Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-27
FISHING IN CANADA,
magnificent Sport on Lake st. John
With the OuananfAhe.


You may talk about the pleasures of
want real sport. go for the ouananishe Of
the Canadian waters" said a well-known
New York angler to the writer yesterday
MANY fishermen dote on graylfng fishing
this fish having many OF the cflaracteris-
tics OF the speckled trout, and the pursuit
under difficulty Of the grayling adds ardor
to the sportsmans joy, because they are
hard to find and still more difficult to catch
But these are smaller in size and do not
hght with a hundredth part of the pluck
and tenacity of the ouananishe which are
by popularity of piscatorial nomenclature
called land locked salmon but they are
In no sense land locked because in the
very rev places on the American continent
where this beautiful species has its habitat
free passage to and from the sea is al
ways found The distance, the expense
and the physical exertion required to catch
this wonderful fish and the few isolated
localities in this or in any other country
where the ouananishe can be captured
make the sport rare and adds to its charm
Il have a friend who fired my imagina-
ton by telling me last spring of a beauti-
full spot In Canada, at the foot of the Great
Discharge. where the whole Saguenay river
pours out through a narrow gorge into
circular lake dotted with islands; this ire
course the little rocky islands becomes
churned up into all sorts Of conceivable
eddies and swirls. 1t is in the white cream
and froth OF this boiling mass that the best
and biggest fish love to: resort. Here I was
told one may often see the fish Keeling like
porpoises in the foam and exposing to
view, as they disappear. their large fork
shaped tails. When you see a four pound
ouananishe playing in the foam, pick out
the .biggest-ta tail, let your cast Of flies go
overheard, and you've got him.
Il spent one day as the guest of the
Laurent1an Club at Montreal, which takes
u tI,
that surround Lake Edward, twenty-five
miles long. and full of trout.
AT the Laurentian Club 1 heard more Of
the ouananishe and I resolved to make a
The next day bought my supplies and
hired my guides. two trusty Indians, who
accompanied me to Lake st. John, 113
miles distant. as magnificent sheet OF
water as my. eyes ever beheld. Its width is
tw twenty-five miles, and it was thing of
beauty to watch the glowing sunset among
the hills, WHICH rise skyward grand, gloomy
and majestic along the Saguenay river,
where l did my best fishing.
ION August IL began my fishing for the
jumping fish or Murray's ouananishe. In
three hours had seven good-sized fish,
one three and a quarter pounds, one two
and a half pounds and five one-pound each
eleven pounds Next day 1 had my best
day, and caught twenty fish, one three and
a quarter pounds, one three. pounds, two
two pounds each, two one and half pounds
each. three one and quarter pounds each.
eleven one-pound each-twenty-eight
pounds Never again do l expect to have
such joyful and hilarious experience until
I again go among the Laurentian noun
tains and among these jumping fish. Five
times l had two flies and made double
catches: four times [ landed both fish, but
the fifth I lost the end fish. a hree-pound-
err, while the other jumped over the In
dams head who sat in the bow of the boat
and caught the 'winny' on the jump in
the landing net. My biggest single catch
was a three and quarter FOUNDER on my
lead fly and a one-pounder on the tail fly.
and 1 landed BOTH My Laurentian Club
friends advised my using string tackle. L
took my very light Bethabara trout rod
with Lakewood tip. and with light. but
strong silk. line, 1t admirably fitted my pur-
pose. August Is ended my glorious sport,
and bidding my guides farewell on the
wooded shores of Lake John our locomotive
pulled out of the forest primeval"