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principal fishing is in the tributaries. Fish up to 6 pounds in weight are not infrequently 

 taken now. 



Sunday Pond. — In May and June trout have been recorded weighing from i to 2>i4 

 pounds from this pond. 



Diamond Stream. — This stream was once noted for beautiful brook trout up to i 

 pound or more in weight. 



Diamond Ponds. — These ponds contain fine trout, differing in size in the two ponds 

 according to a report to the effect that in the lower pond trout would not weigh more 

 than three-fourths of a pound while in the upper pond the fish ranged from 2 to 3 pounds. 



Parmacheenee Luike. — This lake has long been the most famous of the trout waters 

 of the Magalloway system. No recent records or accounts of this lake are at present 

 available. In 1873 it was stated of Parmacheenee trout that they were not as large as 

 in the other Androscoggin lakes, ranging from i to 5 pounds, with rarely one of 7 pounds, 

 which was then the largest known to have been taken. 



Cambridge River. — The traditional early abundance of trout in this stream has been 

 referred to in another place. In spring and early summer occasional good catches are 

 now made at certain places, but particularly in a pool a short distance below the forks 

 or the junction of the Dead and Swift Cambridge Streams. Here the water forms a deep 

 pool on the right side of the stream as it makes a bend to the left, and the current is 

 fairly strong even in midsummer. No trout were taken here during the summer of 

 1906, but there was an abundance of chubs (S. btdlaris). 



Dead Cambridge. — As has already been noted, this stream is the outlet of C Pond 

 In spring and early summer trout can be caught throughout its course at certain places, 

 but especially at the mouth of a small brook called Hastings Brook at the Onion, and the 

 pools up to the sluice. The large pool below the sluice affords excellent trout in early 

 summer and in the fall. During the months of July and August only very small trout 

 are caught there. But above the sluice dam to C Pond the fishing at times is excellent 

 for small trout. In 1905, on July 23, the writer made the following observations on the 

 upper waters of the Dead Cambridge up to i or i ^2 miles, perhaps, of C Pond. On the 

 way up stream some trout were seen jumping. The sun was occasionally obscured by 

 clouds, giving varying periods of sunshine and shade. Fishing with a fly while the sun 

 was obscured many trout were caught. Having three flies on the leader, they were 

 often taken in twos and threes. When the sun shone the fish would not bite. The 

 largest trout was perhaps one-half pound, and they averaged about one-third of a pound. 

 Blackspot chubs 6 or 7 inches long and common chubs of smaller size were common 

 in the same waters. The temperature of the water about noon at the points where the 

 trout were caught was 60° F. At the sluice it was 72° F. Below the sluice a few 

 very small trout were taken. On August 19 no trout could be found above the sluice, 

 but a few small, slender, dark-colored ones about 6 or 7 inches long were caught on 

 bait and flies below it. On the twentieth, while no trout were found where they were 

 caught in July, about 70 from 6 or 7 to 10 inches long were taken in the pond above the 

 sluice. However, as the gates of the dam were open, the water was very low above the 

 pond. The trout in the pond rose readily notwithstanding the sun was shining brightly. 

 The temperature at the places where the trout were taken in July was 60° F., at the 

 sluice 62° F., and below the dam 62° F. 



On September 21 a party of two, in the pool below the sluice, caught a lot of trout, 

 some of which weighed as high as 3 pounds. It was said that they were sluggish, taking 



