1912 GAME AND FISHERIES. Go 



Fisliery Act rigorously enforced and liave breakers promptly punished. Ducks do 

 not seem to be as plentiful this year as last year; a great many of the hunters 

 tliere think if the season would open on the 1st of September instead of the 15tli 

 it would be better^ but a great many ducks have been shot this fall. Partridge are 

 very numerous, quite a number have been shot this fall. There are very large 

 flocks of game making their appearance now. Muskrats seem to be quite numer- 

 ous also. He would like to see muskrats trapped only in spring, and all fall and 

 winter trapping prohibited. Mink seem to be quite plentiful this fall. The deer 

 are about the same this year as last year. He thinks it would be advisable to 

 prohibit hounds from chasing deer in that section, as it frightens them away to 

 the north. 



Overseer W. M. Boyd, of Kagaivong, reports : The Game and Fishery Laws 

 liave been very fairly observed, and Avith very few exceptions not much room to 

 complain. Any cases of illegal fishing reported and investigated show little room 

 for complaint. 



Perhaps the season just closed may be counted as the best, or one of the 

 banner, seasons for that point; more tourists and, consequently, more angling per- 

 mits than in any previous season. He does not think there has been any better 

 season for black bass in Kagawong, or quite so good, for many years. If some 

 means could be devised to get the pike out of Kagawong Lake it would very 

 greatly improve conditions for bass and whitefish there. The whitefish seem to 

 suffer more than the bass ; they are small and poor, lean, lanky specimens. 



The partridge are quite plentiful and there should certainly be a daily limit 

 for each hunter. 



Deer are growing more plentiful each year on that island; farmers are hav- 

 ing quite a cinch fcooping the big game and no fee. He thinks that every settler 

 should have the self-same privilege as the farmer in the Territorial Districts. On 

 what pretext have they any more rights than any other class of settlers. He thinks 

 it a very unfair discrimination against all other classes. Why not be fair and 

 charge all a small fee, say about 50c. each, and put all on the same, even footing? 

 Anyone would be glad to pay that amount, and it would be no burden and not 

 much to lose, and all would be protected with a small license fee, and the Depart- 

 ment would have the revenue and track of every hunter or sportsman. 



An odd stray moose on the island, but only one he has heard of being shot, 

 but several have been seen at different points. 



Ducks have been quite plentiful, but seem to get away from there before the 

 season opens; not many shot in general. 



Overseer A. Bradshaw, of Lindsay, reports that the past season has been an 

 ideal one for fishing in that section ; maskinonge were more plentiful in the waters 

 below liindsay than they were last year, and good catches by trowling were made, 

 and those angling for them seemed well satisfied. Bass were also caught in goodly 

 numbers by these wlio prefer fishing for them with rod and baited hooks and line, 

 while in Scugog liake, which has long been looked upon as anglers' paradise, 

 maskinonge and bass are reported to have been as plentiful as in olden times, 

 when that lake was referred to as the " Poorman's pork barrel." There are streams 

 adjacent to Scugog Lake where brook trout are found, and many of Lindsay's best 

 citizens are interested in their culture and protection, and it is pleasing to hear 

 that with the care and attention these " speckled beauties " receive from so worthy 

 a class of sportsmen, coupled with the vigilance of the local OverseervS, those grand. 



