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where the channel was. He said Jersey, so Jersey we went ; but we 

 soon round that he was mistaken, for before wo had got hall way 

 through the rift the Spray, which was leading by about twenty yards, 

 strnek on a rock and the Arrow not being aula to steer clear of her, on 

 account of the force of Die current, threw her bow around so as not to 

 strike the Spray, broadside, and struck her sideways. Both canoes 

 rolled over on their sides and the water ran over ns as though nature 

 had placed us there to make a waterfall. By the aid of our aprons we 

 were barely able to keep ourselves from being swamped. After get- 

 ting our canoes half full we gradually worked our way into deep water 

 and after going on a short distance hauled onr canoes out on a raft, 

 baled the water out ol them, dried ourselves as much as possible and 

 took lunch. Tims refreshed we launched onr canoes once more and 

 passing through Eastern Palls in safety arrived al Phillipaburg. Onr 

 friends at. Delaware Station tried to persuade ns not to go down the 

 river in onr canoes as it had fallen nearly six feet after rafts had 

 stopped running and u would be very dangerous to go tlir ug the rttt« 

 and more so as we did not know the channel. But we had o.noeun our 

 maids to give the canvas canoe (Qui Vive model) a thorou wial.and 

 we did. Having plenty of rough water, as well as strikiu abou 25 

 times on the rocks between the Water Gap ami Phinipsbnrg w found 

 them to be all we could possinly desire. Procuring our ' pEI we 

 started down the canal, camping the tirst night just outside or Phillips- 

 burg, in order to make an early start the nextmorning. Wo passed 

 thiough Stanhope Lake at sun set, which was a beautiful sight, and ar- 

 rived at Lake Uopatcong that night and camped in the "old spot." 

 Leaving the lake at -i A. M. the next morning we arrived at Dover be- 

 fore noon. In passing through this town we were hailed by a gentle- 

 man on the shore who said he had read a good deal about the canoe in 

 the Pokest and Stream and nothing would do but he must examine 

 them (mm bow to stern. 



Continuing on our way until 10:30p.m. we arrived at Paterson, where 

 we accept ■ .1 :ni in \-itai ion from a canal man to bunk in with him on the 

 canal boat and had a comfortable night's rest, for after paddling all 

 day a person gets pretty stiff by sleeping in a canoe. After breakfast. 

 we bid our friend good morning unri started for Bloomfleld, where we 

 arrived at 10 a. jr., making the distance from Pliillipsbnrg to Bloom- 

 neld, about 91 miles, lu two days and two hours, piddling the whole 

 distance. We arrived in Orange on Decoration Day in time for dinner, 

 both feeling better than we ever had before, being perfectly salisaed 

 with our trip aud feeling that we had thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and 

 fully put to test the merits of the Qui Vive canvas canoe. 



East Orange, IT. J.. Aug. 1, 137S F. P- and E. P. D. 



FISH IN SEASON" IN AUGUST. 



FKESH WATKK. 



Trout, Salmofontinalia. 

 Salmon, Salvia mlar. 

 (Salmon Trout, Salmo confinis. 

 Laud-locked Salmon, Sattno glover 

 Grayling, ThymaUus tricolor. 

 Black Bass, mcroptervA sahntMei 



M. nigricans. 

 Mu»kalooge, /■ -'j.i. ... .■■'.: ;:.'...'. 

 like or Pickerel, Earn Irtriws. 

 Yellow Perch, Perca ilaoeecetis. 



SAL! 



Sea Baa?, Sciamops occllatus. 

 Sheepshead, Archosargus prabato< 



Striped Bass, Jioccu* linneatus. 

 White Perch, Afarone amcricana. 

 Weak Ball, Cynvscion regalia. 

 BInedsh, Prmiaiomvs mllatnx. 

 Spanish Mackerel, Cgbiuminacula- 



tum 

 Ore. (:■_!',;■;,■)-,:. iwrnilc. 



Bonito. tarda pekvtny&i 

 Kingllsh , M enticirrumebulosus. 



Fish in SIabkut— Retail Prices Bass, 25 cents ; bluefish, 



8 ; Balmon, 25 ; mackerel, 15 ; weak fish, 10 ; Spanish mackerel, 

 native, 20 ; green turtle, 10 ; holibut, 12 ; haddock, 6 ; king iiah, 20 ; 

 codfish, 6 ; blaok fish, 10 ; flounders, 10 ; porgies, 8 ; sea bass, 15 ; 

 eeks, 18 ; lobsters, 10 j sheeps-head, 20 ; Canada brook trout, 35 ; 

 pompano, 25 ; hard crabs, per 100, $3 ; soft crabs per dozen, $1. 



New Brunswick — Bathurst, August, 3.— Good catches of 

 Salmon and grille arc now made every day at the rough water 

 on Ihc Nepisiquit River, litis stretch ot water is a very de- 

 sirable one for that class of sportsmen who dislike long canoe 

 voyages, It is scarcely three miles by a good road irorn the 

 louse, where good board can be had for $7 per week. 

 The guides' charges are from §1 to S1.25 per day. Plover 

 and goose shooting arc good later in the season. Our catch, 

 myself and friends, at the rough water to-day, numbers six- 

 teen. Weight not given. Stanstbad. 



New Bbtjnbwiok Wigd?— CanftpinfJtie WiMerness, York Co., 

 August o.— It. is three months since I left, the verge of civi- 

 lization for life in the, woods. Trouiing has been excellent, 

 the fish large and gamy. Now the water is -warm and the 

 fish languid i; no fight iu tin m. and so no fun. My stay here 

 has been made pleasant hy the many acts of courtesy aud 

 visi's of John Stewart,, Esq., Superintendent of N. B. & O. 

 R. R., a whole-souled man and thorough sportsman, whose 

 camp on the beautiful JGIbuvn is at the service of any lover of 

 the angle. The prospect for partridge and duck shooting 

 mver belter. Bears, Ibe usual adjuncts of camp life in the 

 backwoods, are not plenty this season; still I look two intocamp 

 yesterday ; one, a cub, will furnish the principal dish for our 

 evening meal to-day. Allow me, in conclusion, to Eay a word 

 in praise of Orvis' flies, which have proved to be the best 1 

 ever used. Oobpoijax Lot Wakiteld. 



Quebec— Matapedia, Aug. 6.— The weather here is dark 

 and heavy, with strong east wind and water in the Resti- 

 gouche high and unfavorable for salmon fishing. The only 

 salmon killed here for some days past I took to-day ; two in 

 number. As soon as settled weather comes and the water 

 fails there will be good fly fishing again. Yesterday I visited 

 Parker's Lake, a few miles back from Campbelllbn, N. B., 

 where I basketed 54 fine Salmo fontinalis ranging from -Jib. 

 to 21b. each. Stahstead. 



Nbpioon TnorjT. — The trouiing on the Nepigon this season 

 is reported to be the very best. The fish average one and a 

 half pound in weight, and give plenty of work to the angler 

 who seeks to draw them out on to dry lnud. By a fortuitous 

 survival of the fittest, the smaller aud weaker fish are all de- 

 voured by the pickerel, so that your hook is not molested by 

 fingerlings. 



New Hampshire— GeorgeviUe, August 5.— Steamers run 

 daily through Lake Minrpbemagog, making connections with 

 the Vermont Central, 8outbi.-at-le.rii and Passumpsic railway, 

 stopping al all points on the Lake, including the beautiful 

 village of GeorgeviUe, which is the abode of the sportsman. 

 Within three miles distance fcora this place there are between 

 twenty-live and thirty good lishing grounds, where great 

 quantities of lunge (a fish of excellent quality, averaging from 

 five to twenty pounds) are caught. But the greatest of 

 nature's curiosities in this country is a living stream of water 

 one mile in length and half a mile in width, which is situated 

 on the very top of Mount Alephontum. Great quantities of 



spotted trout, are caught there yearly hy sportsmen'from New 

 York, Boston, etc. This pond is situated on the Western 

 side of the lake opposite GeorgeviUe, at a distance of three 

 and a half miles, and accessible by means of a carriage road 

 that has lately been constructed from the shore of the lake to 

 the outlet of the pond. For fly-fishing this pond cannot be 

 excelled. D, W. A. 



Massachusetts— Nantucket, Aug, 10.— Bluefish arc very 

 scarce, the heavy wind having driven them off shore. 



Jack Olblew. 



Movements or TrtE Fishing Fleet. — The later reports 

 from the Bay indicate an Improvement in quality and catch, 

 and it is Dot too late to hope for profitable returns before lite 

 season closes. The weather has been rough of late, and un- 

 favorable for fishing, but some good fares are reported. The 

 shore mackerel fleet continue to "meet with ill success, and 

 there is little hope for improvement until the mackerel turn 

 southward in the fall. The number of arrivals the past week 

 has been 12 and the receipts some BOObbla. Bank and 

 Georges fish have been in moderate receipt tie past week. 

 We notice arrivals from the Banks, with 400,0001bs. o i IflSh 

 and 113,0001bs. halibut, and 20 from Georges, with 340,000 

 lbs. codfian. Whole number of fishing arrivals for the week, 

 48— Cope Ann Advertiser, Aug. 9. 



Rhode Islahd.— WewpoH, Aug. 10.— Bass are being caught 

 from the noted poi nls every morning. The sea, being rough, 



keeps the water stirred up just enough toplea.se the fishermen. 

 Bluefish are. running rather small at present, but fine sport is 

 had trolling for them. 



Conkboiiotjt. — WolcotlmlU, Aug. 11.— Black bass fishing 

 is middling good at Bantam Lake, Litchfield, Court,, and 

 many fine strings are al.no, I am told, captured at Warania 

 Lake, in Kent. Conn. Why it is that bass do not bite at West 

 Hill Pond, (plenty in it) or Twin Lakes (Salisbury, Conn.) is 

 a mystery. Cannol some of your readers explain V Pickerel 

 and perch are in abundance in Tyler Pond, Goshen, Conn., 

 and Wilson's Pond, Harwinton, Conn. *K. 



Oommbotiout— Bant Hampton, August 1.— A bass was 

 caught at the Lake by ITncle Jed that balanced the scale at 4A 

 pounds. The largest oue thus far this season. If. C. 



New YoiiK — Onondaga Lake. — Black bass are more abund- 

 ant in the lake, than they have been for years before. Sport 

 is excellent, Mr. John Marm, of Syracuse, recently captured 

 a five-pounder. 



Adlrondaokb— Blue Mountain Lake, Aug. 10. — This region 

 has recently experienced almost a deluge. For more than a 

 fortnight ruin has fallen more or less every day (generally 

 more). The waters of this lake at present writing are higher 

 than for many years at this seasou. Most, of the hotels in this 

 region have done a thriving business this season. Both houses 

 here— the "Ordinary " and " Holland's " — have at times had 

 all they could entertain. The long-continued rains have 

 driven many camping parties to the hotels for shelter, though 

 more have braved it out and are still in camp. The high 

 waters have put a quietus on the fishing for the present, but a 

 few days of fair weather will make all right again. 



G. M. S, 



Shark Fishing ot the Hudson. — Last Sunday afternoon 

 two fishermen at Yerplanck's Point, on the Hudson River, 

 about half a mile from shore, found themselve unable to haul 

 iiji on« of their fishing-nets, which assumed more weighty 

 proportions than they had ever known before. Assistance 

 was speedily summoned, and a fierce encounter was had with 

 what old fishermen say is one of the largest sharks ever 

 caught in the waters of the Hudson. For a time it seemed a 

 question whether a larger force would not have to be called 

 to complete the capture. Finally, the victim was hauled to 

 the shore, causing no litlle excitement among the fishermen 

 and citizens of ihe surrounding country. It measured nine 

 feet and weighed between 500 and 600 pounds. It was a fe- 

 male of the black species. 



Long IsLkvv.—Sayvilte Aug. 12.— Bluefish are very plenty 

 in Great South Bay now, and have been most of the season. 

 The catch on Saturday was from 50 to 100 a boat. Chumming 

 has become such an institution that an enterprising bay man 

 has a floating mill near tho fishing grounds in which he grinds 

 the bunksrs. Weak and kinufish are also quite plenty on the 

 reef opposite Sayville The liberal maaagsnent and fast 

 trains on ihe L. I. B. P., under Receiver Sharp, has added 

 greatly to the popularity of the south side this season. Ten 

 and twelve cars to a train are often required to seat the 

 passengers. E. R. W. 



New Jersey— Kinsey's Ashley Jlimse, Barnegnt Xnle% Aug. 

 10.— Sheepshead still very plenty. A. Purvis took 4; in one 

 day; another gent 32. An average of 225 taken daily. 

 Bluefish running about two pounds are taken daily. B. G. 

 Fallon & Brother, of New York, 56 in two days ; F. W. Par- 

 sons and 11. M. Hieskill, Philadelphia, same number j W. K. 

 Flynn and parly, from Bordcntown, N. J., 130 weakfish. 

 Although we have no warden iu our county to earry out the 

 laws passed last winter, glill some thirty per cent, of our net 

 fishermen have refrained "from using these nets out of fear. 

 We feel the benefit. All kinds of fish are more plenty than 

 they have been for years. Our laws are violated, however, 

 by a large class, owing to the laxity of on State Commis- 

 sioners in not appointing a warden. B. 



Shad is August — Bed Bank, AT. J., August 6. — I procured 

 a tine t-had to-day, a female, not spawned out. Is not this 

 late for a roe-fish ? A. H. Wild. 



We think it very late for shad. But we have before this 

 asserted the fact that in and around New York shad can be 

 caught when wanted, almost every month m the year ; of 

 course in small quantity. 



Pjbbhbxlvasia.-- Greenville, Aug. 12.— James Hunter, of 



this place has caught sixty-five black bass since the law went 

 into effect, Prof. Roth, Of Thiel College, of Ibis place, 

 caught a splendid pike of about lh pounds. Pike fishing is 

 splendid here. There has been several caught, varying from 

 7 to 20 pounds in weight. 



Bkqoxb. 



Innocents Abroad.— A party of Washington gentlemen 

 who have taken unto themselves this happy name, go off 

 ekeb \ear on n fishing aud sailing cruise in their yacht Pert) 

 and always manage to have a thoroughly good time. The 

 party this year consists of Major C. A. Appel, Pre.; 

 son K. Weaver. Secretary; William 11. Goods, Treasurer; 

 Dr. E. T. Bchafhirt and Ernest Schmid, Executive Committee; 

 L. Stoddard, Bailing Master, and DeW. Haines, Joseph L. 



Pearson, O. T. Thompson, Henry Bradley, Brvon Turner, 

 Millard Weaver, and Warren. C. Stone. They sail next 

 Saturday from Alexandria, Va., and are to be gone sixteen 

 days. They will proceed to Cherrystone, Virginia, four miles 

 from the ocean, spending there four days in fishing. From 

 that place they will goto Fortress Monroe, Newport News in 

 Hampton Koads, and all places of interest in that vicinity; 

 then proceed leisurely up Chesapeake Bay, stoppiug at East 

 Piankatank and Rappahannock Itivors and Bheephei 

 or Point Lookout , trout grounds at Ooan river foot Bone), 

 and trout and taylor grounds at Sedge Pond, mouth of Saint 

 Mary's river. They wiil also stop at Marshall's and Adams' at 

 Saint George's River and at Piney Point. 



MioHTfiATJ— Detroit. Aug. 8. — H. Dickenson and T. Mc- 

 Graw returned from St. Clair Plats yesterday with over 300 

 bass for two weeks fishing. ■ They took 07 iu one day. 



Dbuzo. 



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Michigan Grayling— Buy City. Mich., Aug. ',). —Editor 

 forest and Stream : I have read a great, many letters inquiring 

 about, the recreation and sport offered in North Michigan, 

 hunting and fishing, I make one answer to many who vvi-.li to 

 know if Wfl have the grayling in abundance, I say yes. July 

 19, 1878} I caught in the main branch of Ansoph Kiver a 

 grayling IS;' inches long. After removing the intestines he 

 | pounds— as fine a fish as any man could wish lo 

 catch, antl game to the last. The grayling is a more elegantly 

 formed fish than the trout. He has a smaller head antl mouth, 

 is broader across the shoulders, and tapers off mure radidly to 

 the tail, which is more forked. The point of the eye elliptical, 

 and the pupil much more elongated than that of the trout, 

 the side toward the nose being drawn Out to an acute angle. 

 The opposite side is less acute. The back fin is very large. 

 (Here is the exact comparison). It bus twenty-three spines - 

 the ventral fin has sixteen ; the pectoral, ten ; the anal, four- 

 teen, and the tail eighteen. He sometimes grows to the 

 weight of about three pounds, though one of a pound 

 and a half, is considerd a good Bized fi=h and larger are not 

 often caught with lly. They arc the grayling, and no doubt 

 of it. One word more. There is no oilier as good aud prac- 

 tical way to reach them as via J. L. and Saginaw R, R, from 

 Bay City, Mich, Those who write me and enclose postage 

 I will cheerfully answer, but those who do not will hereafter 

 reman unanswered. There is no sport equal to thi-s in our 

 whole country. Any one can get to Bay City. Once here, 

 antl you are in a half day of your sport. Grayling fishing is 

 hard work unless you know how, or have an attendant who 

 may instruct you. C. Babbitt, of Grayling, Mich., has boas, 

 etc. He can tell those who wish to know just what a trip 

 down the river will cost without extras. T. O. Puiu.ips. 



The Grayliug.— The grayling [season is now at its best, 

 and many parties of anglers are on the famous streams of 

 Michigan. Others are fitting out. One of the most famous 

 streams is the Manistee. A letter from Mr. Thomas T. Bates, 

 of the Grand Traverse Herald, printed at Traverse City, the 

 terminus of one of the branches of the Grand Rapids and In- 

 diana Railroad, writes : 



"I breakfasted this morning off as fine a mess as I ever 

 saw. Two men spent a day and a half on Ihe Manistee and 

 brought back about 100 pounds. The Manistee is the " boss" 

 gr£.yhng stream. You can reach the stream as well and better, 

 1 thitil:, from this point than from Bay City. We can take 

 boats from here, and keep teams with us BO that we can move 

 up or down the stream with tCDts, boats and all by hind if wc 

 choose. This may be of service to us, for if we want to rtir, 

 down the river from camp, 10 to 20 miles by boat, the team 

 could meet us at night and carry us back to camp, five to 

 seven miles, by land (the river runs about three or four miles 

 to oue), or if we wanted to go up stream in the morning and 

 make camp by boat at night, the teams could start ns off 

 O. K. A small party iB going out next week in this way. 

 Then, too, we can take in a baas fish in some of our lakes and 

 try the trout also." 



The grayling season extends into October. 



\ New Tp.otjt and Bass Gboundb in Wisconsin. — The fol- 

 lowing letter was addressed to the editor of this paper by Air. 

 J. W. Munson, of St. Louis, who is now in Wisconsin with 

 his family. We are pleased to have such satisfactory reports 

 from so reliable a source : 



My JJeur Mr. Ilulloek. : When I left you at Trout Brook 

 bridge last Friday, on "your way to Madison, my wife aud I 

 waited on the side of the railroad only long enough to watch 

 your train over the bridge, when, wiih our guide, we plunged 

 into the forest, and following a tolerably well defined blazed 

 trail for nl.nut three miles, we reached the banks of "Lake 

 Harriet," of which you have heard so much and so ofteD while 

 ere. the lady in whose honor Mr. Ileury Pratt, 

 of the Wisconsin Central R. R., named this lake, ought to feel 

 complimented, for no prettier little sheet of water can be 

 found in the State. Completely surrounded by dense forests 

 of pine that grow down to the water's edge, and whose 

 shadows are mirrors on its g'assy surface, it nestles almost 

 bidden from human gaze, and but for the opening last year of 

 the. railroad through to Ashland, and its consequent influx of 

 anglers to this region, it would have remained comparatively 

 unknown and undisturbed. "Creve Coeur " would have been 

 an appropriate name for it, as it is very nearly heart-shaped, 

 and broken only by a diminutive Utile island in its centre. 

 The trail leading from the bridge to the lake is through a 

 beautiful forest of pine-birch, maple and other large trees, and 

 for the whole distance we passed on unbroken carpeting of 

 ferns and moss. While my wife enjoyed it, and fully ap- 

 preciated its beauties, we both agree that the tramp up and 

 down hill, over fallen trees, and stumps and logs, and through 

 the underbrush, which, at times, are in the path, is almost too 

 much for a lady. L"pon arriving at the lake our truide started 

 off to find his boat, which was on the opposite shore, and iu 

 his absence I cast in a line and was rewatded with live fine 

 black bass before he returned. 'Ihe representations which had 

 been made to one oi the abli U 



more th-m verified We could not have asked thi 

 faster than they did. At twelve o'clock we stopped for lunch, 

 and had caught forty bass, averaging a pound apiece. As this 

 was as many as we could bring home, having in view the 

 tramp back through the woods, we stopped fishing and started 

 in by two o'clock. The fish run uniformly in size, nearly all 

 of them being about a pound weight, They are quite game, 

 and furnish rare sport iu tin- taking. We caught them with 

 dead minnows, or rather parts of minnows, and I don't know 

 how any bait can be belter, judging from our success. Live 

 minnows might possibly 3ttack them faster. They are very 

 black, or dark colored. The lake water is quite dark, 



