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Huron and Superior. A letter from one of the principal Lake 
Erie fishermen contains the statement that they entertain high 
hopes of profitable enterprises im this modern luxury. The 
cisco is found in all the lakes belonging to the great chain 
bounding the United States on the north, and in some west- 
ern lakes of the interior; but, while the lake herring—its fre- 
quent companion—is numerous in Seneea and Cayuga Lakes, 
T have not seen a cisco there; but the large shiner of Canan- 
daigua Lake may be the cisco, Both the cisco and herring 
are favorite baits for lake trout, and, as food for game fishes, 
the waters should be kept well stocked with them. 
THE CIscO OR CISCOQUETTE. 
From a recent letter to the Spint of the Times from Camp 
Sterling, on Geneva Lake, Wis., it appears that “ ciscoing” is 
the principal June sport for man, woman, and child in all the 
area formed by a radius of twenty miles round the lake. The 
cisco may be taken with bait or fly, though the latter is the 
most natural food, as its small, square mouth and soft teeth 
indicate that antmaleule or flies are its natural aliment. At 
Geneva Lake there is a fly called the “ cisco-fly,” which ap- 
pears to be its natural food; it is nearly an inch long, of gray- 
ish-brown body and light gray wings, with tail and antenne— 
probably a Phryganea. The eel-tly is also said to be a favor- 
ite lure; but the cisco and cisco-fly both appear in great num- 
bers at the same time. 
The cisco is said to be excellent game of its size, and will 
rise as vigorously as a brook trout, often meeting the fly be- 
fore it touches the water. They should be fished for with a 
sinele-handed fly-rod, like the trout; though a sixteen feet 
perch-rod is recommended, as perch and small black bass oc- 
