574 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OE FISHERIES. 



Some are noted for the beauty or delectability of the fish, and some are distinguished 

 for the sport afforded the fly fisher. The following notes do not include all affluents 

 and are very incomplete in other respects but supply more or less information regarding 

 the places mentioned. 



Ouimby poiid. — This pond has been said to be the only one in Maine in which trout 

 would rise to the fly as soon as the ice was out. The protective restrictions applying 

 to this pond in late years seem to have maintained good fishing, the trout appearing 

 about as plentiful, at least up to a few years ago, as in early times, but the fish average 

 somewhat smaller. Early records included fish of 3 pounds, but later they seldom 

 exceeded 1% pounds. 



Cupsuptic River. — In the early seventies trout from three-fourths to 1% pounds 

 were plentiful in this river, but in late years they appear to have diminished in number. 



Rangeley Stream. — There are many records for this stream, but most of those of 

 large size are for the fall fishing when the trout are entering the stream for spawning 

 purposes. Early records indicate that in July the fish averaged about i pound in 

 weight, but in September many were taken ranging from 2 to 5X pounds. This stream 

 is now closed to all fishing, excepting in a restricted locality. (See fish and game laws 

 of Maine, 1915-16.) 



Kennehago Stream. — The large trout taken from this stream were of the fall run, 

 but there are always more or less trout of fair size therein. They were much larger and 

 more numerous in the old days than in later years. The trout ran about the same as in 

 Rangeley Stream. 



Kennebago Lakes. — The water in the lakes is cold spring water, a large number of 

 mountain brooks emptying into them. The lakes are noted for the fly fishing throughout 

 the season. The trout never averaged over one-quarter to one-third of a pound, although 

 some fish weighing a pound are caught and an occasional large fish has been recorded, 

 even up to 5 pounds. 



C Pond. — The trout of C Pond are still numerous and always of comparatively small 

 size, averaging less than a pound in weight. An inquiry regarding the color markings of 

 the trout of this pond appeared in Forest and Stream, November 25, 1886: "In addition 

 to their red spots they have about as many black spots as a landlocked salmon. In 

 other respects they are no different from other trout in adjacent waters. What is the 

 reason these trout have black spots?" The black spots referred to were not the natural 

 pigmentation of the fish but parasitic cysts. Many fish occurring in warm waters are 

 affected with this parasite. Just why the C Pond fish are so affected is not evident. 



B Pond. — In 1883 J. G. Rich, writing of the trout of this pond, said that they were 

 dark colored, plump shaped, and red spotted, generally red meated, and the sweetest 

 table fish he had ever tasted. He wrote that they were locked in the pond, which was 

 about a mile long with an outlet that ran partly under ground, and that no other fish 

 inhabited the pond. Numerous reports in Forest and Stream from 1889 to 1903, inclu- 

 sive, contained records of large catches of trout from this pond ranging from i to 5K 

 pounds in weight and averaging about 1 73 pounds. 



Magalloway River. — Below Aziscohos Falls the principal fishing places in the main 

 river are at the mouths of cold brooks at certain seasons. They have been caught at 

 the falls even in summer, and above the falls the trout are usually at the mouths of 

 streams, excepting when suitable quick water is found above the dead water. The 



