1895 fishing — Seven fine Lake George trout

The fish were biting.

“Norman Brown, the veteran fisherman, caught on Wednesday seven fine trout, the East Lake George correspondent reported on June 1, 1895.

Others visited the East Lake George hamlet to eat fish.

“The ’94 and ’95 Club of Glens Falls had a trout supper at the Grove House, Kattskill Bay on Thursday.”

In other 1895 fishing news collected from historic newspapers of the region:

• “Landlord Madden of the Globe Hotel was the recipient on Saturday of a fine lot of trout from Landlord M. F. Crown of Aiden Lair, Minerva,” The Morning Star reported on May 25, 1895.
• “Mortimer Lapham returned yesterday from a fishing trip to Huntley Pond in the Adirondacks. He brought home thirty-two pounds of speckled trout, one of them a veritable beauty weighing four pounds,” The Morning Star reported on June 1.
• “Norman R. Gourley, William Guthrie, S.A. Hayes, W. B. Griffin, W. A Tize, F.C. Vicks, David Copeland and Richard McClellan enjoyed a day’s fishing at Cossayuna Lake, Washington County, Thursday, as a result of which they brought home forty-six good-sized pickerel and bass,” The Morning Star reported on June 1. “While at Cossayuna they were guests at ‘The Oaks,’ a popular resort conducted D. L. Hall. Mr. Hall has just issued a pamphlet in which a picture of the large catch of fish made by some of the members of the above party a year ago.”
• “A party composed of Edward Cheritree, Walter Dickinson and Eva Barnes, Esther and Minnie Woodbury enjoyed a sail through Lake George Decoration Day on George W. Conkey’s steam yacht Camera,” The Morning Star reported on June 1. “During the trip Minnie Woodbury caught two trout near the Sagamore Hotel.”
• “Captain G. W. Horton, Daniel Klock Jr., W. H. Mann and W. C. Daball of Troy have returned from a sojourn at Aiden Lair. While there they caught 153 pounds of trout at Hewitt Lake,” The Morning Star reported on June 6.
• “Eugene Theobald and son, Harry, enjoyed a few hours trout fishing on the Clendon Brook Wednesday afternoon,” The Morning Star reported on June 7, 1895. “They brought home a fine catch of speckled beauties, the largest of which measured twelve-and-a-half inches and was caught by Master Harry.”
• “T. H. Russell, accompanied by Edward Platt of Colorado, went to the Boreas country on a fishing expedition,” the Schroon Lake correspondent reported in The Morning Star on June 7, 1895. “Both of the gentlemen are experts and Rocky Mountain boys and came back with a good catch.”
• “Rev. Mr. Hobbs of North Creek and Rev. M. Joyce left yesterday for Botheration Pond, where they will try their skill at angling. May the reverend gentlemen meet with success,” the North River correspondent reported in The Morning Star on June 8, 1895.
• “Dr. Montgomery went north on Mondays to visit friends and enjoy a few days fishing,” the Luzerne correspondent reported in The Morning Star on June 8, 1895.
• “Mr. and Mrs. Darius Norcross returned yesterday from the Adirondacks, where they have been visiting friends since Monday. During their sojourn they accompanied Henry Russell and Collins Hammond of North Creek on a trout fishing expedition to Aiden Lair,” The Morning Star reported on June 8, 1895. “The result of their trip was that in about two hours’ time the party captured twelve large, speckled beauties. Mr. Norcross brought home six of the number, the dressed weight of which was eighteen pounds. Several of the catch weighed five pounds each.”

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