Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-01-14
Land-Lccksd or Fresh Water Salmon.

So much attention has been called of
late years to this invaluable and beautiful
fish: 40 many and continued inquiries are
addressed to Us Of It's habits. chararteriS-
tics and haunt; We are - contiuua l.. in
receipt Of applications Tor ii.h AMI SPAWN.
that We rhink II appropriate here 10 Civ. A.
condensed description as We are a l-. uf
our own pcr-ansI knowledge of the ii,h
anl its .-habi AT"
Ii is known in our State under name. 90
various, that il l. almost impossible to rec
o2hize the fi-h ,aSiny from ones own per
s,nai experience. SALINE Gluvcri. Sch1.,d.
&c Trout. Lake Sinner. White Trout Sily,,
Trout. Sslm"u Trout. Blsck SIp,tt. d Trout
and Sand-loch-d Salmon. these are f,w
OF tile names by " hi n this f-h j. known
anon. Us. IL varies a. niicI la exi-rnai
appearance. according Ia the waters 10
which II is bred aud feeds. as ,loes the
common brook tout. la some war.r. i,
has the spots much more Numerous than
IA others In fact IL varies Ia lis different
localities all seasons a. d.,es the sea sal
mon. In SchoOiic or Grand Lax. water.
embracing chain Of lakes and ponds that
feed the ST. CroIx riv-T, il j. fund in
large Plumbers. hut never xita.us Il, M,
great -ize; now and then one Is caught Of
eight p'uIids weight. but very rarely. TIN.
aSefsge size B. about enc and y half
la wrf
Of series al lakes and Irpud. that extend
lar up 10 ahd Ia the mountains, there is a
great store oil these h>li-.. and The bca,.t .
ful streams and br.,oks that connect them.
aupid the nn~>t sroH ia the world u TN.
angler. Ihsre is S-b-c lake. and then
Sup pond stream and Snip pond. then 1--we
or six miles more Of c,iiliertiuy brook
brings ore TO Long podd. About three.
fourth- OF mile from Sebec lake, a beau-
tifu. littl: stream d-bouches into Shin
pond stream. known rs Buttermilk stream.
lh.s emptles Buiierni K pond. aud this 10
one OF II series OF ponds. all containing
these n-h-s. They are all similar Ia liz.
aud general appearance TO the SchooLic
sh.ucr or salmon. About Twelve miles
from Bangor. ON the Calais road. il = lake
known as R-ed's pond. II is Of some eight
or nine miles Ia l-ngrh. extending to the
city Ut Ellsworth. aud emp ing into Union
river. This Is the lower LINK ut a Chain of
these ponds containing these i,hes. Of a
SIZE like those Of SebsxO lake in Cumbet.
land county that compare with the Scinsot-
lc aud ScDec salmon. AS does the huge
Ran2ely trout with our ORDINARY brook
trout. They are the same fish, only deveI-
opel to greater size Ly the Superior
range aud purify Of water, aud greater
supply Of feed t1r both the Young fry aid
the growing fish. The Keesi's pond SAL
mon have In the past, been caught OF
great size and weight, viz, twenty-five
fifteen aud ten pounds. Last autumn one
was caught In SebagO lake weighing sew
enteen pounds. Tw" Others " ere taken in
Presumpscot river, the outlet OF Sebsgo,
weighing respectively thirteen and ONE
hall and eleven pounds. These fishes Of
Reeds pond. have not only been very
much thinned out by the merciless slauxhi.
er of them on their spa ming beds, BY the
clA.s vi drunken rOuyhs who live BY pot.
hunting and pOzchiBx; but to fully n
great An extent BY being deprived Ut &C.
esss 70 their natural spawning ground In