98 THE FINE ART OF FISHING 



trout." In every case where the catch is simply hazily 

 reported as "a trout" it is well to examine the facts 

 before bestowing possibly unearned laurels. In some 

 localities the lake trout is called "togue," and in others 

 it is variously known as "lunge" (very easy to confuse 

 with the mascalonge), "tulade," "gray trout," "Macki- 

 naw," "laker," and "salmon trout." The lake trout 

 should never be called a "salmon trout" for the reason 

 stated in the following paragraph. 



The lake trout is a charr, not a salmon trout, having 

 the characteristic lack of teeth on the front of the bone 



in the roof of the mouth, this being the 

 The Namay- most str iki ng difference in formation be- 

 cush a Charr. , , 111 



tween the charr and the salmon trout. 



The lake trout is a charr, a large and coarse one to be 

 sure, when compared with the more familiar and finer- 

 grained speckled brook trout, but, nevertheless, a charr. 

 If your trout has teeth on both the front and rear of 

 the roof of the mouth it is a salmon trout; if only on 

 the rear of the mouth it is a charr. 



Occasionally the lake trout attains a very large size, 



sometimes over one hundred pounds; but thirty pounds 



may be safely stated as the heaviest fish 



Average ^ ang i er may ^Q^ f on L a k: e trout 



weighing between twelve and twenty- 

 five pounds are taken quite commonly where the fishing 

 is ordinarily good, but the average weight of fish taken 

 by anglers is in the vicinity of eight pounds. 



The head and mouth of the namaycush are, pro- 

 portionately, quite large, and the head is depressed, that 

 is, rather flat. The tail is deeply forked. In colora- 



