mud trout

mud nWe caught fish enough for our uses, mostly from quarter to half pounders, or less. They were what the St. John's trouters call mud trout, which curiously is their most complimentary term. "They were real mud trout!" a fisherman would say in climax, when describing his catch. In truth they _were_ the best, as far from a "muddy" tasting trout as possible. I suspect them of being a distinct variety, these yellow-bellied trout of the shallow, black-bottomed ponds, perhaps the Marston trout.PRINTED ITEM DNE-citG. M. Story AUG 1970JH AUG 1970Used I and SupUsed I and SupUsed