“Most smallmouth and largemouth bass between 4 and 5 <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

pounds in this province will be teenagers. They’re much older than we appreciate,” said Mark Ridgway, an Ontario Ministry of

Natural Resources (MNR) fisheries scientist.

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   Casselman said, “Some of the most remarkable fish are

Cold-water species like very slow-growing lake trout and whitefish. We know lake trout in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Ontario live to be as much as 35 to 40 years of age.”…………………………

  ………………………………………………………………….”In Ontario lakes that do not contain big prey items (like ciscoes or whitefish), a 3- to 4-pound lake trout could be 12 to 15 years old.

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(選自 Ontario Out Of Door)