CHAPTER VII 



MINNOW- FISHING FOR TROUT 



It is not usual to fish with a minnow for any 

 trout except the Salmo namaycush, or Great Lake 

 trout, in this country ; but those who have tried 

 it for brook trout, including myself, find it quite 

 as deadly as the fly or worm. I shall not describe 

 the process of trolling for the lake trout, as it is a 

 sport that is rather outside the reach of my young 

 readers, further than to say a gang of hooks, on 

 which a shiner is impaled, as in pickerel trolling, 

 is ordinarily used, or one of the artificial fish (the 

 " Caledonian " Minnow or " Phantom " Rait) is 

 attached to the line and towed behind a boat pre- 

 cisely as in pickerel trolling — in principle, though 

 the detail may vary. The Great Lake trout is 

 taken in spring and fall by this method, and a 

 grand fish it is ; but if one can use the minnow 

 for the brook trout, he may be pretty certain that 

 the lake trout fisherman can teach him but little 

 concerning the larger fish. 



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