POPULAR FRESH- WATER FISHES 13 



Salmon Trout, Rio Grande : Abundant in the 

 headwaters of the Rio Grande, Rio Colorado, 

 and their tributaries; occurs in Bear River 

 and the streams of Utah. 



Salmon Trout, Lake Tahoe (Lake Tahoe 

 Trout, Silver Trout, Black Trout, et .) : 

 Caught in Lake Tahoe, Pyramid Lake, and 

 the streams of the Sierra Nevada on Brook 

 Trout tackle. Weighs up to twenty pounds. 



Salmon Trout, Waha Lake (Waha Lake 

 Trout, etc.) ; Caught on Brook Trout tackle. 

 A local form of the Black-Spotted Salmon 

 Trout, found in Waha Lake, a landlocked 

 mountain tarn in Washington. 



Shad, Common (White Shad) : Caught with 

 Brook Trout tackle in the springtime at the 

 mouths of fresh rivers on the artificial fly, the 

 gaudy, Scarlet Ibis on a small hook being a 

 favorite pattern. Cast early in the morning 

 and from five o'clock to eight o'clock in the 

 evening. Is taken in nets in salt rivers along 

 the whole Atlantic coast of the United States. 

 Weighs up to eight pounds. 



Shad, Mud (Winter Shad, Lake Shad, 

 Hairy-Back, Thread Herring, Gizzard Shad, 

 White-Eyed Shad, Hickory Shad, etc.) : Caught 

 in Lake Erie and Lake Michigan and in the sea 

 and brackish waters all along the Atlantic 

 coast from Delaware Bay southward to 

 Mexico. Is abundant in the reservoirs and 

 larger streams of the Mississippi Valley, the 

 Potomac, and St. John's rivers and other lo- 

 calities. Enters all streams after becoming 

 landlocked. Entered the Great Lakes through 

 the canals. 



Shiner (Red Dace, Red Fin, Minnow, Min- 

 nie, etc.) : Caught in all the streams from New 

 England to Kansas and Alabama, on Brook 

 Trout tackle with bits of worm. Reaches a 

 length of ten inches. 



Sturgeon: Caught with heavy tackle and 

 small-fish bait in bottom-fishing in the Great 

 Lakes, Lakes Pipen and St. Croix, the James, 

 Rappahannock, Mississippi, Susquehanna, 

 Potomac, and other large rivers. There are 



