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and other large lakes of the north. 

 Its favorite haunts are the deep por- 

 tions, from which it comes at times 

 in quest of such food as small fish, 

 etc., usually in early morning and at 

 the evening hour, when the artificial 

 fly can occasionally be used success- 

 fully. Ordinarily the best method of 

 catching the lake trout is with me- 

 dium tackle, trolling with a minnow, 

 in deep water. For this a stiff rod is 

 required, and heavy sinkers ; although 

 the use of these may be avoided by 

 using a braided wire line in deep 

 trolling, the weight of the line being 

 sufficient to take the bait down to the 

 necessary depth. Still-fishing with 

 live minnows will be found successful 

 at times. The lake trout, inhabiting 

 also some of the large lakes o Maine, 

 attains a weight of twenty pounds in 

 rare instances. 



Mackinaw Trout 



Another species of northern trout, 

 reaching still greater size than the 

 one above named, is the Mackinaw 

 trout, common in the Great Lakes, 



