CHAPTER XIV 



THE TROUT OF THE LAKES 



As is well known, the preferred habitat of 

 trout is a cold spring brook, yet the fish is also 

 found in deep, broad rivers, and cold spring lakes. 

 The reason the brook trout is seldom found in 

 lakes is because of the higher temperature of the 

 water and not because of the lack of current, as 

 some suppose. Indeed the speckled trout does 

 not seem so fond of rushing water as does his 

 rival, the rainbow. The latter will live and 

 thrive in water of a much higher temperature 

 than the former, providing that it be well aerated. 

 A moment ago I said that trout are seldom 

 found in lakes, a statement which is not to be 

 taken literally. In the great North Country, 

 the water of the spring-fed lakes remains cold 

 throughout the brief summer, and if at all 

 adapted to trout, the beautiful fish may be taken 

 therefrom during the whole season. Upon the 

 other hand, I am acquainted with a number of 

 lakes from which trout can be taken up to the 

 middle of May; seldom later. Trout streams 



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