The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-03-25
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Weather like that Of ytstrfls{ ~
DAY before warns every angler = h
preach u the season when itai Tan.
aud delightful sport exert, Il. 49,, =
influence, To the man familiar ~
delights ui piscatoflal pursuit, HI.
warm days bring mingled ,,H,i
energy aud inertia. No 0heu,lt
enough 10 prevent an assembly ~
ongh inspection 81 he tishing l.sf +,
he lOaih 10 repair any deie fIff
have appeared IN rod or reel. buf ,i.
pie act Of concentrating hi, mind
ness i something which take, II. b..
20 the utmost. In the ease 81 most + \
cult. however, necessity iumi,fr /,
icctual anildote for that tired itst,
bushes, goes ON IN spite OF ilrllst'
tai interruption. Now that The Nd
friend. are familiar with hi J0ndIi.s 4.
viii understand why fishing j. ufr
the subject Of this weeks spiel.
One week from today begin, he 4.
season for trout IN New Hampshire \,
weeks from today l. the date Il.
streams and ponds IN Windtam
may be visited legally, Our northern ii
mont friends look with scon upon i
that allows fishing thus early IN he II
son, and yet conditions are Drown, Il
wisdom Of the Windham county al
mans contention. The open season :
not begin too early in the spring a. 10 Il
streams are concerned, and in the e.s
pond. and lakes permission 10 i.t Il
safely be allowed as soon a. the IA =
out, The mysterious influence menuy
IN the foregoing paragraph is mos, JaTs
iul when first IL Is exerted, and the ~
is that no man with any fondne@ Z,
fishing i ever quite 50 anxious 70 2 a
wnen the desire first lays hold 7r
spring Therefore, il the law permits q
10 blunt the keen edge OF this desire 4 |,
time when conditions are far from h,
best the FISH themselves will suffer x
so much less. There is no doubt that ~
the usual number OF anglers tried la
luck in the streams OF this county iuru
the open season OF last year and no Z.
has been heard TO complain that he dit
get his full share Of satisfaction. Va
cannot be denied that more trout We're z.
in the brooks at the close OF the seas.
than at any time for years past. Of c0grs
this was due in part to the fact that ID
season closed a month earlier than usgL
but the absence of slaughter in the OF.
ing days also contributed TO the condux
In one large stream which The Media
visited on the 18th of last July be ~
literally scores OF trout above legal leurl
trout that surely would have been cau,.
had the season continued another mont
but which under the circumstances hsr
no doubt contributed greatly to the ag
ply OF future years and are fit themselys
to give some fortunate angler far nor
pleasure than he would have derived inl
catching them late last summer.
When Windham county secured from tk
legislature the early season privilege whic
has proven so successful no one intereste
stopped to think that April Is might fin
ponds still covered with ice. This was Ii
,ase, however, with Marlboro South pom
asst spring, and there was no law to pm
'ent trout fishing through the ice on ths
particular body OF water. A number {
iieH anu bpNs ulu HlDTe OF less lCe-llslIll
turing the few days when it was possibl
,ut the fish and game warden saw to
hat the law regarding the use OF one 70
md line by each fisherman was strict
nforced, and comparatively few trol
we're taken. For the sake of the sport
5 to be hoped that all anglers will reirai
rom doing any ice-fshing in this pond
permits this spring. Anoth
'oint to be borne in mind by prospectiv
'outh pond fishermen is this: Last SUI
ner several thousand land-locked salmt
ngerlings We're planted there. If tn,
ave thrived they ought to be six or sew
inches long by now and are likely to
asily caught. The legal length of the
sh, however, is II inches, and every O.
AIKEN this year should be returned
nee to its native element. Land.lockt
llmon cannot be mistaken for trout;
lct, small specimens look much more Ill
right silver dace. There is no reaso
'hy they should not do well in Marlbol
ond if not molested, and the sport the
Ill furnish in a year or two will be we