. The American natural history : a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America . Natural history. THE BEOOK TROUT 399. Drawn by W. L. Steward. THE BROOK TROUT. Deep-Water Fishing for Lake Trout.— "The Siscowet of Lake Superior is taken by the commercial fishermen in very deep water, the nets being lifted by steam power. The nets are set well out toward the centre of the lake, at depths frequently as great as 500 feet. About forty nets, each over 600 feet long, are set in one ' gang,' constituting practically a single gill net considerably over four miles in lengt
. The American natural history : a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America . Natural history. THE BEOOK TROUT 399. Drawn by W. L. Steward. THE BROOK TROUT. Deep-Water Fishing for Lake Trout.— "The Siscowet of Lake Superior is taken by the commercial fishermen in very deep water, the nets being lifted by steam power. The nets are set well out toward the centre of the lake, at depths frequently as great as 500 feet. About forty nets, each over 600 feet long, are set in one ' gang,' constituting practically a single gill net considerably over four miles in length. Each end of each gang is buoyed. "The average steam fishing-boat attends to five gangs of nets, lifting one each day. Each gang, therefore, remains in the water five days before it is lifted. As the net comes up around the steam windlass forward, it is passed aft and immediately reset by being paid out over the stern by two members of the crew. The nets are about eight feet wide, and the mesh is 4$ inches. "The largest Lake Trout I observed on the Currie was 2 feet 10 inches long, and its weight was 21 pounds. The average length of the fishes taken during my inspection was less than 2 ; (Charles H. Townsend.) The Brook Trout, or Speckled Trout, and its group.—Concerning this beautiful and high- spirited' creature, so much has been written it would now seem that there is nothing untold. But this is a very wide country; and I ween that in the real West there may be a million of good citizens who are strangers yet to Sal-ve-li'nus jon-ti-nal'is. After all has been said, I think it must be con- ceded that this is the most beautiful of all our game fishes. Its back and dorsal fins are ele- gantly marbled, its sides have about fifteen or twenty crimson and black spots, and its pec- toral, ventral and anal fins are bright crimson, edged in front with white. Its general ground color clown to the latitude of the pectoral fin is dark olive, below that comes sun
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