Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-05-30
BIG SEA TROUT RIVAL
SALMON FOR CAMENES!
Run of Them Is About Due i,
The Canadian Rivers-- They
Are Exceedingly Greedy.

Quebec special: Anglers in northern
New Brunswick and eastern Quebec ant
the American fishermen who rush then
for the annual spring run of bfg sea trou
are anxiously awaiting tidings of the ar
rival OF the fish in the estuaries OF Thu
rivers In which they are usually caught
The habits OF these fish are peculiar ant
little understood by anglers.
They are greedy pirates. and In the estt
nation of most OF those who have caugtb
them resemble the ~ouananiche in then
method OF fighting and rank next to tn.
salmon as a game fish. They attain larga
size. sometimes running to seven or eighi
pounds apiece.
Sometimes they precede the salmon anS
at other times they follow them up tn.
streams. for there are two runs OF then
In the season IN most OF the rivers. A few
salmon rivers are exempt from them, ant
they frequent some streams which contain
no salmon ut all. or from which the sal
mon nave been exhausted, though as q
rule the salmon and the sea trout are
found In the same stream.
Salmon fishermen who would cross the
continent to catch the sea trout IL they
could not have salmon fishing have been
known to exhaust their vocabulary In
matchmaking a four or five pound sea
trout that may have seized the fly on the
surface of a salmon pool. And we'll they
may. despite the magnificent gamy quail.
ties of the undesired victim, for its strug.
giles are so violent as soon as 1t finds itself
hooked that the entire pool Is instantly in
commotton, almost always spelling the sal.
mon fishing for the rest Of the day.
Another crime laid at the door of the sea
trout Is it's destruction Of the spawn OF
the salmon. Very often will the ravenoua
s-ivery companions of the salmon from
the sea follow the latter to their spawn
Ing beds. uncover the rills OF gravel with
which -salmo salar has carefully covered
over its eggs. and greedily devour the lat
ter.
Later in the season when the salmon
nave passed up from the usual fishing
pools in the rivers to their spawning beds
higher up the streams. the salmon fisher
men who remain behind for the sea trout
fishing find great sport in the same pools
and I'm the estuary of the river, with the
late run of trout from the sea. They fight
hard even when held with a salmon rod
and tackle, but of course the finest snort
is had by fishing for them with an ordi-
nary trout rod.
Then they afford just as much sport as
a salmon played on salmon tackle. And
1t not infrequently happens that in fishing
for sea trout. a stray salmon comes along
and irnpales himself on the salmon fy
with which the angler is fishing for sea
| trout.
Then there is sport fit for a king in
deed. and proud indeed may the angler be
who succeeds in killing the king of fishes
On d trout rod. 1t is not an impossible
feat to do this. but 1t requires experiences
and means to follow the fish quickly,
either on foot along the shore, IL the
stream is not too wide to permit the sal
mon getting beyond reach Of the short
trout line, or in a canoe padded by expert
guides.
Ar Go - ~. 49, 49,
not many miles from Campbellton, one of
the telegraph operators on the Intercolon-
ial went out one day last spring, fishing. a
snort distance from the shore and caught
19 pounds of sea trout in the day, seven
of his fish weighing IS pounds.
An Indian who was fishing near him
with IA common bamboo rod and fly hooked
n salmon. His line was short and the
limit was soon reached. There was only
one thing to do, for the boat was anchored
and the water was too deep to jump out
and wade.
He threw the rod overheard after the
fish. and the latter was so we'll hooked
that the barb held. and some hours after
ward he found the end of the rod jerking
up s~Daslrodically out of the water IL mile
below his fishing place. ana managed
without much more difficulty to land the
nearly exhausted salmon. which weighed
more than eighteen pounds.
1t is usually about May 20 or "a that the
first run of sea trout afford the best fish
ing. They are then in immense numbers
in the different bays of and about the
estuaries of rivers feeding upon the melts
and capelins. They cannot of course be
followed up the salmon rivers at this sea-
son of the year. for the owners and lessees
of the stream are then using the waters for
their salmon fishing.
There are large rivers. like the %. 4.
gouche, where the fishing is free in the es-
tuaries. because these are so large that
they are practically sea water. There are
many streams also. in which anglers can
fish all the year round for sea trout with
out anybody's permission.
Salmon files are always good lures for
sea trout. but many fishermen consider
them too good for the purpose, for they
are not only expensive. but the fish is such
a ravenous brute and has such terrible
teeth that one sea trout will often destroy
and chew up a fly that has served to catch
a score of salmon. rendering it useless for
anything but sea trout.
Many of these sea trout are just as sill
very In appearance as salmon are. and
this tends to puzzle scientists and lead
many people to believe that they are quito
a different variety from the American
brook trout, since no spots. are visible,
Notwithstanding that a~natomicaliy they
are perfectly identical. Perhaps 1t is. the
salt water that has so silver plated them
as II does the salmon. which descend the
rivers after spawning a dull red copper
color and return in spring looking like
shining silver salvers.
Mark Twain Saw Papa.
From the Boston Herald,
Mark VTuynfr All ~,nA IL