salmonidoe

Updated: May 12, 2025

The Lake Trout, or Mackinac Salmon, is the largest of the family of Salmonidoe, growing, it is said, sometimes to the weight of one hundred pounds. From twenty to thirty pounds is not uncommon, which is much larger than the average of Salmo Salar, the true salmon.

Various - The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861