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is concerned, I am inclined te think he is a very good 

 friend of tlie smaller brook trout — in fact, takes him in 

 whenever opportunity offers. I think big fish that are 

 piscivorous prey on other fish at all times when pos- 

 sible, and the rainbow is no exception in this regard. 

 One of the most successful bait fishermen I know 

 fishes much for the rainbow, and his most tempting 

 and successful lure is the chub or shiner ; so there is no 

 question as to the rainbow's proclivities in this regard. 

 As to question 2, I should say he did rise most mag- 

 nificently, especially from 5 o'clock on to 10 p. m., dur- 

 ing July and August — and then you have trouble if he 

 is a big" one. 



"Answering query 4, will say that it does stop in suit- 

 able streams, and is apparently content with its sur- 

 roundings." 



Mr. Frank N. Clark, Superintendent of the U. S. 

 F. C. stations in Michigan, writes from Northville : 



"In response to your letter under date of February 4, 

 in reference to rainbow trout, and in answer to ques- 

 tion No. I, I would say that the Au Sable and the Pere 

 Marquette rivers of Michigan are well stocked with 

 rainbow trout. One year ago last fall I had a camp 

 on the Au Sable River for the purpose of getting a 

 stock of brook trout eggs, and upward of 10,000 

 spawners were secured ; and at each haul we would 

 catch from 500 to 2,000 rainbow trout which were 

 hatched out the spring before. In the Au Sable, then, 

 the presence of rainbow trout in large numbers has evi- 

 dently been established. The Pere Marquette River is 

 - practically the same, and there are other streams in 

 Michigan where rainbow trout are quite plentiful. They 

 seem to stay in the Michigan streams and do not go 

 out into Lake Michigan. Large quantities, however. 



