Sunapee Trout 325 



present knowledge, in Sunapee Lake, Dan Hole, 

 Carroll Co., both in New Hampshire, and in 

 Flood's Pond, Ellsworth, Maine. These waters 

 are very deep and pure, and contain large num- 

 bers of landlocked smelt and crustaceans, upon 

 which the trout feed to such repletion that they 

 do not rise to surface food of any kind, certainly 

 most infrequently, if at all, to the artificial fly; 

 but on the trolling spoon, or live smelt in still 

 fishing, they show grand fighting vigor. 



Their coloration is resplendent in orange, 

 brown, and golden tints ; on the back a clear 

 olive sometimes shading into brown prevails ; the 

 belly shows shades of white to orange, pink, and 

 red, and in the spawning season, in the males, a 

 dazzling and brilliant orange pervades the region 

 below the lateral line. The distinguished struc- 

 tural markings of this fish are the teeth, which 

 are present in a broad row at the base of the 

 tongue ; the small head, large fins, and bent form 

 of gill-rakers; the absence of mottlings on the 

 back also serves to differentiate it from the brook 

 trout. The Sunapee trout is a good feeder, 

 taking a live smelt preferably, but any other small 

 fish with which the hook may be baited and 

 lowered sixty to seventy feet ; ground baiting for 



