THE LAKE TROUT. 259 



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One of the most famous spots for Lake Trout fishing that 

 is at present known to anglers is Stannard's Rock in Lake 

 Superior, forty-four and a half miles north-by-east from 

 Marquette. It is a deadly reef, rising only in a few points, 

 and to the height of a few inches, above the surface of the 

 lake. Undistinguishable in calm weather, its presence would 

 only be made known to the mariner in storms by the seeth- 

 ing foam that marked its resistance to the angry waves. It 

 was, fortunately, discovered and definitely located a number 

 of years ago, by a vessel captain whose name it bears. The 

 government has built upon its northern end a massive light- 

 house, whose flashing white light, a hundred feet above the 

 surface of the lake, gives warning to sailors eighteen miles 

 away of the dangers that surround it. Thus it is robbed of 

 its terrors, and becomes instead of a constant menace to navi- 

 gators, a guide to the venturesome angler who seeks excite- 

 ment and his fill of sport. Southwest from the light, distant 

 perhaps a quarter of a mile, there is a submerged plateau, 

 lying north and south, and covered by eighteen or twenty 

 feet of water. This is where the Trout are to be found in 

 seemingly countless numbers. The lighthouse-keepers must 

 find the place for you, and you must scale the outside of the 

 lighthouse-tower to find the keepers. Genial men they are 

 when found, and trusty, leading a life of solitude that would 

 be unbearable were it not for the constant duties that engross 

 their time. If you go to see them, reader, take with you 

 fresh meat and vegetables not as a bribe they do not need 

 it but to vary the monotony of the salt pork and canned 

 goods diet to which they are necessarily so much restricted. 

 I wish I could give the names of the men who greeted our 

 party with so much courtesy, and showed us such kindly 

 attention; but alas, the log of the Argo is deficient in this 

 regard. It matters not whether they are still there, or have 

 been transferred to other fields of usefulness, the lighthouse- 

 keepers will gladly go and buoy the spot, and set you fishing. 



