The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-30
LANDLOCKED SALMON.
Splendid Sport to Re FOnnd In Lakes and
Streams Of Maine.


Streams of Maine.
In point of gameness, squickness in
taking the bait or fly, and 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 10
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 furions
Ash that 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, if one does not mind trav-
cling a rough country to reach it, is
Sebac lake, in Piscataouis 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. Ii 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
Ash 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
run" i. 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-
silvery white tone, and the black shad. |
ings show sharply. They have then
become fighters All the winters
sloih has been shaken off, and the |
landlccked salmon are ready to give /
battle to all comera
They hunt and feed on the smells, /
which are very numerous and plump, |
and SO respond better 70 the efforts OF /
the bait caster than 70 those OF the fly 1
fisherman. At the very mouths OF the |
brooks, however. and above, in the /
basins below the high falls the fish |
run and jump for fy during this /
month The killing bait are the young
smelts, or, failing them, small sinners
of not more than three inches IN
length. Use light but strong tackle,
about such as you would carry for
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
bal. lives longer If only hooked
through the upper lip The once pop
ular hooking Ia the back under the
dorsal In has been entirely discarded
With your boat or canoe securely an
chored IN the swif:est current. let cut
plenty OF line. say from hundred -
a hundred and hf:y feet, and let the
eddies carry the bait as they VIII DO
not, however. have too much slack foI
when the salmon seizes the bait yo1
must be able 20 strike. There art
many rosk points from which the
angler can take good fish without ans
boat. bat it Is more difficult 20 bring
the FISH 70 net
The ay fisherman will find TIE 6oEs
Montreal ana the professor the taxing
feathers here for June fishing lie VII
And, too, that the FISH in The lake P-e-
FER nzit and his bes: Snort Will Re had
along The rivers The snip Pond