32 THE REPORT UPON No. 32 



Overseer Thos. Gault, of Deseronto, reports that the fishing season was 

 on the whole considerable better than last year. The laws and regulations 

 were well observed by the fishermen. The home market was well supplied 

 with good fish, the result being generally satisfactory. Angling was good, 

 there being quantities of bass. The whitefish and herring have not been 

 80 plentiful in years. 



Overseer Henry Holliday, of Wolfe Island^ reports that the angling in 

 his district never was better through June, July, and August for bass fishing, 

 and pike fishing was good all season. Pike are very plentiful, and the net 

 fishermen have had good catches, and are willing to observe the law, there 

 having been few fines. Hoop net fishing was also good, bullheads were larger 

 than for years, and the fishermen report good catches. The dogfish are very 

 plentiful, and seem to be increasing. He saw over 25 taken out of one hoop 

 net at one time. 



E-e game. The wild ducks were very scarce through September and 

 October, but the rest of the season very plentiful. He thinks that trolling for 

 pike with those gasoline boats cause the ducks to stay away, for they troll 

 where the du6ks feed, and the ducks do not have a chance to light or rest. 



Muskrat were not very plentiful, and not many were caught. The trap- 

 pers think the cause was the water being so high last spring. 



Overseer U. W . Hayes, of Murray, reports that during? the year 1908 

 the fishermen observed the law, with the exception of one, who kept his hoop 

 nets in one week longer than the law allowed. He captured one hoop net and 

 about 10 rods of gill net belonging to parties unknown. The fishermen report 

 good catches. Very few carp were caught in the Bay of Quinte in his dis- 

 trict. American anglers were reported to have caught bass and let them spoil, 

 and that great quantities are found lying dead on the shores. It has also 

 been reported that a great many ducks were caught in nets in Weller's Bay. 



Overseer E. M. Huffmom, of Hay Bay, reports that the past season has 

 not been as good as last for the net fishermen, but the angling was very suc- 

 cessful, especially for bass. The close seasons were observed, but there were 

 some fishermen fined for fishing more net than their license called for, and 

 their licenses were cancelled. He made one seizure of about 4,000 yards of 

 gill net, which was confiscated and sent to the game warden at Belleville. 

 He approves of the raise in gill net fees, as the returns from them were much 

 greater than the hoop net, and the fish of more value. He would also recom- 

 mend that anglers be located and take out permits for whatever division 

 they fish in. The local fishermen complain that they are located to one 

 division, or else pay a license in another if they wish to fish there, whereas 

 anglers for the one permit, be it two or five dollars, fish wherever they like 

 for three months. 



Overseer John Johnson, of Port Hope, reports that he has taken every 

 precaution in regard to the game and fishery law in his division during the 

 past year. 



He has not found any person violating the law, therefore has collected 

 no fines. 



Speckled trout are very scarce, also partridge and grouse. 



Overseer C. J. Kerr, of Hamilton, reports that there has been an increase 

 in the catch of whitefish, trout, pickerel, perch and herring, over the catch 

 of last year. The whitefish were of a uniform and fair size, and commanded 

 good prices. The trout caught were also good. In handling the herring 

 during the busy fall when the bulk of them were caught in a short time, with 

 the exception of one case no fish were lost, and all reached the market in good 



