Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-16
LAnpLockEn SALMON.
spiendLa Sport to Re Found In Lakes AND
streams Of Maine.

splendid sport 10 lie Round In Lakes ana
streams Of Maine.
In point of gameness, quickness in
taking the bait or fly, aud savage fight.
ing when hooked, the Canadian species
has no advantage Of the landlocked
salmon of Maine. The reason so many
anglers in the past have complained OF
the lack of gamy qualities in the fish is
that they have sought and captured
them in still water, Every frequenter
of the Roberval region knows that
onananchie taken in the quiet Lac
Jeune or Lakes Pemoka, Plonger, or
Brochet, are as tame as any salted cod
fish when compared with the furious
fishthat hide and feed in the foam-em-
broidered eddies OF the Grand Dis
charge.
1t is the living and struggling for ex-
istence in a mad swirling current that
bring out the devilish agility and pow.
erful energies of any race OF fish. So,
if the Maine fishermen wish to find the
landlocked salmon in perfection. let
them seek him in no calm, stagnant
ponds or pools. One of the very best
spots to fish, II one does not mind trav-
cling a rough country to reach it, is
Sebac lake, in Piscataquis county, Me.
1t is a lovely sheet of water thirteen
miles long by about four and half
wide, fed by two spring brooks, the
Wilson and the Ship pond. 1t is sur
rounded by densely wooded ridges, and
its water is as cold as ice. The old
time custom has been to fish in the
deep, quiet coves of the lake, but the
place to find fun is in the swift water
inlet. AS soon as the ice is broken and
goes out, the sport begins, and contin-
ues all through June. After that the
fish take to the pools and deep spots in
the two brooks and are sluggish and
disinclined to bite.
Three or four pounds is the average
weight of these beautiful fish, though
occasional prizes tip the beam at seven
and eight When the salmon are first
rum" l. e., come up out Of the deep
places in the spring, they are an ex.
tremely dark greenish color. Shortly
after their play in the rapids has be-
gun, their sides and bellies take on a
silvery white tone, and the black shad-
ings show sharply. They have then
become fighters. All the winters
sloth has been shaken off, and the
landlccsed salmon are ready to give
battle to all Corners
They hunt and feed on the smelts,
which are very numerous and plump,
and so respond better to the efforts OF
the bait caster than to- those of the fly
fisherman. At the very mouths of the
brooks, however, and above, in the
basins below the high falls the fish
run and jump for fly during this
month. The killing bait are the young
srnelts, or, failing them, small sinners
of not more than three inches In
length. Use light but strong tackle
about such as you would carry foi
black bass. A light salmon, single
strand, nine-foot leader, and No.
sproat hook, without swivel or sinker
is good rig,
Though some of the old guides al
ways hook the minnow through both
lips, it is easily demonstrated that the
bait lives longer if only hooked
through the upper lip. The once pop
ular hooking in the back under the
dorsal fin has been entirely discarded
With your boat or canoe securely an
chored in the swiftest current, let out
plenty of line, say from hundred tc
a hundred and fifty feet, and let the
eddies carry the bait as they will, Dc
not, however. have too much slack, fol
when the salmon seizes the bait yo,
must be able to strike. There are
many rock points from which thu
angler can take good fish without any
boat, but it is more difficult to brids
the fish to net.
| The fly fisherman will find the .darl
Montreal and the professor the taking
feathers here for June fishing He vii
find, too, that the fish in the lake pre-
fer bait, and his best sport will be hat
along the rivers. The Ship Pom,
stream contains some very pretty rift
and runs, and abounds in small bu
gamy fish, both fly and bait Sisi.sr
will admit after fair trial that this i
as game a fish (tallen ander prope
conditions and at right season. a
they have ever hooked.
1t is not so hard to reach this fine ole
lake as it was few years ago. On,
can take train to Dover, and from
there take drive of six miles t.