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Salmon-Trout, a heavy, dull-colored, deep-water fish, which 
will not rise to the fly, but is taken in deep water, with a drop¬ 
line and a piece of pork on a cod-hook, is common to all the 
inland ponds and lakes of America, from Pennsylvania east¬ 
ward ; but it is a worthless fish, either for sport or for the table. 
The Trout of Long Island, especially the southern side, in the 
salt creeks, are deservedly famous —a fine, deep-colored, well- 
formed, richly-spotted fish, running from one-half to three 
pounds, and occasionally to five, beyond which weight it is 
rarely caught in the United States. 
In the lakes of Hamilton county and the rivers running thence 
into the Si. Lawrence, the Brook, or Spotted Trout, are also 
taken, up to three pounds, and sometimes even to five and six; 
but elsewhere, as a general rule, Trout rarely exceed two and 
a-half pounds, and in most places that is called a monster. 
To speak generally, Trout, though much more numerous, 
and much more easily taken than in Europe, do not run to 
anything like the size ; and another peculiarity is, that they are 
rarely taken in the large rivers, at least after they have become 
large. They may be taken with all the flies usual in England, 
but with a much coarser tackle, and with a larger hook, which 
is decidedly more killing in America. 
Other fish there are, the name of which is legion ; the best, 
perhaps, of these, and the most sporting—after the Trout—is 
the Black Bass of the Labes, which will rise freely to a large 
red and gray fly, made of Macaw, or Parrot and Silver Pheas¬ 
ant, or Guinea-fowl. The Pike, Maskalonge, Pickerel, and 
Striped Bass, all afford good sport to anglers in different waters; 
and to the southward and west, the Catfish grows to a gigantic 
size. Sturgeon are abundant in all the larger rivers, but are 
little’used as an article of food. Eels, Perch, and Bass, of many 
varieties, also afford sport to beginners, and minister to epicu¬ 
rean tastes ; there is also a fish called “ Trout,” to the south¬ 
ward, which is certainly not a Trout, though I do not know its 
correct appellation, which is eagerly pursued, and considered a 
game fish. 
