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was in a better position than ever to detect any infringements. The fishing 

 seems to be becoming better. On some of the smaller lakes, splendid catches of 

 bass have been reported, and in his opinion the stringent enforcement of the 

 laws has had a capital effect. The restocking of the lakes a few years ago has 

 also tended to increase the supply. This year two carloads of fingerlings bass 

 were deposited in these waters. These will doubtless, if prot<}cted, make a good 

 start for future anglers. 



This year for the first time a Government patrol launch has been put upon 

 the waters, the effect of this new departure was marked not so much in detecting 

 as in suppressing any tendency to infringement of the law. Most particularly, 

 he states, has this been noticed in regard to foreigners fishing without license. There 

 were six, beside himself, selling permits this year, and they are unanimous in 

 attributing the increased sales to the advent of the launch. 



Overseer W. H. Switzer, of Gooderham, reports that the game and fish laws 

 were very well observed in his district. He had some parties up for illegal fish- 

 ing with a net for suckers without a license, for which, you will find in his June 

 report, they were tried before William Fielding, Police Magistrate of Minden, and 

 were fined $5 each and costs. There were eight in the party. The majority of 

 settlers will tell you that the Government should not interfere with a settler in 

 catching what fish he needs for his own use, any time he sees fit to fish and catch 

 them any way he can, and there are so many that know the fish laws here better 

 than the overseer does, that they will not take any warning, but he finds since 

 those parties were fined there is less illegal fishing going on. He found one 

 night line set in Pine Lake, in June, which he sank. It contained, he thinks, 

 seventy hooks. He is proud to say they have more lakes than one on his dis- 

 trict, with bass in. They have three from which there were some fine bass 

 caught this season. The salmon trout fishing was better than last season, both 

 for size and number; they were all used for home consumption. The Dominion 

 Government sent out to some lake in his district a few thousand salmon trout, 

 which were placed with care in five lakes. With careful observance^ of the 

 fishery laws by the settlers, in a few years they will have the waters well stocked 

 with salmon trout and bass. He finds the fur-bearing animals are getting more 

 plentiful in* his district. He knows of several beaver houses within one and a 

 half miles of his residence. He has seen quite a lot of mink and rats in his travels ; 

 the game laws have been well observed as far as he knows. There are no fishways 

 in his district. He finds at some of the sawmills the sawdust and refuse were 

 allowed to go in the river. He warned the owner not to do so and save trouble. 

 He has kept a watch when passing. He finds partridge are more plentiful in the 

 last year. He thinks the close season for another year will make the partridge 

 hunting number one. He cannot say much about deer in his report, as hunting 

 season is not past yet, nor has he seen a deer this summer or fall. He thinks it 

 would be a good thing for the settlers if the Government would allow hoop nets used 

 for sucker fishing. He tried rod and line for sucker fishing last spring, but 

 failed in catching one. Some of the settlers have requested him to ask the Gov- 

 ernment if they would kindly prohibit fishing in Horseshoe Lake for two years, 

 until June, 1913, as the bass over ten inches is seldom caught any more in the lake, 

 the lake in Glamorgan Township. 



