Bottom Fishing for Brook Trout 



reason that there is no need to fight for 

 their food. In swift water they are for- 

 ever on the alert, and dash after their food 

 with great rapidity; but the trout caught in 

 still fishing on the bottom rarely resist cap- 

 ture more than other bottom fish not classed 

 as game. In fishing such lakes, large or 

 small, the most important thing is to find 

 the proper depth with a sinker, and when 

 found, adjust the float so that the bait lies 

 exactly six inches from the bottom. If a 

 catfish is hooked move away to another 

 spot, for where catfish abound they fiercely 

 attack the trout with their spines to stop 

 the trout from taking the worm. The 

 trout has no armored spines to defend him- 

 self with, and his only safety is in flight. 

 But should the catfish continue to take the 

 bait adjust the float so that the bait lies a 

 foot higher from the bottom ; by that means 

 the catfish will be less liable to interfere. 

 Brook trout, if of a good size, will more 

 readily seize a young live minnow than a 

 worm, but the latter is no mean bait, espe- 

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