1912 GAME AXD FISHERIES. 47 



Overseer Thos. Mansfield, of Piclcering Harbor, reports that the Fishery and 

 Game Act has been well observed in his district, that he has visited all parts of his 

 district one time and another ; some parts on several occasions, and generally found 

 things in 0. K. order. One thing he would recommend, that all gasoline yachts 

 have their names printed in good sized letters on the stern, as on one occasion he 

 got word that there was someone shooting at Pickering Creek before season opened 

 for ducks. He started down, but when about half-way the parties were coming 

 up the lake, they went into Pickering Harbor and he followed them, but when he 

 got within about one hundred yards of the piers they started off for Toronto, and 

 if the name of the boat had been on the stern he might have got the name and been 

 able to have done something. 



The fishing in his district has been better than in previous years — that is, 

 mostly at Pickering Harbor. 



He has had several complaints about the angling at the mouth of Pickering 

 Creek and Eouge Creek ; they say that the perch fishing is being spoiled by the carp 

 eating up all the spawn, and the remedy that he would propose would be that the 

 Department provide a seine to be hauled under the supervision of the Fishery 

 Overseer, and all the good fish returned and the carp sold to defray expenses. 



He thinks the mink are about the same, while the muskrats are getting more 

 numerous. The duck shooting was about the same, although the flight of ducks 

 was not so large as usual, but some say that they went south in the night. 



Overseer J. C. May, of St. Catharines, reports that, owing to the fishermen 

 doing very little fishing during the summer months, he has very little to report 

 in regard to the summer fishing, but the herring was plentiful last fall. 



And as to game, he says there is not very much in his division except a few 

 squirrels and som.e English pheasants. He would recommend that only a limited 

 number of pheasants be allowed to each person, as some people do nothing else but 

 hunt till the season is over. 



Fur-bearing animals are very scarce, and he would also recommend a close 

 season on them for three years for the County of Lincoln, or they will be exter- 

 minated in a very short time. 



The rules and regulations have been well observed in his division. 



Overseer J. A. Moore, of Trenton, reports that the last season has not been a 

 very good one for angling. Bass appeared to be scarce and there were no large 

 catches. There were very few tourists there on fishing excursions, a decided 

 decrease from last year. This he thinks is the result of the scarcity of this game 

 fish, and he would respectfully recommend the restocking of the head of the Bay 

 of (Juinte with black bass. Rough fish appear to be plentiful, and the professional 

 fishermen operating in this district are fairly law abiding and conforming to the 

 regulations. There were some persons destroying fish by dynamite, but they 

 were speedily discovered and punished. Wild ducks have been very plentiful in 

 his district and he also hears in other districts as well. It is rumored, but he does 

 not know of its truth, that in some parts of the County of Prince Edward, some 

 distance from his field of operations, professional fishermen, possessing license 

 for lake fishing, set Gill nets upon the feeding grounds and catoh a large number 

 of ducks, shoot them full of shot and ship them to Toronto and other places for 

 sale. This was an old practice, which has ceased altogether in his district. 



The duck hunters there use a light boat which they call a monitor, (which 

 sinks almost to the level of the water,) and large flocks of decoy ducks. The 



