The Labrador Peninsula 



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have frequently hooked whitcfish, especially 

 with rubber-winged May flies or with midges 

 on No. 1 2 hooks, as they very seldom take the 

 larger trout flies. When hooked, the whitefish 

 is very game, jumping like a landlocked sal- 

 mon and fighting harder than a trout. As 

 their mouths are very tender great care is 

 necessary to successfully land them. 



The list of game fish of the peninsula closes 

 with the pike (Esox lucius) and the pickerel 

 {Stizostcdmm vitreuni). The former is found 

 in all the rivers and most of the lakes north- 

 ward to latitude 56 degrees ; the latter only 

 occurs in the western rivers of the southern 

 watershed and in the southern rivers of the 

 western watershed. The pike ranges from two 

 to twenty pounds in weight, while the pickerel 

 are generally taken weighing from four to ten 

 pounds. 



In the foregoing short notes on the game of 

 the Labrador Peninsula, I have endeavored to 

 give a brief and as accurate a statement as 

 possible of the numbers and range of the 

 various species, in order that it may serve as 

 a guide to any sportsman who may think of 

 trying his luck in that region. I have rather 

 underestimated the chances of obtaining good 



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