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ing. To be sure if a man had a hook in his mouth 

 he would follow the sliglitest pull ; but we do not 

 expect such conduct from a fish, especially from one 

 endowed with the graceful and vigorous shape of 

 the Mackinaw Salmon. 



They take any of the trolling spoons, appearing, 

 however, to prefer the old style, copied from the 

 bowl of a spoon, but rather elongated, to the expen- 

 sive and fanciful modern improvements. Those sold 

 at the Sault St. Marie are from five to six inches 

 long and made of tin ; but a better bait will be found 

 in the mother-of pearl imitation fish. To insure suc- 

 cess, the weather should bo moderate, either calm or 

 with a gentle breeze rippling the surface of the water, 

 for the reason that in the open lake a strong wind 

 will cause so heavy a swell that the fish cannot see 

 the bait, and the oarsmen cannot control the boat. 

 They are not shy ; but as the water is frequently 

 deep, although wonderfully clear, the difficulty is to 

 attract their attention. For this purpose sufficient 

 line must be used to sink the bait slightly beneath 

 the surface, and the boat must not move too rapidly. 



They are captured in all the bays and indenta- 

 tions of Lakes Huron and Superior, where the bot- 

 tom is rocky and the water not over one hundred 

 feet deep. In Lake Superior they are abundant ; in 

 Goulais' Bay, at Michipicotten Island, in the vicinity 

 of Bayfield, and almost everywhere else. 



Late in the fall they retire to the sombre depths, 

 and are only taken by still fishing with a long line 

 and live bait, and at such times the deep water 



