The sun., 1918-07-21
THE GERMAN BROWN
TROUT NOT A HUN
An English Fish Whose Praises
Were Sung by Izaak
Walton.
by n. n. BULLER.


With the passing of the forests and
brush many former good trout streams
have become too warm for the speckled
brook trout He Is a decided connois-
seur Of waters and quickly fees from
any water that rises above Ga degrees OF
temperature. He prefers water Of much
lower temperature than this.
Some years ago a German introduced
into this country the trout OF England
| whose praises were SO profusely sung by
1zaak Walton. the patron saint of all
anglers. Unfortunately. the fish got
linked to them the name OF the German
brown trout, but as they are an Eng
lish trout, II Is a misnomer, like the term
| salmon applied to the pike perch.
The brown trout thrives and flourishes
in the formerly too warm trout streams
and he grows to size that fills the
fisherman's soul with joy. While not
so gamy as the brook trout yet taken
| altogether he ia rather a sportsman q
Ash and sometimes he will give battle
| royal to the angler using light tackle
In the view of the Department OF
| Fisheries OF Pennsylvania the brown
trout is a desirable fish. AS to whether
the brown trout will not drive out the
| native CHAIR or brook trout, experience
| shows that the speckled trout Is fully
able to take care OF himself in the
waters which are suitable for him.
The reports received from the streams
stocked with brown trout arc very ia
vorable and show good catches from
| streams that some years ago were in
| habited by speckled brook trout, but
which the speckled brook trout had
abandoned by the water becoming too
o,,I tkA ,tr a,l
the brown trout were introduced.
1t has been noted that at the open
ing Of the season for taking trout. when
the water Is still wintry cold, the catch
Is nearly~all brook trout, but Is the sea
son advances and the water Is warmer
the brown trout are caught.
Changes in Trout Streams.
These remarks are to aid the people
in stocking the streams. Few people
really understand what they want and
apply for fish that would in no way
thrive in the streams which they are
applied for. In the more cultivated parts
| OF the country the old trout streams have
so warmed up that they are in a meas
ure no Longer fitted for the life of the
brook trout 1t is in these streams
that the Department of Fisheries be-
| lieve3 the brown trout would thrive the
best.
With the cutting Of the forests and the
clearing of the underbrush, as men,
toned above. many brook trout streams
have become warmer and UNIT for brook
trout, while in the others there was a
cutting off OF the food supply and shade
for the young fish.
The logs and brush which filled the
streams In the primeval days afforded
not only hiding places for the little fish
but breeding places for the food upon
which the little fish subsisted, while the
bushes and weeds are the nesting places
for all kinds of insects from which the
Larvae dropped into the stream AFFORD
food for the fish.
This lack OF bushes along the streams
Is the main reason why 30 many trout
streams will not support the number Of
fish that they used to do. because there
is not the supply of insect life which
there formerly was
In cases OF the streams which were
suitable for trout there can be nothing
better than to throw logs into them and
cultivate alders and brush along the
bank.
The number OF fish that a given guam
tity of water will support depends en-
tirely upon the amount OF food that
can be furnished.