300 Roosevelt Wild Life Amials 



eggs were obtained from fish caught in the Lake, ^^"agner (_'o8a, p. 124) con- 

 siders it a very promising fish for introduction into certain large shallow lakes. 



Angling. The reason that Tullibees are seldom caught by hook appears to 

 be that proper methods of angling for them are not employed. Bean ('13, p. 62) 

 describes a way of catching them as follows : 



"The rig used for this kind of fishing includes a flexible wire attached to a 

 line and to a sinker which holds the wire near the bottom. This wire is bent at 

 the free ends at a small angle and each end supports a No. 16 Sproat Hook. The 

 eye of the hook is attached to the end of the wire and the leaders are twisted 

 either with a very small minnow or a small piece of some silvery fish. The 

 locality must be baited for some time until the fish become accustomed to feeding 

 at the spot." He further states that a landing net must be used and that the 

 fisherman should move or jiggle the line almost constantly. Bean ('14, p. 348) 

 quotes Dan E. Miller, Foreman of the Constantia Hatchery, who describes the 

 catching of seven Tullibees from 6-9 inches long in Oneida Lake. A small trout 

 hook was used, baited with worms. The difficulty of capturing Tullibees with 

 hook and line and of legalizing netting them has led to the abandonment of their 

 culture in Oneida Lake. (Pratt, '19, p. 92.) 



References. Baker, '16; Bean, '92, '97, '02, '03, '09, '10. '11. "13, '14, '15; 

 Cobb, '04; Goode, '03; Jordan and Evermann, '02, '11; Pratt, G. D., '19; Scriba, 

 '11 ; Wagner, '04, '08a. 



Salmo salar Linnaeus. Atlantic S.\lmon. The Atlantic Salmon is an 

 important food and game fish in rivers tributary to the North Atlantic and in 

 lakes connected with them. It occurs also to some extent in the Great Lakes and 

 other bodies of water, where it has been introduced, and once it was found in 

 Oneida Lake but there is no evidence of its presence there now. 



Breeding Habits and Life History. Salmon run up streams from the North 

 Atlantic in the fall, from October to December, and their eggs are laid in depres- 

 sions which they make with their noses and tails (Bean, '02, p. 325) on sandy or 

 gravelly stream bottoms. 



Nichols and Heilner ('20) record 41 J^ pounds as the weight of the largest 

 example of this species taken by rod and reel. Smith ('92, p. 196) notes one 

 taken weighing 42 pounds. 



Habitat. Little appears to be known of the conditicms under which Atlantic 

 Salmon thrive best in the sea. They visit streams in the sjjring. apjiarently for 

 feeding (Jordan and Evemiann, '03, p. 166), and then again in the fall for 

 breeding. They may become abundant in lakes connected with these streams. 



Two subspecies, the Land-locked Salmon {Saline salar sebago) and the 

 ouananiche (Salmo salar ouananiche) live permanently in fresh water (Jordan 

 and Evermann, '96, p. 487; Bean, '92 and '02; Ward, '01). 



Food. Bean ('01, p. 324) says that the Atlantic Salmon feeds on herring, 

 capelin and crustaceans in the sea, but takes no food in fresh water. This how- 

 ever, is doubted by Jordan and Evermann ('03, p. 166). Goode ('03, pp. 445- 

 446) says: "The Salmon while it remains in the sea or in the brackish estuaries 

 takes particular delight in feeding on crustaceans and their eggs, small shrimps, 

 and young crabs. When in the rivers they eat Init little, though they are at 



