M.VKCii 15, 1883. | 



FOREST AND STREAM 



1S1 



Salafoga, Beapwalhee tn Salatoga, water nil taste like old 



tin ]i.iil. all lll-l." 



"Well, Sam! was that all the trout yon look, one hopaed 

 date'.'" 



"Yes, tloul. huwn dace, :} 1 1< ■ same; Mime oallc (lontee, 

 some oalle hawu daCe Oalfo Mold when Melican man 

 scoopee himself, ealle hawn dace when oiler feller or China 

 man scoops. AJlojtainee, l oatchee tldul like Mellcan thai 

 in A-dilondacka. Whettyoa go topside Adilondaeks again, 

 yontakeemi folaguide, 1 showee you how scoope tlotit 

 "with tly on silin-. ' Bye byo." 



Willi ,. smilf thai was childlike and blandj Bam Liuug 

 piinjflcd pfi in ih" direction of tin- Bowery, scarcely soiling 

 the white .soles of his shots in, the mud of Broadway as he 

 crossed it, 1 think I'll i ike him into the woods ooxl season. 



THE Till l:>T V I'll HAN. 



"SKIP THE HARD WORDS." 



IF there be any annum the readers of PoiffiST and 

 Stukam disposed to douhl the uuih of that alliterative 

 axiom embodied in (he copy-book sentence of tin ii boy 

 hftod, "Many men of many minds.'' thev will find ample 

 ground for I lie re-c-lablishiucnl of their faith uVpemstng the 



communications of some of your correspondents concerning 

 weight of rods, position of reels, and other moot point- in 

 connection wiiii the angling- art; and these discussions cer 

 tainlv form most interesting and insirnelive reading, espe- 

 < i illv to those who. like the present writer, are tyros in the 

 craft, or. :n least, arc noi ahuve seeking An addition to their 

 stoekof wisdom from that supply which, according to the 

 Sood Hook, is possessed by "the multitude of counselors." 

 Indeed. I presume thai 1 am. as the gonial "Nessiuuk" ob- 

 serves, "woll right" in supposing the arguments contained 

 in those communications to he intended for the benefit and 

 edification of all and sundry who may be interested in the 

 subjects discussed, and noi tor the sole hehoof of the dispu- 

 tants tUemselves; otherwise they, would send them to each 

 other through the usual channels of private correspondence, 

 iu-iead of displaying them in your columns. 



Acting on this presumption. 1 am emboldened to, Offet 

 (together with thanks for the share of their knowlcdgowhicli 



I na\e (lor reecho d, the Suggestion thai in Ul« discussion Of 



matters of detail pertaining to a "gentle" art, a little more 

 gentleness might not be put of place, and that objurgation, 

 insinuation and vituperation add nothino to the strength of 

 argument. Bitting humbly ai ihe feat of these piscatory 

 Gamaliels, t. for one, am willing and glad lo hear all they 

 ma\ have lo sav about li-h and fishing— the habits of the 

 tir.-'t and Ihe method- fji the last— but ii does seam to me 

 rather hard to be compelled in listen also lo the disagreeable 

 things they may choose lo say about each other; lor, while it 

 interests me to know what so espKrt a fisherman as X. thinks 

 about (lie proper position of Ihe rod, and whai are the opin- 

 ions of so high an authority a- Y on the subject of weight of 

 rod.-. 1 don't in the least cane to he informed that.eaoh of 

 those gentlemen considers the oilier iui ass. or that '/... who 

 differs from both, holds them to. be a pair of knaves; and I 

 meekly, 1ml urgently, appeal to argumentative mombera of 

 theeraii to ''study to be qjijet," and to leave barking and 

 biting, growling and fighting to Congressinen and iritok- 

 drivers, and not to degrade iheir vocation hv making faces 

 and calling names, especially after all thai lumbean said and 

 sung concerning the mild and refining influence of the pas- 

 time of angling. 



Whil would our pairon Saint l/.aak say to SUCh acri 

 inoniou.- disputation arhoug his followers, think your And 

 would you care to encounter such an episode as this among 

 Die pages of • Tiie Oompleat Angler?" 



Viator.— Mi'tliinks. Mast*!- Pisentor. tbal your which is misplaced 

 on your rod, being behind your haurt. 



PlSCATolt.— TllUlipIl! 



Vi. .Vinl 1 would further niiik- i.r.1.1 1m -ay mat your rod. in my 

 pjor judgment, is a 1 1 ill.- too low; for the dexlerous'ca.siiugof a fly. 



the use. .fan an :!-t »ii- r.-lteih noi on m:,in strength tOI 



hi* "uu-| 's'lri'li I'"',?™ !hi-suilf I Vl'm.elhn.An V iii!\T,,,,t < ', •"-""'"p "' 

 withdelicate tackJ«. ' ' * °" '" * '" u 



Pis.— Humph: 



Vc-.u-o I iliink- 



Pis.— y/i.ii' thinlcest. ,|ii:iiliii: and prav sirrah, who payeth thee 

 for thinkin;.- and hat!. .:.--_■-■■-:• -I < -rop lliineearaj Thou saucy 

 varletl dost thou underlain- to iiistriict thv ei-andnioiiier in the sack- 

 ing of eggs? Why. thou malapert -...-niij. t;...u |,..i walloper, thou 

 dolt, dost thou venture to vex'niine ears with I h\ si-ns. . 

 Look now. thou scurvy knave, how t -hall tweak tby nose~*o. And 

 take Ihoii lid- euiT and ihi- . imu ihis simvh Ki.h 



wliieh hatli innibled thee inio Ihe brook' And so lie ihou there, and 

 may thy manner- be bettered hy tin- wetting: |Eri7. 



Tiuriu --el. James. 



Pike Fishing Timorou l( r,.— Oneida. N'. Y., March,'!. 

 — Onthe22dof last month, With a friend I wcut to Fish 

 Creek, at the head of Oneida Lake, for a little fishing. Ar- 

 riving at the hotel, we found mine hosi. Spencer, of the 

 "Forest Home." had some forty holes i-ul and hooks iv.nii 

 set which wc could u-e. Aftcr'an early dinner, set lo work. 

 Five of US had all we wauled to do lo tend folly hooks, and 

 Thursday P. M, ami Friday moi'hhjg w< captured one hun- 

 dred mill twenty-six pilo-. width weighed over one hundred 

 and sixty pounds. If anybody in Central New York would 

 like a few days' ftohjue nest summer, they will do no better 

 than to try Oneida Lake. Constantia being, in niv opinion 

 the best point for bass. Game Wardens Dodge and Lindsley 

 waged an unceasing war against trap-nets the past three 

 years, and are to be thanked for the fine fishing which was 

 never heller than last trammer. They deatroyedin one week 

 as high as eighteen trap dels, — E. (.'. \Y 



Nepico.N' River. — In 

 usually gni statements o 

 after the close of the fisl 

 I have only just reecho 

 was smaller than the av 

 four of whi 



ianapolis. hid.. March, 1883;—] 

 the namheroE visitors to lied Rock 

 rig sea.-on, hut ii was delayed, md 

 it' for last summer. The' number 

 ■age, beingonly forty-two iu,nn- 

 ••States.'' The catch reported 



averaged about sixty pounds per visitor. This is not 'la 

 nor can i< ever be large if the rules of the river are observed, 

 ucless one has the luck to supply lish for an Indian i amp, 

 as sometime happens. The season being cold, prevented 

 many from visiting Red Rock last year. -5-1. 



National Rod and Itia-.i. Association.— There will be 

 a uiettimr. of-the association a1 the Metropolitan Hotel on 

 Friday, March Hi, at I V M. B«ain6BS of import me-- will 

 bo brought up, and it is possible thai preliminary steps will 

 be taken toward a tournament to be held some time next 

 summer. All anglers are invited to attend. 



<0$1frulfure. 



IMPREGNATING SALMON EGGS. 



/-.'.///(./• Forest and Stream: 



l was inueh interested in ihe report m vour columns of Mr. 

 stone'- experiments on the impregnation of salmon oegB, bav- 

 in.-,- ,u various times made many similar trials myself, and as 

 you Bxpi'ess a wish for further reports on the same subject. I 

 will give veu a selection of invown experiments. If in some 

 points m\ results do not a-r> e with Mr. Stone's, it willbe well 

 to hear in mind that we were working with dili'ereut s|ieeies 

 of salmon. Further, it is very Hue. us vou sav. thai to estab 

 li-h a rule ,,f |„oe.-,iuie (he trialsshould be often repeated. 

 I'miti -adietory results are soinetiine obtained from what are 



there were some minor' differences in the conditions of the 



tacperiments which were at first overlooked. Such minor 



rrorcap generally Deselected bj main repetitions 



To-dav I wilUive. vou ihe results of sum-' oxperiiii-.-nl.-.. all 

 beiiuron a -in_h- isniu . the one aimed at l.v Ihe lirsl three in 

 Mr. Stone's series, namely: How long salmon eggs maj -ai.lv 

 remain in the air before the milt is applied. 



|-.X.eKltlMES'rs WITH 9CHOODIC SALMON, NOV. 17, 1877. 



■r 







il' 



i i | 



o-l 



Spawn. 



Milt. 



'Z f 



Sj'f .11 B 



s -§ ~T : -'- 



y. s. t " 



A . 



Gtood living fish., 



Direct from livirig'figb-. 



30 miii 



i ••.'■') iai as i 



i, Same li-h as Ii 

 II Sam.- lish as n 

 1. Uothfer nei 



J* . Aln.lher li.-h 

 K . Sam- fish as I) 



alii 



III:: fisl 



n_- lish. 



Hire.-;, from living lish.. 



.losi lafcen frdin male.. 



Direct from living lish 



(on mil- 



7 Ii IS 



no 



;, 



IShrs 



BN 



.:; 



-.'1 1 1 IS 



an 



1) 





SO 



S'l 



(imin 



105 



■11: 



IS his 



IT 



7 



* Thte experiment will appciarasain in another series, whieh will 

 show thai lie failure to impregnate v as not wholly the fault of the 

 egra. 



Compare H. « ith K. The eggs kept y-t hours, failed tutallv. 

 while. ...i I hose kept -l" hours almost half were iiupreffiintetl. 

 Mv noto hook savs thai the e"gs of II. stood in a 'dish with- 

 out water," while w.-.-i in- for" the application of the milt, 



the spawxung grounds were However, wo succeeded in col- 

 lecting in all seventeen millons, and will have in the neighbor- 

 hood of sixteen millions of fry for Ihe lakes this coming 



spring, as the eggs at this date a r sum :in( In ion.' 



An appendix contains an ext rae i n t he Miehii-.-in report. 



e.u respondeiiee aie I ••Statutes iii foree relative to li-h and ihe 



commissioners of Osherie^, W"e not tee a i rifle of carelessness 

 in tJie mabe-up of the report, such as I In retaining a prinler's 

 error in inserting a whole paragraph not intended to be 

 printed in the New York report, from whi.htheski I -h of ttsb 

 culture was token; and the publication of a two-year-old list 

 of lish commissioners and superintendents, in which the name 

 of their own present superintendent does not appear: oilier 

 wise the report is very creditable. 



THE CONNECTICUT COMMISSION. 

 "\17Ehave the Seventeenth Reporl ol the PJsh CommiBsi >a 

 VV era of Connecticut for Ittsa, also their Second Etoport as 

 SheD-flsh Commission ire. They oall attention tothe pollution 



of waters by the refuse of in ills and faetorius. i n lime .,, 

 other bleaching material, which i- da llv -,.. -i-h. end ■,>■..( ■ 

 the article on "Preventing the Poisoning of Kish fry Idea -h 

 ing Powder." Iriiui i ; i ■ ■ iVii- whtidi lia 



i" our columns. Tic h-u - ; e:i . ami distribnting ol Inook 

 trout is ine,ea-iii:. In !--i Ihe number disnilnu -d by In-. 



owlh as in more 

 les. Tl. 



■hut l.ii-e-,-. ;,,,.! 



Of land looked salmon 



over 



:i|.,i,i , Vi . 



sea .-almon over -iiio.O.li 



wer 



• ol.inl d. 1 



River, at Southport, ai 



d the 



reniaindci 



Nearly five million >h- 



■1 WCI 



e hatched ■• 



The demand for ea 



•p ,.,, 





from Prof. Ikurd an 





■ 



were only i wo inches 







contains a map 

 of Long Islam 

 The report coal 

 beds. 



i the u-iaiigulati'iii ol Ih- i '-. 

 Sound from the I 'onnaotici 

 ns muoh information cone • 



I'lsilill.Tltp.EIN KENTUCKY;- Ml. Sterling, Marou S, 

 — Durlish eoiioni — ion has done all that our small a II.. v. ale e 

 of fundi could do. and work for glory, and om acnatni-s have 

 doneall they could thronghour Cci'mal l"nite,l s-ai.-. li-h 

 ri.mii.i-Mii. Vve have planted in ihe principal wateii of 



K.-mu.-kv the Cab foroia ,.sluio,i. gluss-.yed p lei, ami Mack- 

 the stocking of 'ovei sixtyponcls with ; .. ';■--,, ; . M , .-.,i-],, ;,,„[ 



nOWWeCaii ealeh till 111 'fr.un live I o -!.•■: old i .1 ii. ds 



andonlv two and a half pears nld 'lie- -. 



show for tle.-c-elM . a ..,.,1 record The 



of the carp have i n eailed in rpiestion. 



iuuus me!'' Some paopte would erunibk- if ihev 

 ! toho tainffi and the sum., party Ilia! s.v-lbal ., 



waters begin I 



•dible cpialitie.- 

 •That 



iild - 



while th 



ose of lot K. 



a vial, a 



id pul under 



II.. 'h-i 



-.s mill hav, 



tore, or 



nore likeH be 



contlii.-i: 



oil* an agenci 



iu all -u 



ih cases. Lei 



K., wes 



lould draw fr 



the cone 



lusion that afl 



lire to iu 



r, the eggs los 



the loss 



s not very gre 



■ .: tifteen minm.es; u,i-j, oil the water 



i out of kettle and put in baking pan; dross I 



stein tin oven. Serve on. hot dish and garnish 

 N..W i bnveeaten almost all kinds of -alt and 



sh, and saywrtl I tear of poutrauaction it is 



,e lish. and will e.,!l Col. Kureuson. of Hald- 

 ;mo.— V/. Van Axtwkui'. 



• the first t 

 Grand Lake StrijAM, Me.. Feb, BB, !-•:;. 



Chas. G. \l«l.\s 



THE WISCONSIN COMMISSON. 



pHE ninth annual report of the Commissioner of Fisheries 



THE KANSAS COMMISSION.- The k'ish Comuiiwsioner of 



Kansas has issued hi- third biennial report o.i l---: ■'. Manj 



carp have been distributed and are doing well, also California 



salmon. lake trout. land-lo.-keil-e.Iin. a, and -had T|i» |..i.-,| 



number of lish of all kind- !•■-- -i- e.l. hal.-l,,-! and • 



the waters of the state during the two v-.-a.-e 



(S9.27S. An appendix : n ■■- the lish and -amc lav..- of I he 



Slate and a monogi-aph on carp and carp culture, with illus- 

 trations, hy Capt, Milton P. I'enee. eompri.-bi 4 inn pages, 

 isalso given. The hitler is substantially the same a- that 

 given by Capt. Peirce iu his book. 



sketch of flshcultu 



of Wisconsin- for 1S82 opens 



and a description ol the Stat-: natenerv at Maaisoiu xno 

 buildings, troiv-hs. jionds. and all appliances and propertj of 

 the Stateat this ROinl . which is Worth ai least s|ii.(H)0, ai-e iu 

 good repair ami condition. The capacity of the inslinuion 

 now is 4,000,000, and it will be run to one-half its capaeil v, or 

 2,000,000, the coming vear. The ponds are siuiplv oblong 

 excavations in the earth, three to four feet deep, and of vary- 

 ing lateral dimension.-, lined and bottomed with hemlock 

 plank and supplied with screeus so that, the whole body of 

 water may >>e drawn oil without removing the fish, thus 

 a ib ..dine the opportunity of daily cleansing, which is of con- 

 siderable importance in view of the large amount of animal 

 food that sometime sinks to the bottom. A branch hatch- 

 civ is being established in the building of the Milwaukee 

 Exposition buihling, in the latter city, which will be devoted 

 to whileiish and lake trout. 



The superintendent, Mr. James Nevin. make- a very good 

 report of work done, lie savs: "The ova in the new hatch - 

 en- an- laid on wire trays instead of on gravely as formerly. 



THE DELAWARE COMMISSION.— The first biennial re- 

 port of the Commissioner of !'ishcri.-> of Mciaware for the 

 years :-sl-:.>. is before us. As Ihe Si.-,- ;,.,.- ;,,-! b,...,„, ,„ 

 take a hand in the good work and has made no appropriation 

 for it, not much has been done except lo di-tribm ' 

 received from the V. S. Fisl i Conimhsion \ bo$ 

 been made, however, and wc have no doubt thai 

 missiouer will be granted funds to work with & 

 house is needed and also money to doother work. Tii w report 

 is very creditable under the. i.-ireuuistaiic.-s. 



id \ 



ha\ 



h 



111(1 wc oup 

 nd fry to d' 

 Uwaiikee b 



" 



cut of the i 

 uld be font 







el 



Bd to harm 



g, and its 



hundred thou- 

 bute during the month oi June next. The 

 sh of the State fish hatchery is iu the base- 

 .sit.ion building, and no more suitable room 

 irthe propagation of lake fish. During the 

 hatchery has been overhauled and rcmod- 

 ;e wiih ihe improved apparatus for hatch- 

 ii. .1- is a model of economy and conve- 

 nience. The superiority of Chase's automatic glass jar over 

 (he Ilolten h:itehing-bo.\ for the hatching of whitelisli 

 and wall-eyed pike was so apparent that the board directed 

 their discontinuance, and authorized the purchase of onehtui- 

 hrod glass jars to take the place of the lloldcn hatching box. 

 with a hatching capacity ol" 300,000 eggs to the jar. which 

 makes a .rand total for the holding of 30,000,000 of whitefish 

 eggs. By this arrangement the commission saves some .*.">uii 

 for help to pick and feather the eggs. The work i- now done 

 "'"rien, the officer in charge. Other- 

 he would require the help of four 

 These jurs are :.M> inches deep and 

 shaped bottom, with a glass (,ibe 

 >f the jar to within one-eighth of 

 an inch from i-ln.' boi lom. The water is brought, from tin-. 

 supply pipe b\ a half-inch wooden faucet, a small piece of 

 hose connects the faucet to the center tube, and when the 

 water is turned on the water passes down the lube and strikes 

 tne bottom of the jar and branches off aud keeps the eggs iu 

 constant motion. The motion of the eggs is regulated by the 

 faucet, The eggs that are not impregnated turn white, and 

 being much lighter in weight than the good ones come to the 



by . 



extending do' 



SOTJTHBRIDGE, Mass.. March 8.— The Bod and Gutl Club 

 are perfecting arrangements lor a week! v shoot . The} have 

 some good shots among (hem. and hope to make an enviable 

 record. The few carp which l hev have received have been 

 placed in one of the ponds. Tli.-v also have applications for 

 more. 



"NIGGER MIGHTY HAPPY. 



HOG start a-i 

 Whippenv 



N soNCi. 



uiu' n hen de over-ver callln': 

 holler when ,i.- .j.-w-draps faliin 



ia|>pv v 



■ake hakm' ! 



wiir:; 



experts in the 

 particular reel 

 experience. 1 



irl'.-i 



lliltlerwhen hedoiie,-,,|,.'h deer: ... 

 ' lih.-lv when lie singin' iu de (hick"! ; 



slieker when de phinlin'! iine ov.-r: 

 ;liiy L'n'ly when you turn bim in do elovei'i 

 line iiiigluy handy In de nie-er man nan r 

 e s..|.pin' ill de graxy wtd a lag yam iai-i ' 



ike -.-aiie,' while ,.i ,-,ld In n bateJiin 1 ; 

 , hawk l.-ikiii' while ,).■ hi tl. ehlek.-ri serachu;': 

 ,i..|l.v when deliltleblnl singin'. 

 i gwine lo ..:,,,,, ■/, i,, u ,i.. , ;,„. ■ umnoiis swinging:": 

 niehiy hajipy- ,-i In -iiiu't « Ufa dollar. 

 • • stiirtin' oiu eo'lin' wid a tall -tan'in' eollar: 

 —J. A. Macon, in The Century 'Brioa-Biac. ' 



be.— The Milwaukee Wisemwn i 



j one ol imagination and 

 ,i.i ihe fvfndo^ 3 of the 



'..U-tiea! CXCCU- 



:st, si.'.ndin- in a window 

 i surprised, .mil noi in,- 





ttll the one hundred jars, on account of being a stranger iu the 

 locality where we collected the eggs and not knowing where 



win in' iui! oi iiowiin. mi men ana weeping cm;. 

 ramrods out of each other.— FftfttuWpftiu Press 



