66 THE HFNTEU AND TEAPPER. 



and the yellow ; the last two lands are the best, and in 

 April and May they are very fat, and next to the trout for 

 eating. 



You can raalie some headway in spearing them in early 

 spring, but the better way is to catch them with a troll- 

 ing line, with a spoon hook or spinner. From the middle 

 of June to the middle of July, they are spawning^ and do 

 not like to bite. In the fall and winter I have never suc- 

 ceeded in catching many. Quite early in May a fishing 

 rod with a strong line and hook, baited with a small frog, 

 "w^ill answer very well. I have also known them to be 

 quite successfully caught with a gill net. 



I have said nothing about scenting the bait for these 

 fish, as I consider it useless. 



