Finding the Fish
Finding the Fish
TROUT - The fisherman who catches fish will, if he is on a trout brook, pay as much attention to the unlikely looking places, as he will to the inviting pools, on the theory that any fool has enough sense to fish in water that looks good, whereas he would pass by that uninviting little hole as a waste of time. But the uninviting little holes are the ones that often yield the catch, especially in any brook which is commonly termed "fished out."
Don't slur over that part of a brook which winds through the meadow, and whose banks are bare of shade - the other fellow didn't stop there.
When you are on a mountain brook don't take anybody's word for it that there are no trout above the falls - find out for yourself. They may not have run the rapids going up, that's true, but a wood duck or a snipe might have carried some fish spawn above the falls on his feet.
In lake fishing, it is more of "an open field and no favor," and yet the old rule of "persistence and common sense" wins out in the long run against "faint heart and poor judgment."
SALMON - After the ice goes out troll back and forth off the mouths of the brooks which feed the lake, because there this lordly fish will be feeding on the tinker smelts and other small fry, which are going and coming up and down the brooks on their spawning tours.
In June and July the salmon is in deeper water and farther off shore - use a little lead. In August he is down deep and you are lucky indeed if you get one a month in surface trolling. Instead of this anchor in 50, 75, or 100 feet of water and plug deep for him with a hardy, live bait, which the water pressure won't kill. Have a long anchor line and the gentle wind will give you considerable fishing latitude.
In September go back to trolling and keep off shore in 10 or 15 feet of water; also don't forget to troll back and forth across the brook mouths, because now the salmon is pluming himself for his spawning tour up stream again and is following the shore line until he finds the brook.
BLACK BASS - Troll for them just after the ice moves in the coves or in the vicinity of log booms, which bring them wood worms and other feed. Early in June, you will find them getting ready to go to housekeeping in the rocky bottom shallows along the shore, and now is the time for the fly. Don't neglect the sandy coves either, because year after year the same bass spawn there. Often they are big fellows and much lighter in color than their rock bottom brethren. The larger bass along all shores make their spawning beds in deeper water and the smaller ones farther in shore. Cast accordingly.
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