1911 GAME AND FISHERIES. 53 



Many of the lakes in that district are well supplied with game fish, and would 

 afford excellent sport for tourists who are fond of angling, though not many have 

 taken advantage of those privileges during the past year. 



Deer appear to be plentiful, and he thinks are on the increase. Partridge alsa 

 are plentiful, while ducks are scarce. 



Muskrats are very scarce. Owing to the high price of their fur, they got a bad 

 cleaning out last spring. 



'Mink, otter and beaver are very scarce. 



Overseer Henry Drew, of Long Lake, reports that game of all kinds is more 

 plentiful tlian for some years. As for the fish in the Avaters in his division, there 

 was very little fishing done, land only with hook and line, except in Eagle, White, 

 Crotch, Gull, Cross and Dtrnkin Lakes, which .seem to be swarming witih small 

 herring. Having gone over those lakes very carefully, he finds the Game Laws 

 have been strictly observed, and no hoop netting allowed leaves plenty of coarse 

 fish in all the small inland lakes for resident and home use. 



Having made application for a number of herring licenses for Eagle Lake, he 

 can assure the Department that as they are all residents and farmers bordering 

 on those waters, they only take a very small amount of fish. 



Overseer James Fisher, of Sunbury, reports that this has been a very success- 

 ful fishing season. The bass seem to be plentiful, the tourists almost always 

 catching their limit. The salmon is not quite so plentiful, very small catches being 

 reported. He thinks if the close season for salmon was from the 15th October to 

 the 15th November, it would be a better protection, as they are almost sure to 

 spawn between those dates. This year they were through spawning before the 

 close season started The fishery laws and regulations have been well observed by 

 th-^' licensed fishermen in his district, and also by the tourists who visited the lakes. 

 He sold over 200 permits, besides many had them when they landed. Some com- 

 plaints have reached him of gill netting in Dog Lake and Loughboro Lake. He 

 visited those lakes and seized five nets. The water is very deep, and it is very hard 

 to locate them. 



The ducks are plentiful around his district. The close season for partridge 

 the last three years has resulted in their being more numerous. Mink are very 

 scarce, seldom one being caught. Muskrats are not so numerous as in former years. 



Overseer Adam Green, of Diamond, reports that fishing was not so good as 

 last year, the first of the season being very poor, owing to the cold, wet spring. 

 He seized one night line, and had the party fined. 



Ducks and partridge were plentiful, muskrat scarce, and mink very scarce. 

 Deer are on the increase, and there are traces of an odd beaver to be seen. 



Overseer J. E. Irish, of Vennachar, reports that he has had no applications for 

 licenses for fishing during the past year. He has had no occasion to prosecute for 

 infraction of the Game and Fisheries Act. He has made several visits in his 

 division, and found nothing contrary to the Act. He has posted up notices m 

 various parts of his district. 



The law regarding mill refuse in waters was also well observed. 



Partridges are reported much more plentiful this season, thanks to the De^ 

 partment. Deer are also more plentiful. 



Overseer J. A. Kennedy, of Tichhorne, reports that fishermen say black bass 

 are plentiful, only smaller than in former years. Pickerel are not so numerous, 

 and are smaller in size than formerly. There are a large number caught with hook 



