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Pickerel go up Trent Eiver in large quantities in the spring to spawn. He has 

 considerable trouble from poachers who catch them with dip nets in the night. 

 Caught several parties and had them fined. 



Overseer Henry HoUiday, of Wolfe Island, reports that from what he can learn 

 from the fishermen the angling in his district never was better, from about the first 

 of August and September and part of October, but the first part of the season bass 

 not so large, but plentiful and pike very numerous all season. The fishermen observe 

 the law very well in his district. Quite a lot of maskinonge were taken by anglers 

 this year, some very large, and the net fishermen also report a good season, and some 

 good catches. Bullheads plentiful and good size, but the dog fish very numerous. 

 He has seen as many as 17 taken from one net. He thinks they are increasing. He 

 does not hear much about carp. He finds the fishermen willing to observe the law, 

 there only being one small fine in his district, a man fishing with a net for domestic 

 use. 



Overseer H. W. Hayes, of Murray, reports that during the year 1909 the fisher- 

 men have observed the law with the exception of three men living on the lake shore 

 who fished, but claimed they were informed that it was all right to do so. He notified 

 Capt. Hunter who came up and fined them. Since then he has had no trouble as 

 this was a warning to others. The catch of bullheads was not as large as formerly 

 on account of the heavy west winds which drove them down the bay. 



Very few carp were caught. The law was observed in regard to duck shooting 

 in sunken punts being used in his district. 



Overseer E. M. Huffman, of Hay Bay, reports that the spring fishing was excep- 

 tionally good, but the fishermen report the fish to be scarce this fall so far. Bass 

 were plentiful and a good size, but maskinonge have been scarce, and very few were 

 caught by the tourists this season. 



The close season has been well observed for fish. Ducks were very plentiful 

 this spring and were a great temptation to the local sportsman. He had four 

 parties fined for shooting ducks in close season and more would have been if he 

 could have caught them, but they were sly. Muskrats were in abundance and hun- 

 dreds were caught. No complaints are made and everything seems all right. 



Overseer John Johnson, of Port Hope, reports that the laws were well observed 

 by the fishermen in his district. There have been no complaints made to him that 

 the law has been broken, nor has he found any infringement of the law himself. A 

 great many people come to him to know when the open seasons are for fishing and 

 shooting game. 



Overseer J. H. Murdoch, of Bath,, reports that the past season has not been as 

 good as 1908. The weather was unfavourable, there being such high winds the men 

 were unable to lift their nets for two or three days at a time. They are not as well 

 pleased with their catch as last year. The law was fairly well observed in his dis- 

 trict. There was very little angling done there. Bass was plentiful. Tourists 

 were fewer there than usual. Game and fur-bearing animals are scarce in his 

 district. 



Overseer R. J. Walker, of Port Credit, reports that the game laws have been well 

 observed. To the best of his knowledge, there were no complaints made, either, of 



