Fish and Fishing 



take a troll of natural minnows or an artificial 

 phantom than the fly, however carefully cast be- 

 fore it. 



CHARR-TROUT 



The charrs are more highly organized than the 

 salmon trout; they live and thrive in wild waters 

 of a temperature not more than 65, and in what- 

 ever water they may be, they constantly seek the 

 Charr- higher reaches to spawn. In New 



trout England, Canada, and also along the 



south shore of Long Island, one of these charrs 

 (fontinalis), goes down to salt water and feeds, 

 grows lusty, getting flesh of a deeper salmon and 

 a more robust form, and remains in his new hab- 

 itat until the instinct of spawning impels it to 

 migrate in the following spring inward and up- 

 ward. Other fresh- water fish find a congenial 

 habitat in salt water. 



The Lake trout (Cristivomer namaycush), is 

 known by many names. In the Great Lake 

 region it is called the Mackinaw trout; in the 

 Northwest it is known as the namaycush, Sisco- 

 wet, in other sections buckskin, togue, forked- 

 tail, lunge, tulade, and masamacush. It is a large 

 fish, growing to a reputed weight of 100 pounds, 

 but the average is about six pounds. The lake 

 trout rises to the surface very early in the spring 

 and the angler trolls for it on or near the sur- 

 face of the water, the fish taking the lure vi- 

 ciously, but rarely jumping into the air. It takes 

 the spoon well, but the favorite bait is a golden 

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