560 AMERICAN ANGLER'S BOOK 



that thirty pounds have been taken by a single rod in the 

 rapids on the Raquette in a forenoon in the latter part of 

 May, and as much as fifty pounds in the outlet of the Lower 

 Saranac, where Rodgers and Cold Brook come in. 



JOE. What was the size of the largest you killed ? 



NES. I did not take any that exceeded a pound and a half. 

 The largest I caught were at the mouths of Rodgers and Cold 

 Brook, where they come into the outlet. Our friend EL K. B. 

 killed fish a few days after at the mouths of some spring- 

 brooks that come into the Raquette, below Fish Hawk and 

 Setting- Pole Rapids, that weighed over two pounds. He was 

 not as successful at the mouth of Bog River, which tumbles 

 in at the upper end of Tupper's Lake, where he had such fine 

 sport five or six years ago ; but that was in September, when 

 the Trout collect again in the rapids, after having deserted 

 them during the heat of summer. There were several parties 

 encamped at Tupper's Lake in the early part of last June, and 

 those who fished with the fly had fine sport at Bog River 

 Falls, while those who trolled, took Lake Trout as large as 

 ten and twelve pounds. 



JOE. How do you get into the Raquette River from Mar- 

 tins? 



NES. Hand me that pocket-map, and I'll show you. You 

 see there are three lakes, they are all connected by a stream 

 of moderate size ; the eastern is the Lower Saranac, the south - 

 ern, Round Lake, and the western, the Upper Saranac. You 

 observe, also, that there are three ponds still further west ; 

 these are the Stony Creek Ponds, and from one of them a 

 small stream of the same name flows, with gentle current, into 

 the Raquette. The first portage or " carry" is at the upper 

 end of the Lower Saranac, about six miles from Martin's ; the 

 next at the outlet of the Upper Saranac, three or four miles 

 further on; and the last is between the western side of the 



