76 FISHERMAN'S LURES 



wily country fisherman gave a dollar to a boy 

 who picked up along the stream a dead brown 

 trout of eight pounds' weight. This "gentleman" 

 promptly secured two friends who witnessed and 

 signed as to the weight, sent in measurements, 

 caught on No. 12 coachman fly, and was awarded 

 first prize of a tent and camp outfit for his skill 

 as an angler. 



Returning to the subject of this chapter, it is 

 doubtful wisdom to cultivate or find rneans to 

 make night fishing popular. Wading and fly-fish- 

 ing is out of the question, and boat-fishing with 

 a lantern is merely the capture of fish without a 

 vestige of sport in the game. The only really suc- 

 cessful results are attained at night by swimming 

 a live or artificial minnow down a swift runway 

 where you know trout abide, and the chances 

 are all too favorable of getting the fish. Lake fish- 

 ing for bass, pike, and wall-eye after dark, is prac- 

 tised in many places quite as much as day fishing, 

 mostly on trolling method. Bait or plug casting 

 when you cannot see is somewhat precarious, 

 especially when line snags occur, which is more 

 likely to happen than by day. Marine fishing is 

 highly successful by night. All species of fish 

 migrate at night; salmon, shad, and smelt ascend 



