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Champlain. The larger variety, more properly called the North American 

 pike, predominates. 



The lakes of the interior most popular are those containing the various 

 salmonidcs. These lakes have clear, cold water supplied by springs or 

 cold mountain streams. Those attracting attention to-day are Dunmore 

 in Addison county, Iroquois in Chittenden county (town of Hinesburgh), 

 Morey in Orange county, Caspian, Willoughby and Seymour in Orleans 

 county, and Maidstone lake in Essex county. 



The writer might go on and mention other lakes full of bass, pickerel, 

 perch and other good pan-fish which more surely afford food for the table 

 than do some of the trout lakes; such, for instance, as Hortonia, Bomoseen, 

 and St. Catherine in Rutland county. In mentioning the trout lakes, the 

 writer will say that Dunmore affords bass as well as lake trout fishing. 

 Iroquois affords bass and wall-eyed pike fishing. It is a natural trout lake, 

 but is inhabited by pickerel. It has been recently stocked with lake 

 trout, and the neighboring citizens have interested themselves in prepara- 

 tions to screen its outlet, as authorized by the last legislature, and to 

 destroy, so far as possible, the pickerel while the latter are spawning in the 

 marshes. As the spawning grounds of the pickerel in this lake are not 

 extensive, there is every reason to believe that they can be easily kept 

 down to allow the lake trout to predominate. 



Lake Morey is noted for good bass fishing. There are some pickerel 

 and many yellow perch in it. The lake is of historic interest because 

 Samuel Morey, now claimed by Vermonters to be the first inventor of the 

 steamboat, lived on its shores, and tradition says that his boat was sunk 

 in the lake by his enemies. It is natural trout water and has been stocked 

 with landlocked salmon by the United States Fish Commission and with 

 lake trout by the State Commissioners. Several landlocked salmon have 

 been caught there the past season weighing three to four pounds each, 

 showing that this valuable fish is destined to be of first importance in 

 the lake when it has once obtained a foothold. The State has recently 

 been to great expense in strengthening the outlet of this lake and has put 

 in a substantial screen to prevent the escape of the salmon into the Con- 

 necticut river. The shores of the lake are quite thickly dotted with pretty 

 cottages owned by summer visitors. 



Caspian lake, at Greensboro, is noted for its large brook trout, and is 

 one of the field stations of the United States Fish Commission, operated 

 in connection with the hatchery at St. Johnsbury. The trout taken at this 

 lake will average in weight over a pound each. They spawn in the shal- 

 low water along its shores, so near that persons walking near the spawning 

 bed can easily see the fish at work during the daytime. It was formerly 

 the custom of many of the local residents to spear the fish on their spawn- 

 ing beds and salt down a tripe barrel full for winter use. This barbarous 



