250 AMERICAN ANGLER'S BOOK. 



THE GKEAT LAKE TKOUT. 



Salmo naymacusJi : RICHARDSON. 



The Naymacush can scarcely be enumerated amongst what 

 are strictly called "sporting fish;" but as it possesses several 

 points of interest to the angler, besides its enormous size, a 

 work of so general a character as this would be incomplete 

 without a notice of this monster Trout. It is purely a fresh- 

 water fish, and exceeds in size any species of Salmon known. 

 Its average weight is nearly double that of the true Salmon. 

 In the waters of the United States, it is found in Lakes 

 Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Erie ; the Falls of Niagara 

 preventing its passage into Lake Ontario. 



Dr. Richardson describes this fish under the above sci- 

 entific name, giving it the Indian appellation, and says it is 

 found in Winter Lake. I have no doubt it also inhabits 

 Winnipeg, Athabasca, Great Slave, Great Bear, and other 

 lakes which discharge their waters into Hudson's Bay and 

 the Arctic Ocean. With us they are most abundant in Lake 

 Superior, though they are taken in quantities in Lakes 

 Huron, Erie, and Michigan. They are generally caught in 

 gill-nets sunk at the bottom, on set lines, and by fishing with 

 hand-lines in deep water, as well as by trolling at certain 

 seasons of the year. In winter they are taken by spearing 

 through a hole in the ice. 



In stopping for a few days at Mackinaw some years ago, I 

 ,saw a Trout of this species weighing forty pounds. It was 



