Abstract
Abstract The relative effectiveness of salmon eggs and large earthworms as bait for trout, and the efficiency of chumming with either lure, were tested by experimental fishing in the Sturgeon River (Cheboygan County), Michigan, on 35 different days during 1957 and 1958. Four anglers fished in pairs in any series of test days, using standardized terminal tackle under a systematic pattern of lure and method. Ten individuals fished 778 hours and caught 506 rainbow trout, 73 brown trout, and 12 brook trout. Logarithmic transformations were applied to the individual catch-per-hour data, followed by a factorial analysis of variance. Large (10-24 inches) rainbow trout in the summer of 1958 were caught 3.8 times faster on salmon eggs than on worms; smaller trout were caught 2 to 9 times faster on eggs than on worms; and chumming did not increase the efficiency of either lure for any size of fish. The differences noted between average total lengths of egg- and worm-caught trout were not statistically significant. ...
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