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while the Lake Superior whitefish, or Labrador whitefish, takes 

 the hook readily, large numbers being taken every day in season 

 in the locks at Sault Ste Marie by local anglers. The Commission 

 collected over 7,000,000 eggs of this whitefish last Fall in Lake 

 Erie. 



Erostfisii, Coregonus quadrilateralis 

 This is known also as the Menominee whitensh, pilot fish, 

 round whitensh and shadwaiter. It extends throughout the New 

 England lakes, Upper Great lakes and northwest to Alaska. This 

 is not highly valued as food; but it is important for the food 

 of Lake Trout and other good fish. The Adirondack Hatchery 

 obtained 446,000 eggs of this species last Fall. 



Chateaugay Lake Whitefish, Coregonus sp. 



This appears to be identical with Stanley's whitefish, of Maine. 

 It is a little fish, extremely abundant in Chateaugay Lake, where 

 it is sexually mature at a length of 9 or 10 inches. The Adiron- 

 dack Hatchery collected more than 4,000,000 eggs of this fish for 

 a first experiment, and they are in process of hatching, although 

 they do not seem to be as hardy as eggs of the frostfish and Labra- 

 dor whitefish. This small species is valuable for the food of 

 lake trout and other food fish. 



It seems to be not generally known that both the whitefishes 

 and the ciscoes, or herrings, take the baited hook freely, and 

 some of the Herrings are easily caught with artificial or natural 

 flies. 



Jordan and Evermann, writing of the Labrador whitefish which 

 is the commonest kind in our New York Lakes except Erie, say 

 that it takes the hook readily, large numbers being caught every 

 day in season in the locks at Saulte Ste Marie by local anglers. 

 Charles G. Atkins, when fish commissioner of Maine, published 

 the following account concerning the Labrador whitefish : " In 

 Moosehead Lake they sometimes take the fly. In June last, we 

 saw one taken with a fly near Mount Kineo by Artemus Libby, 

 Esq., of Augusta. It weighed one and one half pounds. They 

 can be taken with a hook at any season of the year in deep 

 water. Almost any bait will answer, but the best is a piece of 

 small fish. The most of them are taken in winter. TLe greatest 



