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but I have been told by those who visit those grounds that angling is very poor, 

 caused no doubt by illegal netting. 



I also would recommend that the boats belonging to the fish buyers be 

 licensed at a fee of not less than $50. This would prevent a great many illegal 

 fish being caught, for the reason that there would be no object in fishermen set- 

 ting nets for this purpose if they had no sale for them after they were caught. 

 Several buyers have this past season been found trafficking in illegal fish, and, 

 in fact, one concealed a maskinonge in the middle of a box of whitefish, thinking 

 by that means to elude detection. 



I think that the season for ducks, plover, snipe, etc., should begin on the 

 same date, viz., September 15th, and that no winter trapping for rats should be 

 allowed, for this cannot be done without injuring their houses. I also recommend 

 that the sale of wild ducks be prohibited for a period of three years; also that 

 trappers be licensed. 



I have the honour to be. Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



Alf. Hunter. 

 Inspector of Game and Fisheries. 



GAME AND FISHERIES WARDENS. 



Warden Wm. Burt, of Simcoe, reports: 



Speckled Trout. 



These fish are still very scarce in his district. He heard of a few good 

 catches during the year, but they were very rare. The experiment of planting 

 the trout fry last summer has apparently been successful. He has had reports 

 from several of the streams where the fry seem to be thriving, and the people 

 who report are of opinion that the young fish that are seen are the ones that were 

 planted last spring. 



Bass. 



The bass fishing in Long Point Bay has been excellent. When weather con- 

 ditions were favourable for fishing, no angler had any difficulty in getting his 

 legal number of fish. The Brantford experiment of raising the bass for distribu- 

 tion has also been successful. 



Commercial Fish. 



The fishermen report the conditions in regard to commercial fish about the 

 same as at the time of his last annual report. The fishermen who have been ex- 

 perimenting with carp ponds have not yet demonstrated that this is a successful 

 manner of handling the?e coarse fish. The difficulty seems to be that in ponds 

 suitable for growing the carp the bottoms are so soft, and the fish root about in 

 the bottom so much, that it is impossible to catch them out of the pond when 



