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trout, but I think that the very best fishing is 

 found on the Hamilton River above the 

 Grand Falls, and from there to the heads of 

 both branches of the river. In every rapid 

 and eddy fish varying from four to seven 

 pounds may be caught in unlimited numbers. 



The lake trout (Sah'elinus namaycush) 

 abounds in all the lakes and in the larger 

 rivers before they leave the level of the cen- 

 tral area and descend into their deep valleys. 

 The average weight of this fish is about eight 

 pounds, but individuals up to thirty-five pounds 

 are often taken by deep trolling, set lines or 

 nets in the larger lakes. Good fishing with 

 the fly is often found under patches of foam in 

 eddies, but the fish as a rule are sluggish, and 

 do not take freely, and when caught do not 

 afford nearly as much sport as the landlocked 

 salmon or brook trout. 



The common whitefish (Coregonus clupei- 

 formis) is a little-known game fish. It is 

 found abundantly in all the lakes of the inte- 

 rior, its range being the same as the lake trout, 

 and extends to the shores of Hudson Strait. 

 It is also found in the rivers, where it fre- 

 quents foam-covered eddies along with trout 

 and ouinaniche. In fishing for these latter I 



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