23 THE REPORT OF THE No. 31 



Bass. These fish are taken in large quantities ; one fisherman alone caught three 

 hundred dollars' worth of Bullheads in three weeks. 



Not many tourists visit the locality, although it has the best angling waters 

 along the shore of Lake Ontario, and the magnificent scenery and camping grounds 

 cannot be excelled in the whole Province. 



There are no fishways in his division. No mill refuse has been allowed by the 

 niillowncrs to run into the water. The close seasons and other regulations of the 

 Department have been well observed. 



Overseer Gardiner, McDonald's Corners, reports that the Bass fishing in his di- 

 vision is very good, but that the district is situated in such a way that it is hard to get 

 at it : still, they were visited by a few tourists during the past season, who were well 

 satisfied with the sport afforded. The laws and regulations of the Department are well 

 observed. 



Overseer Gerow, Port Perry, reports that owing to the very low water in Lake 

 Scugog during the year the Maskinonge fishing was not quite so* good as in former 

 years, rut that the Basss fishing was better than it had been for some years. This, he 

 thinks, is owing to the fact that there were not the usual quantity caught through the 

 ice during the winter. He recommends that all winter fishing be stopped. The different 

 close seasons were well observed. No cases of illegal fishing came to his knowledge. 



Overseer Gibson, Strathroy, reports that the Bass planted) by the Department in 

 his district are doing well ; the stream has been set apart for a term of years, and the 

 local anglers are looking forward with a great deal of pleasure to the time when they 

 can try their luck with the finny tribe. 



The laws and regulations have been well observed. There is no mill refuse allowed 

 to run into the water in his division. 



Overseer Gillespie, Campbellford, reports that the close season has been generally 

 observed ; very few complaints were made, and no violations came to his notice, ex- 

 cept in one or two cases of spearing. He visited the places where spearing was 

 said to be going on, and is pleased to say that his visit had a good effect, and stopped 

 it tr. a great extent. The hoopnet fishing has been very poor, especially in the waters 

 between Percy Boom and Chisholm Dam. He accounts for the scarcity of Bullheads, 

 or Catfish', in that section from the water having been drawn off the drowned lands 

 above Chisholm Dam before the small fry had a chance to readh deep waters, being 

 left in pond holes or shallow creeks, where the waters becoming stagnant during the 

 summer months they die. He is afraid that fishing will be poor until Chisholm Dam is 

 rebuilt ; there is about two-thirds of the dam gone at the present time. From Healey's 

 Dam oown to the foot of Rice Lake the fishing has not been up to former years, and 

 he thinks that if no license were granted in the spring for a few years the fishing 

 would be very much improved. A.ngling during the open season for Bass and Lunge 

 on the whole has not been as good as former years from Healey's Dam to Hastings. 

 He visited the different summer resorts to ascertain the cause for this, and the reason 

 given him was that the water was kept so high at Healey's Dam that the Bass 

 and Lunge did not take to the deep waters, but remained among the reeds, where 

 there was plenty of feed. In his opinion there are as many, if not more, game fish in 

 these waters as in former years, but on account of the waters being kept so much 

 hicrher. the fish have more territory to roam over. 



Overseer Gibson, Mallorytown, reports that the territory allotted to him on the 

 St. Lawrence River is entirely within the limits of the International Park. In the 

 arrangements for this park the Americans had everything to gain and the Canadians 

 everything to lose. 



The angling in the river, he regrets to report, has not been up to the average, for 

 Pass snd Pike especially. He has given his district close supervision during the past 



