THE LAKE TROUT. 26$ 



spoke of that fish to me was that very man, and it was when 

 we were at table together and actually eating Salmon, that 

 he compared the real with the bogus, and the bogus won 

 by a throat-latch." 



Here is the Bisby-Club cook's way, and they do say that 

 she has no equals and few superiors in the art that goes so 

 far toward solving the question, "Is life worth living?" I do 

 not know to whom I am indebted for it: 



"Our party caught several small Lake Trout, which, 

 dressed, beheaded and deprived of all their fins, were plumped 

 into the bubbling water on top of the potatoes a few minutes 

 before the latter were cooked through, and transferred to 

 our platters piping hot, so that the butter would instantly 

 melt and permeate the flesh. The method was new to some 

 of us, and every man acknowleged that he had never tasted 

 Lake Trout at its best before. We had eleven members at 

 the table yesterday, and the verdict was unanimously in favor 

 of boiling the Lake Trout. As between broiling and frying 

 there was a variance of opinion, but a majority put down the 

 latter method as the third best." 



The Bisby Club will please excuse the liberty I have 

 taken. 



In gaffing the fish, if the angler can handle the gaff himself 

 it will be well, both because one is loth to scold himself in 

 case of failure, and also because he can then use the gaff in 

 the most satisfactory way, striking up from below, and draw- 

 ing the fish toward him with the same motion. When there 

 is time for deliberation it is well to place the gaff as near the 

 throat of the fish as possible to avoid unsightly disfiguring. 

 Then, when you have your fish, be merciful, and deal him 

 the coup de grace quickly, by striking him sharply on the 

 head with a small club, or the end of the gaff-handle. After 

 you have practiced on a few of them, you will know just how 

 to hold the fish so as to avoid hitting your fingers as the 

 "thumping stick" slides off the slippery head. Perhaps it 



