348 TROUT 



end of March. I often tried fishing in the deep 

 portions of the river, but without success. In 

 the lakes, however, we could get them all through 

 the winter, which made me think that possibly 

 they left the rivers in December and went to the 

 lakes for the winter. In March and April they 

 were abundant again, and when the ice broke up 

 in May they moved out to sea with the salmon. 

 In the spring they are in poor condition and very 

 voracious and will feed on anything they can 

 swallow, living or dead. This is the time also 

 when they feed most on the parr. Mice are 

 commonly found in their maw and are considered 

 by the Indians one of the most deadly baits. I 

 can endorse this from experience. From the mid- 

 dle of May to the end of June there are very few 

 trout left in the rivers, but even these few, chief- 

 ly fingerlings, are willing to do all the mischief 

 they can. It is no uncommon thing to get one of 

 these small trout on the fly while salmon fishing 

 and to find a parr in its stomach nearly half its 

 own size. More than that I have seen them with 

 the tails of the parr sticking out of their mouths. 

 The proprietors of the Godbout Eiver, Messrs. 

 Law and Manuel, will corroborate this, because 

 they have caught them similarly gorged, them- 

 selves. It is a wonder that such a mouthful would 

 not satisfy them. Where and how can they after- 

 wards stow away another object the size of a sal- 

 mon fly? They apparently rise at it for food, 



