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FEED ON FISH HALF THEIR SIZE An eightinch trout will swallow a fourinch trout with practically no discomfort Their own only apparent annoyance is in being obliged to catch the swift and artful little dodgers Fish have been taken in the ponds that had swallowed smaller onus though not much smaller either and from one to two inches of the victims tails extended from the mouth of the captors Sometimes when the dead captive was withdrawn it was found that the head the part always swallowed first had been partly digested and there was every indication that the entire fish would have been assimilated as time afforded had there been no interruption in the process processLarge Large brook trout taken in stillflowing streams those we call of aldennanic proportions if opened with the knife will be found to contain a fish diet and no mistake As a matter of fact the greater portion of their food it may be said quite con ¬ trary to the views of hundreds of writers is com ¬ posed of minnows The sluggish water brook trout will be found slowmoving phlegmatic in disposi ¬ tion As he takes on size he will consume more and more food And too it will be found that lie rarely rises to the surface surfaceTrue True among all the trouts and charrs the brook trout viewed as a species are most inclined to feed on insects But then brook trout like other fishes and animals are creatures of environment There ¬ fore the brook trout living in a stream when there is an abundance of minnows obliged to feed upon insects are small and apt to be slender and they are of course keener than other trout The brook trout in the deep stillflowing minnowfilled streams learns to feed on minnows and as lie gains in weight so ho consumes more and more of this food
