Fish and Fishing 



Lakes Chain, Island, and Bruce, with numerous 

 tributaries and smaller waters. In Canada, es- 

 pecially in rivers and lakes tributary to Lakes Su- 

 perior and Huron, and in many parts of Ontario 

 the mascalonge is fairly plentiful. 



In the upper Ohio River and some of its larger 

 tributaries it may be caught in the deep pools by 

 still fishing. In Lakes Michigan, Erie, Huron, and 

 Ontario they have been taken at times, but not in 

 large numbers, though large in size. They are 

 taken in Scioto and Mahoning rivers, in Ohio, 

 . . . and in Conneaut Lake, Pa., in Lake 

 Pepin, Wis. and Chautauqua Lake, 

 N. Y., the latter water being the home of the un- 

 spotted mascalonge, an excellent game fish, to my 

 mind superior to the spotted variety«of the lakes. 



In the Niagara River and the St. Lawrence, 

 about the Thousand Islands, they may be said to 

 be fairly plentiful, numerous catches having been 

 made last season of fine large fish. There are 

 no special places better than others, all the shal- 

 lower waters near the shore of the Islands will 



^^ - give good results. This fish has 



St. Lawrence '', , x i • n ^^ 



also been taken m some oi the 



lakes and rivers of Kentucky and Tennessee, 

 sometimes of a good size. 



The pike has a much wider range than the 

 mascalonge and it is also more plentiful. It is 

 found, along with the pike perch, in a great many 

 of the larger lakes in Canada, and grows up to 

 thirty or forty pounds weight, numerous speci- 

 mens of that size having been taken in the Sague- 

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