Lake Ontario abounds with herring, of much the same flavour as the sea
species, but not so strong and oily, nor so large. Sturgeon, pike,
pickerel, black bass, sheep-heads, mullets, suckers, eels, and a
variety of other fish, are plentiful in these waters: the spring-creeks
and mill-ponds yield plenty of spotted trout, from four ounces to a
pound weight: they are easily caught either with the worm or fly.

The best creek I ever fished in was the Speed, a branch of the Grand
River, or Ouse, which runs through the township of Guelph. In winter
you can catch them by fishing through a hole in the ice. The best way
is to dig and store by in a box filled with earth, a quantity of worms,
which must be kept in the cellar for use. A small piece of fat pork is
commonly employed as bait, but is not nearly so good as the other.

A friend of mine, living near Colborne, told me rather an amusing story
of a Yankee, who was fishing through the ice with the usual bait, a
piece of pork. He had been very unsuccessful, and tired of the sport,
he walked over to where my friend was throwing out the trout as fast as
possible, when the following colloquy took place:

"Wal, how, under Heaven, did you get all them 'ere fish?"

"Caught them."

"Wal, I s'pose you did; but what kinder bait do you use?"

"Worms."

"Varms! Why, under Heaven, where do you get varms at this time of the