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New\ Bedford, Aug. 31.— The striped bass fishing at the 

 islands continues to be vigorously followed. Fish are plenty, 

 although much smaller, averaging 10 to If) pounds each, the 

 largest one caught the past week weighing 34 J pounds. Blue- 

 fi-h, sautog, scup, etc., plenty. Excursions and clam hakes 

 ditto. Concha. 



Nantucket, Aug. 24. — It has been a poor week for fishing 

 on account of the high wind, what few have been caught 

 running very large. The fishermen say that there will be 

 plenty of fish next week. The surf fishermen on the south 

 side are catching a great mauy fish, anywhere from 70 to 100 

 to a boat. Shark fishing still continues good, one party catch- 

 ing nine, three of which were blue dogs and one sand shark 

 twelve feet long. Jaok Curlew. 



Movements op the Fishing Fleet.— The number of 

 Bank arrivals at this port the past week has been 13, 5 with 

 715,000 lbs. codfish and 8 with 290,000 lbs. halibut. The 

 number of Georges arrivals for the week has been 36. and the 

 receipts 430,000 lbs. codfish and 20,000 lbs. halibut. We 

 notice 6 arrivals from the Bay, with 1,750 bbls., and 16 from 

 off shore with 2,500 bbls. 364 bbls. have been received from 

 the Bay by freighter, and several fares are reported on the 

 way home. W bole number of fishing arrivals for the week, 

 71.— Cape Ann Advertiser, Aug. 23. 



Connecticut— Hartford, Aug. 21.— Some good sport was 

 had the past week by a party fiom here black bass fishing 

 at West Hill pond. The pond, like all those waters artificial- 

 ly raised beyond their original shores, possesess a bad feature. 

 The vegetation on the former border, now under water, pro- 

 duces a greenish scum, which on warm days renders the 

 water quite thick aud, of course, unfit for the piscatorial 

 sport. "The pond works," as people thereabouts express it. 

 A cold rain or a brUk breeze settles this scum, aud then some 

 fun may be expected by the ODe well acquainted with tllfl 

 haunts of the Rah and the peculiarities of the pond, for it is 

 '■just full of 'em." Many of the ahgUre of that vicinity 

 commit the error of either yanking the fish when hooked out 

 of the water in a most slouchy manner, or of dragging them 

 through their element by main force in order to accelerate the 

 drowning. Botb these methods are unsportsmanlike and apt 

 to scare away the whole school, whereas a careful handling 

 of the prey draws the remainder nigh, stimulating their curi- 

 osity and voracity. By carefully manipulating his tackle, one 

 of our party hooked seven and landed six bass at one place 

 within less than fifteen minutes. One of the funny sights 

 which wo had the opportunity of appreciating during our stay 

 at the. pond was some jolly country boys drifting in about 

 seventy-five feet of water with twelve feet of line out, and 

 another the discomfited features of an immense fat and hoarse 

 rural angler, who, having hooked a bass through the lip and 

 dragged him through the water at the rate of six miles an 

 hour by swinging his long pole right aDd left, finally succeed- 

 ed in landing his hook minus the bass. P. X, 



Connecticut.— E'arf Hampton, Aug. 26.— At Pocotopang 

 Lake, Uncle Jed is still at the front. He captured three 

 black bass this morning that weighed 7^ pounds, the largest 

 one weighing 5^ pounds. Fishing lias not been very good" for 

 u week past. Harry Culybk. 



Wolcotttille, Aug. 23. — Bass bile freely in Bantom Lake, 

 Litchfield; average about two pounds each. West Hill Fond 

 is still a bad spot to try one's luck, although fairly alive with 

 black bass. E. A. K. 



Aht and Angling.— It is not given to all men to catch a 

 fish and then accurately sketch it. A delightful combination 

 of accomplishments is this. A correspondent, "Ii. E. B.," 

 sends us an exceedingly neat pencil sketch of a fish which he 

 wishes us to identify. The outline and eoutour are quite 

 accurate. We have no doubts in pronouncing it to be the' 

 Micropterus salmoides. "R. E. B." writes from Ferrisburg, 

 Vt. : 



" I am told that in the northern part of Lake Champlain 

 there is a large bass having more the sun fish shape aud darker 

 color than this, which is dark greenish on the back, lighter 

 greenish on the sides, and white beneath. Our bass is the 

 gamiest fish of the waters and one of the best, and has greatly 

 increased in numbers since protected. The ordinary weight 

 may be set at 2Hbs., though they frequently exceed it by one, 

 two and sometimes three pounds." 



Nokth Carolina— Fort Johnston, Aug. 21.— Some ten 

 miles from here lies the wreck of the blockade runner An- 

 toinette ; said by the natives to be a good place to fish, and 

 thither I went last Friday. We should have reached the fish- 

 ing ground at " low water slack," but the wind not being 

 strong enough, did not reach it till rather late. Caught one 

 hundred and ninety-five fish (five persons), one hundred and 

 sixty-four trout, weighing from two to three pounds. The 

 remainder were blue fish anfl angel fish. To secure all these 

 required less than one and a half hours. On Monday I went 

 out again. The wind blowing quite strongly from tne 8. W., 

 and a heavy sea running. Only one trout was caught, but in 

 about the same length of lime as above mentioned, three of 

 us succeeded in catching two hundred and thirty fish, nearly 

 all blue fish, and very nearly the weight of the trout. I have 

 caught many fish before, but never had such sport as llus, 

 yet ye native tells me that I should go out when the fishing is 

 good. As it was, for a time it was glorious sport, but after a 

 while it became rather suggestive of hard work. A D. S. 



Floeida— St. Augustine, Aug. 22.— Sheepshead weigh 

 from two to fifteen pounds and are caught in great numbers. 



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Stray Notes from the Editor.— D. H. Fitzhugh's party 

 have just returned from the Au Sable Kiver, where they took 

 several hundred grayling, conscientiously returning to their 

 native element all fish under ten inches in length of those 

 caught. The party comprised Hon. 8. T. Holmes, of Bay 

 City ; A. B. Turner, of the Grand Rapids Eagle ; your hum- 

 ble servant, Mr. Hallock, editor of Forest and Stream ; Mr. 

 Fitzhugh and four guides, one of whom was a justice of the 

 peace for Craw ford County. J ustices of the Peace in this part of 

 the country can cook and pole a boat as well as any one. One 

 of the notables of the party is the old river-man Leu Jewell, 

 who has acted as poler and Pali nurus for Milner, Mather, Thad. 

 Norris, Geo. Dawson aud many other eminent anglers. Daw- 

 son was here only three weeks ago. Just now there are several 

 distinguished companies in camp on the Au Sable, including 

 JudgeNorrisand son and Mr. Sweet, of Grand Bapids. Alarge 



delegation of the Union Pacific Kailroad people from Chicago 

 left last Sunday. They caught 2,200 grayling, of which they 

 returned 1,000 to the stream. For one dozen voracious eaters, 

 three weeks on the river, a thousand fish or so do not go far. 

 I wish I could give the names of a party from Central New 

 York, who caught many little fish and left them dead upon 

 the strand. Such wanton waste is inexcusable. Tim river is 

 beautiful, and I shall write at length of it anon. Parties take 

 the Mackinaw branch of the Michigan Central road from Bay 

 City to Grayling ; thence descend the stream 25 to 30 miles 

 and come out by wagon to Cheney, a station ten miles from 

 the river. There is good hotel accommodation at Grayling 

 and Cheney, aud a shanty hotel on the Au Sable at the termi- 

 nus of the road. The grayling season lasts until November, 

 and parties are arriving on the river almost daily. 

 Fraser House, Bag City, Mich. , Aug. 2-1. Hallock. 



Black Bass Fishing in Lake Pepin — Black bass fishing 

 in Lake Pepin has been unusually good this season. The 

 evening before Mr. Hallock arrived here I had the following 

 remarkable good and bad luck. Tackle consisted of 8oz. 

 bamboo rod, single gut leader, with three of my Lake Pepin 

 bass flies: First cast, 2 hooked, 1 saved; second cist, 1 

 landed ; third cast, 3 hooked, 2 saved ; fourth cast, 2 landed : 

 fifth cast, 1 landed; seventh cast, Ihrec landed. Four of 

 these were large fish, one of the three saved weighing 5|lbs., 

 the other two (of the same cast) weighing just , r r,'lbs. This 

 cast surpasses all of my former experience in black bass fish- 

 ing, and never heard of anything to surpass it. But to save 

 more than one ou a single gut leader, aud with an Soz. rod, is 

 a most trying aud delicate task. Consequently I now use 

 but two files, aud ditl 1 not make my own rods should use but 

 one. With three large black bass on at once, something is 

 most sure to be carried away and ruined, so 1 wrote very 

 early in Forest and Stream that to get three on at once is 

 about equal to losing all and ruining tackle. With my two 

 Hies I ofteu save two at a- cast. "Mr. Hallock while here 

 fished with one tly, and 1 will leave him to tell of the sport 

 he had. I will say that his visit with us at Lake City was a 

 most enjoyable one to us all, and with him we had some 

 splendid sport. Two evenings after Mr. Hallock left, in one 

 hour's time I took twelve black bass with my two flies, three- 

 times saving two at once. In three evenings 1 look forty- 

 one black bass, and every one with ray own flies and with 

 my 8oz. bamboo trout fly rod. Now if better black bass fish- 

 ing has been done in any other waters let us hear the particu- 

 lars. Da. D. C. Estks. 



California— Saw Francisco. — Rock cod fishing engages 

 the local angler during August and September, and one who 

 knows all about when, how and where to go, tells the Pacific 

 Life t 



"Having obtained a suitable boat aud some one acquainted 

 with the bay that knows how to handle her, and being pro- 

 vided with an anchor, and at least oue hundred feet of anchor- 

 line, fishing-lints, with plenty of spj.ro leads and hooks, bait, 

 and something to sustain the inner man, good fishing may be 

 found at any of the following-named places: Arch Bock, 

 which is situated a little below and to the westward of 

 Alcatraz ; Bland Shag Rock, which is but a short distance 

 to the north of Arch Rock ; Fort Point, Lime Point, Ker- 

 shaw's Point, Angel Island, and California City, '.the depth 

 of the water varies from thirty to eighty feet, with rough 

 rocky bottom. The fishing-lines should be at least one hun- 

 dred and twenty feet long, with a lead weighing one pound. 

 The best hooks for rock-cod fishing are medium-sized Limerick 

 hooks. The best bait is worms or fresh minnows, or 

 sardines, and the best time to go is on the neap tides, which 

 occur at the first and third quarter of the moon." 



Fishing Masters. — Acting Secretary of the Treasury 

 Hawley has issued a circular to Collectors of Customs, di- 

 recting them to obtain from the masters of fishing vessels ar- 

 riving within their districts reporls showing, as far as prac- 

 ticable, the quantity and kind of fish taken by them within 

 three miles from the shores of Canada. The form of the 

 master's report requires the value of the fish to be given, ex 

 elusive of the cost of barrels, salt, packing and inspection ; 

 the tonnage of the vessel, number of crew and time employed. 

 The circular also requires the Collectors to forward the de- 

 partment, with such return, a list of the vessels licensed for 

 the fisheries in their district, indicating which of them are 

 employed in the cod, the mackerel, the whale and the halibut 

 fishery, respectively, and which of them fish in foreign waters 

 during any part of the year. 



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GAME IN SEASON FOR SEPTEMBER. 



Moose, Alees walchin. 



Cariboo, Tarandus rannifer. 



Elk or wapiti, Cervun canadensis. 



beit or Vii. deer, O. vlrffininnvs. 



isjnirrels, red, black and gray. 



Hat'e.n, lirown aud uray. 



Reed or rice bird, Dolichonyx oryz- 

 ivorous. 



Wild turkey, Meleagris gailopavo. 



Pinnated grouse or prairie chick- 

 en. Citpi.iunia L-npido. 



Ruffed grouse or pheasant, Banana 

 xembfiUta, 



Quail or partridge, Orlyz vinjinia- 



Black- bellied plover, ox-eye, Sqva- 



tarola helvetica. 

 Ring plover, ^Eyialitix tiemipalmo- 



hts. 

 Sllir, or lnng-sliauks, llimantopm 



nigricollis. 

 Woodcock, DtUolula minor. 

 Red-breasted suipe. or Uowltcher, 



Red-h icked sandpiper, or ox-bird, 



Great marbled godwit, or marlin, 



Willei, Tutanm sernipalmatwi. 

 Tattler, Totanus maUtnoteucus. 

 Yellow-snauks, Totamt* Jtavipa. 



"Bay birds" generally, including various species of plover, sand 

 piper, snipe, curlew, o.vstcr-caicla-r, surf turds, phalaropes, avocets, 

 etc, coming under tlie group himamlm or Shore Birds. 



Canada — Peterboro, August 17.— Reports are made to me 

 from different sections in this county stating all kinds of game 

 plentiful. Ou the Otonabee River and Rice Lake black, 

 wood and gray ducks are in thousands, moving about in large 

 flocks. The wild rice is showing up well just now, and no 

 doubt alarge crop will be harvested next month by the Indians 

 at Rice Lake. In Stoney Lake, Deer Bay, Pigeon Lake and 

 Creek and Burleigh summer ducks are more plentiful than 

 they have been for years; perhaps, owing to the early season, 

 many of the ducks have brought out two broods. Deer 

 are reported roaming about the woods like herds of 

 cattle. On account of there being very little snow, last win- 

 ter should have been a favorable one for deer. We may ex- 

 pect to hear of some heavy bags being made by sportsmen j 



when the game season opens. Duck shooting begins Septem- 

 ber 1, deer shooting September 15, and partridge October 1. 

 Sportsmen should take notice that these dates are considerably 

 changed from last year's. Mr. G. B. Sprottle, who was campea 

 a few days at Lovesick Rapids, on Deer Bay, early this mouth, 

 reports very fine sport with black bass both above and below 

 the Rapids ; scarcely a fish weighing less than five pounds, 

 and game to the last. Our game protective clubs are now 

 reaping their reward. C. A. Post. 



Ontario — Waubeshene, August 18. — Deer and summer 

 ducks have not been so plentiful for years as they are now. 

 No hunters here to disturb the game. A. H. R. S. 



Massachusetts— Orchard Grove, Parker River, Aug. 23.— 

 Gunning good, with prospects of heavy flights soon. Upland 

 plover and brownie (black-breasted plover) quite plenty. 

 Bags of 75 and thereabouts, mixed birds, quite frequent. 



NlMBOD. 



Salem, Aug. 20.— A few uplands on our Hills, and very 

 plenty on Plum Island. R. L. N. 



Lone Island.— Mr. Orvilie Wilcox, the popular sports- 

 man's host, formerly of Good Ground, L. I., has removed to 

 Quogue, L. L, where he presides over the Oceau House. 



Pennsylvania — Unvmtawn, Aug. 20. — The first coon hunt 

 of tin' season Wfts joined in by J. R. Frey, John Boring, Lu- 

 cien Bowie anil Wishart Miller. They struck the trail in the 

 Brown settlement hist Monday night and captured eight 



South Carolina — Kingston, August 20.— Since the game 

 law has been in effect the increase of deer has been very per- 

 ceptible, and I think in a little more time they will be almost 

 as abundant as in the times of yore. Around Kingston quail 

 are very plentiful. In the fall there are a great many trapped, 

 but not enough to impair good shooting in season, A friend 

 of mine went out List night and caught four raccoons and a 

 couple of opossums, which arc quite plentiful. M. F. H. 



Cliarleston, August 17. — Two parties have been out after 

 deer this week, and were successful in bagging one on each 

 hunt. Deer are plentiful this year, aud fine sport is antici- 

 pated this fall. 



Fort Johnston, August 21. — Rail are to be found in quan- 

 tities; reed-bird later; plenty of duck in season ;• inland 

 shooting fair, but late ; too hot and too many snakes. 



Mississippi — Paulding, Augmt\Q.—Var\yo£ four in one 

 morning's shoot bagged twenty-live squirrels. Turkeys are 

 reported quite numerous. Vax. 



Louisiana — New Orleans, August 21. — We are having 

 plenty of " pappa-botts," very fat ; one of the finest of game 

 birds ; fat only a few months in the year. 



MicnictAN. — Mr. Geo. A. Ncwett and Judson Ayers, on the 

 15th inst., shot eighteen deer and one bear at Helena. The 

 deer are very plenty in this section this season, owing to the 

 mild winter. 



Peed City, Aug. 24.— Parties are arriving by the Grand 

 Rapids and Indiana Railroad, bound north, to take advantage 

 of the splendid bird and deer shooting in the northern coun- 

 ties as soon as the season opens in September. The fishing 

 there is splendid. H. 



Grayling, Crawford oo., Aug. 24.— Sport?men are here 

 with their guns, waiting for the shooting season which opens 

 September 1, passing the interval in fishing. Deer and ruffed 

 grouse are abundant, and ducks will ha plenty. Take the 

 Makinaw branch of the Micliigan Central Railroad to Gray- 

 ling and hunt along the Au Sable River. From Cheney, on 

 the same road, it is three miles to Higgins Lake, and from 

 Roscommon to Houghton Lake, eleven miles, where there is 

 good duck shooting. Hal. 



Ohio— Columbus, August 20. — The Columbus Shooting and 

 Fishing Club was organized yesterday, with the following 

 officers: Pres., Dr. J. R. Flowers ; Yice-Prcs., K. Savage; 

 Sec. and Treas., Dr. W. Shepard. The tone of the club is ex- 

 cellent, and their skill as amateurs by no means insignificant. 



W. S. 

 A Very Remarkable Stuited Bird.— We don't mean by 

 lliis caption* that the bird is well stuffed, or a chef d'wmre of 

 the taxidermist's skill. All about It which is really remarka- 

 ble is what Captain Bogardus told us in regard to that par- 

 ticular pigeon. " That was the last bird I shot in England in 

 the match with Mr. Aubrey Coventry. It would have made 

 a tie if I had not killed it 1 Was I excited ? No, not a 

 bit. I knew I could grass it, and I did. It was stone dead 

 before it reached the ground. I fancy there was something 

 like -C20,000 on that bird, and it made a difference of 

 $5,000 to me, and more than that to my friends. Kind of 

 natural, ain't it, that stuffed bird?" and the Captain'B face 

 beamed with, at least, a $10,000 smile. 



The International Pigeon Match. — This match, as pro- 

 posed by us in our last issue, has excited much comment, and 

 we are led to suppose from the favorable reception it has met 

 with that such a team match between the gentlemen of Eug- 

 land and America would be quite possible. Captain John 

 M. Taylor writes us as follows : 



"Sou state that arrangements can be made with Captain 

 Shelly as to an International Pigeon Match. In my letteryon 

 will see that it was Mr. Dougal, gunmaker, St. James street, 

 Loudon, who had a conversation with Captain Shelly at Mo- 

 naco ou this subject. The way au International match was 

 talked about began in this manner: At the Memphis Field 

 Trials I met Mr. Greene Smith, and, I think, Mr. 8. H. 

 Turrill. Mr. Smith asked me into a private tent he had on 

 the "rounds, when the conversation turned ou pigeon shoot- 

 og I remarking that 1 thought light guns could beat heavy 

 guns. Mr. Smith disagreed with me aud said, ' Can you find 

 four or five Englishmen to come over here and test this ques- 

 tion?' I replied that I thought I could. So on my lute visit 

 to England I mentioned this matter to many crack shots, and 

 they seenwd to entertain the idea, provided, as I say in my 

 last letter to your journal, ' that all preliminaries are arranged 

 on this side first and then submitted to Captain Shelly and his 

 friends.' (Jso. M. Taylor. 



The Retreat, Belief onte, Nottoway Co., Va., Aug. 36." 



