1913 aAME AND FISHEEIES. 13 



Warden Victor Chauvin, of Windsor, reports, that during the year he has 

 visited nearly all the fishermen in his district and it was reported by them '.that 

 they had a good year for fishing, especially herring in Lake Erie, East of Point 

 Pelee, only the trouble was that they were running small, and they should not be 

 less than ten inches in length. Perch and blue pickerel are also plentiful, and 

 white bass also running very small, and there should be regulations on them. He 

 states that they are catching white fish by the ton West of Point; Pelee and Detroit 

 Eiver, and also at the mouth of Lake St. Clair. In Detroit Eiiver there is good 

 fishing for white fish. The fishermen claim that the cause is that there is no 

 blasting at the mouth of the river this fall. The anglers have reported satisfac- 

 torily in catching bass in St. Clair Flatis and Mitchell Bay and other places. 

 There is a lot of sturgeon caught in Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie, and the 

 majority is small. Lots of them on the market weigh from three to four pounds. 

 There should be regulations on them. 



The law was very well observed by the fishermen throughout this disitrict. 



In regard to game. Quails have been reported as plentiful as last year. Wood- 

 cock hunters are reported to have seen two or three bevys a day. Partridge is 

 not increasing, and the Hungarian partridge which were; planted by the Leamington 

 Club were reported doing well. They have found two pairs of birds with fifteen 

 young. Black and grey squirrels are about the same as other years, very scarce in 

 Essex County, but plentiful east ;of there. Muskrat is showing very good. Wild 

 geese have not been showing very plentiful this fall, but there were a lot of them 

 last spring. The mallard ducks, black and grey, are more plentiful this fall in the 

 Detroit River and marshes around Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair than for years. 

 The river ducks are very scarce. There; are quite a number of woodcocks this fall. 

 The snipe are also scarce this fall. The sportsmen claim that they are pleased with 

 the bags of birds they got this fall in a day's shooting, but there is a great objection 

 raised regarding the law of sunrise and sunset for shooting. 



Warden H. J. Metcalf, of -.Kingston, reports, that he has visited the principal 

 portion of his district during the year, and was much gratified to observe that the 

 overseers and other officers whom he met; were diligent and painstaking in the per- 

 formance of their various duties. Violations of the Departmental laws and regu- 

 lations bave been few in number. Owing to the past; spring and early part of the 

 summer having been very much cooler than usual, the number of tourists were 

 lessened. The patrol boats and their efficient officers have been of great service in 

 promoting and ensuring the carrying out and observance of the laws of the depart- 

 ment. Whenever he has needed their assistance they most cbeerfully rendered it. 

 He was much gratified to learn from numerous residents residing along the Eideau 

 and adjacent lakes of tbe beneficial effects produced through the continuous efforts 

 of the Department to exterminate ling. 



Angling in most places visited has been excellent. Bass fishing has been 

 particularly good. Commercial fishing during the season has improved consider- 

 ably. Fishermen engaged therein have manifested a uniform desire to conform 

 with the laws and regulations. 



Owners of saw-mills have, this season, been more careful in the disposition of 

 their refuse material. Partridges have shown fair increase in numbers.. To 

 ensure this continuously for future years, he would suggest that a reasonable limit 

 be placed on the number falling to each gun. Would deem twenty-five or thirty to 

 be a fair imaximum. Ducks have been more numerous than in 1911. Muskrats^ 



