Maine woods and water folk . ing familiar words, though but a few years ago thatterritory was almost unknown, except as the territory where a vast amountof lumbering was carried on every winter. The building and extensionof the Bangor & Aroostook railroad, however, has made travel to thisremote section an easy matter, and tourists are flocking there during thesummer months. Here may be found as good fishing as could be askedfor, though the fish are not, as a rule, quite equal to the Rangeley troutand salmon in size. In every other respect they are unexcelled in this orany other state. The salm
Maine woods and water folk . ing familiar words, though but a few years ago thatterritory was almost unknown, except as the territory where a vast amountof lumbering was carried on every winter. The building and extensionof the Bangor & Aroostook railroad, however, has made travel to thisremote section an easy matter, and tourists are flocking there during thesummer months. Here may be found as good fishing as could be askedfor, though the fish are not, as a rule, quite equal to the Rangeley troutand salmon in size. In every other respect they are unexcelled in this orany other state. The salmon has properly been termed the king of fish, and the land-locked species is in every particular, size excepted, the equal of the migra-tory variety. Nearly all the important fresh water fishing resorts suitablehave received their share of salmon fry from the commissioners of inlandfisheries and game, and in a few years excellent salmon fishing will befound in a hundred different ponds. Yes, in many more than FISH AND FISHING. At present the best salmon fishing in the state is found in Sebago lakeand in the Rangeley chain of lakes. Last season a number of salmon ex-ceeding 12 pounds, including one weighing 13^ pounds, were landed atRangeley. Next in favor with the sportsman comes the brook or square-tailedtrout, two varieties which are about the same in quality of meat and ingaminess. Both are found in great numbers all over the state, and bothare great favorites with all anglers. Many claim that the two varietiesare identical, but I think there is a slight difference, though it is not amaterial one. Lake trout, often called togue, are common in manywaters, and sometimes are enormous in size. I have heard of a togueweighing 37 pounds being taken in Moosehead lake, but I should notcare to vouch for the truth of the story, though I am not prepared todeny it. In years past fish weighing more than 20 pounds have beentaken from this lake, to my knowledge. Black bass, wh
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