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ant of the latter species is quite 

 plentiful in some of the inland lakes 

 and streams, particularly in the larger 

 streams of the Mississippi Valley, the 

 St. John's Rivers, the. Potomac, and 

 in a few of the other large lakes and 

 rivers of the north. Entrance to the 

 great lakes was through the canals. 

 Common names are the Lake Shad, 

 Hickory Shad, Winter Shad, Gizzard 

 Shad, White-Eyed Shad, Thread Her- 

 ring, etc. It is a prized food fish, but 

 lacks the game qualities of the shad 

 in coastal waters. 



The Whitefish 



Quite a number of species of the 

 whitefish inhabit the waters of the 

 Great Lakes region, and westward to 

 the Pacific, northward to Labrador, 

 as well as some of the streams tribu- 

 tary to the Missouri. It is one of the 

 best of food fishes, and as a game fish 

 one or two species take high rank, 

 mainly on account of the mystery at- 

 tached to their movements and the 

 short period during which they can 

 be caught with the artificial fly. The 



