152 THe Determined .Angler 



Killing the Trout. Kill your trout the instant they 

 are landed; don't let them suffer slow death. The 

 game deserves humane treatment, and the meat 

 tastes better by quick killing. 



Trout Destroyers. Eels are ruinous to trout. 

 They eat trout spawn, and they should be removed 

 from all trout waters. 



Live Frozen Trout. Trout packed in ice for several 

 days and carried forty miles by stagecoach and two 

 hundred and fifty miles by railway (Feb., 1914) from 

 the State of Washington to Montana, says the Lewis- 

 ton Democrat of Butte, Montana, came to life and 

 swam spryly when placed in a tank of water at the 

 end of their journey Hennessy's meat store at Butte. 



Water Plants. Aquatic plants, besides affording 

 protection and shade to the fishes, supply oxygen to 

 the water. 



Growth of Trout. "Mr. Tomkin of Polgaron put 

 some small river trout, 2% inches in length, into a 

 newly made pond. He took some of them out the 

 second year, above twelve inches in length; the third 

 year, he took one out of sixteen inches in length; and 

 the fourth year, one of twenty-five inches in length: 

 this was in 1734." Carew's Survey of Cornwall. 



Ducks Eat Trout. Arthur A. Woodford and S. W. 

 Eddy, of Avon, Conn., say that ducks eat trout and 

 destroy the trout's breeding places by digging in the 

 banks along the ponds and streams. 



