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FOREST r AND STREAM. 



$m mil giver Jfo#% 



FISH IN SEASON IN JUNE. 



l-'KESU WATER. BA.IT •' 



; ■ 

 Salmon, Sahno salar. | n usnead Irchi probate 



txrikabm. 

 lana-Iucked Salmon, ... 



Black Bass, i' ■ ■• i Vi n :. i'i i i'n. ■.'..■ na, 



.1 .' ' .... A\f.,..l-"1 1, . 



. . ,. I. .■.,,;.... , 



Yellow Perch, Perea 



Weakflsui, I 



n ,, - i -,i. .I.i. ■..■.. 



land, and feels quite proud of Mm, as he is one of his pupils. [ Chas. IT. Beiren, N. T., in one hour. 43 blneflsh ; H. E. Neill, 



Unole Peter is an old baud at the rod. and is one of the most ; N. Y., 38 shecpshead ; Wm. Ackers & Co.. Pliila.. 1 



For list of Trout FUei in season for June, see issue of Man 31 . 



i^Harket.— Our quotations far tin ' : in 

 Striped bass, L5 to 35 cents per pound; bhiefish, 10 cents; 



Salmon, green, 18 rents; mackerel, lOtOlS b ; shad, 



Connecticut River, 60 cents; white perch, IS cents per 

 pound; Spanish mackerel, iScents; green turtle, l'j.V cents; 



terrapin, $12 per dozen ; halibut, 10 cents; haddock, cents; 



king-Ash, 80 cents; codfish, - : oente; bteckfish, 15 cents ; 

 herrings, 5 cents ; flounders, 10 Cents; porgios, 10 cent 



bass, 15 001115; eels, 18 iti lot ers,8 cents; shecpshead, 

 15 cents; soft darns, 30 to 00 cents per 100; pickerel. 15 

 cents; Long Island trout, $1 ; Canada do., 60 cent 

 shell crabs, $3 50 per 100; soft crabs, $1 50 per dozen; weak- 

 lisk, 10 cents ; frog legs, 40 cents per pound. 

 \ Maixi:. — C'ninp A\ a n. hir/n. lliihi/ilfi/. June 16, 1877. — 

 Anions the gentlemen visiting Camp Ivomiebago, within a 

 fortnight, wen- .1. W. Broulv, It. W. Emerson, 1'hineas 

 Pierce. B. P. Adams and V. O. l'anii, of Boston; I L. A. Rich- 

 ardson, l). R. Baker, Daniel Reed and J. B. Taylor,, of New 

 York: A. 1>. Loekvvood, of Providence; J times Dempsey, J. 

 B. Stow. John B. Cotton and Hon. W. O, Erve. of Lewiston, 

 Me.; .I. II. Kimball and Clarence Worden, of Hath, Me. A 

 gbbdly number of large trout have been taken. Tiieo. L. 

 Page secured a magnificent seven pounder, May SO. 



PlANOEI.ETT. 



y Lakes, Boston, Jum 10, 1877.— 1 forward you 

 the Bom i-'il containing an account of a trip 



to the Rangeley Lata written . E. R. Morse, Esq. Ting 

 as my forty-second trip. 1 arrived there the 16th of May, 

 and commenced fl suing on the 18th and Bsbed fourteen days. 

 during which time 1 caught L4S trout, only ten 

 weighing less than a pound : one weighed 0'., I wo (i, four 5 



pounds, and the balance l'roi la 



Yours respectfully, N. D. SWATH". 



Movhmehts ot Trnj Pk !'i i The mackerel Beet 



continue to bring in good fares, and prieesrat low for the 



i m. The receipts have been considerably in excess of 

 those, at this date lasl year. At this time last year the market 

 was lively at $8 to $1 1 per bbl., while at this writing holders 

 find it, diiticult, to place them at $5 to $7 for medium and 

 large 3s. The arrivals the past week have been 41. and the 

 tpts about SjOOQ bbls. The early appearance of mackerel 

 in the Bay of St. Lawrence points to a more successful season 

 than that of 1876, and it is probable that tfuitea fleet will en- 

 n the Bay fishery. Some attention will also be given to 

 the hook and line fishery on our own shores, with the hope of 

 securing a better quality of mackerel anil realizing more satis. 

 ■ .i y prices than are 'likely to rule for fisj) of the ordinary 

 grades. A large fleet continues in the Georges fishery, the 

 number of arrivals since our last issue having been 05. with a 

 catch of 130,000 lbs. codfish and 1,500,000 lbs. halibut. The 

 number of Bank arrivals the past week has been 10, bringing 

 500,000 lbs. codfish, 040,000 lbs. fresh halibut and 140,000 lbs. 

 iietehed -.halibut. The market, is practically bare of pickled 

 Bank cod, and the stock of dry cured isconiined to small lots, 

 held at good prices. Georges cod rule a trifle lower than last 

 year at this time, but other grades are higher. — Cape Ann 

 Adverti.ier, June 15. 



\X, PaSQDB Island Club. — This club is composed of gentle- 

 men of middle age, and mostly married men of quiet, n.ud re- 

 tired habits, who, with their families, resort to Pasque Island 

 for health and amusement. Its members are from all parts of 

 the country, and some from the Island of Cuba. In looking 

 over the roll, I recollect the names of Peter Balm, A. S. 

 Hatch, Win. II. Gnnther, Thos. .1. llavemever, Don Egbert 

 Guernsy, Edmund DePesfe-e (of Cuba), 8. T. Brown, Bolero 

 Humphrys, A. B. Duulop, Frank Herring. John O. O'Dono- 

 bue and brother, John L. SI. (tiniiis i-f Cincinnati). AY. A. 

 sioL'g, A. T. HigginB, W. 11. CJhopman, Dennis Brown, II. 

 Harbeck, Thos. K. Tripler, A. T. Higginsaud James L. Yall- 

 veton, its president The mention of their names will give 

 you an idea of the character of i In. club 



The island is about tin ecu miles oil of New Bedford, be- 

 tween that place and Martha's Vineyard, and belongs to the 

 club. It comprises about 1,000 acres of land, and is famous 

 lor the variety of its fishing grounds. The laud of the island 

 is quite rolling, and from some of the bluffs you have a varied 



and extensive View. They afford magnificent : r mr, 



cottages. The island is susceptible of considerable 

 The club is supplied with vegetables and melons from lis gar- 

 den, and the wild strawberry and cranberry grow in great 

 profusion. You can have surf or slid bat hing, as it suits your 

 taste. The ladies have a vary fine and commodious bathing 

 ground, where they can enjoy the water at all boms of the 

 in complete retirement. A creek runs meandering through 

 the island about a mile, where t he young people sail and row 

 with perfect safety. The club house is a long, two-story 

 wooden building, in the shape of an L, with p 

 sides, and offering a splendid promenade. The walks about 

 the island are varied and deb'ghful, the land in : . 

 of bills and dales. The members and their familiei »attu 

 here in the largest number in the month of July, just before 

 the Fourth. The. bltte-fish, .• lake are 



abundant, and those who are fond of boat fishing can have all 



they desire. The great fish of the island, however, ami . h '. I 

 the scientific sportsman prides hhnsell in capturing, is lire 

 stripped bass, which are taken with the rod and reel in 



milliners, ami sometimes to a prodig ]:.<■ average 



run is from 30 to i I re quite oftet taken as 



heavy as 45 and 50 pounds. Mr. Ynllveion was over two 



inl bass, and he handled him with all 



the skill of an adept, although it was his lirsi large fish. 



Click Peter says that he will make the best hook on the is- 



skilful fishermen in the club. He is called " Great, Hook." 



lie has taken more pounds of ftsh than any othei I 



Mr. Dunlap may be put down ns " high hook" since no one 

 quailed him in the weight of a single fish, which was 60 

 pounds. Miss Chapman has put some of the lazy fellows 

 to the blush ; she handled and took an 11 pound bass with as 

 much ease as if she had handled the rod from childhood, 

 which, 1 believe, does not date back very far. 



The tish are weighed as each party comes in from his stand, 

 and the weight of every tish is registered in a book under each 

 member's name, in the order in which he takes them from day 

 to day. 



fjnclePetcis the Acelcs of the island, and when he rises 

 from the breakfast table to take a. look at. the indications of 

 the wind and weather, careful observers, by sure prognos- 

 tics, may foiled a run, and the oracle announcing " 'I'lurr are 

 fi.ih to-daft, ffentkinen," every man springs for his pole, and the 



Mi : I rods gives warning of the day's toil. It is a good 



lesson to watch Uncle Peter on his stand. You will see him 

 cast his small, keen sparkling eye over the surface of the 

 waters, and then hear him say to his "chummer" Charley in 

 a low, gentle voice, as be well knows that, he has got a coining 



ond witli. " Now, Charley, curl right in that eddy, 



I hat rock :" and, in about fifteen or twenty minutes, 

 you will observe fjnole Peter bending, twisting and squirm- 

 ing as if he bad an attack of gout in the stomach. Y'our 

 Whole anxiety is that, you have no bottle to go to his relief ; 

 and as you approach him nearer to view, you perceive his rod 

 bent nearly double and striving as if he was trying to lift one 

 of the boulders from the bottom; and all at once you hear 

 something go "whiz! whiz! whiz!" his rod straightens out, 

 and everything seems still and calm again. In another min- 

 ute another spasm seizes him, and the belt of his rod seems 

 embedded in Ins abdomen, and hifl whole, frame trembles from 

 stem to stern. Then such a lashing and foaming of the waters, 

 and a long, silvery streak Hashes in the sunlight as the tinny 

 monster darts off again on another run. The line smokes 

 with the heat of the friction, but the bend of the rod brings 

 the stubborn fellow to ids mind j and Uncle Peter winds in the 

 slack with gentle caution, and prepares himself for another 

 dash of his foe. But, as he hauls him closer to view, he sees 

 that he has not yet recovered from his exhaustion, and he 

 brings him slowly and geutly along the stand, where Charley 

 stands ready to "ply the gaff. Among the other hygienic 

 pleasures of the island is its good, healthful food and good 

 cooking. Good cooking is as conducive to good health as ex- 

 ercise and temperate living; and, for Ibis reason, particular 

 alien! ion is given by the club to the tie re culinaria. Since 

 it is I, lie chief business of the cok to please the palate 

 and the eye, and to render food easy of digestion for the pur- 

 pose ot nutrition, 



'• When pleasures to the eye and palate meet. 

 That cook hasiender'd Ins work complete.!' 

 William seems to have studied ail the arts of 

 '■ Bj JOVe ! snoh cooking ; as if .lnno hud la-pu sick, and lie her doctor. 

 His mime should imj enmll'il Willi thai of A|ih ans 



i - liook, arid his gridirons should lie framed of gold.' 1 



Samcei.. 



Connecticut. Tfarlfuvd, June If). —Trout fishermen in this 

 Shite must put aside their rods after July I, or the game clubs 

 will be alter them. 



—The shad season is about over, and people living in board- 

 ing houses rejoice with exceeding great joy. 



— Mr. Henry Anilrus. of Hartford, and R. B. Cone, or 

 Willi ngtoii, on Saturday, caught in the streams near Bast 

 lladdatn 115 trout, which together weighed over 35 pounds. 



—The engineer of the Silver Star brought up with him, this 

 morning, a striped bass weighing 55A pounds, caught by a 

 man named Spencer, a lislierman at Goodspeed's Landing. 



T. B. S. 



v New York, The Ailiroioliir}:*, June 14.— There has been a 

 world Of trout fishing near Trenton's flNo. 4) the past spring. 

 One man lias taken more than 125 pounds about here ami over 

 at Stillwater, where he fished about a week. He has been 

 here since the second of Mav. (Hope he made good use of 

 them.) The Kev. S. H. Cox, X>. I)., caught in Beaver Lake 

 a trout the other day that weighed 2j lbs. Parties who have 

 visited Smith's Lake report good fishing. S. B. Edwards' 

 guide has started a house at Smith's Lake, and is living there 

 at present; but 1 hope he will not make it pay, for there are 

 too many hotels on the lakes now. Deer are quite plenty, 

 notwithstanding so manv were slaughtered last winter. I 

 took, a party of ladies out the other night, and showed them 

 four in an hour. About three weeks ago I caught a huge 

 bear just on the other side of the lake, Where 1 had left a dead 

 cow the first of March. I came past the place and found old 

 bruin feasting on the carcass. I set. a trap for him that, eight, 

 and the next morning had him. He had a splendid hide, and 

 I intend making a robe of it. Balsam. 



—Four brook trout,. weighing sixteen pounds, were recently 

 taken by Messrs. James Lyon and O. T. ffichordson, of Os- 

 wego, at the rifts in the Oswegalchie River, one mile above 

 Cranberry take- The largest fish weighed fully seven pounds. 

 They are on exhibition at Butler's drug store in Off 



—Rev. !»r. S. II. Coxe, of Utica ("Amateur," of Fu:k-.t 



. i ■! . i i i m i I caught a ~'l pound speclch rl troll ii 



Beaver Lake, N umber Four, Adiroudacks, where one- is sel- 

 dom caught. 



A Fn rv Pocsri Mrsk-jiUiXGE.— A monster tmiskelonge 

 (muskinonge), weighing 50 pounds, and measuring -I ft. 8 in., 

 has been sent to John Cuinmings, of Utica, by Sydney Adams, 

 Cananoque, Ontario. It is one of the largest ever caught in 

 the St. Lawrence Liver. It was taken on a hook ami line, 

 and occupied the attention of the angler and Charley Lasha, 

 his boatman, for over three hours. 



— fishing is now excellent in Cayuga Lake. Tie 81 cesf 

 i nice of the net an 

 the Thousand Islands, have already been rewarded by an un- 

 it lance of lish theie this "season. 



—Fire Island, N. Y., has established cable communi- 

 cation with Kew York City. This will prove S valuable ac- 

 cesion to thill popular summer resort. The steamer Surf is 

 now making regular trips between the psland and Babylon. 

 Good fishing in the bay. 



I . ■■ hili t, June. 



17. Bheepghead are getting quite plentiful, and e 



catches have been made during the week. A 



quids arrived to-day. Blucti.-h seem very plenty, hut only 



take the squid by spells, Among the catches this week are 



bend. Some of our captains as high as 40. Sea bass, and 



blacldish only middling. 



PesnsyiyASIA.— The State Fish Commissioners arc busy 

 slocking the streams of Lehigh and Jefferson Comities -with 

 brook trout fry. Large pike lire caught at W'aterford Lakh, 

 in Erie Comity. A party of fishermen from YYaterford re- 

 cently captured three, weighing respectively Ls, 24 and 45 

 pounds. 



tf'Ti;onT Stkkams of PriNN-svi.vAsiA.— An obliging corres- 

 pondent has furnished the following valuable information, 

 which answers in extenm queries constantly plit to us. 



In Potter County, Pa., there is a. creel; called the Sinnema - 

 honing, and at a siuall hamlet, put down on lite comity maps 

 as Wharton Mills P. O, it divides; or, rather, the East and 

 First Forks of the stream here unite. The village consists of 

 a few scattering houses, but does not boast of either hotel, 

 store or shop. The waters of the creek are crystal clear, and, 

 as yet are unpolluted by tannery or factory, and the East 

 Fork is even free from saw mills. Here, in my opinion, in 

 to be found to-day decidedly the best trout fishing in the 

 State. 



About a mile below the forks is an old mill, and under Ihe 

 dam a dark, deep pool, where you can always depend on tak- 

 ing a string of tish. Luring the day. deep bail ti-hing is usu- 

 ally successful, but at sunset 1 he surface of the poof and of 

 the rapids below is broken in every direction by swarms of 

 the speckled beauties ; and there the By, in skillful hands, 



does its work. Both the First and East I'm ,, muiful 



streams, and afford excellent fly fishing with plenty of room 

 to east, while for those who prefer to use the bait, Nelson 

 and Freeman Buns. Birch Creek and Ihe headwaters of East 

 Fork, all within an horn's drive from headquarters, cannot be 

 excelled. 



Trout are unusually plenty in these streams this spring, and 

 a week of warm weather is all ihat. is needed to insure glorious 

 sport. The tish range from one and a half pounds down, and 

 average a good size. 



To reach this arcadia, trains leave the West Philadelphia 

 Depot of Penna. R. It. Co. every evening at 11:55, ex- 

 cept Saturdays, reaching Siunemahoning Station at noon the 

 following day ; fare, $8 35. From this point a stage starts 

 on arrival of the train, each Monday and Thursday, for Whar- 

 ton, distant about 18 miles, arriving in time for supper : fare, 

 ^t. 50. On other days private conveyance can be ohlaincd at 

 ,i cosl of $5 for a team to carry two to four persons. 



Excellent accommodation and bounteous fare can be had 

 with Mr. M. T. Seihert, whose house stands at the head of 

 the valley, just, at Ihe forks, at a ridiculously small expense. 

 If desired, .Mr. Seihert will meet a parly either at Sinncnvi- 

 honing or Cameron fa station a few miles above on the rail- 

 road, and a shorter drive; but in that case he should be noti- 

 fied a week ahead by letter addressed to the care of P. \\'i 1- 

 ton, Sinnemahouiug P. 0. 



Guides, one dollar per day; brrtil grieves me to have to record 

 that some of these nativesindulge in pernicious and reprehensi- 

 ble practices. When a rise occurs in the stream, and the fish 

 tire Tunning arid jumping the dam, boxes are set tor them to 

 fall in, and 'even' umbrellas arc used for the purpose. It is 

 said that over 500 large trout we. e captured in a single day 

 last year in this way by one person. Set lines are also used, 

 but still the fish are not sensibly diminished in numbers. 

 Ought not; these things to be stopped? 



By the way, I would mention two articles I have used that 

 pleased me pinch One is an india rubber stocking, reaching 

 o the hip, overwhich a stout brogan, well studded with nun- 

 ir's nails, can be worn— tin almost indipeusnble comfort when 

 be water is cold. The other is a small landing net, snspeud- 

 ld by a rubber band around the neck and carried hanging down 

 the back. By its use, when in the middle of the stream many 

 lish may be Bayed that would otherwise be lost. \V. it. L. 



Illinois. — Our correspondent "Thco." of Huntley, Illi- 

 nois, sends us an account, of three days' fishing in Fox Lake 

 about the first of June, which yielded a goodly number of 

 pickerel and a large amount of sport. This lake also contains 

 ke, and baas of three varieties. He says: 

 "Fox Lake is one of a small chain of lakes situated on the 

 Fox Liver, in Melleury and Lake Cos., Ills. ; is 3J.or i miles 

 long, j to 11 miles wide, and one of the finest resorts for the 

 lover of the rod and gun to be found in the State. Two line 

 club houses are already built, and there will be mi 

 as the place and ils advantages are more widely known. 



In akes in the fall arc full of wild rice, and wild ducks are 

 abundant." 



<( Michigan. — Detroit, June 9.— Two young lads look a run 

 down the river on the Tth insf., and during the afternoon made 

 a .string of nearly one hundred perch. K. \V. Beynolds, Wm. 

 Christian and Albert Hill were down the river on a fit hL 2 • ■ 

 cursion June 0th and 7th. The first afternoon, in a short 

 time, they made a string of forty-six. The next day they 

 stalled up Oiir creek, and when opposite Fighting Island their 

 yacht (Sweepstakes) struck a snag, making a large hole in 

 her. It made the boys dust around lively to stop the leak. 

 They used every thing handy, bill the water gained on them 60 

 rapidly Ihatuncof them doffed his pants and put them over 

 the leak and stood upon them, while the other two bailed for 

 dear life. Nevertheless, the water gained so rapidly that 

 they were compelled to run her ashore. Slate Pish Commis- 

 sioner Jerome passed through this city, on the 7th insl.., with 

 50,000 young eels, which are to be placed in livers in Ihe vicin- 

 ity of "Monroe, Mich. Revere Gay and a couple of friends 

 were down the river on Ihe 7lh, and made a string of :!| black 



L. F. W. 



. '7,o/. June 7, 1877. — FisMng parties are arriving 

 everyday. This mornin a largi parly went up the river af- 

 1 ft Long and Bass i 



b . and pit ■ ■ " : P I " ■ '■ t J tevei 



1 1 ■ i ■ 



:ii;rn,ol /.' ■ ■ ! ' i ' ' ' i ■■■■' ■■ ■ l "»" baa 



opened finely in -Mi' h . ■". 



DeLittle, madea trip up the Grand Kapidu & Indiana R, It. to 

 Mayfleld, a few days since, and returned with jive hundred 

 ami thirty 'in as the result of two days' 



fishing in the Boardman River. Parlies are going from here 

 almost daily, and all report, the trout more plenty than ever be- 

 fore. I shall he with them in July, and will let you know 

 the result. Wfe Western people can't see why, with such line 

 fishing, reasonable charges and good accommodations, we are 



ted by more EsSern sportsmen. 



1 see in yo'iir issue ot June 7, vou advise a correspondent to 

 t rv Northern Michigan as a paradise for fishermen. You are 



