The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-06
A CAMP FIRE FISH STORY,

of tho mouth OF Pigeon river. Every even
ing three Of ny friends and ! sat around
the fire to smokcofter supper pipes. When
the pipes were glowing the incidents Of
the days hun ,ing were lovingly dweit
upon, and hunting and fishing stories
were told Orp night when ! had re
turned 20 can , from the dark, clear
waters Of Lale Superior without The
whales" that 7 had boastfuliy alleged !
would catch. ore - r1y comrades, whose
hair was Wilt, and wlosc form was
silently bet yi-h ae- looked i.soG5a
keen, black eyes OF NO and then looked
beyond ne az ne past, and lie smiled
pleasantly o. scenes which he conjuredup
Prank" lo said you can handle a
double barr le.i sE-.giI fairly well for
one Of youl ago. and yol cam catch black
bass aud oro.., ron. Wncn they arc INN
CRY But you q not possess knowledge
of lake trout. uor d) you know how 10
catch chem IL teil ,oa story, and
then hope th3t you wil realize that 90
catch lkc trout requires Intelligence as
well as bats and joe added rather saw
ogcly fer so a0d lad usually good na
tured g. spcr.sf-u "aud, my boy. bull
head luck Co. count IN lake trout fish
ing.
knew TIN. r estimation about bull
head u.k. g. Aa-.rcr bat may De- referred
10 u brace oi G., lada geese ihc ba0cing Of
which by me rv0iycd the lots of q Lox Of
Henry Clay ciclra oa his part but / de
. clhed % co1ro ont of ny blanket 10 enter
conye; sat n; d.a5fall that ! knew lad
been prepared -or 10y destruction 50 let
the sighting ioinaIl> pass unnoticed and
cvinccd keen IRE 10 hear tho story and
TO learn how .-ratch lake trout.
he said. "N lnn was young man Che
Is over ,0l ! sfrIt Il season in prospecting
for corror m.aC3 on tho south shore of
Lake Superior With ne was middle
aged milan WHO had spent his life in
hunting and fishing and loaiing in the for
csts and on the waters Of the lake region.
Tie knew tie wilderness thoroughly. He
knew where tie deer and moose lived.
lie knew in which lakes The wild water
fowl could he foand. and he know where
trout. pickerel aud black bass lurked in
dark. cold water lie possessed all dcsir-
nble kn0wiol-c relative 80 the regi II.
One night when we sat b. the camp fire
the Indian was ia laxative, confidential
mood. lie said: ln that lake, indicating
ldhf ilii u ia "a bflN "a f"A Al woo "a liA'
head. are very large trout. About three
miles from here there Is a reef ia The lake
where the vatc~ is not over fifty feet
deep The trout gather on this reef in
large numbers. They arc always there,
but they viii rot take the hook OK
cepiing i'm certain seasons. !, You
could catch one Of these fish you would
mover arain cot pickcrel. Thcn lie told
os catching trout Ca this reef that were
from 3 to : feet long and that must have
weighed fron 80 TO 80 pounds. OF coarse
wanted L. catch and cat one of these
fish. The rc-t day lc padded me TO the
reef. fshcd for hours but caught moth
iug. The lL,iau apparently was not dis
appointed. but he rsolutcly asserted that
nc knew Tat the reef was literally paved
with trout. Tha. night as We sat talking
al the camp fire thought ont plan b.
which ] hope ,o catch some az The fish.
ThcncXt u0rulr- sent D. the settlements
for mpq.... crd H. Che list of articles
ncclcd w.. ..l lobe, and wrote TO
my agent 10 lc -u. 90 send me the globe
Ia Cue tira The q .o arrived filled n
with wac, ,-uf q i.H lllIDNs and
uut !hcm ia Be-. Thea tied % piece #
cloth oven ,a ;.atN lrat polling out ono
half tho tLl..... $50 Chat watcr could flow
m and cut lied q short rope % th.
shank of tic globe, and heavy fish line
around H. sex 10 the loose end Of the
rope tied q icayy stone for an anchor
| put q Short. dry ioe in the canoe and
WAS ready o. set my bait. The Indian
watched NY partitions Tl-A alien'
scorn Catch lai.o troat with glass jar.
Tho scheme was too absurd 80 Dc WORTHY
of "a warrior consideration. The savage
lad had low opinion Of me be-
fore. Evidently hc looked on ne "a an
insane man who prowled through the
woods TO dig ia the ground, and this when
game animals and lsh and birds awaited
him. But now / had lost all caste lie
reluctantly padded Inc and my childish
traps 10 tho reef lie granted. Iig like
when | spoke 10 him Words were no.
to be wasted on such as |. Arrived over
the reef ! carefully lowered the stone
anchor and the minnow charged jar. where
tho stone strucl, bottom and pulled tho
line taut ana tied il TO the little log which
| had thrown overheard. and which was
sufficiently 0uoyaDt 10 support tie globe
that was suspended IL the water about
four feet FROM the bottom. ! believed
that the Lake trout WouiI SEQ hc INN
nOws, that they would try TO catch thcm.
that tier lcpcatn failures would mako
them rGvcnous, that they would actually
rub their roses against tho glass unit!
they became sore. and that, when | YVES
ready 70 fish, they would be Keen TO bic
Ilaugl.c. Wien had the bait fixed to l1y
satisfaction, aud ,ic Indian looked go me
through keen ewes. as though Le bought
had finally gone crazy.
Il did not visit the reef for tro days.
Then 1 aid Come Henry, We viii 50
aud catch como trout. | took ny lines
and pail a. milnows for bait and baac
the Indian get he caaoo ready. He re
luctantly obcycd me lie wished Ac had
not told 40 about the reef Tie limited
that hc would have 10 go home shortly
lie was sullcn and ungrccious. Arrived
at the buoy, hGitcd a hook and dropped
tho liuc. felt the sinkor strike the bot
tom. and then | felt mighty tug Oh the
line as tho large lsh grabbed the minnow
Tho fish dashed Tor the deep WAGER. The
Indian knew | had hooked fish just as
quickly as / did. and no thrust his paddle
IN the water and we followed the fish so
as TO get away from the buoy line Then