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FISH IN SEASON IN JUNE. 
"rout, salmo fontlnalie. Shad. Alow. 
lilmon, Salim solar. Landlocked Salmon, Salnw Gloixri. 
almon Tront, Snlmp conjlnls. Grayling, ThymaUus tricolor. 
Hack Bass, Micropterue nigricans. 
Vues in Season for June.—G reen dtake, gray drake, orange, dun, 
ark mackerel, ecu lei ibis, coachman and professor. 
Fisir in Market,—T he market is abundantly supplied 
villi fish, and prices are unusually low. We quote:— 
Striped bass, 15c. to 20c. per pouud; bluefioh from Long 
eland, 12Jc.; Salmon, Kennebec, 60c., California, 30c.; 
oackerel, 12)c.; sbad, Connecticut River, 35c each; weak- 
Ish, 10c. per pound; white perch, 15c.; Spanish mackerel, 
5c.; green turtle, 18c.; terrapin, $L2 per dozen; halibut, 
-2c. per pound; haddock, 8c.; kingfish, 20c.; codfish, 8c.; 
[Jackfish 10c.; flounders, 8c,; porgies, 10c. ; sea bass, 10c.; 
els, 18c.; lobsters, 8c.; sheepshead, 15c.; scollops, $1 per 
;allon; soft clams, 40c. to 60o. per 100; brook trout, 50c. 
dr Canada, and $1 per pound for Long Island, hard shell 
labs, $3 per 100; soft do., 50c. to $1,25 per dozen. 
—June is the Angler’s month. 
- *—Some fine striped bass have hcen taken from the boat 
touse floats on the Harlem River; also in the Little Gate, 
,nd off 120th street, .North River. Bluefish have struck in 
(n the Long Island coast, and large numbers have been 
aken near Orient. The fishermen at Catiarsie have also 
ent a number to market. Although the pound nets in the 
Ire at South Bay are taking large quantities of weakfish, 
lie fish seem disinclined to take the hook, owing perhaps 
0 the fact that the channels are fulL of schools of young 
rankers, upon which they feed. A few weakfish have 
men taken in Prince's Bay. Sea bass and blackfish are 
filing freely in the South Bay off Babylon and Islip, and 
he squid will soon be in order in the inlet. 
Ply Casting at the State Convention.— One of the 
loutests always provided at the annual convention of the 
Hate Sportsman’s Convention Is that of fly casting. It is 
b be regretted that on the last occasion there were but 
hree contestants. Last year, at Watertown, there were 
fine, the winner on each occasion, and also in '73 and '74 
icing Reuben Wood, of Syracuse. The place selected for 
be casting was not of the best description, which perhaps 
ideounts for the result, which was as follows:—R. Wood, 
lyracuse, first prize, 69 feet; J. Annin, Jr., Caledonia, 
econd prize, 63 feet; H. H. Morse, Rochester, third prize, 
iS feet. The judges reported for delicacy and accuracy oi 
:asl the same gentlemen in the same order. The judges 
vere Eugene Wakeman, of liatavia, James Harrison, of 
ilnghamton, and Dr. A. H, Fowler, of Ithaca. The first 
irize was a very handsome split bamboo fly-rod, made and 
[resented by Dr. Fowler, and it is worthy of note that the 
ffize has been won for three consecutive years by one of 
)r. Fowler’s rods. Mr. Wood’s cast last year was 75 feet, 
h ’09, at Syracuse, Seth Green cast 84 feet. The casting 
his yeaT was from a platform built on the hank of the 
Jenesee River, with a bluff behind and scarcely room for 
etrieving an ordinary cast. 
—A day or two since Warren Lelaud purchased in open 
narlcet for the Palace Hotel, at San Francisco, twenty sal¬ 
oon, weighing sixteen pounds each, for twenty cents 
ipiece—one and a quarter cents per pound. There is no 
leed of physical starvation While palatable food is so cheap, 
W softening of the brain while edible phosphorus is so 
plentiful. 
—It will be seen by the letter of our regular Barnegat 
Correspondent that there is good blue fishing in the bay 
low. The probability is that these fish will appear in un- 
ttecedented numbers this season. 
—The close season for bass commenced in Napan and 
Slack Rivers, tributaries of the lower Miramiclii, Pro¬ 
duce of New Brunswick, on 25th May. In all other parts 
>f New Brunswick, including the Northwest and South- 
vest Mii'amichi, where they are are taken in greatest 
ibundance, the close seasoa commences 31st March. 
—The Gaspereaux fishing season has been extended on 
he Miratuichi River, Province of New Brunswick, to 1st 
ruly. It closes by Regulation on 15th June. 
No va Scotia— Halifax , Hay 25$. — Messrs. Wm. Sai ve 
rad Henry Fidler came back yesterday with about four 
lozeu fine trout, taken at Five Islands, Margaret’s Bay. 
file heaviest weighed within a tritie of three pounds, and 
iJle lightest two pounds. They were speckled trout. C. 
• Yarmouth,, MuyU'Ad. —Our fishing is just opening. The 
season is a little late; the trees are just budding, and the 
vater rather cold, Our rivers are still a little high. The 
water will probably be good about June 1st. Heavy bas¬ 
sets of trout have already been taken. Lawson. 
Herrings. —Nine schooners belonging to Hahone Bay 
tnd elsewhere, arrived yesterday with full fares from 
Magdalen Islands. They brought 6,100 bbls. ot herring, 
tnd report they were very plentiful, all the vessels that 
were there getting full fares. '-Halifax (jY, 8.) Exporter, 
May 25$. 
Maine — Bangor, May 29$.—A trout was caught last week 
in one of our ueiglioring brooks which, when opened, was 
found to contain a grouud sparrow, which had been swal¬ 
lowed entire. The trout was about ten inches in length. 
Irouting has been successful this spring, and many large 
baskets have been brought home. Don. 
New Hampshire— Plymouth, May 22tf.— 1 Two gentlemen 
from Boston came up on Friday and returned to day (Mon¬ 
day) with 527 brook trout—“a great many of them would 
Weigh a pound.” 
[ New You it —Mmoham Lake —On May 10th I caught my 
prsfc trout at the Utjiu) of the lakg, in open water, put {lie 
lake was not clear of ice until the 16th, the latest I ever 
knew it to bold. On the 20th Mrs. F. caught the first sal¬ 
mon trout—trolling. It weighed just two pouuds. May 
22d, caught a salmon trout which weighed just three 
pounds before dressing. As it looked very full, told my 
brother to open carefully and we would examine the stom- 
ache. As he cut her open, he found it was eggs that gave 
her the fullness; the eggs were about the size of No. 12 
shot, and the two sacks of eggs weighed one pound, mak¬ 
ing just one third the whole weight of the fish. The sal¬ 
mon trout are very fat Ihis spring, and bite freely. "We 
have caught none above six pounds yet. A. R. Fuller. 
New Jersey. — Kinsley's Ashley House, Barneyat Inlet , 
May 25$.—First blue fish taken to-day. Jessie Birdsall 
took 36; several other yachts from 15 to 30each. They run 
about 3 pounds. The large ones have not come in yet on 
account of the bunkers coming in the inlet. We look for 
them on the next flood tide. Black fish plenty, and good 
size. Mr. Harry Atwaler caught 45 blackfish and 16 sea 
bass, one pulling the scales at 5 pounds. G. M. Atwater 
22 black fish, 11 sea bass, 6 pounders. 
May 25$.—On board yacht Adda, 5 F. M., blue fish 
plenty. In crossing the Bay I passed some of the fishing 
fleet, and they report from 50 to 100 per boat. Capt. Ohrisf- 
toplier Grim reports 60. B. 
'V Pennsylvania— Tohyhmna, May 25$, 1876.—I have 
just returned from Tobyhanna, Pa., and considering how 
near it is to New York and Philadelphia I was surprised to 
find trout so plenty. The Tobyhanna is a stream of good 
size, the upper part difficult to wade, but full of trout* 
while farther down, it runs more even and affords better 
fly fishing. I found good accommodations at Case’s hotel, 
which is near the depot, and they are very obliging in the 
way of furnishing learns,ele. Tobyhanna is on the Delaware, 
Lackawana & Western Railroad, a few stations beyond 
the Delaware Water Gap. There is also good fishing at 
Henryville and Oakland, on the same road between the 
Gap and Tobyhanna. ■ Any of your readers desirous of 
visiting that section can obtain full particulars of 
W. Holberton. 102 Nassau St. 
Philadelphia, May 29$.—The heavy rain of last week 
made a small freshet in the Delaware, and the muddy 
Water enqpuraged the gillcrs. The sequel was not so en 
couraging. 1 do not lliiuk any skiff on the river caught 
more tliau 200 shad in the whole week. The close of the 
season (June 10th) is close at hand, and then the fishermen 
will turn their attention to the sturgeon, which are running 
holes through the gill nets now. The anglers are getting 
their tackle ready for a raid on the bass after Wednesday. 
Sculls. 
Minnesota— Shalcopee, May 26$.—Black bass are being 
caught daily in Minnetonka. C. A. Stevens. 
Georgia. —After many years, says the Macpn Telegraph, 
shad have made their reappearance in the Ocmulgee River. 
"A day or two ago Mr. VV. B. Johnston, Jr., aud another 
gentleman were on the river in a boat and saw a consider¬ 
able number of what they supposed were large trout, 
which seemed to be chasing the smaller irj. Mr. Johnston 
fixed him up a gig and went to where he nad seen the fish 
previously, aud in a short while succeeded in gigging a 
shad twenty inches long.” 
CANADIAN FISHING PRIVILEGES. 
Chatham, N. B., May 31th, 1876. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
Can yon inform me when Mr. Fred Curtis, of Boston, acquired the 
right to call the Dnrtmonlh hla own river, and also when the Rest!, 
gonthc was closed to the public in the interest or private parlies? I have 
alwaya been under the impression that the Barimoulh and Restigoncbe, 
like the Nepisalguit and Southwest Miramichi, were .not handed over 
entirely to lessees, but that certain portions of them Were reserved for 
the benefit of such anglers as might desire to fish them—in some cases 
free, and in olherB at a small charge per rod. I know that althongh 
the Nepiasignit is popularly supposed to be Mr. John W. Nicholson's 
•‘own river,” that gentleman and his associates have only about one- 
third of it under lease, while a very small portion of the Sonthwest 
Miramichi only, is embraced by the "Burnt Hill” lease of Messrs. 
Robertson, Dyer, Lanergan, Wood, el at. The rest of it is absolutely 
free to all. The Northwest Miramichi also—a splendid salmon stream— 
is, and will remain, free to the pnblic for fly-fishing. Mr. Curtis may 
not Intend it, bnt the tone of his letter to yon would lead one to sup¬ 
pose that opportunity for fly-fishing in North Shore waters was among 
the things of the past. One swallow does not make a summer, nor 
does Mr. Cadis’ little leasehold form any material portion of the good 
angling pools in this section of the country. D. G. Smith. 
WEIGHT OF FISH BY MEASUREMENT. 
y Cumberland, England, April 30th, 1876. 
Editor Forebt and Stream:— 
In yonr number of April 13th, just to hand, you refer to a table of ap¬ 
proximate weights of fish, obtained from their dimensions, pnbllehed 
by EaLon & Co., of Crooked Lane, near London Bridge. I had not seen 
it, bpfore, but have been long In the habit of guessing the weight of fish 
of the Sulmonidce tribe by no doubtthc same geometrical andarithmet- 
rical process. The table you refer to is simply a ready reckoner, but 
any good hand at llgures can do it for himself. I have no dour>t that the 
idea was taken from Sir Humphrey Davy, our great chomist and salmon 
fisher. In his charming book “Salmouia; or, Days of Fly Flsning,” we 
read that his companion, having caught a fish nearly 24 inches long, Sir 
Humphrey said it ought to weigh nearly 6 lbs, but not quite, and he 
founded his opinion on the fact that he had just weighed a fish of the 
game rortand similar proportions, it being 17 inches by 9, aud ir. was ex¬ 
actly 2 Ids. , which he took for hia standard. The scales being brought 
the larger fish proved 5 lbs. 10$- oz. This Ingenious philosopher, who 
let, nothing escape him. hereby tested a famous proposition of Euclid, 
viz , Euclid, Book XI, Theorem 83—“Similar solid parellopipeds are to 
each oLher in thB triplicate ratio or their homologous sideB.’ 1 Put into 
more simple form we may slate the rule thus: “Similar solids vary as 
the cubes of one of their dimensions.” To understand the matter fully 
we must bear in mind that any number multiplied into itself produces 
the square of that number. Thus 4 is the square of 2. The number 2 
multiplied into itself three times over gives the cube thereof, viz. , 8. 
By algebraic form, then, Sir 1L would state his equation thus: LetX 
be unknown quantity, or answer sought. 1 >73 : 9 4 3 :: 2 lbs. : X. 
Multiply the two middle terms together- 1 -* and* -1 ^ divide by the first 
and last multiplied together, which your readers will find resulis in: 
X = 5 lbs. 10 oz, and some decimals. Or by common rule Df three, 
thus: As 17 (cubed) :24 (cubed) :.2lbs. to the answer. 
I have tested this rule very often, and have surprised my friends, who 
w'ere not avvare or the process, at the marvtdous nearness T have conic to 
the absolute weight by the scales. 1 hflve no doubt you could apply it 
to many of your American fish, but you must mke some well-grown 
specimen of each sort, and ascertain whut a fish of such a length weighs, 
as a standard or data. Yon need not curry a pocket rule, if you will 
h&Ye a foot and a few inches notched or marked eopichow on the but of 
your rod. It ia well worthy of remark (vide your “MitchelPa Orbs of 
the Heavens”; that the prices of telescopes are calculated by a similar 
method—that is, their cost varies as the cube of the diameter or breadth 
of the object glass. Thus, if a telescope with object glass of two inches 
cost £24, one of eight, inches does not cost four times that sum, as some 
would imagine, but ill,536111 Calculated thus—as 2 (cubed) : 8 (cubed) 
::£2i. Jackson Gilbanks. 
[As to the growth of American s aim oil in eastern waters, 
a salmon three years old will measure seventeen inches and 
weigh six and a half to seven pounds, and after four years 
they increase in size and weight much faster,—E d.] 
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BASS VS. PICKEREL. 
Chicago, May 20tli, 1876. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
One of your correspondents, “Von G,," of West Meriden, Conn., 
complains In yonr paper of the destruction of pickerel by the black baBS 
with which tbeir ponds have been stocked, and be more tbau intimates 
that tbe loss of fine strings of pickerel is not compensated by tbe pre¬ 
sence of a few bass. It will ptobablybe news to tbe most of your 
readers to learn that bass deBtroy pickerel, tbe reverse of which is cer¬ 
tainly understood to be truo. If, however, it were a fact, and yonr 
correspondent were correct, it would be the greatest blessing of the age 
to sportsmen. In oar country, where both are abandont, we avoid tbe 
pickerel as we da dog-fish and Hazards, take him only to destroy bis 
life, and to make room f»r the bass. If "Von G." will make a trip to 
Oconomowoc this summer and give tbe lakes thereabouts a trial, it is 
my opinion he will never want to touch a pickerel again. 
And by the way, I would like to say to your Eastern readers that 
Oconomowoc Is tbe Lovllost spot on this continent east of tbe Rocky 
Mountains. More then forty lakes lie witbin a radius of fifteen miles; 
tbeir banks are billy and wooded, the beaches of gravel and saod, the 
waters as dear as light and filled with bass and pickerel. 
A friend ol mine, one day last enramer, took thirty-nino bass weighing 
one hundred and thirty ponnde, and it was not an extraordinary day, 
eilher. lie did not connt the pickerel. Tbe roads about Oconomowoc 
are the finest in the world, gravel beds on a clay snbsoil. They are 
equal to the drives in the Central Fark in Now York, ana you can drive 
flrty miles in any direction without soiling the wheels of yonr carriage. 
The aky Is clear, the air is pure, nud when the snu goes down behind 
the far off western hills it lights up the firmament with a picturesque 
beauty which is seen nowhere in the world save In the faraons Bay of 
Naples. It is certainly true that Southern Wisconsin presents more 
attractions in tho suinmor time than any other place in this country 
with which wo are familiar. It should be better known to our Eastern 
tourists, and I am sure that a visit once made would be often repeated. 
If "Von G,,” or auy body else, will call opon tbe writer, at his house 
on the banks of La Belle Lake, he will prove the troth of every fact 
here stated. Ard, besides, he will give him or them a sample of black 
boss fishing which will forever baniBh the piekerel from the list of fish 
which a sportsman delights to take. Gso. A. Suueeldt, Jr. 
Ad Hominem.— The spirit has moved our neighbor of 
the Evening Mail to utter the following goodly apostrophe 
to this journal'. Compliments from females are pretty 
things, and gratifying to the soul, but there is something 
in their bestowal by the “Mail” which is like body to Old 
Pori; it is, stimulating, bracing, and effective. 
“There is no journal which in its particular department 
is making more rapid strides than the Forest and 
Stream. Its correspondence from all parts of the country 
is peculiarly entertaining. “A paper on the “Wild Horse 
of America,’* in tbe issue of this week, is specially inter¬ 
esting, in view of the great riding feat performed yester¬ 
day on mustangs at Fleetwood Park." 
jjJiuhtiny and foaling. 
All communications from Xecretanes and friends should be mailed no 
later than Monday In each week. 
HIGH WATER. FOR THE WEEK. 
Dale. 
Boston. 
New York. 
Charleston. 
H. M 
b. w 
H M 
June 1.. 
7 1 
3 36' 
3 t 
June 2. . 
7 52 
4 37 
8 52 
June 8. 
8 42 
5 27 
4 12 
June 4.... 
9 29 
6 15 
5 29 
Jane 5. 
June 6. 
10 13 
11 
7 
7 43 
6 13 
7 
June 7-,..- -... 
11 42 
8 ‘26 
7 42 
N. Y. Yaoht Club Regatta. —This event occurs on 
Thursday, Juno 8th. Five prizes of the value of $250; 
each will be sailed for as follows:—One for first-class 
schooners—those measuring 7,000 cubic feet and over. One 
for second class schooners—those measuring less than 7,000 
cubic feet. One for keel schooners—irrespective of classi¬ 
fication. One for first-class sloops—those measuring 2,000 
cubic feet and over. One for second-class sloops—those 
measuring less than 2,000 cubic feet. The regatta will be 
sailed according to the sailing regulations of the club, and 
with time allowances, On the same day will be offered 
for competition, without classification, the Bennett Chal¬ 
lenge Cups. One for schooners—recently surrendered 
to the club by the owner of the yacht .Magic. One for 
sloops—recemly surrendered to the club by the owner of 
the yacht Vision These challenge cups will he sailed for 
according to the sailing regulations of the club (with time 
allowance), the winners to hold the same for thirty days 
after the race without liability to challenge, after which 
date they are to be held subject to challenge in accordance 
with the deed of gift, Knirius to be made as usual and 
time allowance to be calculated as formerly. 
The following are tho officers of the Toronto (Canada) 
Rowing Olub for the current year:— 
Ph. De Gruehy, President; Geo. Gwatkin, Secretary- 
Treasurer; Geo. Duichie, Vice-President; J. Dibb, C. 
Annis, Auditors. 
The America Cor—The New York Yacht Club have 
finally agreed to sail, as proposed by Commodore Gifford, 
of the Canadian Yacht Club, a match for the so-called 
Queen’s Cup, one yacht to be named against tho Countess 
of Dufferin, with the proviso that in case either the chal¬ 
lenging vessel or the yacht to sail against her be disabled 
before the start on the day fixed for any of the races, ilien 
such race shall be postponid until repairs have been made. 
The race will take place on July l()th, 12th, and I4lh, 
viz.The first, over the New York Yacht Club course; 
the second, twenty miles to windward and return, startlin' 
