The Rangeley Lakes, Maine; with Special Reference to the Habits of the Fishes, Fish Culture, and Angling Volume 854-861 PDF Download

Author: William Converse Kendall
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN: 9781230040691
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Languages : en
Pages : 58

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ... by various environments and conditions may be stated in general somewhat as follows: Slender, light-colored, silvery trout in clear, sandy lakes and ponds, or localities in bodies of water where such conditions obtain, and clear, sandy, quick-water streams. Stout, dark-colored trout in lakes or ponds or localities of lakes or ponds having muddy bottom and considerable vegetable growth, and particularly water discolored by vegetable stain. The same may be said of streams, and it may be added that the swifter the flow of water where the trout occurs the slenderer it is likely to be. Various degrees and mixtures of conditions correspondingly modify the fish subjected to them. The shape and color also vary with the size and age of the fish and, as previously stated, are often greatly changed in the breeding season. Most of the distinctive colors and form characters of Mr. Rich's cedar tree trout and of the upper-water brook trout were obviously the color modifications which take place in the breeding season, which is accounted for by their seldom being caught at any other time. Occasionally, after the breeding season recuperation is delayed and the trout retains the appearance of the breeding fish for an unusual period. Mr. Rich referred to the color of the flesh of the trout as though it were a variety characteristic. The cause of this red color has long been a mooted question. A theory that has been entertained for many years is that it was attributable to red-pigmented food, such as some crustaceans. This theory seems to be defective, for other fish feeding extensively upon exactly the same kind of food always have white flesh. Young or rapidly growing trout never have red flesh, but under uniform favorable conditions a change from white...