1913 GAME AND FISHERIES. 51 



Lincoln County. 



Overseer J. C. May, of St. Catharines, reports that the rules and regulations 

 of his division have heen we'll observed by the fishermen. There is scarcely any 

 shooting done in that district, game of all kinds being scarce. The fishermen have 

 just begun their fall fishing, and so far the herring has been very plentiful, the 

 catches being a great deal larger than last year ait this time. 



The fur-bearing animals in that district are very scarce. 



Overseer Oliver Taylor, of Niagara-on-the-Lahe, reports that the fishing 

 at the mouth of the Niagara Eiver this season has been very poor. He learns 

 from the fishermen that it is not owing to a scarcity of fish, but to so much easterly 

 weather, which has kept the water out of condition. 



The bass fishing for anglers has also been very scarce. 



The trap nets above Queenston have caught very few fish this season. 



He has patrolled his district very carefully, and has seen little signs of ille- 

 gal fishing being done outside of the three set lines that he picked up. 



He only sold four angler's permits, they having bought most of them in 

 Buffalo. 



The game in that district are pheasamts, the principal bird, but the hard 

 winter and the two years' open season has made them scarce, but a goodly supply 

 is left to breed. 



He knows of a few quail in the township, but not very plentiful. 



The fur-bearing animals are muskrats, which are quite plentiful around the 

 ponds. 



He thinks the law has been very well observed here. 



Manitoulin District. 



Overseer J. J. Avis, of Cochburn Island, reports that the season just ended has 

 only been an average one there, and will show a decrease in the catch of whitefish and 

 lake trout. Often trout come in on the shore to spawn early in the month of 

 October, and whitefish on or about the 10th of November. Pound nets did not 

 pay expenses, and very few gill nets were in the water during the summer months. 



He would further suggest that the Department have more hatcheries. They 

 further believe the hatcheries are now the only source for keeping our lakes stocked, 

 the whitefish spawn being destroyed by other kinds of fish. 



Partridges, ducks and rabbits are numerous, but very few shot. Deer are on 

 the increase, but no one appears to take time to hunt them, although reports have 

 come to him that deer have visited the farms in most every direction on the 

 Island. 



Fur-bearing animals are very scarce. 



The game and fishery laws have been well observed. 



Overseer IF. M. Boyd, of Kagaioong, reports that the season just closed has 

 been an exceptional one in that locality, although in his opinion the fish are as 

 plentiful in Kagawong Lake this season as any year for the past twenty-three years. 

 Not so many, perhaps, were caught, owing to the cool season, which seems to have 

 been universal, and not in any one particular section or locality. The fish or 

 black bass in Kagawong Lake were very fleshy, and the high water in all incoming 

 streams has flooded an abundance of food for them, together with the immense 



