1916 GAME AND FISHERIES. 49 



Fishing was fairly good in the spring in Bigwing Lake and some other lakes 

 in our four townships. In the North Branch River there was good iishing for 

 black bass and trout. 



In my travels through the winter I saw several wolves' tracks and this summer 

 about July there was a bunch about a mile from my home. A settler of ours heard 

 them and killed two of them. 



Norfolk County. 



From Overseer J. S. Smith, of Port Rowan, for the County of Norfolk. 



The fishing both in the Inner Bay and Outer Bay has been about an average 

 catch. 



The prices for the di^erent kinds of fish have been fair. 



The wild duck are very plentiful in the marshes, but the shooting in the Bay 

 has not been so good owing perhaps to the mild weather. 



The plover, snipe and quail are very scarce. 



The bass fishing was up to the average though not as many permits sold this 

 year as other years. 



The black squirrels and partridge are very numerous. 



NiPISSING DiSTEIGT. 



From Overseer Richard Conway, of Madawasha, for Townships of Airy, 

 Murchison, Sabine and Lyell. 



Game is scarce in the Townships Murchison, Lyell and Airy. Partridge are 

 few and there are not many deer. In the Townships of Sproule and Clancy, north 

 of here, deer and partridge are plentiful. 



The kinds of fish we have here are speckled trout, gray trout, black bass, perch 

 and mud pout, but the waters are rather poorly stocked. 



From Overseer Joseph Rivet, of Sturgeon Falls, for that portion of the District 

 of Nipissing lying west and north of the Townships of Widdifield, Merrick, Stewart 

 and Osborne, exclusive of Lake Timiskaming and its tributaries. 



The catch of bass and maskinonge has not been very good this year but 

 sturgeon, pickerel and pike afforded good sport, in fact, much better than in 

 previous years. 



Muskrats abound in this region. 



Ducks and partridge are very numerous. 



Northumberland County. 



From Overseer Thomas H. Cheer, of Brighton, for the waters of Lake Ontario 

 fronting County of Northumberland, also inland waters tributary to said lake in 

 said County. 



The catch of trout has been very good, about the same as last year. 



Whitefish have been very plentiful, the largest catch in years. 



Coarse varieties were also caught in good quantities. 



Ducks of all species were very plentiful here before the season opened the 15th 

 of September, but in a few days they were- very scarce. 



Partridge are still very scarce here, but there were, I think, a few more than 

 last year. 



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