T/ie Land of the Winanishe 



gravelly shallows of these rivers. Besides 

 those to which Lake St. John is the sea, 

 there are winanishe which seem to live 

 and spawn in the upper waters of the 

 large rivers, and in the lakes from which 

 these flow. They are of much larger 

 average size in these lakes, but refuse the 

 fly at all seasons, and can be taken only by 

 bait or trolling. In all probability the fish 

 has a wide range to the north, but confu- 

 sion of nomenclature, the rare opportunity 

 for skilled observation, and the difficulty 

 of getting reliable information from Indi- 

 ans and lumbermen, leave a good field for 

 investigation. 



Now let us see what points the winan- 

 ishe has for the angler, who regards the 

 look and ways of a fish rather than its 

 bones. In appearance a fresh-run salmon 

 and a fresh-run winanishe do not differ 

 much more than salmon from different riv- 

 ers. The back of a winanishe is greener 

 blue, and in a fish just out of water can be 

 seen to be marked with olive spots, some- 

 thing like the vermiculations on a trout ; 

 the silvery sides are more iridescent ; the 

 X-marks are more numerous and less 

 sharply defined ; the patches of bronze, 

 purple, and green on the gill-covers are 

 larger and more brilliant, and with them 



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