Sulking Samsons 



A piscatory pibroch must have drowned 

 the pastor's voice when the Togue was 

 christened, or a bunch of names sticking like 

 prickly burrs were hurled pell-mell at him. 



He is the same old Togue whether or not 

 his aliases be Namaycush, Lake Trout, Lunge 

 Siskowitz, Lake Salmon, Salmon, Trout, 

 Mackinaw Trout, Fresh Water Cod, Black 

 Trout, Pot Belly, the Tyrant of the Lake, or 

 any of the others. 



He eats well, sleeps well, and attains re- 

 markable weight. Like the Brook Trout he 

 has spots on his body, but they lack in bril- 

 liancy of coloring. If an angler informs you 

 he has caught a twelve-pound trout, that 

 trout is a Togue. 



These fish become very active soon after 

 the ice goes out in early Spring, and will take 

 a trolling lure quite near the shore. As the 

 weather grows warmer they seek deeper 

 waters and become sluggish in action. 



The best that can be said of this moody, 

 powerful fish is that he is excellent eating, 

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