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that it sometimes attains to the weight of 120 pounds. It is 

 dark colored on the back, sides, dorsal and caudal fins, mel- 

 lowing off from the lateral lines to a white or creamy belly. 

 Vermiculate marks cover its back and sides. The second 

 dorsal, like that of all the Salmonidce, is adipose. Pectoral, 

 ventral, and anal fins light cream color, as are also the irides. 



THE MACKINAW TROUT. iSalino amethystus. Mitchill. 



As this trout inhabits the deep pools in the cold lakes 

 from Huron to the frigid zone, its meat is firm, and the fish 

 is highly prized by epicures. It is sometimes taken as far 

 south as the Ohio shore of Lake Erie, either by trolling with 

 a minno\^or a feathered spoon, or with cisco and young lake 

 herrings all captivating lures. There are many taken with 

 gill-nets and set-lines in deep water, as also with hand-lines, 

 by previously sinking a large stone with a rope attached, and 

 at the other end of the rope fasten a buoy, and for several 

 days cast in butchers' offal by the buoy until it is supposed 

 the fish are chummed to that place as a feeding-ground, when 

 with large hook, heavy sinker, and codfish line the fisher 

 with the hand-line takes them as fast as he can bait and land 

 them. This killing method is a favorite one with many men 

 who fish for lake trout to sell, but it is very unsportsman- 

 like. In winter it is taken on hooks baited with pork through 

 holes cut in the ice for the purpose. The best places to an- 

 gle for this luxury, either with the troll or hand-line, is in 

 Lakes Huron, Superior, the Straits of Mackinaw and Green 

 Bay ; from the latter water, Chicago, Galena, and many towns 

 in the interior of Wisconsin are supplied. In fishing through 

 the ice, when a fisherman gets a bite, he throws the line over 

 his shoulder and walks away from the hole, drawing the fish 





