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Sea -Trout 



In high water the sea- trout appear to evade the lower nets, 

 as most ot those caught are Q-ot in the higher ones. 



weio'hingf iV' 



rom I to 3 hjs. 

 thev become 



grow older 



feeding may ha\-e something to do with this. 



Bull-Trout 



I am inclined to think bull- 

 trout are neither more nor less 

 than sea- trout, and why they 

 ° are called bull-trout I cannot 

 f tell, tor I have examined many 

 ^ ot them and can tind no ditl'er- 

 = ence between them and sea-trout. 

 t The river Coquet in North- 

 5 umberland is famous tor its bull- 

 4 trout, which come up in large 

 J numbers in June, and continue 

 = to increase in number until the 

 % spawning season. IMany of those 

 ^ that run early are in so line con- 

 ^ dition that it is difficult to tell 

 >p them from salmon. Many of 

 '. '4: them are from 5 to 10 lbs. in 



:■ ^ weight, and when in good con- 

 ■ ~ dition they are really verv hand- 

 ■' some fish ; but for the table they 



are interior to salmon, their flesh 

 being white as a rule. I think, 

 then, that instead ot beina called 

 bull-trout they ought to be called 

 sea-trout. The younger ones, 

 are excellent for the table, but as they 

 coarser and whiter in the flesh. The 



