Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-03-17
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How Seth Green Thinks is ought TO

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Mr.. Seth Green has addressed the
following letter to Commissioner
E. NJ. Smith:
Sir: Every year since 1872 we,
have been distributing salmon front
fry in many of our inland lakes.
Those deposited In 1924 will be
large enough to catch the coming
season, and there are but few people
who know how to take them. I will
give some hints on the different
ways they are taken. They are tax
en with silver and brass spoon hooks,
by leading the line so that the
spoon runs near the bottom. But
they are taken sometimes at t-the top
iof the water and sometimes half
way down from the surface, and by
trolling with three lines at one time
-one at the surface, one half way
down, and one near the bottom
Another way is to anchor a buoy
out in deep water and cut fish in
pieces, varying In size from hick-
orynut to a butternut, and scatter
ing the pieces around the buoy for
some days; then anchor your boat
to the buoy, using q piece Of the
same bait on your hook that you
have been in the habit of scattering
around your buoy; fish near the bot
tom and give a little motion by Civ
ing your line short jerks. The buoy
should not be baited the day you 60
fishing.
Another way is to have a rod and
reel and four or five hundred feet
of fine. strong line, and if the water
is deep put lead siuker weighing
three-quarters of a pound on the end
of your line, and tie a single gut
leader twelve feet long on the main
line twelve feet above your sinker.
For hooks you should use nine num-
Der 8 Limerick hooks, tied three to-
gether, back to back, so that they
look like three pronged grapnel..
Tie them on a single gut leader,
about two and q half inches apart,
and you have a gang of hooks five
inches loIg. Put two very small
brass swivels on your leader. Use
the kind of small fish for bait that
the trout are used to eating in your
lake. Hook one of the upper hooks
through the under and upper jaw
so that his mouth viii be shut. Then
hook one of the lower hooks through
the back near the tail in such q
manner that it viii give the fish
curve and turn around like q trolling
spoon when it is drawn through the
water. The most successful fisher
men use three of these same kind Of
rigs in one boat; they fish one rig
near the top with light sinker, say
four ounces, and one about half way
down with an eight-ounce sinker,
and the twelve ounce sinker near
the bottom. This is the most sue
cessful rig ever used. The boat
should be rowed very slowly, so that
vou can feel the bottom With the
heavy sinker nearly every time you
raise it up and let it down. The bait
should be raised up and down by
gentle motion, set the other two
lines, one on each side of the boat,
and they viii take care Of them
selves. 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 TO
hook through the hack near the tail, ,
and two sets Of three each between
the single hooks tied about one and .
halt inches apart. Be careful and
keep your minnow looking as natu-
raj as possible. Do not rub any
more scales of than you can help
When you let your lines out the
boat should be in motion, to keep
your bait from twisting around the
main line. Yours
SETH GREEN,
Rochester, Feb. 81, 1873.