The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-10

fly casters after trout along the shores of
the Lower Saranae Lake have been hooking
an occasional bass. Some of these bass
weigh three pounds, but the average il from
one to one and a half pounds, with a fairly
satisfactory increase in the average each
year. ..
Throughout the coming summer hundreds
of miles of waterways in the Adirondack
country will furnish sport for the angler
The popular form will be trolling with
lines of from rs to 100 yards in length, and il
the angler gets the lure down deep enough
there is a possibility that his efforts will Be
rewarded by a large trout of the lake
variety.
While the average lake trout caught in
the North Woods weighs about five pounds,
occasionally one is caught more than twenty
pounds in weight. Anglers regard it as
extremely doubtful, however. if the record
held by Lake Kushaqua for a lake trout
which weighed fifty-four pounds will ever
be broken. This trout was killed in The
eos by the Quackenbush party.
AS a paradise for sportsmen the Adiron-
dack region gained its reputation many
years ago, when the only means Of access
to the more favored portions was by a
journey Of from twenty to forty miles in a
ago or primitive stage over indifferent
roads, and the living ccommodations were
limited to rude cabins or to the open camp.
There are to-day in remote corners Of the
wilderness similar grounds difficult of ac-
cess, one Of which is the West Canada lakes,
the source of the West Canada Creek. ff-
teen miles north Of Lake Pleasant village,
the shire town of Hamilton county
Some Of the isolated ponds at the base
Of Mount Marcy are similarly located, but
the sportsmen who penetrate to these
depths do not complain of the distance,
inconvenience or hardship. They feel them
selves fully repaid forfthe exertioh by the
fine sport enjoyed and the; glorious. outdoor
I,fa - tho 10 ytrnrottpn atnN plA - a.
mountains. -.
The long journey and rude accommoda-
lions incidental to these excursions naturally
limit the enjoyment Of the rough camp
life to the sportsmen, and few women VEN
ture to penetrate the wild tangles, but as
railroads traverse the heart OF the country,
and the whole family, including the chill
dren, may be quickly and comfortably
transported directly to the larger number
of the most beautiful and attractive places
N this region.
With the advent Of the railroads it was
natural that the game should desert some
of the old time hunting grounds and that
the waters adjoining. should be more or less
depleted Of their gayly spotted inhabitants,
but any genuine sportsman can still get
his fill of hunting and fishing by going Il
little way back of the. popular lines cf travel,
for there the wilderness still exists az of old
and the conditions are unchanged through
many miles of wild forest country.
There il much attention devoted at this
time to electric railway projects through
the Adirondac ks from Saranac Lake village
to Ausable Forks, vim Lake Placid, Whining
ton and Jay. 1t is declared that capital is in
terested in such a project and that franc hises
are being obtained. The Paul Smiths Com
pany will have a line completed and in opera
ton between the lower st. Regis Lake and
the New York Central Rlilroad at Lake
Cleer about the first Of August.
The development of water power in
various parts Of the forest in. the Saranao
Lake district gives occasion to the sugges-
ton that the branch road Of the New York
Central from Lake Clear to Saranac Lake
and Lake Placid will be operated with cleo
trie power.
Never before has so much attention been
devoted to highway projects through the
Adirondack region. 1t is proposed to connect
the principal resorts Of the northern and
southern districts by fine roads.
One route already decided upon is through
Ausable, Jay, Cascade Lake, Lake Placid
and Saranao Lake. Another which is ex-
pected to be built soon is horthward from
Utica to McKeever, 70 Fulton Chain OF
Lakes, TO Rlquette Like. Blue Mountain
and Long Lake village on Long Lake. From
Long Lake it lie proposed to have a trunk
highway through to Newcomb, Warren
country, Saratoga and Albany; also from