JfcSB 21, 1883.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



407 



ishly sent adrift was iu his throat. That" perch , 'was ilie 

 only fish I caught, that the only bite 1 got, though I fished 

 for' three hours with the thro- sisters. Faith, Hope and 

 Charily. VV hen the last and greatest of these departed, 1 de- 

 parted", also, and so I left off as 1 begin, asking invse.ll, is 

 the pike-perch a earav lish, and a good food fish? But I got 

 book my favorite-iorti and snell. 



A few years later I was trolling for pike-perch with a 

 friend, aud caught a black bass. She was full of eggs, which 

 appeared to be not less than within a week of ripeness, and 

 that was the 7th of .lane. Now, T see by Forest and 

 Stream that the bass season begins in New York Junel, 

 and if the spawning season Es BQl very much earlier with 

 you than with us, how can the honest angler go fishing for 

 bass without qualms of conscience, when he. knows the fish 

 arc spawning or juSt ready to do so? 



Our wise legislators allow the taking of all kinds of fish 

 with the hook in Lake Chamnkiin, aud ten miles up its 

 tributaries hi all Seasons, and the prohibited net-fishing goes 

 on JUSl as usual. If the present style of legislation and en 

 nctinent of fish laws Continues, our grandchildren must he 

 good Protestants, or bad Catholics, or go hungry on Fridays. 



Awahsoose. 



MR. BERGH ON ANGLING. 



MR. BERGH is reported to have at last turned his bat- 

 teries upon angling as a cruel pastime. He objects 

 to President Arthur, not on political grounds, but because 

 he is an angler. In justice to Mr. Bergh we will give his 

 language as reported bv the New York "special correspond 

 entof the Chicago Trlbm,,:: 



■ i tcr A. Arthur should not be thought of as a candi- 

 date for re-election to the Presidency. He is not only a dis- 

 grace Co that high olliee but to Civilization." This was uot 

 political condemnation. It was an acute expression of sym- 

 pathy for fish. The speaker was a tall, gaunt, middle-aged 

 man; with a singularly long aud melancholy face, bait- 

 reaching straight and square to his collar, and other personal 

 peculiarities which make Henry Bergh known on sight to 

 all New York. But whv was' he down on Arthur? Let 

 him explain: -The President of the United States should 

 stand for the highest development of our bumanitv. 1 have 

 nothing to sav against Mr. Arthur's administration, He U 

 personally a 'polished gentleman. But he is a fisherman, 

 which is the same as saying that his instincts are murder- 

 ously cruel. It is a dreadful wrong to find diversou in tor- 

 turing aud killing dumb creatures. You may want to laugh 

 at me for saving this now, but twenty years hence you will 

 be in the small minority, provided you don't in the mean- 

 time go over to the majority and conclude that fishing, like 

 hunting, is barbarous aud merciless. It is not so "many 

 \ ears ago as that when cock-fighting was considered a sport, 

 for refined ladies to delight in." Dog-fighting and rat-bait- 

 ing have barely ceased to find favor in the eyes of gentle- 

 men.. Pigeon-shooting is just now passing into disgrace. 

 Hunting and fishing will come next in the order of just con- 

 demnation. Bui the President ought already to represent 

 the advance in this regard. Every time he drops a line he 

 lowers himself. It is too bad — too bad.'' 



It will be a hard matter to convince people that Mr. Bergh 

 is correct ip Ills' views, especially those who read Forest 

 and Stream, as all anglers do. We. think that every 

 time a President of the United States, or any other gentle- 

 man, "drops a line." be is taking one of the most healthful 

 and harmless of recreations: but the- art is too old to need 

 defense at this late day. The good work doneby Mr. Bergh 

 in protecting our domestic animals from the brutality of 

 men, especially in the case of the horse, entitles him togreat 

 respect: but when be tries to class angling with dog-fight 

 ing and cock-fighting, he is carrying his zeal too far. 



11' a man may not lish because he is President of the 

 United States, the question might arise, what relaxation 

 should be allowed hiuiV If it were possible for the Society 

 for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to succeed in for- 

 bidding a man to angle during his term of office, then the 

 organization of a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to 

 Presidents might be hi order. We hope that our next 

 President, of whatever political complexion he may be, 

 will "love quiet and go a-angling." 



BLACK AND WHITE BASS FISHING. 



npiIE following description, which has been sent us by a 

 JL correspondent, -will be of interest, to those who may find 

 themselves in the neighborhood of the locality during the 

 present season: 



Niagara. Lincoln county. Out., is situated at the mouth 

 of Niagara River, on the Niagara branch of the Canada 

 Southern Railroad, thirty-six miles from Buffalo and sixteen 

 miles of Niagara Falls. It may also be reached from To- 

 ronto by steam across Lake Ontario. Good bass fishing 

 can he found Here, also perch, hi nine ;, n d other lish of like 

 quality in good numbers. The best grounds for black bass 

 are those, on the American side of the river, just at its 

 mouth. There is very lit tic, if any. fly-fishing for black bass 

 at the point, as the water is too deep. Most fish are taken 

 with bait, live chum being the most killing. All fishing is 

 done from boats, either trolling or anchored, but the latter 

 way is most popular. Good boats and everything that is 

 needed can be had of the following named fishermen who 

 are highly recommended : John Bolton, Charles Bolton, 

 Thomas Elliott and Dan Sherlock. During August, Sep- 

 tember, October and November good sport can be had with 

 the fly, fishing forwlute bass, which are found here, in great 

 numbers. These fish run from one-half to two pounds, 

 and are very gamy. They arc found on nearly the same 

 ground as the black bass, and in the eddy formed by the 

 dock of Fort Niagara, which runs out some little distance 

 into the river. These white bass arc taken in the following 

 mania a- : Time, morning or evening; but the latter is the better 

 with the wind blowing gently from the south or southeast, 

 just strong enough to "make a slight ripple on the water'. 

 All the fisherman needs is a good rod from eight to twelve 

 ounces in weight, with leader some six feet in length, and 

 four Hies; of while are most generally used. But these bass 

 arc not very particular, and will take almost anything in 

 the shape of a fly. One also wants a good; light, easily- 

 turned skiff, aud a man to pull. 



While feeding the lish run along (lie surface of the water, 

 aud in schools of good size. As the fish are nearly always 

 in view of the easier, this description of fishing is very 

 enjoyable. On Sighting a "rise" have your skiff backed 

 within thijrtj eel ■ ip of it, and drop your flies just on 

 the opposite ade of the school and draw fchi 

 through it;, or ciki ig a fish play him with the others, 

 and the ,< , poll will fill every hook, and 



yon will have the greatest J"«poi'l,*|im:iginable to bring 

 them to band, as they are game to the last. Sometimes 

 as many as a dozen "rises" are in's.ight at once, some ol 

 which contain hundreds pf i:i 



After the bass stop feeding; which they do just before 

 dark, one can enjoy a few minutes with the pickerel 

 which feed in the froth between Hie eddy and flic Cur- 

 rent of the rivei. They are a game little fish, and one 

 enjoys a few casts with them before going home. Good 

 hoard can be had at Niagara at Queen's, and Long's 

 hotels, and at various private houses. 



THE RANGELEY LAKES. 



TEST twenty-three 

 tJ and landed my la 



•st br 



.Hi 



of Mo, 



,tsaw the Rangelcy Lakes 



on the apron of the 



duemegunfie Lake. 



Fork i champagne 



a ever a, champagne 



mly eight brook trout, 



, Of, 64, % 8J and Sj 



s presented to William 

 J. Raymond, the third 



h to Genio'C. Scott. 



ig Post, Ttmes, and Spirit of 



their capture, with aekuow 



great upper dam of the 

 Twenty years ago I brought i 

 basket tilled better and noblei 

 basket before or since. It eonti 

 but they weighed respectively I 

 pounds^ 52$ pounds. The large 

 Cullen Bryant, the next to H 

 to George Wilkes, and the four! 



The following day the Er.au, 

 ike TW.yeontained'ai 

 ledgraent of tie rei 

 Scores of letters of im 

 received by these pa 

 thai, these were actual 



In 1S0T the Oquoss. 

 and the elegant club 1 

 year I made that event ful trip from Ri 

 vey ing a transportation tank containing the largest pair of 

 brook trout probably ever hi company: a feuiidc trout 

 weighing eight and three-eighths, and the. famous male trout 

 weighing ten pounds, which were, placed alive in my pond 

 at Stanley, N. J. It should go upon record that the above 

 Weights were most accurately made in the presence of num- 

 erous witnesses after the decease of the fish, a, steelyard 

 being used. 



Moreover, they had been three weeks in captivity, dur- 

 ing which time they had eaten uothiug, and had endured the 

 discomforts of nine miles across Rangeley Lake in a fish 



c. indeed, unexampled, gifts 



i',n. of doubt, of surprise, were 

 rily to be answered affirming 



ing Association was organized, 

 lilt at Indian Rock. The same 



r which contained fortj 



pounds each; thirty-five 



miles by railroad, across Boston an 



wagons, and two miles by wagon i 



ing this experience on one occasion 



I inquired what they probably lost 



The male trout at least two and C 



female trout o 



them twelve a 



doubtedly the 



nale trout v 



nches diameu 



the elegant an 



It will be,. I 



lso brought h 



D moss, man 



In 1873, in' 



brook trout, averaging fi 

 wagon ride, four hundred 

 and New York by express 

 i in New Jersey. Describ- 

 tue late Prof. Agassi/, 

 weight, lie replied, 

 -half pounds, and the 

 -half pound. " This would make 

 nine and seven-eighths respectively, un- 

 rgest trout, of either sex on record." The 

 thirty Inches circumference aud eleven 

 [1 M to be regretted that in those early days 

 ecurate fish spring balance were unknown, 

 leresi, to add that ou this occasion (1867) f 

 .e thirty thousand trout eggs nicely packed 

 f which have batched on my premises. 

 mnection with the late L.'L. Crouuse, of 

 Washington, and Hon. Henry O. Stanley of Dixtield, we 

 erected the first hatching house at Rangeley Lakes on Bema 

 Stream. 



Iu 1877 another was constructed 

 Rangeley Outlet, the funds being n 

 Messrs. Crouuse. Daniel Dodd and Ei 

 Newark, N. J.. Thco. L. Page, of N 

 self. This has been regularly employ 

 000 young trout turned into the lak 



Sir the old dam on 

 inly contributed by 

 ;ene Vanderpool, of 



•ked salmon eggs ha 

 fry liberated. A large i 

 have been captured, ma 

 Stanley reports one seen 

 It is well known thai fch 

 grow to the enormous w 



As the uumbcr oT visi 

 ley Lakes now reaches : 

 modate whom caDacion 

 been erected, tht 



liber 



.f tin 



and fully 25.000, 

 Many thousand land 

 also been batched and the yrmne 

 splendid game fist 

 n 2i to 5 lbs Mr. 

 , of 13 lbs. weight, 

 land-locked salmor 



weighii 

 i October 

 iebago Li 



)f ■visitors annually frequent.ugthe Range- 

 ches the large number of a, 000, to accom- 

 lacious hotels, camps and cottages have 

 question naturally occurs, has not this 

 greatly increased fishing begun to deplete the waters? 



The lesults are quite the reverse; indeed, it can be safely 

 asserted that the number of fish taken thus far this season 

 has rarely been exceeded, as the following remarkable re- 

 cord will prove. 



A party of eight, caught 850 trout weighing 859 lbs., the 

 largest 74 lbs. 



J. C. Lombard, of Auburn, Me., took fifty-seven weighing 

 nearly 100 lbs., the largest (U, another 5, another 4 lbs. 



J. C. Holmes and G. W Wheelwright, of Faimiiigton, 

 M.e., captured forty, several being two-pouuders, 



John Hcrrick caught iu Rangeley Lake, May 81, in one 

 hour, ten trout, the largest a. four pounder. 



Messrs. Sargent and" Chase have taken in ten days over 

 a hundred, several weighing from two to six pounds". 



The champion angler up to the present date is Mr. Sar- 

 gent, who captured a magnificent fish which weighed 8± lbs. 



Among the visitors (Ids season are Senator W. O. Frye, of 

 Maine; Hon. Nelson Dingley, Gen. F. F. Fcssenden, of 

 Portland, Me., son of the late Senator Fcssenden; Messrs 

 F. H. Leggett, George, M. Coit, II. II. Bridgmau, Howe 

 Richardson, If. H. Bciiney, Ad. Smith, Mr. andMrs. J. Allen 

 of New York; Royal O. Taft. Robert W. Taft and A, I). 

 Lockwood, of Providence: n. V. Ilobbs, of Bridgeport, 

 Conn.; Wm. H. Cole, of Baltimore; C. F. Quincy, W. G. 

 Latimer, Cyrus Wakefield, of Boston. Commissioner 

 Stanley turned iu 800,000 trout and 10(1.000 salmon fry this 

 month. G E o. Shefabd Page. 



ST.isr.cv, X. J. 



Philadelphia Fish Notes. — Your correspondent saw 

 some large yellow perch a few days since that were taken 

 with minnow bait on the Shawmont dam, on the Schuylkill. 

 These fish are by no means numerous in this portion of the 

 river; indeed, they are rare in any part of the stream ticar 

 the city. The bass of the Flat, Rock dam. in the Schuylkill, 

 have almost entirely destroyed the suafish of that ground. 

 I have amused myself in the past many afternoons with the 

 youngsters or ladies fishing for '•pumpkin seeds" at this 

 point with light tackle and "fly. but the bass have put au end 

 to all such picnicking. At Port Pcnn, Del., opposite Reedy 

 Island Light, white perch arc freely biting. Shrimpare the 

 favorite bait, and the fish are large— I amtold. White cat- 

 tish also are being freely taken here on the west side of the 

 island at one of the old wharfs above the lighthouse. The 

 fishing here will continue to be good through the summer. 

 This is Uncle John Krider's favorite spot. Sim Lord is the 

 proprietor of the best hotel at Port Perm, and always has 

 men and outfits for his guests convenient. A veiy good 

 ground for large white perch can be found above the' bridge 

 which crosses the Raccoon Creek al Swedesboro, N. .1. Tin- 

 creek breaks into several branches about half a mile above. 

 the road, aud a half-hour before '-the top of the tide, "and 

 before it begins to ebb strong, one can catch perch with a 

 small pearl minnow in any of these branches as fast as he 

 can cast. Swedesboro is within an hour's run from Phila- 

 delphia, but it is seldom visited by anglers. About the first 

 of July would be the proper time to go there, as the perch 

 are not running yet. I am told. No reliable accounts of 

 early sheepshcad having been caught at either Barnegat or 

 Tuckcrton liave reached us. It is early yet, and the season 

 has been backward this year. Sea bass arc not biting at 

 either of these places, nor are they to be expected in anv 

 numbers until the first week in July.— Homo. 



The Boss TjiquTH— Hartfon 



, Com,.. 



June 18. — Captain 



Andrews caULfhl a, common bro, 



ik trout i 



ear this city which 



weighed -u pounds. The capti 



in, scvei 



il flays ago, had an 



interview with this beauty am. 



left hi 



u his line, and has 



been after his lordship ever s 



nee that 



time Dr. Creary 



caught a trout W ;.i, bice ?A p, u 



ads early 



in the season. We 



cannot report large creels he 



ng sccut 



ed here this season, 



but these two beautiful fish havt 



been adi 



fired by thousands. 



The first-named fish measured 1 



Ventv-ou 



c inches in length, 



•— 1< lkk Flick. 







Big Fish Fho.m the St. LAWRENCE:— Rev. S. If. Syn- 

 ittandMr. Leonard Carpenter, of Poughkeepsie, recently 



..turned from a short visit to The St. Law relict- River, where 

 they did some fishing among the thousand Islands. Among 

 the fish brought home- was a mascalouge, said to have been 

 four feet long, and iohave weighed Lhirty pounds, ' Tier, 

 were aJso a fine lot of black bttwj aud pike. 



The Albicoue. — In the communication from ' 'Mehitable, '- 

 in issue of June 14, he mentions the albicore as being taken 

 by hook. This is not an uncommon occurrence in the, deep 

 sea. I have seen this fish captured by both hook and spear 

 If attains to a large size. While on the whale, ship Lancer 

 of New Bedford, off the Brazil Banks, in 1850, the "skip- 

 per" harpooned one which pulled down the scales at seventy 

 odd pounds. The bonita (Spanish— pretty fishinins less in 

 weight, and is truly of a "clipper build." as your corre- 

 spondent styles it. A floating fragment of wreck, or flot- 

 sam and jetsam, at sea is almost invariably accompanied 

 by one or more dolphins, probably to feed on" the barnacles 

 as. I have frequently seen that queer hybrid shellfish taken 

 from their stomachs. They arc also insatiable enemies of 

 the flying fish. While standing a "masthead" I have often 

 noticed the dolphin chase the wiug of the flying fish as it, 

 emerged from the wave from one flight, to another, until its 

 inevitable capture. The meat of the dolphin is dry aud 

 tasteless as compared with that of the albicore, which is rich 

 and juicy. Both species seem common to the Atlantic, 

 Pacific and Indian oceans. I have taken them in all those 

 seas, but never saw cither kiud outside of the tropical lati- 

 tudes.— E. R, Wilson (Seneca Falls, N. Y.). 



New Jersey.— Oceanic, June 18.— The water for the 

 last few days has been too thick for good trolling. My 

 catches may seem very small in the eves of many bass fish- 

 ermen, but the fish are caught in sight of the house, and 

 hardly ever fished for until seen breaking. Saturday June 

 '.), 2 2-pound fish; .Monday, June 11, 3 U-pound fish- 

 Tuesday gale blowing: VV"ednesday, June 17,9 It-pound 

 fish; 14th and 15th, business; 16th, 9 l.t -pound lish.' The 

 nine fish taken on Saturday morning were taken in less 

 than one hour and fifteen minutes. Left" home for Red Bank 

 ami arrived back at 10:80, launched my little Rushton- 

 Master Irving, my son of seven years, took his seat iu the 

 stern of the canoe; reached the fish in less than ten minutes; 

 struck aud lauded the nine fish and returned borne by 11 -4,";' 

 quickest time on record. When T reached the shore had 

 four fish yet alive. Crabs are shedding slowly water too 

 cold.— Wild. 



Land-Looked Salmon in New Jersey.— It is well known 

 thattneNcwJersey Fish Commissi, ii has stocked several lakes 

 in their State with the laud-locked salmon, but none that 

 have been positively identified have ever been taken Re- 

 ports have recently reached us that many fish which "look 

 somewhat, like trout, but arc not trout," have been sceu in 

 the lakes and ponds near Newton, in Sussex county The 

 reports say that these strange fish have been trolled 'for in 

 deep water with minnow gangs, but none have been cap- 

 tured. We wish our friends would take some of the strange 

 fish and send us one for identification. If they are the land- 

 locked salmon, they may be taken with the fly in spring and 

 fall, when the water near the shores is cool, or in summer in 

 deeper water, by cither still-fishing or trolling, using a min- 

 now for bait. Tn fact the same tackle can be used that 

 is required for trout when fished for in these different 

 methods. 



Black Bass tn Michigan.— Black bass fishing has com- 

 menced at Star Island. Mr, .1. YV. Smith makes the first 

 catch, bringing in nine fine ones. He is followed by Mr 

 Chas. Miller with a string of fifteen. But H. B, Scott" takes 

 the boys into camp with his fine catch of tweuty-iiine all 

 very fine fish, weight, from 8.4 to 44 lbs. each. The gentle- 

 men mentioned all hail from Detroit. 1 have just received 

 to-day a fine life-size oil painting of that monster black bass 

 caught at this place last season l.y 15. H Barney of Toledo 

 Weight, 71 lbs. His measurement was: Length. 23 in.' 

 circumference, 17f. Good judges say this painting is the 

 most natural one of a basjs they ever saw. W 11. Maehen 

 who is so noted for work ou dead game, was the artist. —J. 



Thout in New Hampshire. — I live in the midst of the 

 best trouting in this country; the most, easily accessible be- 

 ing where you can ride to it, and, without walking through 

 the brush, catch all you can carry; and still, by tin- side of 

 the railroad, where you can get your daily mail, if you have 

 any. Last Saturday I rode to within twenty-live rods of a 

 pool where in two hours, without, stirring from my tracks 

 I caught 125 trout that weighed 89 pounds, and three days 

 previous I caught from one pool by the very roadside five 

 trout, one of 34, one of 34, one. of 2 and I wo of i-i pounds 

 respectively. The two largest were full of ripe spawn, the 

 largest trout having just one-half pound in her. This'rish- 

 ing lasts all summer.— Dr. A. F. Wii.i.ahi. (Goos, N. H.). 



Pennsylvania,— Harrisburg, June 14.— Black bass seem 

 plenty here this season, but the river has been too high for 



good strings. [low is it we hear so little about this section 

 here? We have good fishing and hunting close bv, trout, 

 Imss,^ [ike and pike-pcrek, deey turkey, docks and quail,— 

 0. F. J I. B, 



