The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-25
FROM our OWN CORRESPONDENT.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, La,
July u, 1877.
ABOUT FISHING.

ABOUT FISHING.
I am very sorry to see from
YOUR last that the fishing has
been poor at the other fishing grounds
and the fishing parties unsuccessful
in that delightful sport. / was de
batting in my mind whether | should
not escape the necessity of telling
the truth by not writing to you at
all this week, or should write but
adopt my stroke Of mastery policy,
silence of last week, when l found
that you had already come out boldly
with the truth, and I am determined
to follow your example, even at the
risk of acquiring reputation for We
racity which rivals that of the i'm
mortal George aud his little Ratchet.
The fishing out here is bad just now,
and has been so all this week, owing
I suppose, to the cool and unseason-
able weather and the rains We have
been having. We have, however,
had but little difficulty in catching
more fish than we wanted for the ia.
BILE, and our folks are all tired of
them. We had to-day for dinner a
dish of nicely Drowned trout, which
was taken off untasted, except by
your correspondent whose capacity
in that line is unlimited. / hope
you wont think me Of. fish-ious for
saying so. AS soon as Little River
commences to fall and Trout Greek
to run out, all this will be changed
and we will have out here as fine
sport as the world can furnish. This
event will not be long delayed as
Black river is falling, as are also the
Red and Mississippi rivers l believe.
The extent Of the trouble here is
that the SPORT is wanting. They do
not bite eagerly, but a good fisher
man can keep table supplied with
out much trouble. Some lazy fellow
has described fishing to be rod and
line with worm at one end, fool
at the other, but be said that I know
because be had never seen such fish
ing as is to be had out here when the
conditions are favorable.
BIG CREEK AND TROUT CREEK COM
PARED.
AS a Jealous disciple of old 1zaak
Walton, l have for the last eight
years made frequent visits to both
Big Creek and Trout Creek, and /
have fshed extensively in both, un-
der almost all conditions and I am
sure l have seen both Creeks at their
best. l have no hesitation in say
ing that Trout Creek as fishing re-
sort is far superior in every respect
to Big Creek. Now, as l know many
Of our worthy fishermen will be dis
posed to challenge the accuracy and
correctness of my opinion, I will give
my experience in both, and ask
whether it does not correspond with
theirs as to Big Creek, and what /
will say as to Trout Creek | can prove
incontestlbly. To catch perch in
Big Creek one has to fish low down
on the creek. I have never been
able to catch perch above Lowell
Mill, and have never been able to
catch, nor have / ever seen a good
sized trout caught below the bridge.
Above the bridge in the deep black
holes are to be caught large trout,
but there are no perch there, and one
has great difficulty generally to catch
perch for trout bait, and you want a
large sized perch for bait for four
or five pound trout. In going to Big
Creek I always made up my mind
what kind of fishing I wanted and
pitched my camp either up or down
the Creek accordingly. In Trout
Creek you catch all the varieties Of
fish frequently in the same hole, and
you certainly will find perch or trout
fishing within few yards of eact
other. We throw back in the Greek
here the sized trout which are caugh'
below the bridge in Big Crdek.
THE SPRINGS.
The visitors who had engaged
rooms, and who were to have beer
out this week, have so far failed tt
put in an appearance, having beef
kept back perhaps, by the rains ant
the cool weather. The last of thos
we had, an Alexandria young gentle
man we'll known to US, an amateur il
the "art preventative" left US yester
day and we are daily looking for ne'
arrivals. Our mutual friend afte
travelling many miles to. get here
never went fishing, which leads me t
} suppose that he must himself hav