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FOREST AND STREAM 



jfttf mid giver ^ishitffl. 



SASON JN SEPTEMBER. 



Imerl. Salmon t.reot. Saimo ron/tnln. 



■ ' , upttrm nigricans. 

 t. Sontront, Salmo(mt>iaatlat<tn 



wvnur.i 



I,sn<t-lor1ted9i0inoi 

 Black Bun, 



.Sniped Rn". 7?nce; 



i h alii i, , 



Tronttngls permitted in Mojno and Canada mitll October first. Salo- 

 mon fishing wiih flj i-. permitted in New Brunswick until Soptratber IS 

 I.and-incked salmon nnd salmon trout in season till September Ififh. 



Fipti in Mai'.kk'i-.— After holding o!T nnd nu, appearing 

 i "-i<'ionsly here for » day, and seurgying away ihe dftj 

 .it'tev, blue fish b&ve at last come in to the Xew« .Tersey 

 shore for good, the catch having been considerable. We 

 may expect blue fish in larger RehfJolS before lone;, but the 

 biggest and fattest are the October fish. It is at thai time 

 that a stock tit blue fish will be put iu the refrigerators for 

 winter use, They are worth now seven to eighl cents. 

 We hud one weighed of eleven and a half pounds, dressed \ lie 

 must hare been a fourteen pound fish when alive. Striped 

 bass are still scarce, and less in quantity than they Should 

 be for the season, Price twenty-five cents. Spanish 

 mackerel more plentiful, coming in from the Long Island 

 shores, and worth thirty-live cents. The big run is over, 

 however. Salmon are not abundant, The male Bsli with 

 ugly deformed heads, all battered and scarred, do not look 

 good to eat. These lish of both sexes -are now out of con- 

 dition, and should not be exposed for sale. Price lifiy 

 Bents, aud not ill demand. They come from Ihe afirimiehi. 

 Ilaliluit from the Georges abundant, and selling for twenty 

 cents. Cud lish in lair ipiantitiy. worth eight cents. 

 Sheep-shead from Tiarnegat not plentiful. Worth iwenly- 

 tive cents. Porgies scarce, but weak fisli abundant, and 

 selling at ten cents. JSoW the Xonn 1 ... Inbsl.-r is coin- 

 ing in; rather small but line flavored, and worth ten cents. 

 Soft craha, wonderfully good, are r>ow gladdening Long 

 Island shores, and arc worth st 35 per dozen. We no|ice<l 

 parlieulnrly at Middleton ifc Carman's, very Sue prawns. 

 These delicate erustareaiis represent Ihc toil of Ihe coluivd 

 CitiZGna along Hie Carolina and Georgia shores. The Lord 

 sends down South .first blackberries and wild plums, and 

 prawn and shrimp, then walerniellous, and crab "all de 

 i irai ." and what poor cufT.v could do without them, no man 

 can tell. We fell grateful for all southern contributions to 

 OUr market. Terrapin season iu-1 coming on. This most 

 delicate creature sells for $12 the dozen ojiiiiU: that means 

 a terrapin is a count, providing be measures under his shell 

 just six inches: if less than that, he loses his litle of nobil- 

 ity, and may be called a cullin— or a snob terrapin. 4*ur- 

 tle plenty, worth eighteen cents, Scollop? juel in, and sell- 

 ing at $2 a gallon. 



—A letter from Charles llallock, Esq., Managing Editor 

 of this paper, daled North Branch Muskoka iCivcr, rSe-i.l. 

 oth. and received .1 nst as we go to press, says:— "I am just 

 out of camp, and start for Lake Couchiching in an hour. I 

 killed a deer rhe first day out, and have started nine with 

 dogs, but they won't take the water — or rather, the lakes 

 and streams are so numerous 'hat no single, one. can be de- 

 pended upon. When we learn the. runways thoroughly, 

 we can he more successful. Deer tracks on banks of Mug. 

 koka River are as thick as footprints in a cattle yard, and 

 either hound or "jack" will fetch them; but still-hunting, 

 until snow and barren trees, is impossible, on account of 

 the thickness of the coverts where the deer lie, although 

 i he forests for the most part are not very thickly under- 

 grown with brush. Mnskoka River is wide, full and deep, 

 ■with thirteen falls in a distance of thirty miles. Have vis- 

 iied six of them, Trout, large and abundant, and in splen- 

 did condition, and not yet collected at falls and mouths of 

 cold brooks. Spawn is incipient, and about three weeks 

 later than in New York. A few ducks on the river. We 

 have hauled our canoe eighteen miles through the woods 

 on a two-wheeled rig. The lakes of Muskoka, Rosseau and 

 Couchiching are very beautiful nnd studded with innumer- 

 able islands. Hotels very comfortable. Guides obliging, 

 but not quite as well up in their work as they should be. 

 The sportsman must be able to direct in all things— oil up, 

 steam up and pull the levers." 



—From our attentive correspondents at Baring:, t and 

 Wa.reo > ivn w e learn thai hluefish arc again abundant. Sheeps- 

 head are more plentiful. General Oakley, of Klizahelh, 

 X. .)., caught eight weaklish running from ten to three and 

 and a half pounds off the "Stone Piles." One ho I Cooll 

 eighty in "Mud Channel." Sea bass small and soarce; 

 ass season opening favorably— -forty-nine UiJ en on 

 fuesdayat the "Great Ledge," one weighing seven [Had 

 quarter pounds. Hie-hard Grant, one of the keeper.- of ihe 

 Light House at the inlet took thirty black lish, nine weigh- 

 ing less than two, and averaging three pounds. 



—At Twin Lake Mr. W. M. Cole, of Brooklyn, anil 

 Mr. Frank Cooper, of Delhi, N. Y,, were fishing in the 

 lake on Saturday last, and made a fine catch of black bass 

 am! pickerel. The black bass fishing is likely to continue 

 excellent for sometime to come. Very good acoormnoda- 

 tion can be had at Ihe house of Mr. F.P.Cooper. [See 

 advertisement. 



— G. P. Benson, with two friends, cati.ri-i ■.,,.. i . ei 

 Pass in Lake Pepin, "Minn., in half a day, of Ihe following 

 weights: one of 7 pounds one ounce, one of (U pounds, 

 ,ine oi :>'{. one of i til I and ten-running ttynn&to 



i .,,:.,. |g Mr. B. and Major Y-inVieit and II. (enter. ,,l 



. .,; ,,. i angh thirtj one I lui '■ bass, weighing iQ&i 



pounds in one day's fishing in Si p ■ isl year. 



\ correspondent of an inventive turn of aim 



. folio -:- pl' itit aci ml ■: . .■ '■. di* o\ red 



device for euehroing mosquitoes. He was one of a party 

 on Smith's lake, and had fought, bled, and almost died 

 in the- wilderness from mosquito bites, when he set to 

 work to obtain relief, and believing his invention of 

 practical value, we Here produce .an engraving of it. 



room for the- face, and with t 

 awitchhnpplestick, bent li t 

 ing. We should have, used u 



covermgof mull, m i n i -.■ 



thine- thai I have faiinfl to keep off 

 fitap. Yen ran lie in am- positron] i 

 also as » night cap. thetape shoal 

 collar, and lied smtgrj around theilu 



! i, e! your cap ihe punkics 



think- nil filtt ivniiM be better Hum i 

 summer, nnd 1 rtsed my old one this i 

 if I could npi set another one. 



is quite auius- 

 .rds:- 

 n bhape similar to 



to allow plenty of 

 ig. Then we took 

 of the open- 



ed it, bu 



did n 



SeoBT.s of Salmon Tatcex on THE Xicpissiourr.— We 

 have the following from our friend Thaddeus Norris:— 

 .Editor Forest and Stream:— 



ivith a lly), and 

 your rod/ etc. 

 r. all combined 



Fulls, before breakfast, and half of thet 

 spring, and no dick. " 



, at the Grand 

 i reel, broken 



RIVE I!, 1874. 



Number Founds 



of of 



ISataOn, Salmon. 



Julv Id... 

 Julv 17... 

 July IS... 

 Sunday... 

 Julv 2n. .. 

 Julv 91.... 

 Julv 99... 

 Julv 91... 

 July 9-1.. . 



Niuuherl l'otmds 

 of Of 



S:iliiiiili.|Siihnnu. 





87 







1 



49} 



i; 



85J 











8 



31 



■ ■■ 



n 



1 



ii 



S 



99 



6 



65J 



1 



1H 



IU 



Then follows the score of two other gentlemen— Messrs. M. nnd T.— 

 ai the Cham of Rocks and Grand Falls, on the same river:— 



.!•.. <<M0.</<. -T. took two fish, weighing 12J and 10 pounds, and M. 

 took one, weighing 11 J. 



August 17th.— M. took four fish, weighing 8J, 191, 17, 10, and T. took 

 three, weighing 11J, 12J, 10. 



Avffust nth.— M. two, weighing 12, 10, and T. two, weighing i '», llf 



August ma— M. eleven, weighing 7J, 6f, 9, 11, 12$, 11J, 9, 11. 19, 10, 10, 

 and T. four, weighing IU. 12, 8, 8. 



A ugvst SUt.- M. two. « eieliing 8i, "}. and T. two, weighing In, 6}. 



August ■-■-.'.' , -M Hi" ■■■ weighing 101. li;,. 86, and T. one, wi -...., in,-. 



,t>/v">-/2V.— M. two. weidiingll. liij, and T. one, weighing St. 



Tie river is the most wonderfnl one for numbers of flalilhaveseen, 



lot whijiped froi 

 \e jlHhh 



•iild 



y in I'll 





ive the 

 r 1.11 h \ 



obliged 



iini liming Shediiu: on Tuesday, 5 

 k on Hie prenons Friday niglit, nnd ii usually ruins 

 to the river. On the way up we Stopped for a day 

 The big pool at the mouth of the big Escadulick 

 ,vheie we had expected to make our big haul for 

 Six. However, we killed eighty-tive, weighing 1-20 

 -mounted poor fishing for the Tnbnsintac. 



•T. R.M. 



—From a private letter just received from Henry O. 

 Stanley, -Esrj., one. of the Commissioners of Fisheries for 

 lb. Slate of Maine, we extract as follows;— 

 linn-,.,,! Fowssl AMD Sthk/cm:— 



I -,..- -mac iraMitke- in your paper in regard to the dote time 1'or trout 

 u,,-. Ignd locked salmon ashing in Maine waters, For the benefit of the 

 aught ii Iternil >•- I would "slate that the close rime on the Eangely 



watcfs, ihove the outlel of Prabagog hate, cummeni Octobec ist.und 



eml- .March is:, "n -'!'.,>,'■ 1. October 1.1th. ends .March 1st. Upper 



St. fi-ni:.. Grand Lake, ami hikes above. September l.llli, ends March 1st. 



All ether wan-:- in ill.- Sim. in i t ol "■' "i" r m I si of February. 



i iiayejHgi returned froihttvisil W Hrantl Lake and the lakes above, be- 

 ing the head waters of II, . St. CWjS Biver. Thcrs Ore BOl reel 



iifie.-ii large lake- abovi - Grand Laki Btream. Ml co tarn ■ ■ i 



salmon, trout, aial togne; also plc-nly of -pickerel mfl Wlrfti 



best season for safinou Bshiilg it- in Jane. There is uo good tlsnine in 



[befall i tfttj :. i.e a, iii et Ben n '"■:-- whieh is clow I . 



; . ,. : ,,.-i. •. ,,i , ....ii is i, i ■.. .randtake. 



■ ', ..... ,,-,- ... , ■' i ■..'. . ' TO tliea s:iiifl 



twenty miles to Springfield and Dnck Luke, where you can take a canoe 

 and go to any of the chain of lakes you wish, and down the St. Croix 

 Eiver to Calais and Eastport If yon choose. The whole territory about 

 these lakes is a wilderness, and sportsmen are not likelv to be troubled bv 

 too much company. 



— —«»»♦■ 



"SQUIDDING." 



Bars-boat. >;. J., August 31, 1874. 

 Em-i-en ruitEBT and Stream;— 



Bins fishing has carried the palm in our waters this season, aud we 

 but Iterate the expressed conviction of many who have entered with 

 zsst and enthusiasm upon this exciting sport, when we state that trawling 

 for snapping mackerel is a pastime, to say the least, unequalled by any 

 sport in the whole category of pleasures laid down as the role of sea aide 

 resorts. The gratification afforded amateurs by the abundance and 

 gamey nature of the fish has been in the pasta source of gratification 

 and profit to the yachtsmen, who are ever ready to conduct viritbrsto 

 the favorite haunts of fish and fowl. Next in order comes the wary 

 sheepshead, to capture which reqnires skill and patience; but if success 

 igler he is amply rewarded, for no fob that 



the catch of sheepshead i 



of | 

 especially wh 

 iouse. where 

 sion for the 

 numbers of 

 s about the 



- de, 



-i.pcii. 



host of the 

 ■ saesi « ill ever find ready wei- 

 ints of the inner man. At the 

 saklish are being caught, while 

 erago luck. This kind of sport 

 is Hie scaly customers that it i« 



uber. Millions of these rail , 



A LINE FROM SEBEC LAKE. 



Knlion KiniKST ami Stkeam.— 

 In accordance with your kind 



In 



AHitm-.s-r. Mass . September Sth, is, i 



.r never before have I seen such beautiful piol 

 arty. s,,mc of the largest weighed in the vii 

 one were smaller than a ponud and a half. W 

 Sb ponds owned by the States of Massaehuset 

 ane 951) fine salmon are awaiting the "strippin 



have been spending Hi. 

 f Seliee Luke, Maine, anil 



telling me of the I'la-. 

 ine to imagine, Bicepl tie 

 e ex-celieni sport afforded 

 I the poor ttshing. Pucks, 

 tntity to more Burn "keep 



fishing in the lake, how- 

 atight, 





q taken l.y .: 

 r pounds, n 



selie 



Sei 



be ke, 



r before did tw 



f Is 



ceks t'. 1 ^.- 



help. 



s and ( 



;" process. 



lickiy or pleasantly to me 



truck our tents" for A ni- 



plaee to camp out in have 



•new this summer's plea- 



ight interest you to know that i 



sar the lake for a newspaper, two or three old copies 

 itream were handed as with the injunction, "Please 

 EnwAim lliTiiiroeK, .In. 



—The Syracuse Daily Journal refers as follows to the 

 "luck" of A.J. Northrup, Esq., (who recently gave us a 

 pleasant account of the "Beaver River country") while 

 fishing in Onandoga Lake: 



While fishing for bass near the month of Nine Mile Creek, in about fif- 

 teen feet Of water, ho took a lake sheepshead {Corohui Ofcula) thirty 

 inches long, twenty-one inches aronud, and weighing, nfici- being about 

 live hours out of water, fourteen and t.hrec-imarter pounds. This inter- 

 esting specimen took a crab on a large trout hook, on light tackle, and 

 gave his captor about ten minutes of fine sport. The lake sheepshead is 

 described In the Natural History of New York as lining from twelve to 

 eighteen inches long, and we doubt if Ommdaga Lake has ever furnished 

 a larger specimen of this Gsh. 



— The Florida Press, of St. . Augustine, tells us of the 

 ahuudance and cheapness of tlshiu their markets. Mullets, 

 big fat ones, twelve on a string, are worth five cents. 

 Green turtle, five cents a pound. Beef, five to ten cents, 

 venison the same price, and chickens twenty-five cents 

 apiece. "What adventurer could fail," says the Press, 

 "who should open a cheap boarding house on the right plan 

 with the right attention." What a chance, then, for car- 

 pet buggers! If only instead of going into politics, and 

 misleading the poor colored folks, these advent urerx would 

 open boarding houses. Should, then, any of these adven 

 turers be laid out cold by a double barrelled shot gun, dis- 

 charged by a dissatisfied boarder, we might iu that case 

 write a touching obituary, and state how he died in the 

 noble cause of carrying out a St, Augustine boarding house. 



■«-•«- 



VISITORS AT THE NEPIGON THIS YEAR. 



Our very good friend, Mr. B. Crawford, sends us from 

 his Hudson Bay Post, at Red Rock, a list of the visitors 

 who have journeyed to Xepigou this season. The Foiiest 

 ami SxitEAM takes great pride in the fact, of having brought 

 tin- attractions of the Nepigon prominently before the 

 sportsmen of America, and believes its columns has been 

 insli'itmental in making many of its readers personally fa- 

 miliar with that magnificent hunting and fishing region. 



List of fishing parties who have been at Nepigon Kiver during the 

 summer of 1874:— 



-elle.l 



p. ic Conntessof lanii i 

 Viscount Claudeboyc. 

 Li. Col. Fletcher and lady. 

 Captain F. Ward. 

 F. I la mi! ton, Esq. 

 F. Dixon, Ksq. 

 Dr. J. H. King. I . S. A 

 Captain F. W ' - 



the Earl of Duffe.iu. A. B. Tubman. Wheeling, W Vii 

 Wni.Jiuilci. 

 II. I.ii-t. ' 



H. A. Stimsou, Minneapolis. 

 I.. Woodward, I'.ilifomia. 



W, P. 

 W. 



W Campbell and 

 W M. Cameron, Liu 

 C. W. Hinsse, Union 

 O. J. aud F. V LaFi 



ihe. 



lunati. Ohio. .1. K Ma 



ido Terr 



J. M. Ke. 



innati. 



Cincinnati 

 cinnal I. 

 [neimuni. 

 llingwuo.l 



treat. Hoi 



,U. S. \V. Thompson 

 --- Sopor, 

 S. Mcllill. 

 Racddock, 



,!. W i'lnn,:;,-. 



w. 



I 111. 



.tk-.„,ill!e. 



i liomfts. ii-l.av.ie u. I.. Hawing-, .lies- nvii:, 



\\ I Dinah Oehawa. Itav. Dr. i.ioo.lwin .v. lady, I 



w! St Gurrie, Osbawa •'•M- A--eryt-iiiein:o. 



W H. Wo...liv.i..!.'.vii!-.- . . i •■ 



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