As the fishing for salmon-trout is altogether different from that for salmon or trout, we will give separate directions in reference to it. These fish are known under several names, both scientific and popular; but it is questionable whether there are more than two species. In different waters they have a distinct appearance and differ greatly in size, but it is doubtful whether the changes are more than the mere effect of local causes. They are fond of large sheets of water, the smallest of which, and where they attain the least growth, deserving the name of lakes. In such inland seas as Lake Superior, they will occasionally reach a weight of one hundred pounds, while in other places they will not average over two or three. They are common in most of the northern and north-western ponds and lakes, and are a favorite food fish with many. They are taken with silver and brass spoon hooks, by loading the line so that the spoon runs near the bottom. But they are taken sometimes at the top of the water, and sometimes half-way down, and at the bottom, by trolling with three lines at one time - one at the surface, one half-way down, and one near the bottom. Another way is to anchor a buoy out in deep water and cut fish in pieces, varying in size from a hickorynut to a butternut, and scatter the pieces around the buoy for some days; then anchor your boat to the buoy, using a piece of the same kind of bait on your hook that you had been in the habit of scattering around your buoy; fish near the bottom, and give it a little motion by giving your line short jerks. The buoy should not be baited the day you go fishing.

Another way is to have a rod and reel and four or five hundred feet of fine, strong line, and if the water is deep put a lead sinker weighing three quarters of a pound on the end of your line, and tie a single gut leader twelve feet long, on the main line twelve feet above your sinker. For hooks, you should use nine number six Limerick hooks, tied three together, back to back, so that they look like a three-pronged grappel. Tie them on a single gut leader about two and one-half inches apart, and you have a gang of hooks five inches long. Put two very small brass swivels on your leader. Use the kind of small fish for bait that the trout are used to eating in your lake. Hook one of the upper hooks through the under and upper jaw so that his mouth will be closed; then hook one of the lower hooks through the back near the tail, in such a manner that it will give the fish a curve and will turn around like a trolling-spoon when it is drawn through the water. The most successful fishermen use three of these kind of rigs in one boat; they fish one rig near the top with a light sinker, say four ounces, and one about half-way down with an eight ounce sinker, and the twelve ounce sinker near the bottom. The boat should be rowed very slowly, so that you can feel the bottom with the heavy sinker nearly every time you raise it up and let it down. The bait should be raised up and down by a gentle motion; set the other two lines, one on each side of the boat, and they will take care of themselves. Live fish should be used for bait. Some do not use but eight hooks, one hook for the upper to hook in the minnow's mouth, and one to hook in the back near the tail, and two sets of three each between the two single hooks tied about one and-a-half inches apart. Be careful and keep your minnow looking as natural as possible. Do not rub any more scales off than you can help. When you let your line out your boat should be in motion to keep your bait from twisting around the main line.

There is opportunity for fine fishing in Lake Huron, which will be utilized one of these days when yachting shall have been developed in our grand inland lakes, as it will be in time. Trolling for salmon-trout can be done very successfully with sailing craft, all the way from Saginaw Bay to Mackinaw, and about five or ten miles from shore. The ordinary trolling tackle is to be used, much in the same way that it is used on the sea coast for blue fish, but the fish taken will occasionally exceed twenty pounds in weight, and will test the angler's tackle and muscles.