Favorite Fish and Fishing 



light. In some instances, however, a 

 slightly heavier or stiffer rod may be em- 

 ployed, especially if the small casting-spoon 

 or a small minnow is used for large trout. 

 Hooks from Nos. 5 to 7 are about right. 

 The Sea Trout Whether the sea-trout, or salmon-trout, 

 of the Gulf of St. Lawrence is a different 

 species from the speckled brook trout of 

 the upper parts of rivers emptying into said 

 Gulf has been a mooted question for many 

 years, arguments pro and con having been 

 advanced by a number of intelligent and 

 observant anglers. In 1834 Hamilton 

 Smith described it as a new species under 

 the name of Salmo canadensis, and in 1850 

 H. R. Storer named it Salmo immaculatus. 

 Later and better authorities, however, have 

 decided that it is only a sea-run form of the 

 speckled brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis. 

 I unhesitatingly indorse this opinion. Many 

 years ago Dr. W. W. Dawson and myself 

 investigated the matter thoroughly while 

 salmon fishing on the Restigouche River. 

 About the Metapediac, and below the rail- 

 road bridge, we caught the brook trout with 

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