Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-01
--N|MROD OBJECTS,
Sees No Reason Why Smells Should
Be Slaughtered.
Asks fer Another Guess As 10 wly trout are
Not Biting.

J Editors kcnnobec Journal.
! The interview with an Aurr-,a fish.
crman. IN tie Journal of yostasa,v
passes Judgment unon the litt,o s,,o,,
and places IL in danger az dost,,,c
ton, if thai fisherman coul5 ba,,, III.
own way.
| 1t Is amusing TO see from year to
| year the resasOns given whv ,ro,r ond
salmon 90 not bite when The a,xio,s
| fisherman wants them to. Tho reasons
i Why he docs not are numerous op1
varied. | am going to ASSUME tbo, M
man knows the why OF II. Take Sahago
iake' ior instance. Sportsmen i'll that
section have been claiming from t;,,n
10 'iiiie' years 'ie salmon did not bite
that there We're no fish there-tnat is
not enough 10 give good fishing that
thc state was robbing the lake to re-
piehish "'het waters; that the salmon
run out of the lake and never came
batk Inc state passed resolve to
nave tht river screened O. good thing
TO do, and that would settle the diff
Guilty. Fishing has been poor for wears
as rule there Now. 10 and behold
! this spring. every one is catching cal
mon, hi2 AMI in plenty. why Gid they
bite this yer? | have caught fish there.
and never found a smcIt in ono. though
thu lake Is well supplied with thc1o
and large ones to.
i;anSclcy is full OF smelts. and have
fished there day after day, when the
conditions were good. and with poor
luck and when about 10 abandon the
uiil. have them commence "a bite ana
@i"e me great ap0lt. Why did they not
bite whom | most desired? You ak the
trout. ana he does not answer. ne keen:
l.ir own secrets. | find generally. that
when / catch salmon, il does not
have any food in his stomach.
caught several this year. and ! failed
70 find single smclt in thcm. though
the ice had been out days. and the VA
ter was abundantly supplied with
smell. Why had the salmon not been
feeding? The poor picilercl has been
blamed without stint for his part in the
matter. still if You go 10 Weld poad.
You will ind pickerel galore ana 4
plenty of s;fimon and trout. and some
times they bite and sometimes they DO
not. WIZ? | have known the piokerel
from boyhood up. and while ne Is rs
good. but no better feeder than the
trout. he has his off days, when no one
can get him to bite. why? The bass is
Il great feeder. but the facts are. thab
prior to the time bass We're pat into
Cobbossee. ! am toid that there was
poor trout fishing: and in many waters.
trout began to increase after the bass
began to multiply. / wonder why? II
trout We're there before. some one
would have found it out.
The truth lies nearer the fact. pos
sibly. that the fish are not III q mood
To bite anything. Smeits or bait. or
that You do not find where they are.
When they do bite they gorge them
selves and then lie dormant for several
days. I know 4 party VINO could not
catch bass of any account in the day
time. but under 4 good moon at II to
or o'clock in the morning caught all
they wanted 10. and with fly. And I
wonder why? Fishermen will troll
about n lake day after day. ana fish
the same waters year after year. and
mover investigate into the conditions
OF the lake. its depth. its springs, the
place where trout stay from time to
time. do not know where their home
coming is. but expect them to chase n
boat away from their abiding places.
simply to put their mouth over gang
Of hooks. venture this, that if you
will find where the trout or salmon are
in Cohbosseo. and give them the right
lure. you will find no trouble in catch
ing them. fear we know but little
about the habits of the trout and sal
mon vet. What say you anxious fisher
man? NINROD.