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We heard of 35-pound specked trout, of lake trout twice as large, and of enormous muskallonge.

From On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada by Ralph, Julian

For the muskallonge had got to the last dozen or so of carp, and the sea-lions had gobbled the muskallonge, and only a few cat-fish were found in the lake.

From Harper's Round Table, August 27, 1895 by Various

Where the fisher spreads his wiles, And the muskallonge goes through!

From Their Pilgrimage by Warner, Charles Dudley

But this is not the case when the fishermen return home, for then it appears that they have been dealing mainly with muskallonge, and with bass by the way.

From Their Pilgrimage by Warner, Charles Dudley

Soon afterwards some employés of the commissioners drew a net across the lake to see how the muskallonge were getting on.

From Harper's Round Table, August 27, 1895 by Various