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its teeth as sharp as those of a Pike. As a rule, however, 

 not much success attends the troller for the Great Lake 

 Trout — a circumstance which may possibly be in some 

 measure attributable to the general ignorance of all its 

 habits and of the manner in which it is to be fished for. 



The secret of success lies in four points — time, depth, 

 speed, and place : e. g. — 



Time. — As a rule, begin fishing at the time when other 

 people are leaving off — that is, about six o'clock p.m. : up 

 to this hour the fish are rarely in a position from which 

 they can by any accident see your bait. From six o'clock 

 until midnight Lake Trout may be caught *. 



Depth. — Instead of weighting your tackle to spin at from 

 3 to 4 feet from the surface, lead it so as to sink to within 

 about the same distance from the bottom, be the depth 

 what it may. 



Speed. — Let your boat be rowed slowly, rather than at 

 a brisk, lively pace — as a large Lake Trout will seldom 

 trouble himself to follow a bait that is moving fast away 

 from him ; consequently your bait must possess the speci- 

 ality of spinning at all events moderately well, or it will 

 not spin at all. 



Place. — The place to spin over is where the bank shelves 

 rapidly into deep water — say at a depth of from 15 to 30 or 



* These fish are essentially night feeders. During the day they lie 

 hid under rocks and in holes, in the deepest parts of the extensive 

 lakes which they generally inhabit, and only venture into fishable 

 water at the approach of evening. 



