The sun., 1916-08-20
BROOK TROUT HAVE
SINGULAR HABITS
Some Attain Large Size, Due
to Particularly Appro-'
pirate Food.
VIEWS OF AN EXPERT
rs KIT CLARKE.

ny KIT CLARKE. :,
A correspondent recently inquired OF
THE syn II a brook trout weighing five
pounds could be considered large
Yes indeed II can. and 1t may Also he
said that no trout Of such proportions
has ever been taken from a brook in this
country.
a trout cannot possibly secure enough
food In a brook to enable II to reach
such a growth. and one Of two poupde
In weight is considered a very large fish
when taken inca brhpk.
upward are taken from large waters and
attain their huge bulk because the pre-
else food to create adiposity Is found In
endless quantities..
TIE sun correspondent above men,
toned dates his letter from Halnes Land
ing. Me-. but fails to say hat this place
Is about the centre OF a series OF con-
nected lakes of considerable volume from
which the largest brook trout on record
have been rescued-the Rangeley Lakes.
Haines Landing is at the head Of the
largest Of the chain and boasts a hotel
and "A post office. while some very big
aaNt pNNu " ItdT ny
y few years ago | took a trout weigh
ing seven n one-half pounds while an
chored 'h twenty feet of water about one
mile from this landing. having used a
live perch six incfrs in length for bait.
This fine fish was placed in the hands
Of a New York taxidermist for .preserva-
ton. n when his depredations had
terminated the trout presented the ap.
pearance of a crippled goldfish.
These huge trout never come to the
surface to seize the fly. and hence baited
hooks are used in their capture.
Perhaps the most remarkable feat In
the annals .of trout fishing occurred a
few years ago al, the famous trout pool
below the upper dam in these same
waters. famous because the pool has
yielded the largest brook trout the, world
has ever known. so large indeed that
anglers and ichthyologists universally
disputed their identity. some claiming
they were OF another species and noi
brook trout, not SALINE fontinalis,
R~anReIey's Huge Trout
Specimens were sent to Prof. Agassiz
who a "A careful examination and un.
hesitatingly declared them to be genuine
brook trout grown to monumental pro.
portions BECAUSE OF the vast amount OF
particularly appropriate food which these
waters afforded and which consisted
principally OF a delicious species of snal
.rdNi found in no other waters and
Nno~n as oquossoc or blue back trout.
They rarely attain a growth of ter
ilrhes in length and are never taken or
hook. but only in nets and at certain
easons. and when cooked are the very
RENE de Ia creme OF fish food.
1t was Thomas H. Stewart. a retire,
New York. merchant. who with tive
hooks attached TO his leader ac>om
i.shed the amazins feat u hooking an,
and ing two trout at the same time who
! united weight was sixteen and one-hal
pounds This wonderful exploit game,
for him renown n universal prais
from anglers, and he declared he woul,
main there until he made n better rec
ord He remained II died there. I'D
never approached his great record. D.
was there at the time the two hsl
we're caught and listened To- stewards lie
] c~ffition OF the struggle and the uetho,
II landing them IN the boat unassisted
hut the only knowledge acquired was tn
Srlf-evident fact that the fish We're saved
yet exactly how this was accomplished
could not possibly he learned from hi
|.HNc.ting and tangled descr!pt!Ou.
From this same pool | took a trou
"''' l'' ~ hIu W Ifl Ni'iliSu III
trout weighed nine and one-half pounds
and nov hangs upon the wall in m
| lone.
George sheppard Paige Of Trenton. y
j., took Il trout here weighing eleven an
1ne-half pounds. the record for the spe
les, and which. handsomely preserved
was on exhibition for some weeks In tn
window Of "A store on Broadway nea
Maiden lane.
Trout are often afflicted with reculia,
Diseases as well .as parasites. which o
curse affect their appetites and retar,
growth, since in order to wax fat fist
like the rest of us. must consume foo
n quantities. yet when in health tn
tout AS a gourmet has no superior.
He will cheerfully devovr his own spe
ci"s and relatives. his brother. sister q
'nsprirg all finding = hearty wclcom'
to his hungry NAV, while any trout wi
get away with one. of half his own siz
with ncatncss and despatch and thel
prowl for more.