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FOREST AMD STREAM. 



LMAT 24, 1888 



Lake Mewfhremabo&.— An old fisherman — and ymi 

 should never go for the first time without one— will row you 

 to Ms anchor, wllicli is a final fastened to n sunken stone, 

 with from one hundred to one hundred and fifty t<< I > elm 



bark. Tying I he boat to the Hoot be dives down into his 

 minnow pail and brings forth two chubbs or i shiners. One 

 of these he pierces ErQm mouth to tail, and shoving it far up 

 (lie hook, eallail "tUeahanlt bait." The second shiner lie 

 pierces just under Ihe dorsal tin. and calls il "the wiggler." 

 If the with ■; ,.,'.- ,.. Hi,, [ung ,!. not open for this bait he 

 11 of pen-h. or perhaps a piece of porjc, so dainty is 

 his game. Ho (ares nothing for rods or reels, but when Von 

 bn ea il(. he admonishes you in no uncertain language to 

 "jerk il like the devil and pull him ml By crimp.-' 1 " Vmi 

 ask him how he tells! the days that an favorable for fishing, 

 and he will tell you, with the soberest face, Ibaf the signs of 

 tin: Zodiac seltlcthat question. "You sr," he asserts, "when 

 (lie sun is in Gimtniny there's no good luck. In Cancer if 

 is better; Inn we have to look out tor cool and cloudy days. 

 We don I have to £>e quite so careful iii Leo, but in'Virgey 

 there's troublt! enough, unless the bait is <j? the best. When 

 Lilirey comes th. d lock commences to mend, and if you are 

 here al the beginning of the Scorpion von will have, the tW)8t 

 fishing of all. ComO and see us linn il you can, mister." 

 And then, as his tongue loosens under genial influences he 

 will rant against the use of flies until you are half ashamed 

 to own that you brought yourswith yon, so evident is it thai 

 you have with yon "the best fisherman OB the lake- durncd 

 if I ain't. " It may be that the fish have taken a prejudice 

 against the. fly from the fishermen. At anv rate, they are 

 slow to rise io any kind ol a casi. You are "far more likely 

 to catch an eel, and have him wriggling from one end of the 

 boat to the other, if there is any moisture on ihe bottom. If 

 you become tired of Memphremagog you may visit any of 

 the numerous lakes, in this region—lakes that "average eight 

 to ten miles in length by perhaps a mile in width, there is 

 Brome Lake, source of the Yamaska, with its black bass; 

 Brompton Lake, with ils trout: Magog Lake, with its pick- 

 erel and trout that will rise to Ihe fly; JIassawippi Lake. 

 with its black salmon, shad, sturgeon and pickerel; Sugar 

 Loaf Pond, on the side of the' Elephant, where vigilant 

 watch is kept over the l rout; or Si. Francis Lake, at a far- 

 thin- distance, with an abundance of fish of every variety. 

 The trout-breeding establishment at Magog will also prove 

 of interest.— Tin r»,,o\... 



Tee Laths S. S. BtCHA.RDB.T-Jkfay \Q.~^ESitorMtmt<in& 

 "/..' It was with peculiar sadness that I read of the death 

 of '- S, Richards, a well-known and esteemed broker, who 

 I. snppo.se to he ilie r.anie gentleman for many years engaged 

 in bnsiue.-vs in Pine street, New York. The initials are the 

 " e and I suppose it is my old Adirondack friend who is 

 gone, lie was a quiet, genial gentleman and a t rue sports- 

 man. I met him several different years al his favorite resort, 

 Number Four, on the west side of the Adirondacks, and he- 

 came much attached to him. He had a thorough knowledge 

 pi woodcraft, and was a most devoted admirer of nature. 

 Extremely kind-hearted, he was generous in all things, up- 

 right in every act, genniue in all that, makes up the true 

 man and noble sportsman. His fondness for the great wil- 

 was but known, to hia intimate friends, "for being 

 .bat reticent in speech, he was not prone to parade his 

 likes or dislikes or his adventures. He had 'great fondness 

 for the quiet of the woods, and was oftener alone on lakes, 

 ■ "i -ami hunting grounds (ban in the company of his 

 friends. Many "camps" has he alone constructed of model 

 design and true woodcraft finish, and there was none who 

 could sin pass hiin in trueneSS of shot, artistic casting of the 

 fly or paddling a boat, f have been his companion by night 

 and by day, and 1 think 1 knew Ihe kind of stuff of which 

 he was made. If I do I cannot too strongly eulogize his 

 character. He was in every sense a noble man, in whatever 

 sphere of life he might: be seen.— I). II. "Bui ce. 



The Lightest Fl,t-Rod.— We have seen a fly-rod made 

 iby the veteran William Mitchell which weighed three and a 

 quarter ounces. The material is shad-blow, and the rod is 

 made in three pieces, with rerule joints and tee 1 hands' in 

 fact, lull mounted. The length is nine and a half feel and 

 the leverage Ls twelve ounces. Tl was not at all "whippy," 

 but was moderately .stiff, and felt as though it had some 

 backbone and was lit to cast With. It has gone to the Inter- 

 national Fisheries Inhibition at London, and is, we believe, 

 the lightest rod ever made. Before shipment Mr. James 

 Benkard, president of the South Side Sportsmen's Clnh of 

 Long Island requested a loan of the rod to try it, and to give 

 It a record. He did so, and has sent with the rod the alumi- 

 num reel and line used with it. The two latter%eighed I v. 

 ounces. Mr. Benkard took nine trout, the largest of whi. h 

 weighed nine and three-quarter ounces. IL ml 



side Club, Oak.hde, L. 1.— My dear Mitchell: [sehdyou 

 back the rod in good order; it is perfection. 1 also send you 

 the reel I had on. The whole rig weighs live and our- fourth 

 ounces. I look the nine fish I send vou: weight, three 

 pounds twelve ounces. Yours, ,7. Benkard." 



PiiiLADEiauitA ZopirOGXCAL SoeiioTv. — The clevenl.1 

 annual report of Ihe Philadelphia Zoological Society BhOW! 

 8 membership Of 788, The number of visitors tothe garden; 

 has greatly increased, being (1,43!) in excess of the previous 

 year, the' total number of visitors being 252,8'sfi. The 

 receipl Eo ih yearwere nearly §7. -"ioo in excess of the ex- 

 penditures. The superintendent's report shows that during 

 the year 4'Jli living specimens were added to the collection. 

 These were divided as follows: Mammals 157. birds 170, 

 reptiles and baiiaehians !KI. There arc now in the garden 

 306 mammals. 3-J8 birds, and 43 reptiles and batracbians, in 

 all 687. Among the more interesting species received dur- 

 ing the year are two tine young female leopards, two 

 European roe deer, a specimen of Vitipes Uttoralis, thoughl 

 to be the firat living individual of the species ever exhibited 

 alive, two young female chimpanzees, several ran- South 

 American inoii key :-;, a two-toed sloth., thought tobe I ':., .',,,,.. , 

 lioffiih'iait, several rare pheasants, a beautiful crowned -rane 

 ■ e rfjuh'i'tnii), and B male ostrich. A number of 



Other Species are now to be seen in the gardens for the first 

 time since the establishment of the society. Under the 

 careful superintendence of Mr. A. E. Brown, the animals 

 continue to flourish, and the death rate, even among the 

 most delicate exotic species, is very low. 



Tin OHEJ5J.8.— The London Fishing Gazette, recommends 

 that creels he made of tin and gives tlic following reasons: 

 The fish are kept moisi, do not lose in weight, and appeal' 

 better than when partly dried in the wicker creel. In point 

 of cleanliness if is superior to the latter, which "acts like a 

 rasp on the fish, scraping off the slime and secreting it in 

 thousands of crevices, whence no washing will drive if." It 

 also prevents the oozing of slime through "to the clothes. It 

 QCQu.rs to us that there should be a small hole or two in the 

 bottom to allow water to escape and that the outside, should 

 be covered with felt to protect it from the SUU. Mr. Imbrie's 

 collapsable creel can he cleaned better than wicker and yet 

 that ts.difficull to entirely free from odor. Tin, of course, 

 should be coated with Japan or asphalt to prevent rust, and 

 ; . , si j .i.jeeiJon that lit can now see to it is the tact, that 

 !i temperature might he high inside it when in the sun. 

 Perhaps a tin creel covered with wicker would be a good 

 thing, 



low.y. — Spirit Lake.— Game fish are biting well and prairie 

 chickens are going to be plentier than common, notwith- 

 standing the long, hard winter. If not too wet for th gami 

 chicks this will be the I.esL season WB have had fur along 

 I imc. Ducks are nesting uow, and arc. very plenty ; and thus, 

 with our railroad facilities and hotel accommodations, the 

 sporting community can find game and fish here without 

 the tiresome stage rides.— A. A. Mosher. 



ASGLtNa for Whitefisu.— Forest Lake, Minn., May 14. 

 —Your paper has been eagerly read by me during a winter 

 of ill-health, and I am in love with it, I would like to put 

 my stick in the wliitelish pudding, although not familiar 

 with the fish. Two years ago. while fishing with worm and 

 float from the shore of Fast Fond (a large bass lake in the 

 most SOUtheru part ot Maim, ninety miles from Boston), I 

 caught m eight or len feel of water about Iwen'v fish, from 



«ight to fourteen inches long, a- i remember them, they 

 were dark above and silvery underneath, with large scale?. 

 A farmer living on Ihe shop' said they were whitefisn, and 

 he had never known 30 many to be caught at one time I 

 and others fished there several times after, but never got any 

 more. They were very good citing. Minnesota is a great 

 angling country, and Forest Lake one or the best lakes for 

 bass, pike-perch and all the lake fish, It is but one hour 

 from St, Paul. I am a stranger here, without a mate, and 

 wish to camp out all summer. Can some of your readers 

 help meV-Gi;o. II. BeABSBY, 



Geebmwood Lu;k. May 14.— A few trout have been 

 caught in the Valley Brook this spring, lien llazen one day 

 last week getting seventeen. Pickerel are biting well, hut 

 as yet very f,. w persons from the city have arrived, most 

 anglers waiting for June 1. Bass notices were received 

 here to-day from the N. Y. & G. L. K. K. that on and alter 

 May 2fi the 4 P. M. train from N. Y. would run through to 

 the lake, in addition to the 8:b"0 A. M. train at present run- 

 ning. The Warwick Woodlands are being converted into a 

 lager beer garde u and pleasure resort, under the manage- 

 ment of M r . Ettlnger, of Patcrson, The restaurant build- 

 ing is being altered and remodeh d, and a second floor, con- 

 taining about eighteen bedrooms, added. The first story 

 will be divided In bar, billiard and dining rooms, and life 

 concern is to be known as tin- Frank Forester Hotel; the 

 auditorium of the school of philosophy being usi -I as a 

 dancing hall. Very few changes in management occur this 

 spring at the hotels. The proprietors all appear I o be con 

 tented, and look forward to a busy season.— C. 



Black Bass.— June 1st approaches, and the baSfi are 



anxiously waiting to be taken in out of the wet. Kind- 

 hearted anglers are now looking over their tackle aud filling 

 gaps in it, so that the fish may not suffer in suspense ton 

 long. Those who have given no thought to this matter Will 

 do well to remember that another week" will bring tl 

 ing of the bass season in New York, New jefsey\ Iowa and 

 some other Slides. 



J^Z™ ? ICKK " BL CAr-Tuns.— Lowell, Mass,, May 18.— 

 WI-jL r::wing a boat on th., Concord River V\ In sd . 

 pickerel which would weigh about a pound leaped from'the 

 water Into the boat. The barrels of my gun projected about 

 six inches over the .gunwale, and the reflection of the sun On 

 them doubtless attracted the fish, which jumped at the bar- 

 rels, ami missing them, landed in the boat. The water v. as 

 quite rough at the time, aud it was just such a day as one 

 would select for trolling.— W. E. O. 



Salmon Fishing,— Those of our readers who wish a little- 

 salmon fishing this season will do well to consult the adver- 

 tisement of a gentleman who has leased two rivers in 

 Canada. 



Tiiknton. Ontario. May Hi. — Wtttor WoreU ana Stream: 



A magistrate's court was held on the 14th al Stirling to try 



a number of prosecutions brought by Department of Marine 

 and Fisheries against persons accused of catching or having 

 in their possession during the close season, speckled trout, 

 in violation of the lisheiv act. The following was the re- 

 sult of the cases tried': A. MeWiUianis, fine and costs 

 |48.80; A. G. Scott, fine and cost-., $26; David Seeley, fine 

 aud costs, §o0 . Andy Stickles, line md costs, «47. DO;" .John 

 Houston, fine and costs, $47.90. The Crown Counsel with- 

 drew the cases against others for want of sufficient evidence 

 to convict. Tin- only regret is thai siillicient evidence could 

 not be obtained to convict the whole party, many of whom 

 are suspected not only of fishing out of season but of using 

 illegal methods for capturing the fish.— Hackles. 



Ftshini; Sioiiii.s.— Wc would remind our readers that if 

 they have any good fishing stories to tell, the place where 

 they will be read is in Foeest and StbeAM. Once in a 

 While we conn- across something in a local, or an out of the 

 way, paper that is good enough to have a wider circulation 

 than i ; gets, and we. regra! l hat the author's judgment led 

 him to hide his light under a bushel. When a Jmi-o.: v. i i ' . - 

 a thing In- naturally wishes it l0 fie read, and if In .-,-, - ii in 

 some paper he is apt to think that all the world sees it too. 

 This docs not follow, at all; aud as we regret to see good 

 matter go to waste we would inform them that Fokest and 

 Stheam is the organ of anglers and fishculturists, and is in 

 faci the fisherman's paper, the only one in America. 



Salt Water Fisiii.-,.;. -.Many large sea-bass, blackflah 

 and flounders were taken at the "cinders" in Great. South 

 Bay this week. The tackle used was as varied as the 

 anglers, drop-lines, heavy sinkers and an assortment of hooks 

 being the priucipal tools, A few weakfish have appeared 

 and have been laken in the bay, as well as in Gravesend Bay 

 beloyv Fort Hamilton. The whitebait arc exceedingly plenty 

 this spring, and the weaklish arc gorged with them'; there 

 lore they do not take ihe |, ok well. Blueflsh are Doming 



un the New Jersev coast. To reach Great South Bay buy 



i Long Lland Railroad to Bayvflle, 



Islip or Bay Shore, 



Micuuam Lakb. — The Hon. James Gerldes is fishing al 

 Meacham Lake. Franklin county, -\. V. He took in ld.'OOO 

 eggs of the rainbow trout to be hat died by Mr. A. R, 1'ul 

 ler, of Ihe Meacham Lake House. Those deposited last 

 year have made fine growth. The eggs were furnished by 

 the X'-w Voik Pish Commission from_theCCalcdoniah hatch- 

 ery Mi . Gcddes reports fair spurt with the lake trout up 

 to May 19, and i- expecting the brook trout to begin rising 

 as soon as the severe wind storm which has prevailed there 

 has subsided. 



Skanea -ri-j.Es Lake.— Mollvillo, % Y., May 18,— Trout 

 fishing has opened on Skam-ateles Lake, and if warm 

 weather continues there will be rare spoil from now until 

 the season is over. Fykes and spears are not used much 

 nowadays, and of course trolling improves. — Novice, 



^isjfcultwe. 



si.u.Mo.v FlsamfG.— The undersigned has Some salmon fishiDg upon 

 two of the oest rivers in Canada ni his disposal. Address at once 

 "Huiada," this office- Aiv, 



THE FISHERIES EXHIBITION. 



VT the annual dinner of the Gresham Angling Society at 

 the llolhoi-n (London) restaurant, on April is. the Ameri- 

 can Commission were invited guests. After reading the re- 

 ports, etc., the chairman. Mr. Alderman Cotton. M 



national Fisheries Exhibition. We are honored to-mcht bv 

 the presence of the American Commissioners to the exhibition 

 (Cheers.) It is the first time that our .American COW 



appreciated in the United State: 

 beg to couple with'this toast ti 

 (Cheers.) 



Prof. Goodo responded: ''In behalf of the anglers, fish- 

 curturists and fishermen of my country, I thank you most 

 heartily for the honor which vou have conferred upon us. I 

 feel it is hardly necessary for'me to say anything in behalf of 

 the International Fisheries Exhibition, because it seems tome 

 that its success is already entirely, secured: I have already 



e which tie- Greshanj 

 to-night will bo fuilv 



; led there. I 



: of Professor Goode." 



It of 



thisi 



lfidently 

 Exhibi- 

 tion or the woi iii. (unears.) The message which my fellow 

 countrymen sent to me I eauuot venture to express in 

 words, but if vou will come to our section in the Fisheries Ex- 

 hibition we will try and show you there what they have Bent 

 in a tangible way. Some .-2(1(1 years ago a small companv of 

 fishermen went to North America and established a colony 

 there, chiefly for the. purpose of fishing. We Und in early 

 records of the Plymouth colonists of the ubunduacc of (ish in 

 the waters, and of the great delight whi.-h thev took in haul 



to the mother country examples of what it has done during 

 ■■■.-. ears, aud what it is now doing, in the way of 

 fishing, in the wav of angling, in the way of tisheulture, and 

 in the wav of fish protection. AVe have done, as mv count rv- 

 men say, bur level best: and I thiuk we cannot do better than 

 we shall do on the floors of the exhibition building at 'South 

 Kensington. iVe have come here to see in this friendly com- 

 petition the cvidenee that i his exhibition is goiu^ tobe the 

 crown of all the exhibitions Of its kind wliHiTuive ever been 

 held in the history of exhibitions." (Cheers.) 



Dr. Llovd proposed: "The Visitors," coupling with it the 

 namesof Mr. Earlland Capt. Collins, of the United StateB 

 Fish Commission. 



Mr. F.arll. in responding, said: '"An angling society is, under 

 any circumstances, an organization that is "peeulbo 

 able; but when j-ou combine with the angling societies those, 

 elements which 1 find are combined with this— that of the 

 dissemination of knowledge, that of fisbeulture and fish pro- 

 tection — the object is doubly worthy of commendation. I 

 atn sure you are engaged in a good work, and that you are 

 not only promoting the interests of yourselves, but, of the men 

 who toil by fishing. 1 feel that you are doing honor to tho 

 cause of fishing by taking up lisheiil; ui ..-. for by its proper use 

 and more recent methods I think there will bo little difficulty 

 in keeping the supply of fish beyond the question of exhaus- 

 tion. The societv is a very prosperous one, and when I look 

 at it and remember tii.it it has ,,.,Iv been two years in exist- 

 ence, I cannot but ask myself, What is there not in the future 

 tor it? If two vears have brought such results, what, will 

 four, or eight years, or double that time, do? We have, come 

 across the water to discuss this quest ion with you. It is one 

 of great interest both to yourself and to us, and we feel t bat 

 we shall be benefited by it. The chairman lias referred to lis 

 as cousins, but the cordial reception you have given us to- 

 night would cause me to claim even a closer relationship. I 

 beg to thank you for the cordial way in which you have re- 

 ceived this toast." (Cheers.) 



Captain Collins, in responding, said: ''I feel both honored 

 and gratified at the hospitality which lias been extended in us 

 by the Gresham Angling Society, and we are most) happy to 

 meet you on this auspicious occasion. As Mr. Earll has alreadv 

 said, we fuel that we can claim a closer relationship than t hat 

 of cousins; we have a commou language, a common law and 

 a common purpose— that of the advancement of mankind. 

 With U9, where we have so much territory, and so much 

 water, and so many fish, we have not felt the need of BStab- 

 lishlne angling-societies: but, never! • cite what 



you have done, and hope and trust that the aflorts put forth 

 byth 



aed to insure. I thank 



you have received us. 



n we may have the hap 

 (Cheers.) 



vou for the cordial manner ii 

 andtru.-l that on some future 

 piness of returning tho eonipli 



SCHROON LAKE— Glens Falls. N. Y,. Ma> 17.— i The 

 Sehroon Lake Fisheulture Association, organized last year at 



■isitors, has 



i Lake. N.Y.. by residents and su 



intended. Tho operations the past winter were under the 

 management of an expert from t lie State hatchery at Cale- 

 donia, and the loss of eggs was. under adverse circumstances, 

 less than 10 per cent. There are 50,000 rainbow trout eggs 

 now being hatched Cor the streams about the hike from 

 which the association takes it name. — A. S. CHENEY, See. 



It i\VA. -Spirit Lake.— Last fall I made a report to j 



the ai 



a of 



id' no 

 I extra 

 dth tho 



ordinary success, having hatched out th 



exception of tie- few injured eggs. I have now in the house 

 about 500,000 salmon trout and a few uhiretish: have dis- 

 tributed the rest in the various lakes around here. These 

 lakes are teeming with native tish, s.ueh as bass, pickerel and 

 pike (wall-eye). The season is opening first-rate for sporting. 

 —A. A. Mosheb. 



