12 SUMMARY OF THE FISH LAWS. 



trout above named, including the California troiit, cannot be caught of less length than 

 six (6) inches, in any of the waters of the state. Fish must not be wilfully disturbed 

 while on their spawning beds in the public waters of the state, except in Lake 

 Ontario; and spawn or milt must not be taken from the fish in any waters, not 

 private. 



North Carolina. The open season for brook trout is from December 31 to Oct- 

 ober 15th in the counties west of the Blue Ridge Mountains and from January 1 to 

 October 1 in the waters of New or Watauga rivers and their tributaries in Wautauga 

 County, and the New river and North Fork of same and their tributaries in Ashe 

 County. The above restriction as to legal season does not apply to the counties of 

 Henderson, Yancey, Transylvania, Buncome and Macon. No restriction as to hook 

 and line fishing for other fish than the brook trout. 



Nova Scotia, Province of. The legal season (for surface fly-fishing only with 

 rod and line) for salmon is from February 1 to September 15th. All varieties of 

 trout can be caught from January 1 to October 1. 



Ohio. "Brook trout, salmon, land-locked salmon or California salmon" (we 

 quote the text of the law), can be legally caught from March 15 to September 15. 

 No restrictions on hook and line fishing for other fish. 



Ontario, Province of. The open seasons are: Salmon (lake) trout and white- 

 fish from November 10 to November 1; fresh water herring December 1 to October 

 15; brook or river trout from May 1 to September 15; black bass, pickerel and mas- 

 calonge from May 15 to April 15; salmon from April 1 to September 1. 



Oregon. Mountain or brook trout can be legally caught from April 1 to Novem- 

 ber 1 ; salmon must not be taken from the Columbia river and tributaries, BY ANY 

 MEANS WHATEVER, during the months of March, August and September, nor during 

 the weekly close time (from 6 P. M. on Saturday to 6 A. M. on Monday), in the 

 months of April, May, June and July." Fishing for "redfish" is permitted from Jan- 

 uary 1 to August 10. 



Pennsylvania. "Sea salmon" and "speckled trout" can be legally caught from 

 April 1 to August 1; lake (salmon) trout from January 1 to October 1; "black bass, 

 green bass, yellow bass, willow bass, rock bass, Lake Erie or grass bass, pike, pick- 

 erel or wall-eyed pike, commonly known as the ' Susquehanna salmon, '" can be 

 caught from June 1 to January 1. [This law does not apply to the waters of Lake 

 Erie, except in the ponds or peninsula forming the north and east shores of the 

 harbor of Erie. Trout, either brook or California mountain trout, cannot be 

 caught less than five (5) inches in length, and the same law applies to bass of any 

 species under six (6) inches in length. 



Prince Edward Island, Province of. The open season for trout is from 

 December 1 to October 1; for salmon from January 1 to September 1. 



Quebec, Province of. The open seasons are: Brook (speckled) or river trout 

 from February 1 to October 1; salmon trout (lake trout or lunge), or "winnoniche/ 

 (land-locked salmon), from December 1 to October 15; black bass, pickerel (dore or 

 pike-perch) and mascalonge June 15 to May 15; salmon can be caught (only by 

 "surface fly fishing") from May 1 to September 1. 



Rhode Island. The open seasons are: Black bass can be taken (except in the 

 waters of Sneach pond, town of Cumberland), from July 15 to March 1; trout from 

 March 1 to August 15; pickerel June 1 to April 1. 



South. Carolina. No restrictions on hook and line fishing. Non-residents 

 (persons who have not resided one year in the state), cannot fish except by permis- 

 sion of land holders. 



Tennessee. No restrictions on hook and line fishing. 

 Texas. No restrictions on hook and line fishing. 



Utah, Territory of. Trout may be taken with hook and line between June 15 

 and March 15. 



Vermont. Trout, land-locked salmon, trout or "longe" (the latter is the local 

 name for salmon or lake troiit), can be legally taken with hook and line between 

 May 1 and September 1; the black bass open season is from June 15 to February 1, 

 arid bass under (10) ten inches must be returned to the water. Wall-eyed pike (pike- 

 perch), pike and pickerel can be caught only from June 15 to February 1. 



Virginia. The open seasons are: For trout from April 1 to December 15; black 

 bass (locally called river bass, black perch, pond baas or Southern chub), from July 1 

 to May 15, 



