1907 GAME AND FISHERIES. 27 



Overseer Irving Glass, Trenton, reports that he has only one licensed 

 fisherman in his district, and he has a license to fish six sets of hoop nets. 

 Gill net fishing is entirely prohibited in his district. He finds that fish, such 

 as bass, maskinonge and pickerel are very much more numerous than in pre- 

 vious years. Angling has been excellent, and there have been some very nice 

 catches made. No complaints of illegal fishing of any great consequence 

 have been reported. He seized a few rods of gill net on two different occa- 

 sions, and he thinks that the law has been fairly well observed in his district. 



There have been a few cases of duck shooting in the. spring which he 

 investigated, but was unable to secure any convictions. 



Overseer H. W. Hayes, Murray, reports that the fishermen in his dis- 

 trict have had the largest catch this season in fifteen years. He has had no 

 fault to find, as the fishermen have observed the regulations. One fisherman 

 reported that when he was lifting his net, his little boy took an axe and 

 chopped a ling in two, and he called to his father to come and look, as it was 

 full of young whitefish and pickerel. It was the first time he ever remarked 

 anything of the kind in all his experience in fishing. 



He finds that since the doing away with gill net fishing in the Bay of 

 Quinte, fish have multiplied. He also finds that the more ling, dogfish and 

 carp that are caught, the more fish increase. 



He has not discovered any illegal fishing this season. 



Overseer Henry Holliday, Wolfe Island, reports that black bass 

 fishing was all that could be desired through the latter part of July and 

 August, but not very good the first part of the season. A great many 

 Americans visit the waters for the purpose of angling, paying their usual 

 angler's fee, although quite a number this past season availed themselves of 

 the international waters below Kingston, where the bass fishing has been 

 better than for years. The net fishermen also had an extra good catch dur- 

 ing the past season. All kinds of fish were plentiful with them, and to his 

 knowledge there were no violations among the fishermen, and not any fines. 

 He also found the fishermen willing to observe the law. 



Regarding game. The wild ducks were not very numerous during 1907. 

 It was the worst year in his memory. Muskrats also were not as plentiful as 

 in 1906. 



Overseer E. M. Huffinan, Hay Bay, reports that the fishermen of his 

 division declare the season of 1907, as a very satisfactory one. A number of 

 tourists visited there, and the catch was above the average ; maskinonge were 

 plentiful. There were no violations, except one case where three men from 

 another division fished there without license. They were fined, and at once 

 left. Some of the fishermen complain about the carp, and think there 

 should be some means provided to destroy them. 



Overseer C. J . Kerr, Hamilton, reports that the catch of herring, trout 

 and whitefish has greatly fallen off this year, although the gasoline launch 

 men fished with their usual energy. In regard to the boat fishermen at 

 Burlington Beach, who do not fish far out in the lake, their catch was small, 

 as the herring did not run on the shore last fall to any great numbers. There 

 were 927 lbs. of pickerel caught, while previous years' returns do not show 

 any. 



He secured 2,000,000 whitefish fry from the Sandwich hatchery, and he 

 planted them off the Beach on the old whitefish spawning beds in about 30 

 feet of water, f of a mile from shore in the finest condition. He alsq secured 

 500,000 pickerel (dore) from the same place, and those he planted in the bay 

 on the north shore well down to the Beach, in the best water in the bay. The 



