The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-10

but natural consequence tnat heW MN
the light OF joyous anticipation-shouio
shine In the eyes Of the average American
to-day when he learns OF . bountifully
stocked fishing ground In territory up
In Maine.
Hundreds of miles OF lakes furnish un'
surpassable fishing for the angler who 10
fond Of tho sport Of trolling, during whicn
he can sit In tho bow OF 30-foot boat with
100 yards Of line out while hts guide rows
him around for fifteen shiilings day; and
thousands OF miles OF brooks and streams
teeming with trout, furnish sport for the
angler who can be satisfied with catching
hundred or moro small trout weighing
from half q pound TO pound and half
The general mode Of Ashing at this season
Of the year u trolling. Some use I've bait
such as minnows and anglo worms. ana
others use spinnsrs. But II matters little
what kind Of bait or legal device v used IN
catching Ash a. long 40 you get them. It
has besn truthfully said that the trick ism
no much ths dropping. Of hook into the
water; It 10 getting the hook out again
with a handsome fighting hsh firmly on Its
barb. In nutshelI IT y this.
b. !. ons ns 'eSr ns S 'Ss S1e
and then have 4 trial Of skill to determine
who Is the better OF the two.
The fayorte fishing ground In Maine is
at Moosehead Lake. the largest ,o boy ;hs o,
20 miles long and has shore line measuring
more than Zoo miles. It not only receives
the dow OF a great many forest streams
and brooks, but 1t h also fed by hundreds
OF springs OF ioe-oold watsr. so that the
temperature o. thc nke remains Ans, c1 sne at
1t Is Americas best fresh water fishing
lake, and although Thousands OF handsome
trout, togue and land-locked salmon are
taken from II annually the supply does not is
that anglers from all over the country, come
for their early spring fishing. While the
waters are still cold In the middle Of June.
Mooseheads fighting fish take live bait or
worms. After that they rise freely to the
y and can be caught . until early arG july Hy.abs
about three pounds, but Q six or seven,
pound catch is not unusual. ToGue will
range from Ave to twenty Ave pounds each.
with ten or a dozen pounds for the average
weight. Moosehead can never be fshed
while the hatchery at Squaw Brook will
keep IL we'll supplied with spawn.
The sport at Moosehesd begins as soon
as the ice leaves the lake. which is generally
on May /, and lasts until Oct. 1. The ag-
Z 5000 pounds a week, and for the whole
season the total catch made at the lake
figures up to more than Ave tons. The
salmon are great fighters, 1t often taking
from two to three hours to land ten
FOUNDER The speckled trout are also very
garny.
The Rangeley Lakes are favorite waters
for many sportsmen, thousands visiting
there each year; The largest Of them
Is the Mooseookmeguntic, which Ia II
miles long and = miles vide IN certain aa
IoeSed salmon r and II" trout. The waters are
very clear and deep. the rock shores and
lily pad beds furnish ideal feeding grounds.
and the Wide, sandy streams furnish the best
spawning beds:
able to secure large salmon or trout he
can not say that there are none in the lake,
for never does fisherman 90 to the Range
leys without taking look In the Rangeley
pool, which ID, OF course, closed to fishing
Here on bright day one can see on the
mon weighing from one to fourteen pounds.
The fish go up into the pool during high
water. and when the drought. or low water
comes on are trapped and obliged to stay
in the pool until the rainy season.
Mecca pSsn for sheamen at 0f FUNK Pond The
lake Is miles long and Of varying
breadth. The waters are deep and cold.
the natural home Of trout togue and land.
locked salmon. -,
Grated there, and every year since thou
sands have been added. In the fall. two
years ago, 5000 fngerlings were liberated
The largest togue ever taken in this
State was caught here 1t wsishsd t a,r9y
expect to land one of this size, but sports
men often secure them weighing from five
Grand Lake; another Of Washington
oounty's broad; eapandinE h waters sh a
lake is small-twelve miles long and six
miles wide. It's shores are fringed with
fr and birch to the waters edge, and the
land rises from fifty feet to 500 above the
lake. The water, 800 feet deep in places,
at q depth Of eighteen feet, Trout. salmon
and togue are frequently taken. ranging
in weight from three to fifteen pounds.
On the lake Is one of the best fish hatch
cries in the State. Thousands Of spawn are
taken out here each year,
ground for thousands Of anglers. who
generally spend a month or six weeks
on the lakes and ponds. necessarily leaving
millions Of dollars in the state. 30 the
Fish Commission, ever mindful OF these
facts, has spared neither pains nor money
to keep the waters well supplied with the
planting millions OF finkerlings yearly, and
the fishing is const antly improving Many
hatcheries are now turning out million or
more spawn each year, making the pros.
poets for future years brighter and
brighter.
Under the law guides must be employed
by all non-residents entering upon wild
lands OF the State, intending to camp and
kindle fires thereon while fishing, between
May 1 and Nov. 30. inclusive, unless while
80 doing the nonresident Is staying per-
manently at a sportsmen's resort. The
penalty for a violation OF this ia $40 and
costs, and possibly thirty days imprison-
ment.
Land-looked salmon, trout and togue
and line from all the waters in Maine. ex-
cept those closed by special designation.
No land locked salmon under nine inches
or trout under Ave inches may be caught.
II is unlawful to uee In inland fishing
any spawn, grapnel, spear. trawl, weir,
seine, trap or set lines. dynamite or other
explosive or stupefying subetances. or any
device other than by ORDINARY mode OF
angling with single barbed hooks and lines.
artificial flies, artificial Ininnows, spoon
hooks and spinners."
No person or corporation may trans
port at any one time for one person more
salmon, trout, togue and white perch, and
the fish must be accompanied by the owner.
and be plainly marked with owners name.
BY purchase Of q special tag. obtsinable at
express Offices, however-tag for salmon.
trout or togue 81, and for white perch ~