1911 GAME AND FISHERIES. 63 



have done away with spearing after night with lights, as he has not seen any 

 this fall. 



Re Game. Ducks have greatly increased in that vicinity in the last few years. 

 A great many have been shot this fall. Deer are also rapidly increasing, but a 

 great many of them are frightened by the dogs. Partridge has increased wonder- 

 fully in the last two years. There are a great many muskrats in his district, in fact 

 it is one of the best muskrat districts in the older portion of Ontario, and he would 

 like to see them protected by license. He confiscated six muskrat traps. Mink has 

 not increased any in the last couple of years. He fined two men for shooting 

 out of a yacht, and three for Sunday shooting. On the whole the law has been 

 very well observed, and he thinks the game and fish have increased considerably 

 since last year under protection. 



Overseer A. 0. Boynton, of Kirhfield, reports that bass have not been so plenti- 

 ful this season as in former years. Those who have been fishing think that it is 

 owing to the rapid increase of carp — that they destroy the spawn and small fish. 

 Tlie carp are very numerous on the drowned land west of the Lift Locks. Lunge 

 fishing was fairly good east between the lock and Balsam Lake. No fishing 

 permits were sold, as tourists do not remain on these waters, but pass on to the 

 different lakes. There are none here who make a business of fishing, and the local 

 sports like to see the law enforced; and no violations of the Act have occurred, 

 although there are quite a number who take all the pleasure out of this sport 

 that the law allows. 



The protection steamer " Kaiad," with Capt. Carson and crew, passed through 

 the canal quite frequently this summer, and although they are good at enforcing 

 the law, they have never found any violations in that section. 



Xot nearly so many muskrats have been taken as last year, although quite a 

 number are to be seen along the water. Ducks were not very plentiful ; the hunters 

 think the season too late. Partridge, after their term of protection, are quite 

 plentiful, and the young hunters are taking the good of the sport. A stray deer 

 is occasionally seen in that section, but a great many who have always gone deer 

 hunting have given it up this year, thinking the allowance of one deer for a license 

 too fine. Quite a number think it would be better if the allowance were two, and 

 the use of hounds stopped. 



Overseer A. Bradshaw, of Lindsay, reports that it is pleasing to him to state 

 that he has received valuable assistance from a great many people who wish to see 

 the Game and Fisheries Act rigorously enforced and lawbreakers properly punished. 



Maskinonge were not as plentiful last season in Sturgeon Lake, while in Scugog 

 Lake they are said to have been more so. Bass were caught during the season in 

 large numbers in their usual haunts. The new locks and dam at Lindsay are finished, 

 and it is a great convenience to those passing from one lake to the other. There 

 are three sets of lock gates, so there is likely to be a big traffic in the spring. When 

 the fish come up to spawn in spring, they will be enabled to ascend when lockages 

 are being made. The new dam will be a great improvement in keeping the water 

 up to a proper height, and will assist in preserving the fish in Scugog Lake during 

 the winter months from the effects of severe frost, which in other years has injured 

 them badly. 



There are two trout clubs in Lindsay, composed of some of the best citizens of 

 the town, and they go out to places where they have fishing rights. Some of these 

 gentlemen have asked him to say in his report that they would like to get the law 



