GOOD SPORT.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1716, 27 March 1888, Page 2

GOOD SPORT.

A writer on " Cape Breton Island," in the American Magazine, says :—- Trout Creek is a paradise for anglers. The fish are large, Bnd become .quite plentiful when the waters of Lake Ainslie are sufficiently warm to cause them to seek a cooler retreat in the flawing stream. One-half of the storieg which are told of the catches at this place would fill volumes ; but nona of them has vet reached the sublime height of what is claimed for a small lake near Guysboro. The narrator's hero is ! himself. Be says that one winter, being tired of salt beef, and wanting trout for a change, he cnt a hole in the iee of the lake. He had evidently selected a good day, for the fish took his bait so rapidly that it was downright hard work to keep palling them out. So eager were they, indeed, that they would often jump for the bait before it had even touched the water. Our sportsman was an inventive genius, and decided to profit from this phenomenal appetite. Getting down on his knees, he dangled the bait about a foot above the bole and awaited further derrlopments, Almost immediately a fine trovt jumped for it, and promptly recfired a dexterous box on the ears which landed him far out on the ice. Ho numerous and so hungry were the fish that the angler's band was kept constantly busy slapping tliem as they jumped for the alluring piece of red pork which hovered over the opening the ice. Every alap yielded a fish. Tbie continued till sheer fatigue put an end to the novel pastime, A conservative estimate placed the quantity offish at somewhat over four barrels.