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the entire season ; for a net of the dimensions above specified, one hundred 

 and fifty pounds daily in summer and thirty or forty in winter. 



This trout is highly prized by the settlers and miners of Utah, and 

 quite a large proportion of those taken are consumed in the immediate 

 neighborhood; the remainder being sent to the different mining camps, settle- 

 ments, and the Salt Lake City market. As an article of food, its excellence 

 is not surpassed by any fish, either fresh or salted, the delicacy and firm- 

 ness of its flesh commending it to all who have a preference for fish diet- 

 Furthermore, it retains for a longer period than most fish its unequaled and 

 unique flavor. All that are captured are readily disposed of, mostly in a 

 fresh state, though a few are salted and smoked. In no case is it used for 

 manure, nor is it ever exported. The retail price of the fish in its fresh 

 state varies from twenty to thirty cents per pound ; wholesale from ten to 

 fifteen cents ; salted ones bring from ten to fifteen cents. These prices are 

 about those formerly obtained and are now current in the Salt Lake market. 



In September and October, the trout are somewhat scattering, and do 

 not approach the shore ; consequently large hauls ai*e seldom made at this 

 period. 



Mr. Madsen states it as his opinion that the female in spawning ejects 

 only a portion of her eggs, as he has found on dissecting the trout after the 

 spawning season eggs of various sizes, some very small and others full 

 grown. The manner of seine fishing in the locality mentioned is quite sim- 

 ilar to that pursued in the East, excepting that two boats are vised instead 

 of one ; the seine being paid out from one of the boats, which generally 

 takes position to the southward of Provo River, while the other, with a line 

 attached, makes a semicircle. As there is a perceptible current setting from 

 the southern arm of the lake, increased by the southwest wind, the net is 

 gradually drifted to near the mouth of the river ; the boats then approach 

 each other, the brails are seized, and the lead line is held down by the feet 

 of the fishermen, who jump into the shallow water into which the net is 

 drawn ; the fish being secured as the net is gradually hauled in. In winter, 

 fishing is carried on under the ice, holes being cut at certain distances, and 

 the net introduced by means of spars ; it is then dragged to a favorable 

 open space and the fish collected. The hauls in winter, however, scarcely 



