Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-31
LEr.rHE rRo,DuT BEwARE.

Fishermen sAntIc1pating the Coming of April-SOme of the Metheds by Which the Market Is supplied With
 Trout-A Lease Not Always Effect
 ual.
 Tomorrow will be the first day of April l and all fisherman know what that means. Well were it for the speckled trout did | they too as we'll realize that the laws pro tecting arm would be then withdrawn for 6 time. Could they but do so what diff terence it would make with their appetites, and how much more carefully would they snap at flies and other alluring morsels thrust within tempting reach. But fortu- nately for the sportsmen of the Issak Wal ton persuasion the fnny tribe are endowed with an intellect that goes little further than the satisfying of most voracious ap- petite, and consequently long string of choice victims and yarns of much larger dimensions will be the result. --
 The local sportsmen are all looking for ward to 8 most successful seasons fishing. Most all of the brooks and streams for miles about the city have been leased for a the fishing privilege and the waters stocked with trout. But in some of these cases things have not turned out as the lessees expected and their lease not proved as advantageous. These instances re- ferred to, are those where the owners of the streams have built dams, clause which was forgotten in the lease, and have l made small ponds. Here the trout congre- gate in large numbers, multiply, I grow fat and lead an easy life. It has been the scheme of the owners to draw of | II o4 I,oS %1n Of ArNr1 1 and net all the anchored trout for market
 The fish are caught in this way. They stay usually in the bed proper of the stream without spreading all over the pond. A couple of heavy sticks are placed l across the stream at some distance apart and then boards placed on these sticks l which darkens the water. Here the trout congregate and when the time comes to catch them, they are frightened out only to run into the deadly net which has been spread from one end.
 l The fish are kept from running up stream by another net. This is an instinct of theirs whenever alarmed to start imme- diately up stream, but never down stream. So when the gentlemen arrive few days | later the leavings are exceedingly limited and much surprise felt at the scarcity of fish or the individuals bad luck. So in this way the owners of the stream get money for the fishing privilege and the fish as we'll. Some of the owners are honorable, but just above or below them on the same stream others will do this
 very thing mentioned and defeat the very object for which the stream was leased. It is perfect case of living on the fruit of
 another's industry.
 Another way by which the market is
 supplied with trout meat on April is
 that done in some cases by the very onet
 who have the stream, namely, dam and
 netting the fish. In this way sometimes
 there is enough profit to pay for the lease
 and the enjoyment of the thing, the re
 maining fish. These methods in part ac
 count for the glut of trout which always
 occurs about April first in the market ]: Last year the price went down iron
 seventy-fve cents 8 pound as low as fifty
 and even lower. True sportsmen fee
 that these methods are little short ot
 sacrilegious and there is considerable
 question whether it is legal or not to ne
 trout.
 In the future the gentlemen having th' thought in mind of leasing stream fo the purpose of fishing would do we'll t. look for dam clause in their lease ant thereby save themselves one annoyance.