224 AMERICAN GAME FISHES. 



the fishing is at the mouths of streams and in swift water. 

 Trolling is common, earlier, with a six-inch chub a deadly, 

 though objectionable method. The employment of more 

 than one hook is prohibited by law. As the water grows 

 warmer in June, the Trout seek the shallower points near 

 shore, there feeding upon the various insects. Good sport 

 may then be had, but in the heats of summer they again 

 resort to the cooler depths of the lakes, and not until Septem- 

 ber do they again take to the pools. 



The known points where the best fishing occurs are uncer- 

 tain and variable, and the stranger must trust to his guide 

 for these, as for other elements of success. Attempt to 

 guide him and he will serve you well, but let him see that 

 you acknowledge his superiority in his calling, and you will 

 have your reward. He will tell you to be on hand early, for 

 the first rays of the sun are often death to your success. 



It is my belief that the Trout caught in those waters run as 

 large, and probably larger, than those of years ago, and at 

 present, nearly one-eighth of the catch is land-locked Sal- 

 mon, which have been planted in the lake, and the sport is the 

 greater for the very uncertainty whether the next fish to rise 

 will be Trout or Salmon. 



My fishing on the Rangeleys was prosecuted under serious 

 discouragements, from the continual storms, and I soon left 

 the lakes for that season. 



The next September found me in Piscataquis County, on 

 my way to the Moosehead region, but chancing to meet a 

 young fellow whose knowledge of the country and its sports 

 seemed nearly exhaustive, I changed my plans, and we hunted 

 and fished together that fall. He was something of a charac- 

 ter, being the son of a wealthy man, of literary tastes, who 

 had brought his library into these forests years before; but 

 losing his property through investments in unprofitable lands, 

 had died, and of his fortune, little but the library was left. 

 The son had read it all, and his tenacious memory was 



