1915 GAME AND FISHERIES. 47 



Black bass and other game fish were very plentiful, but there do not appear 

 to have been so many caught as in 1913 as the bass did not bite so well, according 

 to reports. 



A large number of tourists visited the district, and the game and fishery 

 laws were well observed. 



Ducks and partridge are reported to be fairly plentiful. 



Moose and deer are quite plentiful, particularly red deer. 



Overseer J. W. Lewis, of Sheguiandali, reports that commercial fishing was 

 much better last year than in 1913 at all the fishing stations he has visited. 

 He has had more trouble at Killarney than at any other part of his territory 

 owing to a few so-called gill net fishermen who use their gill net license as a 

 blind lo fish seines. It is almost impossible to catch them in the act of fishing 

 their seines, as they have spies watching the overseers all the time. He would 

 recommend that this class of fishermen do not receive licenses then they could 

 not sell their fish and would have to give up the business. 



There were about the average number of tourists and bass fishing was fairly 

 good. 



Deer were plentiful last year and moose about the same as usual. Partridge 

 are becoming more scarce every year but ducks keep plentiful. 



He suggests that all camp help be licensed in the same manner as guides, as 

 often guides claim that they are only camp helpers when they are really acting 

 as both. 



Overseer John McArthur, of Ice Lake, reports that the fishing was about 

 the same as usual, pike and bass being quite plentiful. 



Ducks and partridge have been fairly plentiful. Large numbers were shof 

 during the beginning of the season. He is of the opinion that the bag limit 

 was strictly observed. 



Rabbits are numerous. Red deer are becoming more" plentiful every year 

 in spite of the numbers killed during the season. Muskrats are quite plentiful. 

 Mink are rather scarce. 



Overseer David Pyette, of TehJcummah, reports that speckled trout are very 

 scarce. Bass fishing is good. 



Partridge are very scarce. If they are not given a close season in his dis- 

 trict for at least two years, they will soon be a thing of flie past. 



Deer were reported plentiful. 



Overseer James Eameshotiom,, of Little Current, reports that the fish in his 

 ■district are mainly black bass, pickerel, pike, whitefish and trout. 



Black bass are more plentiful in some places and less in others. He believes 

 it is a mistake for an angler to throw back fish under ten inches in length. For 

 some reason a small bass takes the hook further down his throat than a large 

 bass, and in taking them ofi" the hook 80 per cent, of them are killed or injured 

 so that they will die. 



With regard to marketable fish, they seem to be holding their own. Pickerel 

 are increasing, which the fishermen say is due to so many suckers being fished out 

 in the winter. 



The game in this district consist of moose, red deer, ducks and partridge, and 

 the fur-bearing animals : mink, marten, beaver, otter and foxoa. 



