The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-06
now TO TAKE SALMON TROUT.
A Letter from seth Green on Catching Fish
in the Inland Lakes.

Hon. f.. NJ. SMrTH-Sir: Every year since
1872 we have been distributing salmon trout fry
In many Of our inland LAKES. Those deposited
In ls,2-3 will be large enough to catch the next
coming season, and there are but few people
who know how to take them. will give some
hints on the different ways they are taken.
They are taken with silver and brass spoon
hooks. 10y leading the line So that the spoon runs
near the bottom But they are taken sometimes
at the top of the water aud sometimes half way
down from the surface, and 10y trolling with
three lines at one tiine-one AZ the surface, one
half way down, and one near the bottom An
other way Is To anchor buoy out In deep water
and cut hsh In pieces. varying In size from a
hickoryuut to a buiternut, and scattering the
pieces around the buoy for some days; then
anchor your boat to the buoy. using "a piece Of
the same Kind OF bait ON your hook that you
had been in the habit OF scattering around your
buoy; fish near the bottom, and give 1t a little
motion 10y giving your line short jerks The
buoy should not be baited the day you go
fishing.
Another way IL to have a rod and reel and four
or i've hundred feet OF nne strong line. and II
the water Is deep put lead snker weighing
three-qgarters OF a pound on the end Of your
on the main line twelve feet above your sinker.
For hooks, you should use nine No. Limerick
hooks, tied three together back to back. SO that
they look Ike "A three prOngcd graphic Tie
them on a single gut leader. about two and one
half Inches apart, and YOU have gang of hooks
five inches long. Put two very small brass
swiyels on Your leader Use the Kind of small
nsh for bait that the trout are used 60 eating in
your lake. Hook one of the upper hooks through
tne under ana upper Jaw 80 That MS mouth VIII
he closed. Then hook one Of the lower hooks
through me hack near the tail IN such manner
that 1t will give the fish curve and will turn
around like a troilins-sp22on when it Is drawn
through tho water. Tho most successful
fishermen three OF this same Kind
" rigs In one boat They Ash one rig
near the top with light sinker, say four
ounces, and one about half way down with
an eighi-ounce sinker. and the twelve-ounce
sinkcr near the bottom. This l. the most sue
cessfttl rig / have ever used. The boat should he
rowed very slow, SO that you can feel the bottom
with the heavy sinker nearly every time you
raise n up aud let IL down. The bait should he
raised up and down 10y gentle motion; set the
other two lines, one on each side of the boat,
and they viii take care OF themselves. Live fish
should be used for bait. some use but eight
hooks, one hook for the upper to hook In
the minnow's mouth, and one 10 hook through
the back, near the tail, and two sets of three
each between the two single hooks, tied about
one and half inches apart. BE careful and
keep your minnow looking as natural as posi-
bile. DO not rub any more scales on than YOU
Can help. When you let y ~ line out, your boat
should Ice In motion To neep your bait from
twisting around the main line. Yours,
ROCHESTER, Feb. 81 1919. SETH GREEN.