Popular Fresh=Water Game Fish 



It attains a weight of fifteen pounds but averages 

 from eight to ten pounds. It does not manifest 

 the fighting quahties of the ouananiche owing to 

 the quiet waters it inhabits. 



MASCALONGE AND PIKE 



A pecuhar trait of the pike family is to lie in 

 wait for its prey, partly hidden by weeds or logs 

 and shelving rocks. They are the most voracious 

 fish that inhabit our inland waters. 



Chief among them is the famous mascalonge, 

 which is a game fish of high rank, and its large size 

 makes it a great prize, as it reaches a length of 

 seven and a half feet and attains a maximum 

 weight of about one hundred pounds. 



There are two species — the spotted and un- 

 spotted mascalonge — the former being abundant 

 in the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence, and widely 

 distributed through southern Canada. The un- 

 spotted or Chautauqua mascalonge is confined 

 to the lake of that name, and a few localities in the 

 Ohio Valley. 



It is now being successfully propagated by arti- 

 ficial cultivation and, no doubt, in the near future 

 will be more widely distributed. It grows to a 

 weight of fifty pounds and though not so large as 

 the spotted species, in my opinion (and I have 

 caught both), it is in every way a superior fish, 

 both in its gallant fighting and beautiful coat, as 

 well as for its edible qualities. This opinion exactly 

 coincides with that of Dr. Tarleton H. Bean, to 

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