Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23
HE'S A FIGHTER FROM WAY BACK.
To Land the niackinaw Trout There Must
he Stout Tackle and No slack Line.

Lana inc NuthlnhW Trout Ihere MUST
lie Stout Tackle and No Slack Line.
IF the Mackinaw trout could be
fshed fol with light rod and tackle,
as salmon are" said Now Yorker who
has tried those game Lake Michigan
fish, 'the title Of tho salmon rs king Of
game fish would fall at once. The Mack.
inaw trout is stronger than the salmon
Of greater average weight, equally
tactful and as fierce fighter as that
Goliath Of fresh water fish, the muskel-
lunge. y bout with one of tho trout at
the end Of a hundred feet of line on q
supple split bamboo rod would give the
sturdiest salmon fisherman enough Of
hard and exciting work to satisfy him
for the day. Eighteen, 20 and even %
Founders are by no means uncommon,
and 80 Founders excite nc more than
ordinary comment.
But the Mackinaw trout, like the
| salmon trout Of the New York lakes,
isn't built for fine tackle, and if you
want him you must work the cars of u
boat faithfully and trail your whirling
troll at the end Of 200 OF 800 feet of
| heavy line in from 80 TO 100 feet of wa
ter Sometimes the fisherman ties his
| line to his leg rs he rows his boat, but the
usual style Is TO hold it in his mouth
hat is, if he is fishing for trout any
where on the lake but Traverse bay
From time ont of mind Mackinaw
trout have been Gshcd for in Lake
Michigan with a slender, minnow
shaped troll, so made that it will whirl
rrapidly when drawn through the water
and fastened - a staring white line as
big around as lead pencil. a good
many + shcwuCn had held for years thar
this trolling line was a dctriment to
! fishing, as il acted as a menace to the
trout, which are shy and wary. anu
that with line less in evidence in the
clear waters Of the lake greater success
would attend the snort of Mackinaw
trout fishing. But no orc aomed cour.
agcou5 enough 90 tly a:y other kind Of
line until f.w y. 0y5 ago, when 4
citizen Of Trayoao City, who was not q
Gshoruan, uado ui his mind that he
knew how rorc ard bi~rer trout could
be caught, and BE- -. ut fishing one day
t.th fine CcIpsl e,ilc FOR his line in
stead Of the &ring white 15iuo Of the
| father This N'ira Was al olutely in
visible in the water and when let ont
with the toll cml!od 10 suspicion (
! tAc NachiuaW trout = Watcliul eye. The
result was ,hGt th,s clifton came ashore
with a bo&Jioalof The l.. gyo5t Mackinaw
trout amy one had ever seen in one lot
| from Traverse bay. Since then the fish.
ormcn in that part have adopted tbs
copper wire for q trolling line, but else
who,a ca tie Like the hidobound Old
sport smcA sick TO tradition and white
| Irvine
"Ttcra IL 40 installing the strike Of
a MackinaW front ON the TROLL and tho
instant he IHches it all other business
must be uhordina;od TO that Of getting
him SAFE in,o tho boat. In tho express
i've and comprehensive pa,iauce Of the
Lake Michigan fishermen, You We got
20 keep y M.-Lnaw trout a-coin 1t IS
uo ccs y ul3.,or t. keep a / 3 or 20 pound
NacliHaw trout EC;"c, and the mex.
pcrisrood angler Will And that the first
thin, IA knows the trout VIII be keep
in him a.Fain. If the big fish gets tho
Icas, lis Of alaci, line, he will turn and
ia. j. away, sometimes actually pulling
tho boat around, if not towing it. Once
headed away from the fisherman, this
game and lastly fish rarely fails to brcal,
tie hold Of the hook The angler who
can keep his trout going as he hauls in
| the lin" h1ud over hand may get his
prize alongside or Within spcaring oc
shooting distance in the course of 5 or
20 minutes
Tho Mackiraw trout fishermen ncycr
take th, risk even Of Eafinga big trout
Indeed Some carry reviewers Of large
CALLER, AMI whom the trout is hauled
along Idle Tie boat or within safe range
they shoot it ii the head and put the
fight beyond a.! question Others spear
their catches with long handed, sharp
tined gi.s '--NoV York Sun