14 THE REPORT UPON No. 32 



Angling. 



Nearly all of the auglers with whom I came in contact were well satisfied 

 with the results; they have no fault to find with angling permits, only ask 

 to have this regulation more strictly enforced. 



The time will come when it will be necessary to consider every person 

 outside his home township a tourist and compel him to have a permit. This 

 cannot be done too soon. It would make it easier for your officers to enforce 

 the law, as no one could escape by saying he was a resident of Ontario, as is 

 done now in some cases, \kLt 1 am satisfied not to any great extent ; But why 

 should not our own anglers help to pay for the protection of the game fish? 



Licensed Guides and Trappers. 



I wish again to call your attention to the licensing of fishing and hunting 

 guides. This should be done for the protection of the fish and game, also 

 for the protection of the anglers and hunters. If these licenses were only 

 granted on the recommendation of the overseers, it would be a guarantee to 

 the parties engaging them that they were procuring the services of a capable 

 man, and would place these guides in a position to enforce the Game and 

 Fisheries Act. Why should not trappers be compelled to take out a license 

 as well as fishermen? They need regulation as well as the others, and if 

 licensed and provided with blanks for making returns would give you in a 

 few years an idea of the value of the fur industry of the Province. It would 

 also give your officers a chance to have a certain amount of control over them, 

 and would also prevent foreigners from coming into the Province and doing 

 pretty much as they like during the winter months. This is done in the 

 northern parts of Ontario at present. 



I am pleased to know that you have succeeded in procuring a suitable 

 pond for bass propagation. This no doubt will be more satisfactory for 

 restocking purposes, as the young fry will stand the transportation much 

 better than the parent fish, and will not suffer as much from the change of 

 water, being taken from water of nearly the same temperature. I was on 

 board the patrol boat during the month of November, and believe that the 

 close season for whitfish and trout was well observed, not a single case of 

 fishing during that time coming to my knowledge. Of course, the close 

 season commencing on the eighth instead of the first of the month may have 

 made it easier for the fishermen to quit, as the run of trout is nearly over by 

 that time, in some places quite over. There is no doubt a growing feeling 

 among fisherman generally that it is necessary to keep within the regulations. 



I have the honour to be. 



Your obedient servant, 



Wm. W. Holden, 



Inspector. 



Toronto, 15th March, 1909, 



Sir, — During the past season I made further investigation respecting the 

 inland waters of Rainy River and Thunder Bay Districts, and found that they 

 are all well stocked with fish, and of easy access by rail. 



In many cases the lands surrounding these waters are fit for agriculture, 

 and will no doubt soon be taken up bv settlers, while the surroundings of 



