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PLAN OF THE INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES EXHIBITION AT LONDON. 



Babs w St. Clair P 



ome two months ago I 



i'hevm from "Deep Troll 

 at St. Clair Flats. He has 

 oughly enjoyed the sporl , 



highly enough. Last seas. 



mouth " bass) that was can 



This is a, fact that can be ( 



there now is good, but d 



August. One afternoo 



black hass, averaging fh 



Pickerel aiv also biting 



out any one that enjoys perch fishing can have his fill 



They are almost too plenty; can be caught two at a ti 



ts.— Buffalo, N Y. June 30.- 



aw an article in Forest And 



" speaking of black bass fishing 



ridently "been there" and thor- 



I even 'then .Iocs not extol it 



I saw a black bass (not a, •'large- 



ie weighed 7f lbs. 



ilod. 'The fishing 



ill be in July and 



aught thirty. nine 



on lie-ht tackle. 



1 from th: 



ught there, ami I 

 easily demonsfr: 

 >l, as gocd as it w 

 last week. I t 

 ec pounds each 

 jel\ on a troll. 



and will average c 

 there is little or no 

 used. The fishing gro 

 troit, and two steamers 

 keeps a first-rate house 

 1.;.:-' good boats, and 

 sired. Among the b( 

 fact the best I hav 



3-iialf pound, 

 nt, 



ids an 



They abound where 

 lit tackle can he 

 miles abuve De- 



irge W. 



>r hunters or fish 



u furnish first-ra 

 of these are Q< 



:r met) who, as a hunt 

 . :aunot he excelled, and has lived all his life on the 

 Flats. James Slocum. at Star Island, also has quite a large 

 hotel. The steamers from Detroit stop at his and Bedorc's 

 docks. Any one going to the Flats should not fail to visit 

 the Bassctt Channel. There I have had the best black bass 

 fishing I have ever known, and it is very easy of access from 

 Bedorc's house. I shall go again in July or August, and 

 would be very glad to meet any of my brother fishermen 

 there and then. There is "room for all," and more than 

 enough fish to go round. P. 8.— Joe Bedore has a big ice- 

 house well filled.— Light Tackle. 



Salmon in tub Restiootjche.— The fishing in the Rcsti- 

 gouchc River is better this season than for "the past three 

 years. Many salmon have been taken, and the sizes run 

 "large. We were lately shown a letter from Mr. William 

 Blair Lord to Harry Pilchard, dated Frascr's Hotel. Mata- 

 pedia. Province of Quebec, July 4, in which he says: " T 

 send you by express a salmon I killed to day. I would have 

 sent you one sooner, but L have relatives and others who 

 have 'prior claims on me. Besides, for two weeks, while 

 the logs were running thickest, I caught just enough to send 

 to my brother and sister. I have had very good sport below 

 the club grounds. My largest fish was 36 lbs. , and my whole 

 catch averages over 20 lbs. I have caught 4, 3, 3. 2, 2, on 

 different days. The four weighed 99 lbs. ; good for one 

 day. I hope the fish will reach you in good order, and that 

 you will enjoy eating it." 



Weakpish at Bauneoat.— L. M. Auerbacher. of this 

 city, with three friends, caught over 500 weakfish onBarne- 

 gat Bay, one day last week." Largest fish 3 lbs., average 

 about H lbs. The small fish were jgturned to the waters as 

 fast as taken. Party started from Parker's Hotel, Forked 

 River. 



" - i • v^umiia Notes.— The Schuylkill River still con- 

 tinues muddy; the water is gradually clearing, however, bill 

 the heavy rains have rendered it more than" usually turbid 

 in the last ten days. Its tributaries are much clearer, and 

 at this writing are in prime flshinc order for bass. Bass 

 fishing about Shawmont lias been poor since the heavy rain 

 fall. The catch since the opening day, June 1, this year, 

 taking it as a whole, will exceed that of any season for three 

 or four years. We may expect a falling off during the hot 

 weather. Weakfish, seabass, blacklist), etc., continue to 

 bite well all along the New Jersey coast. Many sheepshead 

 are taken, the fish measuring large. From Fish Warden 

 Ore's report to the Fish Commissioners of New Jersey, of 

 the value of the fish caught in the Delaware, in Camden 

 county, I take the following, which is very interesting: 

 "The shad catch he values at $29,700; herring," $3,225; stur- 

 geon, $300; and catfish, perch, black bass, etc., $240, mak- 

 " ig a total of $33,405. In trout run near Clemington, N. 

 ., a trout Y 



J 



The report ask 

 strictly be pro] 

 shad arc destro 

 age was tl 



ight weighing one and a half pounds. 

 hat all herring nets and small meshes should 

 filed after June 10, as thousands of small 

 3d by them. The retail price of shad on an 

 — _ty cents ; herring seventy-five cents a hun- 

 rired, and other fish averaged eight cents a pound, except 

 sturgeon, which brought one dollar each." — Homo. 



New Brunswick Salmon Bivers. — Frederieton, 

 June 30. — The sale of fishing leases on the. uugranted water 

 grants on the following rivers took place to-day, at the 

 Crown Land office, at noon: Restigouche River, from Toad 

 Brook to Almon grant, at Indian Brook, upset price, A. L. 

 Bight, Toronto, Ont., $825; from Almon grant, at Indian 

 Brook, to Tiacey Brook, upset price, A. A. Mason, New 

 York, $500; from Traeey Brook to mouth of Kedgwick, 

 upset price, I], R. Ranney, St. John, $600. The river 

 Kedgwick from its mouth up to Quebec boundary, upset 

 price, H. N. Habersham, Savannah, Georgia, $510. Nepisi- 

 quit River, from its mouth to Indian Reservoir, upset price. 

 J. W. Nicholson, St. John. $360. Upsalquitch River, from 

 the mouth to Great Falls, no bid ; from the Great Falls up- 

 ward, upset price, II. N. Habersham, Savannah, Georgia, 

 *C-0. Main North West Miramichi, from the head of the 

 tide up, no h..-. Patepedia, from its mouth up to Quebec 

 boundary, no bid. Jaequet River, upset price, H. R. Ran- 

 ney, St. John. $130. Total $3,435. 



Salmon in the Merrimac.— Manchester, N. H., July 2. 

 —Some small boys were observed pounding with chilis a 

 large fish in a small pool on the Amoskeag Falls this morn- 

 ing. On being asked what they had, replied they did not 

 know, but guessed that they had killed a young whale. 

 Investigation proved it to be a salmon of twenty-one pounds 

 weight. — H. 



Gravenhurst, Canada. July 5.— Owing to the beastly 

 quantity of rain up here the fishing is rather poor, but just 

 as soon as the weather settles we expect to have grand 

 times.— C. 



A Book by the Bate Lorenzo Prouty.— A memorial of 

 the late Lorenzo Prouty will be published in a week by 

 Cupples, Upham & Co., Boston. It is a book on "Fish" 

 their Habits, Haunts and the best methods of taking them, 

 together with descriptions of trips made by Mr. Prouty in 

 the woods of Maine and Nova, Scotia. The work was in 

 part written by Mr. Prouty himself, and in part compiled 

 from his journal by his widow. 



Black Bass. — A very iuteresfiu 

 tion of the black bass, "by Dr. Jan 

 fore the American Fishcultural A 

 in another column. By the way, 

 readers have seen Dr. Heushall's e 

 bass fishing in the July Catturu, U 

 tion some time ago. 



■ paper on the dislribu- 

 •s A. lleushall, read be- 

 social ion, 'will fie found 

 re presume most of our 

 :cellent paper on black 

 which we called atteu 



^gisJfailture. 



THEAMERICAN FISHCULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 



ive the 



I' the black 

 •onelusions 

 phieal dis- 



■tllL 



On the Distribution of the Slack Bas, 

 by dr. j. a. henshall. 



IN this brief paper Uie writer intends merely tt 

 facts, as they exist, relative to the distribution of 

 bass species, without attempting to " 

 therefore from the laws which govern 



tribntion of fresh-water fishes, or to ofh 



ing the same. A study of the habitat of the black 1 

 ever, will, no doubt,, aid the biologist very material 

 ing the problem of the distribution of animals. 



The geographies! distribution of the black hass i 

 able for its extent; the original habitat of 

 two species ranging from Virginia to Florii 

 and the Red River on the north to Louisiana and Ef 

 In other words, it might be stated that the original 

 ical range of this representative American fish eml 

 whole of North America, south of the British posse 

 east of the Rocky Mountains, exee.pt the waters ll< 

 the Atlantic in New England and the Middle State, 

 excelling any other fish of America in its distribute 

 two species, the large-mouthed bass had the widest d 

 occurring all through the vast scope of territory 

 above. The small-mouthed bass had a somewh 

 range in comparison, not, extending east, or south b 

 Alleghany Mountains, though occurring; everywhere 

 the large-mouthed species. 



At the present day th, 

 been extended by trans 



artificial canals, so that it may be said to mliaoit, 

 of the Union. It has also been successsully inti 

 England, Scotland and Germany, thus occupy 

 range than any fresh-water lish in the world. 



The fact that the original habitat, of the black 1: 

 embrace New England and the Pacific, slope 

 able, for the characteristically American forms 

 has been observed by Prof. Jordan, are, generall 

 rare or absent in the waters of these sections. Tl 



?a,cSd the 

 sions and 

 ving into 

 thus far 

 i. Of the 

 itribntion 

 lentioned 

 t limited 

 yond the 

 else with 



not ■ 



fishes, as 

 speaking, 



