Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-23
Fishing Notes


arose in the wee small hours of Thurs
day morning, cast the alluring fly into
the waters of the salmon pool and
when he returned to the store in sea-
son to attend to business, he had
magnificent 20 1-2 pound sea salmon,
which he had hooked, played and
landed before most people were out of
bed. 1t was one of the finest salmon
taken at the pool in a long time and
Mr.. Gross was correspondingly elated
over his good fortune in having such
a fish rise to his lure.
The second run of the Penobscot
river salmon is just starting at the
pool. Three fish were taken Wednes-
day, one by Michael Flanagan, weigh
ing IS pounds. one by Howard Peavy
and a third by Frank Carlin. Unless
all signs are wrong, the fishing at the
pool for the next six weeks ought to
be the best in years. The swift cur
rent, ice and muddiness that have
prevailed since the ice went out have
now practically disappeared, and in
it's place, a good high pitch of water
will prevail. it is expected
AL Ridley of Bath Tuesday night,
or rather wednesday morning, had the
luck to capture, while fishing for shad,
a sturgeon, the first to be caught this
spring on the Kennebec, which dress
ed to weigh 70 pounds. 1t was a small
roe, which for caviare, is pretty near
ly worth its weight in gold. The stur-
geon has been sent to Boston mar
ket, where they eat sturgeon.
Among the fortunate Brewer fish
ermen of the last day or two We're Mr..
and Mrs. A. B. Yeaton, who were TROLL
ing near their cottage al Brewer lake
Wednesday when Mrs. Yeaton's troll
hooked a salmon. She played it like
a veteran and only called on her hus-
band for help when it came to the
landing. He slid the net under the
prize, six-pounder, and brought it
safely to the cooler. Donald Higgins
of Brewer was the lucky one on the
recent trip to Swan lake with his ia
Their, getting a good sized salmon.
A. A. Hutchinson, Harry Wheeler
and Fred Harmon of Houlton have re-
turned from successful fishing trip
at DreWs lake. a 4-pound salmon
was among the catch.
Clayton Preble came into Dover
| Wednesday with a handsome string
of trout which he caught in Butter
milk pond. Mr.. Preble fished for two
hours and secured 81 trout which
weighed in the vicinity of Is pounds
The fish were beauties, some of them
weighing a pound and half. John
A. Wiles, Ralph l. James, Elmer Il
Blethen and Charles c. Durham, have
been spending few days in the But
termilk pond region where they caught
over so fine trout.
L. Ebbeson, motorman of the Port
land Street Railway Co. s water cart
No. Is, is probably the only man in
Portland who ever caught Sebago lake
| fish without going to Sebago lake tc
fish for them Mr.. Ebbeson has had
splendid luck this summer having tax
en- a goodly number of smelts and
other fishes, but his largest catch OF
all was 21-2-foot eel Thursday
morning. For the, benefit of those
who might otherwise dub this state
ment a fish story, it may be said tina
/ Mr. Ebbeson catches Sebago lake FISH
| in the bottom of his water cart, the
said fish coming from Sebago through
the water pipes. Smells have beer
! summer and as above stated wher
/ the water was drained out of the car
/ last evening it left stranded a 21-2-
| foot eel, which Mr.. Ebbeson found
Fair catches of alewives are being
made at Damariscotta Mill this week
| A few specified trout are founC
] among them. Where they come from
/ is a mystery. II is not known thai
any trout brooks empty into the river
Fishing schooner Martha E. Nc
Lean of Portland, Captain Newcomb
which had run up the Kennebee Il
Bath for alewives for bait left early
| Thursday for the Seguin fishing
| grounds The vessel is equipped il
addition to her schooner rig sails
with a 20-horsepower motor. She Il
| only three years old. Her compile
ment of five men formed the crew
Fisherman Dodge at Nequasse
Monday night caught 100 barrels o.
| alewives. Carl Trott Tuesday nigh
caught zoo bushels of alewives in hi:
nets at one of his weirs in Trott':
| cove. In the lot of alewives was ont
| 7-pound striped bass, a beauty.
Hon, H. L. Shepherd of Roekpor
| cessful fishing trip in Franklin coun
| ty. In the party were several Mass
achusetts and Maine gentlemen, al
| of whom secured a good string of lax,
| trout ranging from two and hal
| to eight and on-haf pounds. A Bos
ton gentleman was high line, taking
an eight and one-half pound fish anC
secured the largest number notwith
standing it was his first fishing triI
on Maine lakes. Mr.. Shepherd wa!
second with a seven and one-quartel
| pound fish.
Julius Carlberg of Monson caugh
| a laker in Lake Hebron Tuesday May
| IL, that weighed 6 "a pounds. Ar
thur N. Gilbert caught laker Thurs
day in Lake Hebron that tipped tn,
| scales 10 pounds