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fly. The great tenderness of the mouth of the cisco does not 

 permit the angler to play his fish except at the almost certain risk 

 of losing it. — Adapted from Jordan and Evermann's American 

 Food and Game Fishes. 



The lake herrings, and especially the fall spawning kinds, are 

 highly esteemed food fishes. Smoked ciscoes, at the present time, 

 are selling for twenty cents per pound and upward. No apology 

 should be necessary for attempting to multiply a fish of such 

 value. The Oneida Lake tullibee, called whitefish locally, is an 

 excellent fish for the table either fresh or salted, and it is a fine 

 fish for smoking. These ciscoes can be captured by anglers who 

 will take the trouble to learn the successful method with hook 

 and line in any reasonable number, and the so-called Otsego bass, 

 a small whitefish of Otsego Lake, furnishes remunerative employ- 

 ment for a goodly number of skilled fishermen. 



Whitefish 



On April 6, 1913, Mr. Edward V. Z. Lane, of 24 West 49th 

 street, New York city, wrote as follows: 



For several years I have frequently caught in deep water (40 

 to 50 feet) in Upper Saranac Lake, whitefish weighing from two 

 to four pounds, and delicious in flavor. I have been informed 

 that the lake was stocked with them some years ago, but that 

 none have been put in since that one time. From the description 

 given in a newspaper article in the Adirondack Enterprise of 

 March 6, I judge they are the Otsego Lake variety. 



On April 9, 1913, Mr. Lane again wrote: " Some years ago 

 the lake (LTpper Saranac) was stocked with whitefish as a result 

 of which I have frequently caught fish of that variety in mid- 

 summer when lake trout were difficult to catch and when they 

 proved valuable as food." 



Again on April 10, Mr. Lane described the method of capture 

 more in detail : "As to the capture of whitefish in Upper Saranac 

 Lake, my first experience was in the year 1897 while buoy fishing 

 in midsummer for lake trout in about forty feet of water. We 

 had drop lines with large hooks baited with pieces of perch. At 

 times there would be very slight touches which suggested the 



