Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-06-09
TROUTING IN MAINE.
Some Remarkable Catches.-What the
Commissioners are DOing.

To the sportsman with rod and line, the
most cheering character. The water is very
high and the spring late. but the first catch of
trout with bait and troll will be pretty sure to
score rs a remarkable one. From the
taken, and they run larger, a rule. than
usual. The latest news from the Rangely
lakes is that the weather has been cold and
the water high, with plenty of snow still in
sight on the mountains and in the woods. but
the trout are taking the sunken bait remark
ably well. A gentleman thoroughly posted
in that region, who came from the upper and
middle dams Monday, says that the sports
men have never been so plenty as this spring.
On Sunday the middle dam camp was full,
and at the upper dam, in the new camp built
last season, and the old ones so well known
to fishermen acquainted in that region, 40
men were quartered.
In Mollychunkamunk upper Richardson
lake, the trout fishing has been excellent thus
far, with bait. Nothing has vet been done
with the fiy. As is well known to most
sportsmen, this lake has been flowed eight
feet higher than formerly by additions to the
middle dam, and the trout are biting near the
shores. In passing down the lake the other
mernny, the gentleman mentioned above
passed one of the oldest guides in that region
with party of three in couple OF boats.
They were fishing so far up on the shore AS
to be actually among the trees-the water in
this lake has flowed back into the woods
quite distance in some places. This gen
tleman supposed the old guide had party OF
flats who knew nothing about fishing, and
that he was exercising them among the bushes
on the shore, supposing they could catch
trout nowhere, and there as well as any
where. Accordingly the gentleman began
chatting the guide little about the prospect
of catching trout so near the shore among
the oyerflowed timber. One of the fishing
nartv-who proved to be crack sportsman
from Pennsylvania-at that moment captured
a trout weighing about 3 1-2 pounds, and a
little investigation brought out the fact that
the marty had taken 80 trout in less than two
hours fishing that morning
Fish Commissioner Stanley, with Mr.. Still
well. is doing all in his power to keep TINS
renowned sporting region stocked with hsh'
They are putting in 10000 young land-iock-
ed salmon into the Rangley lakes this week:
At Bemis (footCf Mooselucmaguntic)s everal
land locks of good size have been taken-the
result of the stocking done by Mr.. Stanley
and his colleagues two and three wears ago
II il also confidently believed that the excel
lent trout fishing this spring is one OF the
results of previous work done in stock,nI
these lakes. But the commissioners say that
there is vet great deal more to be done.
Money is needed to carry on the hatchihg OIL
the voung trout. The Legislature OF Maine re-
fuses to appropriate means for the purpose,
for the reason that sportsmen out of the
State reap the advantages. An effort is being |.
made to raise funds among sportsmen, anu y
is meeting with good success. The Oquossoe
ANGLING Association is interested, an institu
tom aaa composed lagely of Boston gentlemen
world for growing spotted or brook trout y
is estimated by gentlemen who have made
this subject a study that these waters are
csnable of sustaining 10 to 20 times the pres
emit quantity of fish. The .'mountain shin,
ers a species of club. the food of the larger
trout, thrive in millions all through those
wsters besides, the natural forests. the de-
l;oht and life of the speckled trout, are MOI
vet removed from the shores