

WINDERMERE 71 



The fish found in Windermere are : 



Salmon, Pike, 



Trout, Perch, 



[Bull-Trout], Roach, 1 



Salmon-Trout, Minnow, 



[Great Lake Trout], Stickleback, 



Char, Eel (Broad-nosed), 

 Eel (Sharp-nosed). 



From the angler's standpoint, four of these are 

 important, the others in a smaller degree only. 



A fairly long acquaintance with the various 

 species of fish found in Windermere suggests much 

 interesting matter in connection with their life- 

 history, habits, food, spawning, &c. As, however, 

 the same species are found in several of the lakes 

 and rivers, these are treated of in the chapter 

 entitled, " Notes on the Natural History of the 

 Fishes of the District." 



It may be as well, then, to come at once to 

 the fishing as actually practised in Windermere, 

 reserving " Char and Char Fishing " for special 

 treatment in a separate chapter. 



Trout are taken by fly-fishing round the margin 

 of the lake, and by trolling in deep water. The 

 former is successfully practised in April, May, 

 and in the early part of June, whilst trolling lasts 

 longer. 



Fly-fishing commences with April, and if the 

 season is a normal one, April and May usually 



1 Kirkbride, a fisherman who has spent his life on the 

 lake has, upon rare occasions, taken roach in Windermere. 

 Upon one occasion he took two half-pound fish in a trout- 

 setting and released them. The general absence of roach in 

 the lake is probably owing to the great number of predatory 

 fish which it contains. 



