The Republican journal., 1896-07-16

jaw, which may well be called fighting
hook; a fish strong and vigorous. and as
crafty as fox; fish which has fight in
each inch of his slim, cleaning length
Unless you have experienced this you
can't understand what it is like 1t is an
experience of lifetime, and such as
had that beautiful June evening.
Resting moment, | cautiously felt of
him. An angry shake of the head was the
only response; harder still. This started
him, and to the surface he shot like an
arrow, making jump at least three feet
| high; then he doubled. and despite our
efforts, shot under the boat. With con-
summate skill my companion whirled the
boat about, and at the same time | passed
the rod over the stern, and once more had
my fish off the side in ample room.
| Now came jump after jump and rush
after rush, until even the pluck and Ell
durance of salmon could no longer hold
out, and he came to the surface, his sill
very sides cleaning in the twilight. 1t was
a difficult matter to get the net under him,
| owing to the darkness and the reflections
on the water, but after several unsuccess-
| full attempts, we succeeded. 1t was a
male fish, 81 pounds in weight, long
and slender: certainly the hardest fighter
| | ever hooked.
1t was then O clock, and we had es-
taoilshed new record tor swan Lake. In
TWO ana man hours we had dIlVen seven
miles, got OUT the ooat ana othef ishlnS
paraphelnalia, and landed one ) Ia
pound trout and one 81 pound salmon.
so we rowed back to camp, highly elated
with our success.
l have passed many pleasant days on
tins beautiful lake: have seen It IN many
MOODS; nave fshed here summer and WIN
ter. But III all my experience upon It's
waters mad never seen 1t Iii the absolute
perfecflon OF tranquil beauty 1t presented
on inns summer evening. a typlcal
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ne morning following od"nea Clear
anu bright AS we stepPeu ouluoofS .he
sun was just SNOW ny i'seil from pellho
I1ie ooslIuc'ins oolk u Mount Naluo.
HOW uncertain is hshlhg' we troiled
continually over 1lle same water we haa
50 successlulis nsneu the previous even
lns, "ho al'hough oo1l .lou' ana salmon
were 10 DC seen oieakiig Oh every naho,
anu the appearance oi tlte sinai Try lnui-
cattu large lish were leeolng' not one
s,ilhe uio we nave anu az : ciocA' "itel
'iree hours nnsuccesslul ironing we
went III W oleahlast.
1t seems to be a general superstition
among fishermen that to be successful in
fishing one must be up and out at sunrise,
but | must confess that, SO far as my own
personal experience goes, ! have never
taken enough fish during those early
hours to pay me for the loss of sleep and
consequent fatigue through the day, and
| am quite well convinced that trout are
constituted very much like myself, and
enjoy their morning nap. | thoroughly
understand that ia making this statement
| am working against very strong pre-
JUDGES, for think the majority of fisher
men consider morning fishing the best.
The best fishing hours at Swan lake, in
my opinion, come after 10 O'Clock, al
though at this season, time for trolling is
between 5 and S P. NJ, and | think this
holds good in other ponds as we'll
When, at S. 80, we were again upon the
lake, we held consultation as to what
we had best do. After our mornings ex-
perienee it was evidently useless to at
tempt trolling, so we decided to trv still
fishing with live bait. Accordingly we
crossed the lake to the east side. to Spruce
Point. Arriving there. we trolled by the
point several times. hoping for rise, but
failing in this we anchored some three
hundred feet off in twenty-five feet of
water. AS the sun went higher the heat
increased until it became almost unbear-
able but finally a slight breeze came I'D
which relieved us somewhat. 1t was dull
sitting there so long. and nothing to show
for it but an occasional nibble by club or
smelt on the hand line which my friend
had put over. He called it his telltale,
for when the small fish ceased biting he
knew large ones were about. and occas-
ionally he has taken trout on it: in fact
this soon happened. Having a stronger
bite than usual. he brought over the side
trout weighing nearly pound, and very
soon another followed. its exact dupli-
cate Then the biting ceased entirely.