110 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



fM.vran 8, 1888. 



Of Ik 



upc 



till. 



D trout hogi i; 

 fac) thai 3inal] 

 Id not. be wan 

 enforced it may stop the 



MAINE FISH LAWS. 



AH KW and stringent law for the protection of iish and 

 i-i, lias just. been passed in Maim'. The first section 

 provides thai i.o iish shall lie taken in any of the waters Of 

 the State except tide waters, with any net, seine, weir or 

 ' ip, mirier a penalty of §50 lor the offense anil slO i'orey ry 



landlocked salmon so taken ot caught. This 



provisii i i i ■ - 1 i . > prevent the wholesale destruction 

 Of Million with nets. 



■ ■■■■ml section prohibits the taking oi killim: of any 

 1 iftlmon ofleu tbfto. nine hiL-lirs in !■ 112-th, or 

 nnj troul of less than ftvc inches in length, and it makes 1 



penally (15 fOI the tiff I and fifty rent- for every trout 



la d-loeked salmon taken of lege than the abort dhni 



Po&W88BiOn of any ri-h less than the 1 ,1 1 -, 1 ih, , 



■■ i 1 !" 1 termed evidei 

 I'i'i ... ii .[.. 1, ill h , ■■ . woo 1 1 BE 

 unthinking persons who ao nol re 

 . .. ■.. ih gfow to be large ones 



1 - law is . 



1 ' '' tin ' B tin n yen, in-more, but will give theln 



inu.ii Ijettoi gftrne in ihei nd. for the small boy. ifnot B 



inking person. 



The Ii-.mjI I,,,-- is , .specially provided for in a clan ' e 



P Ib'lls the taking or having in possession of more thai) 



buy pounds o1 tront or land-looked salmon, 01 botUlo- 

 Kether. The new law makes Hie penalty $5 for every pOund 



fit ex© ':-s of 11%, and .s:.o for the offense. It a Iso forbids 



1 -I over fifty pounds in weight of those 



and makes Hum liable to seizure on complaint, and the 

 fish to go to the person making the complaint. This phase 

 ot tin law will be or ureal valor I,, the best troul waters' in 



Maine, and a source ot liuieb aggravation to those pot- 



huntei-. who 11T1- not sin -1. .1 Kith 1 reasonable number of 

 trout, and thGSO who catell trout for l.he markets. Now let 

 ii i.e enforced. 



MICHIGAN FISHING RESORTS. 

 "VrutfR eones) dew '"Prairie Dog's*' experience in 



i Norilii 111 Michigan is much the same as mine upon the 



. ' myiirsl trip tin -re when 1 fished the Boardman 



wilh aboui 1 lie , line siieeess that, be did the Rapid, Rivei 

 1 I ielurui-.l home heartily disgusted w itli the allui . meuts 



■ ■ ■ tred in tin railroad ''Tourists' Guide ' 

 Bui 1 went again the next year in Charlevoix, eighteen 

 Olili .i.i.,.;.! . hich is away from the railroad 



indli freqnei Xhetrel found moat excellent trout 



fishing in ilu streams tributary to Pine Lake, specially the 

 Jordan River. If 'Prairie Dog" would go there about June 

 irsthi would be able to catcb all the trout In .. .1 

 would ii n mi 1 with 1 or jucct -s fly fishing and lie entirely 



tree fi mosquitoes; 



n are generally used and with much better success 

 than flies, Slost of the streams d/onbt afford the necessary 



or 1 1 ting Then art flso several small lakes South 



idtIi roil n In n --1 kind of bass fishing may 



a rer sixty-pounds 01 bass in an after- 



.' co'liim/two and a quartet pounds; 



and 1 am now an 0:11 lii-.-.l advocate of the healthful climate 



ami splendid fi inin Lo be had in Northern Michigan 



ButlprSj .i"i'i 1. .a. .ih raih I guides and landlords. 



■ t the road runs and (al I tea miles from where) 



lands arc- always the best place* according to their 



liii'h invariably' is wioue. It is needless" lo add 



iii" there ire always horses at your command if you pay 



■hive prie. i for III. -111 (;, 11 W. 



Hel 



THE LAND-LOCKED SALMON. 



1\T33 print, bj permission, the following extract from a 

 f » private letter written by Gen. R. U. Shermtin, of the 

 New York Fish (Commission, in which he refers to the re- 

 cent .article on the lund-locked salmon which appeared in 

 our columns from tile pel: of Mr. Charles GK Atkins. He 

 says; "Probably Mr. Atkins has had as much practical 

 observation of the habits of this fish as any man in the 

 country. His statement that their habit is' to go dowu 

 Stream to spa-wn instead of up. as other salmon do. is con- 

 firmed bj what occurred at Woodhull Lake last fall. From 

 appearances the whole stock went out of Woodhull dam 

 through the open gates and gathered in Ihe stream below to 

 They could not get back to the lake, as the water 

 falls perpendicularly three or more feel from the outlet 

 flume into the stream below. So the whole family will 

 probably take, up quarters for the BeXt season in Sand Lake, 

 a mile or more below. But if I bey get working down in 

 this way they will eventually get Into Lake Ontario, and I 

 don't know why this will not be a good place, for them. It 

 has been contended, I believe, by some that I he salmon 

 which formerly ran up the streams 'from Lake Ontario did 



Up from the sea, but had their habitat in that 



lake, it may be that the land-locked salmon ran down and 

 out of Wood hull Lake because there are no suitable streams 

 to run up; the inlets of that, lake being too small, and at the 

 spawning time, too low lobe available." 



BIBLIOTHECA P1SCATORIA. 



SK.YLKAL years have elapsed since we first announced 

 that, a in w edition of this work was beinir carefully pre- 

 pared by Mr. Thomas SatChell, and now that we have the 

 volume before us «c realize the immense labor required to 

 finish it,* The book is a full octavo of 397 pages, and as a 

 book of reference to those who are interested in angling 

 ■ ■ ■ it is invaluable, We have looked through' the 

 Volume and find that the American books on the subject 

 are all tin re, and conclude from this that other countries 

 have been as fairly represented. 



In our issue of April M7, 188'.'. will be found a full list of 

 the different editions of Walton's "Compleat Angler," 

 which wax printed from the advance sheels of this work, 

 and which now appears in the appendix as a "skeleton 

 chronicle of dated, related and undated editions and re- 

 print*, with dissimilar imprints of fzaak Walton's 'Compleat 

 Angler" enumerated iu this work,'' a full account, of which 

 is given in the body of the volume. 



Not only are books on angling and fishculturc recorded 

 with their full title's, both under their titles and their author's 

 names, but catalogues are also included, as Well as all papers 

 and periodicals which treat of angling, and many writers of 



note on tlie subjects are also given place, even though they 

 have never written a book or published a. catalogue. The 

 painstaking character of the author is visible all through it 

 and it is evident llial it has been S labor of love to him. He 

 has gone through the great collection of the British Mus, urn 

 and many private collections and gathered much from well- 

 informed eoi respondents in foreign countries. 



There are 8,158 editions pi 2,148 distinct works registered. 



1 lie tules and dates of 3,465 ot them are given from a per- 



ii'iaiion, and oilers are inserted. on the authority 



ol correspondents. The sales of such. a work of reference 



can never compensate the compiler, and the consciousness 



Ii ins his labors appreciated by those to whom they will 

 be useful will be his only reward. 



V limited edition has been printed, two hundred of which 

 will come to America Wo do not at present know who 

 will have the sale of their, here oof the price. When we 

 learn these facls we will publish then} The price in Eng- 

 land is fifteen shillings bound or thirteen shillings unbound" 

 This, u iiii duties, \ . > 1 1 probably bring the price of the 

 bound volume near the dollars. |; is well worth it 



v, irs.i. -Al the meeting 0! the Boston Society ol 

 .Natural History on Jan. :'(, l)r S Kneeland spoke of the 

 use of the saw of the sawfish, which we do not remember 

 toliavelieard suggested bid me In presenting the beakol 

 a sawiish l/V«fe) from the Lake of llav. Philippine Island-. 

 Dr. kiieelaml suvgesied a use i,,r this toothed projection, in 

 this specimen thirty -three inchus long, which seems more 



" :i ' than the ones nan illy given; Mz., thai it is an 



instrument for inoTe or less horizontal insertion in the mud 

 01 sand of shallow waters, which, bv a vigorous sweep of 

 the long upper loiied, shark-like tail, is quickly pulled out 

 backward, The lateral teeth are sharp-edged iti front for 



easy insertion, but concave behind to' offer resistance, 

 mid more thoroughly f»tir up the bottom; this action is 

 doubtless accompanied bv a soiie.soi' short horizontal move- 

 ments of the anterior pari Of the body. The mouth is 

 small, underneath, with pavemenl like teeth, as in the rays. 

 adapted for crushing the mollusks, crustaceans, and bartl- 

 oased creatures on which it feeds. He thinks the stories of 

 ts attacking in open sea the smaller cetaceans are errors of 



ibservalion, arisim; from coninuiKlins the sawfish with the 



■ i' A ,', < 1; ii.'ilher its weapon, it- mouth, its teeth, 



itshahi it, nor its habits, can he reconciled with the active 

 carnivorous propensities ordinarily osi ribed to it. Ray-like, 

 ii is .1 bottom feeder, with crushing and not tearing 'teeth; 

 the snout is too blunt for piercing, and its lateral teeth would 

 be an impediment rather than aifnd vantage. 



Tioli Souxd -Seattle Washington ieini..n -The 

 watersof the Sound abound with ail kinds oi sail watei fish 

 including myriads of salmon and our streams ttre lull of 

 trout, I look for a large number ..1 sportsmen to «dsil this 

 "sportsman's paradise'" upon the establishment of rail (torn 

 uiunicaiion with the. East, which will take place upon the 

 completion of the Northern Pacini Railroad in Jut) aext 

 Sportsmen eisifting the National Park caii then, by a small 

 expenditure of time and money, extend their travels ti 

 Puget Sound, and 1 can guarantee that they will be amply 

 repaid for such expenditure, both by the scenery -and the 

 Opportunities For hunting and fishing afforded ilum In 

 common with all sport -im n 1 am very much pleased with 

 the determined stand taken by the Fores'I' vmi Stream in 

 the National Park steal, oral'lempi al a steal, ami tin- good 

 work done by the paper.- Al.M 



Pisues oi' Omo.— Prof. I). S. Jordan has an artieli of 

 208 pages in the Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio, 

 vol. IV., published by the State; Nivni- A Myers, printers. 

 Columbus, 1882. In this is given a brief survey of the 

 earlier publications treating wholly or chiefly of the local 

 fish fauna. A table of four lists of fishes as classed by 

 rtatinesque, 1820; Kirtland, !840-'46; (.runHier, 1859-70; and 



tables of the distributions of fishes in Ohio, terms used 

 the descriptions, and l hen by the fishes with their a^.. 

 tematic ana popular names, with complete, descriptions of 

 them. It is a valuable contribution lo ichthyolo<rv, which 

 already owes so much to Prof. Jordan. 



Bait Preservative.— Mr. W. Thomas writes to the Lon 

 don Fiskirtf/ Gaulle: "I send you by post a sprat that I 

 have kept in my solution for more than a month. You will 

 observe it is as' tough and as bright as wdren taken from 

 the fishmonger's shop. In addition I will guarantee if keeps 

 in this slate for years. My solution is made by Ihe addition 

 of half tin ounce of boraeic acid to every ten ounces of 

 glycerine. Probably half the quantity ot boraeic acid would 

 answer as Well," 



§ mn$ gni $lkhei[mgs. 



. ...i i . 



author:', b.s 

 ii' Tavistock 



ireob Garde 11 js 



"That reminds me." 



I HAH been out hunting with George Waters in one of 

 the best, deer ramfes in Colorado for over a week, and 

 had not killed a deer, though I had lots of good shots, while 

 he had almost loaded the wagon. One morning at day 

 break George wanted to knowwhere I wasgoing <■■' 

 declared that 1 wasdisgusted and going home 



He. said. "You get breakfast and feed and harness the 

 horses, I will go for the deer 1 killed last evening. When I 

 gel back we will eat and both go horn.'.' I assented, anrl in 

 about an hour Wafers came back to Camp wifh two deer. 



"Where did you get the other deer, George?" 



"I shot her over on a point near where 1 had the o'.her 

 hung up; by the way, there was a curious circumstance. 

 While 1 was going down the eauou 1 saw this big doe and 

 two yearlings come out on a point. Cue oi' the yearlings 

 saw me and said, Oh! mother, there is a man.' 'Vou need 

 uol be afraid of him,' responded his mother, 'it is Dick, and 

 he cannot hit the side of a barn.' \No,' persisted the little 

 buck, 'I think it is someone else.' The old doe iooked again, 

 and shrieked, while she trembled with fear, 'Run, children, 

 run for your lives, it is Waters! But it was of uo use, 1 

 killed her before she had gone ten yards." 



1 grunted, and didn't pay much attention to him, but he 

 relished his old hashed up ami warmed over tale so much 

 that he told it a dozen times when he not me iu a crowd, 

 and the fools always laughed, W. .1. D. 



f'l.MAaito.N, Kansas 



<giu1imltme. 



WHITEFISH FOR LAKE ONTARIO. 



THE Rochester, N. Y., Ifenthl of March 2 gives the 

 ing account of the shipment of ihivi nullum w 

 try for Lake Ontario, bv the U. S. Fish 1 loromissiou a 

 a description of the transportation car- 



"Yesterday afternoon the second -v 1 1 . ■ ■ - 

 into the CentraJ depot with one of ih.' two cars belon 

 theU. S. Fish Commission attached. Cpon l.oai-din- 

 n Herald reporter found it to be in charge • 

 who willingly answered tho numerous u'uest ions askei 

 car left the I Tiited States hatchery at Northviile, Mi 

 Wednesday afternoon, with three miHione of roam 

 fish, which' Mr. Ellis intends to plant near Oswcco ' 

 Ontario. The car in which the tish are transported is 

 of a brief description. It is of the same len"tn as an 01 

 ■I' ■■pei. and vv.'i . Mill ,; ;i ■■ 

 road at a eo?t of nearly 



throughout in ash. At tlie end of the ear is a ranao 1 

 tho necess 



follow- 



liitefish 

 ud .also 



throughout t 

 side of the ai 

 cans contain! 



beneath th 

 ii] > with an 

 Ellis. IV.u 

 the 



. All 

 .inph of n 

 ants Mr. Xev 

 Kol„.rl Tin, I, 



ng the Rk 





longer, after wl 1. . 



shod, The l"W I nl !e, r 



hatchery at Alpena, MJehigai 



-■■a- I hiir/- are expected' In 



an a! of business the Com: 



another ear which will be snp 



is thinking of bnildh 



THE MENHADEN QUESTION. 



T*HE question whether the striped bass feeds upon in. men 

 hadenat all, or to aov extent, is one that I. 

 since the discussion of the effect upon our sea fisheries of the 

 ■ king nuiilia l-.n for oil by means of purse nets. 

 We have received the foUowing letter tn.m A, .lo.,, phChurcti 

 t manufacturer of menhaden oi! and 



a promme 



DEAB Bin o ■ - ■■.■■ >■■■, o. 

 the menhaden fishery, and its 

 bass Hi n irj . We should like tc 

 ponents. we none.-. hAVI :e-..' 



Your sporting natrons ought 

 .titer stuk- bait, and 

 you will sae there is a sure anc 



11., article refi n 



I'h.yiinha.ieii Ouestion." fn 

 & Co.. fall River. Mass. In 



a. IS&S. 

 regard to 

 with the 



'or our op- 



ta'll CirtltLll. 



entitled 

 J. H. Pranklin 



ii-a a lair 



catorial oh'elus 

 I multiplication 





:.:■■ 



ek of 





unreliable, have east abc 

 striped buss, and quite positively assume 

 suit of steamer fishing for the men hade] 

 siuued that the bass feed. This rash am 

 been adopted as sound by a writer in the ? 

 in the issue of November 18, ISS2, appeal 

 boldly advocating the theory. As an oft 

 or assertion of said writer the parties in, .re.- 

 haden fishery have procured the attida.vit of Gideon Mosher. 

 an old fisherman of forty -five years standing, who has devoted 

 his time and attention to catching (he :■ tripod l,as., preparing 

 it for market and studying its habits, in which be emphatically 

 states that striped bass do" not feed upon the menhaden, but 

 on crabs ajid lobsters. Mr. Alosher's opinion or rather state- 

 ment of facts in this connection is worth a great deal more 

 than theory or assertion with no facts for its basis, and doubt- 

 less will be corroborated by many'old and skilled fishermen 



El difficulty in dealing with this problem is the want 

 of definite and extended knowledge of the habits of all deep 

 sea fishes, as the wide expanse of the oeean forbids a minute 

 research, without an immense period of time. What is known 

 has been gathered by the long experience and observation of 

 intelligent and energetic men, who have made fishing a busi- 

 ness and the habits of fishes, so far as they came nnder obser- 

 vation, a study. Among the facts elicited or seem'cd by said 

 experience and obse 



lit s 



ad. 



01 



od 



rill suddenly d.rapp, .0 ••■■ .1 •„■; ■v',;,'i, 

 for years, if ever, and they will do this when not 

 with in any way or manner [for instance, once Rince 1800 the 

 menhaden swarmed 111 immense schools in ih" II iv ■•; I- uinlv 

 They were, undisturbed by fishermen, remained a brief 

 period, then left and have pot been >een there for the last 

 forty years. Thev have aeted in a similar manner in various 

 other localities along our own coast, and jusl now is one of 

 the periods ot absence peculiar to tins tish. Ii maybe thai 

 changes occur in the temperature of the sea water that affect 

 thcin, which we know nothing about! it m.-r. Ih-iI: 

 plies of food become exnausted, which compels a migration: 

 it may be thai their peculiar enemies— ot which 

 many— render their abode iu a given situation p 

 few years ago hupre numbers of the>e fish were seen floatiii" 

 will," (I.e tide at tho month of the Merrima 

 dently died of some disease. What destroyed the • 

 bers is entirely unknown, but the case was- sngges 

 diseases or sudden changes of food or condition mav kill off 

 inUliouR of lish and partially depopulate the sea as readily as 

 such causes act upon the animuis upon the land. 



The irritation against steamer fishing, evident in the argu- 

 ments put forth, is wholly baseless and unreasonable. What 

 effect on the habits of fishes can the floating around on illim- 

 itable space Of water of some three, or four hundred small 

 steamers and sail vessels have; [f (he men- 



haden from their haunts, why not theeotlfii 

 or any other of our coast fishes) W'.'iv do npi the multitude ni 



