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Length, five to twenty inches; weight, up to eleven pounds. Back, black, marbled with golden gray; side, golden mottled, barred with grayish brown and covered with round golden yellow and red spots; belly, white with rosy tints.

Lower fins red, with first ray white. The color of the brook trout varies considerably according to locality. The Brook Trout is found in almost all cool and rapid-flowing spring brooks, from the highest mountain to the low shore, where it enters the sea. The sea-going trout is silvery gray in color.

The Trout is the choicest of foodfishes, and trout fishing is considered the finest sport.

The Trout is caught with worms, grasshoppers, live bait, and artificial flies.

Length, twelve inches. Color, brown; sides, silvery gray with small orange spots. Similar in shape to S.fontinalis.

Length, twelve inches. Color, dark blue with red spots. Body narrower and longer than S.fontinalis.