2i/ to over 5 pounds, and their tactics when hooked are the 

 same which is to say, aerial especially when taken in fast water. 



The landlocked salmon, because of the connotation of its 

 name, is often supposed to be strictly a lake fish. The fact is 

 that the landlock is happiest and most sprightly when in fast 

 water, especially in spring and early summer. Soon after the ice 

 leaves the inland lakes, the landlock likes to find a swift-water 

 inlet or outlet, where he seeks food or aeration. Best landlock 

 fishing in the United States, bar none, is in Maine. It seems a 

 pity to name so few of Maine's so many notable streams, but 

 take a cast in Kennebago, the upper Kennebec, parts of the 

 Penobscot and Grand Lake Stream. 



However, lake fishing occupies a majority of landlock special- 

 istschiefly because there is more lake room. The landlocks 

 are most active for about six weeks right after the ice goes out. 

 Thousands of winter-weary fishermen await those brief bulle- 

 tins broadcast by newspaper and radio that run something like 

 this: "April 27. Ice cleared Grand Lake. Salmon fishing good." 



Fly-casting the lake shores from a canoe is second only to 

 stream fishing. Early in the season, landlocks are near the surface 

 and close to shore in search of smelt and chub their favorite 

 spring diet till the first big hatch of flies. Standard bucktails or 

 streamer flies are first choice in early season Mickey Finn, 

 Supervisor, Gray Ghost, Black Ghost, and the Tiger series. 



The two most famous Maine lakes are Moosehead and Sebago, 

 with Grand Lakes (two of them) and Eagle Lake in place posi- 

 tion, for my money. 



When the first long hot spell comes, the landlocks take to the 

 cool, deep holes, and you troll for them with a long line, live 

 bait, spoons and sinkers. Sometimes there is surface feeding 

 again in early September. 



To return to the landlock's larger sea-going relative, the 

 Atlantic salmon: "Black" salmon fishing in New Brunswick has 

 increased startlingly during the past few years. Not as plump 

 and streamlined as its "bright" counterpart, the blacks are pow- 

 erful, theatrical, and far more dependable. That is to say, in 

 April, having wintered in their spawning river, they are so 



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