St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-08-01
NIGHT TROUT FISHING.
There Are seaAe -o.ees-Thinss Abe.a
1t That Tend to Make 1t
Fascinating.

There Are sso1Ae 4o.ee1.Things Abeu
1t That Tend to Make 1t
Fascinattng.
Night trout fishing iss p form 70
sport that the regular fy-caster ha
not tried and would disdain to try
but it has its merits. Not the leas
OF them is that the trout, througl
some crankiness of its nature, vii
often bite after day when all through
the day it lies. motionless at. the. bot
tom OF pool and refuses to rise t,
the most tempting lures. At suc1
periods the entire nature of the fisl
seems to have changed and it ha
become night-hawk. rowing it's ma
tive stream from dusk to daylight
and sleeping through the sun hours
There is no such thing as takin,
half basket of trout after darl
with the fly. Changed as the fish is
it still has sense enough to know
that insects it likes are not abroas
at that hour. s
Occasionally one will rise to an ar
tificial fly cast in the dark. but thi
is SO exceptional as not to be wortl
counting. It will take the worn
aviGly. however. when it is nigh,
feeding, and it is with worms tina,
the night fisherman takes it.
There is no explanation of how thu
trout manage to see the worms il
the dark. They find them. however
on the blacklist sort of night, and
possibly they are guided by sense
of smell.
Where there is one trout there are
apt to be more, and the angler who
has taken one with his bunch OF
worms may confidently drop them in.
to the same place. Indeed the
chances are that he will Land b hafi
dozen beauties before he is forced
to move on by failure Of supply.
The sensation afforded is an odd
one, because the fisherman cannot
see his line. nor tell when the trout
strikes except by the jerk. AL he
can see is the trees waving darby
against thessky on the bank OF a
river that is only dimly syisible, and
now and then he catches glimpse
of his rod, which looks like line
no bigger than lead pencil running
out over the water.
He fights his trout blindly, he has
no knowledge of the movements it
is making nor has he any idea of its
size. except from the trouble it gives
him, until it has been scooped within
a dipnet struck downward blindly
and lies gaspihg on the bank. With
light rod and silk the angler, il he
strikes a heavy trout under these
circumstances, is seriously at a dis
1t is this very uncer-
tainty ssvhieh lends night fishing its
charm TO some men! 4kissfgs 8tg
In some parta of the province of
Quebec, and in other parts Of the do
minion, il is the custom Of the conn
Ery people to fish fortbrooks trout al
most wholly after dark, and they
lake them in enormous numbers.
These folks are not refined enough
% use supple fysrod and silk 1inese 4.
They have. instead. poles which
hey cut on the banks Of the creek
II river, and stout linen cords. To
heir hooks they sfasten half dozen
worms and drop them in wriggling,
ind when they get strike they yank
he. fish fifteen feet in the air, land
ng him on the bank behind them
With thump. They always build
arge fire on the bank and the trout
re attracted by the light, coming in
to the feeding.
At such g place in proper season
lalf q dozen men and women will be
'anking out speckled trout as fast as
hey can take them from the hooks
nd will keep this sort Of thing up
or an hour. going back to their
ZONES before midnight with two or
hree hundred speckled beauties.
The trout taken in these streams
re all small. seldom running above
alf pound. but exceedingly fine
able fish. with the bright salmon
esh and true trout delicacy Of
avor.I