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last season. He says there is little or no illegal fishing done in the spring now 

 and he had only one case of illegal fishing. 



Be game. There are no mink, and not very many muskrats in his district. 

 Otter are scarce also. There seems to be one family of otters around, and if they can 

 be properly protected for a few years, they might increase in numbers. All other 

 game are scarce: Deer are not very plentiful, and as far as ducks are concerned, 

 they seem to be gone entirely just at present. He does not see many partridges 

 in his travels, and thinks the partridge season should close at the opening of the 

 deer season. 



Overseer C. H. Gossan, of Camphellford, reports that the fishing, especially 

 the lunge fishing, was good the first part of the season, and there were some 

 large fish caught. During August it was not quite so good. The bass fishing in 

 the rapids was good, but they are not very large. He thinks the guide licenses 

 are a great help to protect the fish as well as the ducks. He would recommend 

 that a hatchery for bass be put in, as the Americans would rather catch bass 

 than any other fish, and he thinks that if there were lots of good bass fishing the 

 revenue from non-residents would be much better than it has been. There have 

 been more Americans in his district this year than last. The fishing on Crow 

 Hiver has been better this year than for a number of years, since a large summer 

 boarding house has been started. There are seven good summer hotels on the 

 Trent Eiver from Camphellford to Trent Bridge, and good accommodation. 



The bullheads and mudcats are becoming very plentiful. He would recom- 

 mend that pickerel, bass and lunge come in all at the same time, and a strict law 

 to stop all kinds of fishing in close season, as when parties go fishing for pickerel 

 they take anything they can catch and do not throw them back, and it is impossible 

 to catch them. He would recommend a close season for frogs, as it would stop a 

 lot of spearing. 



Ducks have been more plentiful than last year, and the laws have been 

 pretty well observed, although he has quite a lot of trouble with the Indians, as 

 there are four contracts going on in his district and they keep coming and going, 

 and every time a new gang comes there is trouble. He thinks that the close season 

 for partridge has been a good thing, as there seems to be quite a number of these 

 birds this year. 



Overseer Thos. H. Cheer, of Brighton, reports that the lake fishing on the 

 whole has not been up to the average of former years, heavy storms destroying 

 many nets, and the catch has been light generally. 



As to game fish, such as black bass and maskinonge, there are no gravel beds 

 or other spawning places there, the bottom being mostly mud, and the game fish 

 scarce. Pike, perch and other rough fish are fairly plentiful. 



Speckled trout have been fished so persistently in the streams that they are 

 nearly extinct, and he would recommend that a close season of from three to five 

 years be placed on the streams of that locality. 



Game. He thinks that deer licenses should be issued from the 15th of Novem- 

 ber to the first day of December, both days inclusive, and that one deer per man 

 be sufficient, and no deer under one year old be killed. Partridge is on the in- 

 crease, and he would recommend that a further close season of two years be placed 

 on them. Black and gray squirrel are very scarce, and he would suggest a close 

 season of from three to five years. 



