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and the gut should be dyed the color of the water. 

 No little ingenuity is required to induce the whitefish 

 to take the fly and to save the fish after he is impaled 

 upon the hook. It is not only his shyness that puz- 

 zles the angler, but there is the impossibility of forc- 

 ing the fight, not only because of the fineness of the 

 tackle and the smallness of the hook that should be 

 employed, but also for fear that the latter, delicate as 

 it must be, may tear itself out from the tender mouth 

 of the fish. I suppose it is because it is so little known, 

 and also because there is so much more rapid and 

 exciting sport to be had with the ouananiche, that the 

 Lake St. John whitefish is not more sought for by 

 anglers. 



THE PICKEREL, OR DOR 



It is somewhat surprising that anglers upon Cana- 

 dian waters should have paid so little attention to a 

 member of an interesting family near neighbor of 

 the pike that, both by reason of its gamelike quali- 

 ties and of the superior firmness and flavor of its flesh ; 

 would seem to call for a larger measure of recogni- 

 tion at their hands. I refer to that particular member 

 of the pike perch genus known in some parts of Cana- 

 da as the pickerel, and in others as the dore, and that 

 would appear to be very nearly, if not quite, identical 

 with the wall-eyed pike of the prevailing American 

 nomenclature. It is very abundant in the lakes and 

 rivers of northern Quebec ; its flesh, when cooked, be- 

 ing exceedingly white, flaky, and firm preferred by 

 many to that of the bass, and fully equal to that of 

 freshly caught haddock. Specimens of this species 



