and north-western ponds and lakes, and are a favorite 

 food fish with many. They are taken with silver and 

 brass spoon hooks, by loading the line so that the spoon 

 runs near the bottom. But they are taken sometimes at 

 the top of the water, and sometimes half-way down, and 

 at the bottom, by trolling with three lines at one time 

 one at the surface, one half-way down, and one near 

 the bottom. Another way is to anchor a buoy out in 

 deep water and cut fish in pieces, varying in size from a 

 hickorynut to a butternut, and scatter the pieces 

 around the buoy for some days ; then anchor your boat to 

 the buoy, using a piece ot the same kind of bait on your 

 hook that you had been in the habit of scattering around 

 your buoy ; fish near the bottom, and give it a little mo- 

 tion by giving your line short jerks. The buoy should 

 not be baited the day you go fishing. 



