The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-17
LAKE SUPERIOR FISH STORY.

If one may believe all they tell him
 about the ciscowet up in the Lake Su-
 perior country" said New Yorker
 who has heard it all he may readily
 concur in their declaration that the ciscowet is the rarest and one of the
 oldest of alr our fresh water fishes. It
 Is found only in Lake Superior, they
 will tell you, and never at a depth of less than thirty fathoms.
 !" The ciscowet, said the encyclope- die native who described this fish and It's ways to me. was formerly believed to be a hybrid from cross of the white fish and lake trout, but that was long ago dlsproved. It grows to a weight of thirty pounds and the female invariably contains spawn. This has led to the belief that the ciscowet is always spawning, but the more proba- ble theory is that it spawns twice a year, which In itself is enough to give lit a unique place among fishes, fresh water or salt.
 The ciscowet is unique in another particular. It Is the fattest of all known fishes and it's flesh is so delici- ously favored that it Is palatable without being cooked. Its name is said to have been derived from that peculiar quality, ciscowet being Sis Ko-Wet," an Ojibwa term meaning cooks itself" e34
 Owing terthe great depth at which this fish persists in making it's habitat 1t Is rarity in the market and is nev- CT seen away from the Lake Superior country-although, said my encyclope- die native warningly, and I thought apprehenslvely. you will find ciscowet listed on the bills of fare of all the hotels as you travel through, big and lttle good and bad, and If you are de- luded into ordering 1t on the belief that you are to regale yourself on this rar- .estof piscatorial dellcacies you will wonder what sort of a palate that man must have who can declare ciscowet to be that delicacy.
 The fish they will place before you as ciseowet will not only not be eis- cowet but will be an inferior lake trout known as bear trout, which resembles clscowet In outward appearance. The Indians capture these trout for the market and their beautiful white meat has no merit but its beauty
 There is another peculiar fish of the lake trout family in Lake Superior. they informed me. It Is the true nay macush, they said, but has ways all Its own
 Tt travels all by itself, no two ever being seen in proximity, keeping al- ways near the surface and sometimes swimming on the surface This is giant among trout, frequently weigh ing more than 100 pounds, although it Is never fat.
 Tt is called the racer, from the al- legged circumstance of its occasionally travelling with railroad speed along its course. This giant trout scorns bait or lure and the way in which it must be captured, if at all, according to what they told me, seemed to me to be about as remarkable as the fish it. self.
 Men with big spears go out in boats and stand on a runway, as one might say while other men in boats, stalking about, sight racer and rive it to the men in boats with spears, who harpoon the fish as it speeds along, and the harpooner, so they told me, needs to be skillful with the barb or he will see 1t blowing the watery space behind the big fish while the latter skins on his course unharmed. ."-NeB York Sun.