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that it sometimes attains to the weight of 120 pounds. It ‘s 
dark colored on the back, sides, dorsal and caudal fins, mel- 
lowing off trom the lateral lines to a white or creamy belly. 
Vermiculate marks cover its back and sides. The second 
dorsal, like that of all the Sadmonide, is adipose. Pectoral, 
ventral, and anal fins ight cream coloy, as are also the irides. 
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‘Yue Mackinaw Trovut.—sSalmo amethystus.—Mitchill 
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As this trout inhabits the deep pools in the cold lakes 
from Huron to the frigid zone, its meat is firm, and the fish 
is highly prized by epicures. It is sometimes taken as far 
south as the Ohio shore of Lake Erie, either by trolling with 
2 minnow or a feathered spoon, or with cisco and young lake 
herrings—all captivating lures. There are many taken with 
gill-nets and set-lines in deep water, as also with hand-lines, 
by previously sinking a large stone with a rope attached, and 
at the other end of the rope fasten a buoy, and for several 
days cast in butchers’ offal by the buoy until it is supposed 
the fish are chummed to that place as a feeding-ground, when 
—with large hook, heavy sinker, and codfish line—the fisher 
with the hand-line takes them as fast as he can bait and land 
them. This killing method is a favorite one with many men 
who fish for lake trout to sell, but it is very unsportsman- 
like. In winter it is taken on hooks baited with pork through 
holes cut in the ice for the purpose. The best places to an- 
gle for this luxury, either with the troll or hand-line, is in 
Lakes Huron, Superior, the Straits of Mackinaw and Green 
Bay; from the latter water, Chicago, Galena, and many towns 
in the interior of Wisconsin are supplied. In fishing through 
the ice, when a fisherman gets a bite, he throws the line over 
his shoulder and walks away from the hole, drawing the fish 
