96 THE FINE ART OF FISHING 

 Deep-trolling for the Great Lakes Trout 



The angler for black bass or brook trout, or, for that 

 matter, the canoeist or hunter anyone who elects the 



early fall for his outing would do well 

 Autumn tQ j nc i u de among the possibilities of his 

 Fishing. . r i t o-u 



trip a try for lake trout. I he necessary 



additions to the general outfit are not at all bulky or 

 numerous, and where good fishing for lake trout may 

 be had and this is the case in numerous localities, par- 

 ticularly in Maine, Canada, the Adirondacks, the Berk- 

 shires, and many other regions identified with the sports 

 of hunting and fishing the results are such as to ren- 

 der the trouble of selecting and carrying the requisite 

 tackle quite inconsiderable; moreover, while of a very 

 special sort, the tackle for lakers is a matter of little 

 expense. 



The range of the Great Lakes trout, the name having 

 reference to the Great Lakes and not, as some anglers 

 and angling writers seem to understand 

 it, to the size of the fish, is given by 

 Jordan and Evermann as follows: "The namaycush 

 trout is found in most large lakes from New Brunswick 

 and Maine westward throughout the Great Lakes 

 region and to Vancouver Island, thence northward to 

 Northern Alaska, Hudson Bay, and Labrador. It is 

 known from Henry Lake in Idaho and elsewhere in the 

 headwaters of the Columbia. It is known also from 

 the Fraser River basin, from Vancouver Island, and 

 various places in Alaska." 



The lake trout is so highly and justly appreciated as 



