The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-18

1 record hat he once killed a ~3o-pounder
nfiing after that manner. But the live
ininiow does not seem to do for the trout
In ether waters, although old-,inc anglers
on l&aAe heuka ~ay hat Ia the early days
\ before the spoon troll came into ure. still
hshins with i've halt for trout on that AXE
was the method " angling most sue
ce~~ful.
On Seneca Lake nett her trolls nor die
nor other lures attracts the lake trout, al
though that lake u connected with Lake
heuAa, and its trout are 81 large size ana
excellent quality. For this reason netting
and sTearing Of the trout are permitted
by la" In that lake
Why this fish In Scneca lake ~ilnot lake
ule hook, while ia Lake hcuka the stiIs,
ish striker the silver trolior baiied gang OF
hooks with avidity, has rot ls-h salts
tactorily explained. The Tact that ohsca
lake seldom fr~e5es IL thought by rDne
to have something 10 10 with the matter.
All reports from tho Lake trout centres
are that the trout have heen up, ana
lively ever since the saaaon opened uhlr
year. Tie lake trout gives nne Sport. to
the angler all through the -ea-'n' ou'
during this month II is the most enloyaobe,
Tie charactsri-tics and habtts VI the
lake Trout are hess known Ia anglers gen
orally than thn-e IL any other game nsh
Without nj least a fair knowl~igc OF these
only luck or accident Will give the fisher
man sucCe-~ vith ".
lNt lFOul ~sk ulItftuN h'lNi- " ""N'
at different times 81 the year, ana nave
different hour ~ feeding, according 10
the -.asnn. II the angler expects 20 catch
lake trout In June, July or August uno"t
the same Conditions that he caictes them
In May. he might iust a. well keel his hook
out ~ water.
During tho spring months these fab are
found comparatively near the Top Ahu
feed from sunrise 10 sunset. In Juno
they t-gin TO 20 lower A. the surface wafer
rises in temperature. and then me angler
may expect "a have h- best tsilihg tTotn
early moning until noon.
In July and August and early September
the lake trout 20 still deeper ana must
he hshed for accordingly In LAKE h'uAa
hovever-and perhaps In other ws,,i--
from that time on the trout are Capricious,
and are caught Al all depths and a. all hours
In the nomenclature # N" A~dirondacks
tho lake trout u always trout, brook trout
being poke IN Las" htuAa ana
Ncre a Lake he lake trout - salmon trout,
n misHoner, a. there ar" no native - mon
trout east Of the Mississippi River.
Lake George people know II a. lake
trou, In Maine they call u the iosu",
ami II 10 tho ionsue Of Vermont waters
The Canadian fisherman. refers To II a. The
f~urk-tail
A. the ,ulnd IL j. known In New Bruins
wi,t. sI~ruwet ON LAKE superior, NaCkinsw
trout among tho fishermen Of lAk'- huron
and Mich yan-but from Maine 'o Ar
iona and from Arizona to th" Arctic circle
n - all the same the one great n~ainayCtsh,
tie giant 81 tho trout family, fun 81 night,
hu, capriCious ana with ways All Its own.
In ne deep odd Nat"r 81 th" Great 'k'-
and tho laLt.r of the far y nh 10 grove 10
b. Iu pounds IN weight. bgi In The smaller
waters Il the last a ti~t.,u-poundef u aooN"
the average and with one such on hts
limo although HI tackle may - heavy aid
it, construction all m his own favor, the
anger will drd a tout h~for" him TO occrpy
is strength and 'aN H= skill