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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[July 26, 1883. 



THE ICHTHYOPHAGOUS DINNER. 



OUR Toxas correspondent, "N. A- T,," who sal through 

 all die courses of the Inst Ichthvoph.iuoii- i iiih ncM In 

 Mr. F, Bndieoit, president of t&O National Rod and Reel 



Association, and Sti|] lives, we arc happy lo say, writes mi 

 account of Ihe iciest to the Galveston Wlf*. \Ve are sorry 



i<> unh that at the close of "N. A. T.'s" letter he casta a 



doubt on the reeoril of the members of this club, as given by 



the New ^ Olfc SlMl. The Sun is nothing if not correct, anil 



nilko: lories aiv r.-reived by the naturalists of all conn. 



valuable additions to out knowledge of reptiles, 



while iis fishing t tilths, backed, as they arc, by the uumc of 



the learned Amos Cunimiugs, will eo dowa to a posterity 



i '• iil marvel at the former wealth of the fisheries of 



ii 1 preamble we give tho following 



extracts from the letter of Mr. Taylor: 



•I managed to gel down a little of all on the «//<</. but, 



found the iiorse-sh,.e .-rah w ivlehcdly poor eating. ft took 



at least a hftlf-pint of champagne to wash down a piece no 



bigger than the end of erne's linger. As someone remarked, 



i ii i like the pith of dried elderberry brushes, i have 



no idea thai ihe fchtbyophagol will ever succeed in intro- 

 ducing the horse-shoe crab as a favorite article of food. 1 

 have tin same opinion of the frcsh-walermu.ssel, which tastes 

 just like green moss. The alligator steak was good: at 

 'least it could be worried d wu Without an extra supply of 



wine, The fillets of sea-cow were splendid, rich, tender, and 



carrying a mild flavor of banana. The animal is the manitee 



Of the peninsula Of Florida, and had never been tried as food 



' tar as anyone knew, it is a hue success, and it is 



to be hoped .that somebody will starl U manitee ranch in the 



i that Stale. '****##* 



"The following are the names of the members and guests. 



with the 'fish record' Of each as given by the Sim, for no 



man could be admitted without a 'fish record:' 



Names. L'auoht. 



JOllOFoOI-d Salmon in t.eeh Ma pee. 



Ladwig Sumter Cora In thfe Flehtel Nanb. 



i 1 1 in the Weser. 

 -|| ■' ' ' r.-il Ham- 

 mond Bullheads In the District of Columbia. 



R. B, Uih.seveii Gudgeons in New Jorji 



Pruf. .lett.ll. < hieugo, ,. Sunflah in Calumet Lal.e. 

 \ Tartar on bimu lsllin.1. 



s. l. Wood r.n a Btingiaysin Washington, 



Cntiloii 1,, tool Eels witU Judge Lott. 



MosesP llnmlv Cattish iu i lie Wissaliiekmi. 



i . .■ Irish pike In I»ueh Dnfr. 



A. D. w iiiiams Trout in Header's Lake, Saratoga, $1 a 



Chas. E. I.emnd IVivu In. Cuyahoga River. 



'ii. : Nothing everywhere. 



Eiifoue itlii, kfurd Soniething every daw. 



:. Miller ... A stui-seon in New York. 



any HiiuseS in the Cove of Oort 



Dr Prout, of Brooklyn Eels in Loch Oamm. 



1 Moi timer Herrin;,- in the Gat of Causo. 



1 H.J. Rice Youiik oysters on a griizly king. 



Geo. \\ errenrarh Toiuceiils in tlie Sliagerinek 



Gillatu, of Pi/rA- Every time. 



Cornelius Van Brunt. .. Suckers in Kiuderhook. 



B. F. Einstein Bhjni rein the I onestoga 



tloh Tliallon Pickerel in I h ■•:.... , _■' 



.lutes Simon nonndi I"- i ' l '. ■ ' ■■ I : 



J n Oortts . . Shad Inane! 



G. L. Feuardenr Finns-fish m Cvprus. 



Garnet Phillips Shad r - - ta ea .'■.•-houses 



N. A. Taylor Buffalo Qsh in the Kio Grande. 



Francis F.tidieott i in at the dinner. 



wm. urvK.iaie U waiting to catch somethiug. 



• Now. if this fish record, as given to other gentlemen, is no 

 more correct than that given to me, then 1 must say that the 

 whole thing is a romance. I never caught a ■buffalo fish' 

 in the Kio Grande, nor did I ever catch one of that sort of 

 fish anywhere except in the fish markets at so much a 

 pound," 



Our cot respondent is the first one that we hare heard dis- 

 pute the angling record of the members as given by the San 

 He denies the buffalo (ish. and lids, we fear, will tend to 

 a doubt on what has been considered a truthful record. 

 The club will be pained to learn that some papers have inti- 

 mated thai their dinners are prepared more in a spirit of fun, 

 than as learned scientific seances, as all who have attended 

 ii ffl It niov them to be. 



II was a tedious job towing the deeply-laden and square- 

 •nded car, and we had barely time to cut wood and put 

 camp to rights for the night, kill and dress the fish, before 

 it was dark. As I lay on the fragant boughs drawing solace 

 fioin my pipe, the problem of bow to save and utilize my 

 beautiful fish presented itself, and before I slept it, was 

 solved. 1 had laid them on a large pine tree that lay prone 

 beside the camp, to drain and cool off. At one o'clock I 

 awoke, arose and turned them over, finding them doing 

 well in the cool night air. I slept no more, not even lying 

 down again, so preoccupied was my mind with its pleasures. 

 Long before daylight 1 hud fifty of ihe largest fish packed 

 with cool grass "iu a hamper, with the remainder strung on 

 two forked branches. All this was done in the morning by 

 the bright light of the camp-fire. 



Bobby enjoyed the sleep of youth and innocence, so I got 

 breakfast ready which was eaten in the first flush of dawn. 

 We shouldered the fish, leaving all else for another party to 

 fetch out. It was a heavy load to sack out, and we had 

 many miles to go before' 9 o'clock, in order to hit the 

 Boston express. We were in time to Hag the train. All 

 aboard then, for a sixteen miles ride to a, station where a 

 box and ice were obtained, and time enough to pack the 

 fifty fish and start them on the way to dear friends in Boston, 

 whom 1 trust enjoyed as much pleasure in receiving them 

 as I did in— 1. was about to add taking, but, as thai could 

 not be possible, will say Sending, The remainder were eaten 

 at Ihe home camp and 'given lo settlers on the line. 



Cortf. Lot Wahfield. 



Camp Stewart, York county. New Brunswick, July 19. 



A DAY WITH THE TROUT. 



If ill) not arrive in season for the best, fishing. It. is only 

 in the large spring-holes that one now meets with suc- 

 cess, One such place f wot of anil have recently enjoyed 

 to ihe very utmost. But I hough I have often tried it, this 

 is tho first success. It must be struck at just, the right time, 

 and Ihe lime varies with the season. As' the water Of the 



v- too warm they school here, and very soon 



I, 'ii' i ■the otter and mink assemble to the feast, 'and it 

 takes them but a short lime to deplete the water. 



Monday morning, the 9th ins-l,., found me. with my guide, 

 packing OUr way over heath and bog, through windfalls. 

 brush and over houldeis, under a burning sun, each sacking 

 a heavy loud of grub and camp dullle. About, twelve o'clock 

 we reiieli.'d the stream, and soon had the birch in Ihe water. 

 At one o'clock we arrived at the pool, laid the canoe along- 

 ■ ,', bank and set it iu place with the paddles. My 

 rot was already together, and it, was with much trepidation 

 thai, I unhooked from the reel-bar the stretcher, a golden 

 pheasant, and let it fall, with the dropper, a Jennie Lind, 

 lightly into the pool, In a flash a two pounder struck, and 

 as f sent home Ihe barb, another, his fellow, was hooked 

 and both lauded, It, was well 1 had previously soaked my 

 leader, or one. or both., were lost, 



It would till a page of your paper lo tell of the rise, strike 

 and landing of all, and it would require the pen of a Daw r - 

 son or a Prime to do them justice. Every cast landed one 

 or more, and of the 187, the limit uf nty'eateh. thirty pair 

 lauded: I. uui! at four o'clock P.'.M., having fished 

 just three hours, I had improvised a [ish car from a packing 

 "ii was full to repletion; still the trout seemed to sof- 

 ter no diminution innumbers, and if possible the sport would 

 In- better aa the sun sank lower. But I had killed enough, 

 and more than I -would have done were it not that they 

 ii oil fall ii prey to their furred enemies. Bobby, my 

 uld not, care for them as they were reeled iu. The 

 mod. he could do was lo pass them from my hand to the 

 car. 1 never saw trout take dies so deep in the maw, lind 

 ,' ■■' ouence, being without finger-stalls, fingers and 

 thumbs were badly lacerated. 



One beautiful picture presented itself and should be re- 

 produced on canvas, only it would appear too extravagant 

 litti 1 had hooked a large lish on the stretcher, aud 

 reeling it in with the dropper a foot or m " abovi 



" ,,ii, « Den loin I tout, apparently of a, size, and of about 



fourths pOUtld weight, leaped simultaneously straight, 



up all in a bunch and nearly their length out of the, water to 

 ■ Ely. Il was simply beautiful. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE TROUT STREAMS. 



I HAVE just returned from a two weeks' outing at and in 

 the vicinity of Berlin Falls, X. II., where 1 have had 

 first class sport,' having caught over 50U trout. This place 

 is ninety-nine miles from Portland, and is reached via the 

 Grand Trunk H. R. Fare from Boston for round trip via 

 Portland steamer is $7.80. The. Cascade House, Mr. H. F. 

 Marston, proprietor, is a well-kept hotel, and the charges are 

 §1 per day. There are many good trout brooks within easy 

 distance. " The best are Blackstrap. Chickwallupy, Silver 

 Stream. Chandler's Horn, and Jericho brooks. There is 

 excellent pickerel fishing in the Androscoggin River, which 

 is but a rod or two from" the hotel. 



Tiiis river was formerly tilled with trout, but the chemi- 

 cals from a wood-pulp mill situated on the river at this place, 

 have killed them nearly all. About half a mile below the 

 hotel on the river, are the famous Berlin Falls. The scenery 

 in this vicinity is very fine, Alt. Washington aud the Sum- 

 mit House, also Alt. Adams, can be seen from the piazza of 

 the hotel. A friend and myself caught . 17± lbs. of trout in 

 one days fishing from Chickwallupy Brook, and on another 

 day as'lbs. from Hiackstrap. My friend also took over 200 

 trout in one day from Horn Brook. The trout run good 

 size, many weighing from 6 to 9 ounces, and some more. 



On my re l uru home I brought twenty-two trout weighing 

 about fibs. From what I saw while "there 1 should think 

 the outlook for fall hunting was good. Partridges and rah. 

 bits are abundant. I saw deer tracks several times along 

 Chickwallupy Brook. Au old hunter named Blodgett has 

 trapped aud killed four bears this season, and during my 

 slay he caught a fifth, which escaped by gnawing off its paw 

 and leaving it in the trap. We also saw three foxes. 



E. M. W. 



Springfield, Mass., July S3. 



Coeemp.ia River Salmon Fisheries.— The salmon fish- 

 ing season on Ihe Lower Columbia River is at its height. 

 Tnc run. which was very light early in the season, is now 

 all that could be desired", so" far as numbers are concerned, 

 but, the lish are somewhat smaller than the average of former 

 years. The falling olf in size is so considerable that many 

 canncrs lure refused to pay the 911-eenl rate established last 

 Alay, aud the men, realizing the equities of the case, have 

 accepted a slight reduction iu many instances. Canncrs 

 have no trouble in getting all the salmon they can use. and 

 we have it from reliable sources that the pack for the season 

 will be equal, or perhaps greater than for any former year. 

 Several circumstances have conspired, however, 'to reduce 

 the profits of the packers. Labor in some departments is 

 unusually expensive, owing to the demand for workmen at 

 the various railroad camps, the cost of the fish is from If) to 

 21) per cent, greater than in any former year, and the price 

 of the canned product is considerably less than the figures 

 which have heretofore prevailed. The top figure in the 

 market now is (1.25 per dozen, or $5 per case, while $1.22 

 to $1.22j has been accepted in several instances where 

 parties were compelled to sell. Without much reason to 

 hope for an advance, most of the packers arc holding oil . and 

 and it is estimated that not more than one-sixth of the sea- 

 son's pack has been sold up to this date. But one ship load 

 has been dispatched to a foreign port, but there has been a 

 steady series of shipments to San Francisco, where a con- 

 siderable part of the puck is now warehoused ready for ship- 

 ment to Liverpool. A few packers who have sufficient capi- 

 tal to take advantage of the market will make money; most 

 of them will come out, even on the season's work, ami a few 

 who are compelled to operate iu a hand-to mouth way, it. is 

 thought, will fall a little behind. If the effect of the year's 

 misfortunes shall be to stop the building of canneries it will 

 be well. The business is already overdone on the Columbia 

 River. — Pvi-thuid Onooniini , July 10. 



Two Fishing Trips.— Nashua, N. H., July 9.— Reading 

 in your issue of July 7 an article on fishing in Canada, it 

 reminds me of my own trip. Last month (June) 1 Mem, 

 up to my home, about 2a miles, and the landlord, Air. Smith, 

 and myself started out about eleven o'clock A. M., and mi 

 hour's drive brought us to a friend's bum, on which flows a 

 lice trout, brook. We asked permission to fish in thebrook. 

 .vhieh was given with the understanding that we were not 

 ,o tell where we fished, and we caught, eighty trout in about 

 four hours' fishing, some of them half pounders, f took mv 

 catch to Nashua to let, them see, not hear, what J had done- 

 Next Wednesday my employer and a couple of friends were 

 going to Letioxville, Canada, on a fishing excursion, one of 

 them a hotel proprietor of fame, one a merchant, and the 

 other a conductor on B. L. <fe H. R. R. Saturday 8:23 P. M 

 finds them all nicely tucked into a car, rods aud basket of 

 lines, a tin pail of angleworms, so if they can't fish with the 

 fly they can with the worm. They start off well for a three- 

 days' trip, and the next day is a nice day to fish here at 

 home, so we suppose, of course, it must be with them, but, 



ias'. the second day in the morning we look out, and lo! 



ho do we see but our fishermen friends returning with not a 



ngle fish. Someonesaid: "Well! if Jess didn't do the best, 

 and only went twenty -five miles. and you went four hundred 

 and fifty miles aud not a fish." "Well," says Air. J. G.. the 

 landlord, aud "Well," says Mr. D. C. the merchant, "the 

 water there was so high that we tried but could not get any- 

 where near the brook, so we did not drop a line, but are all 

 tired out riding on the night express on the B. C. & AI. R, 

 R., and we have had enough of Canada fishing."— Jess. 



The Knoi.ish Anoi.ino Tournament.— The prizes won 

 in the Tournament at Hendon were presented to the winners 

 by Airs. R. B. Marston, at Foresters' Hall, on June 29. After 

 the distribution Air. Murphy proposed a hearty vote of 

 thanks to Airs. Alarstou for her kindness in presenting the 

 prizes, which was greatly appreciated, and also to Air, Mars- 

 ton, who had introduced these interesting tournaments into 

 this country. Mr. Alarston replied, and then proposed a 

 vote of thanks to Mr. Bates, who really had almost, the sole 

 management of the Tournament arrangements, and had 

 succeeded most admirably. Mr. Bates, in replying, so ably 

 described the objects of the Anglers' Benevolent Society 

 that he at once secured a handsome donation to the funds 

 from Air. Reuben Wood. Air. Crumpden proposed, and Air. 

 Alarston seconded, a hearty vote of thanks to AD'. Wood for 

 the interest ho had taken in the Tournament— we should be 

 triad to see him every year, even if he always carried off the 

 best prizes, as he was doing to-night. (Hear, hear,) Mr. 

 Wood briefly replied, expressing himself much gratified 

 with the kind reception English anglers had given him— in 

 fact, he felt "quite at home" over here, and hewas delighted 

 if he had been in any way able, lo aid so excellent a society 

 as the Anglers' Benevolent. They had nothing of the kind 

 in America. lie would not detain them longer, as he felt 

 much more in his element when playing a big black bass 

 than addressing a meeting. (Laughter.)— Finking Gazette. 



The Fit.e Fish.— Fall River, Mass., July 19.— A fish of 

 which the sketch enclosed is a life-size drawing, was caught 

 yesterdav at Seaconnet Point. Its color is a oright golden 

 yellow, not unlike the yellow mackerel we sent you about 

 four years since. No fisherman or any other man can give 

 us any information as to the name or family this species 

 belong io. In some respects it resembles the sea surgeon 

 family. If you can help us out of this safely it will oblige 

 your Fall River readers of the Fouest and Stream.— F. A. 

 H. [The fish is not very rare upon our coasts at this season. 

 You sketch was a very good one, and enabled us to recog- 

 nize at a glance that the ti.sh was the "orange file fish" (Mouo- 

 rtnilkti* aumtdiucu.-s DeKayt, ft is of the family BalistMas, 

 a peculiarity of which is the trigger-like dorsal spine, which 

 can in set as though incapable of being lowered and yet may 

 be depressed at the will of the fish, the same as the pectoral 

 spines of tho catfish.] 



Cone Ftshino.— The editor of one of our Arkansas ex- 

 changes, in an issue just at hand, craves "the indiiugcn.ie of 

 I'KDdeis this Aicek Tije (Ape is not, ia/l as it shoupl he: T/ie 

 Cotuyyosito.ts i[uac </oue on their annuijlf'ishou-leXeu.i.vlou. " 

 We should think so. 



A Fishway tor the Susqeehanna. — Harrisburg. Pa.— 

 In your issue of July 19 you notice that Professor BLaird -has 

 unproved and adopted the"' 'AIcDonald fishway" for the Great 

 Falls of the Potomac. 1 presume this fishway is to be put in 

 at the expense of the general Government, If so, there are 

 a million of people here in Pennsylvania who would pray 

 and preach to have one ereeted atthe Columbia Dam (I feel 

 like putting an "n" to that word) on the Susquehanna. Our 

 Fish(y) Commissioners have tried several times to do some- 

 thing beyond their ken, and have wasted several appropria- 

 tions in attempting to put a fishway in that dam, and have 

 so far succeeded as to allow all our fish to go down into 

 Maryland, hut not one to come back. The Susquehanna 

 and "its tributaries were good shad streams before the dams 

 were built. Now, none get above the dam at Columbia ex- 

 cept at intervals, such as a break in the dam or unusual high 

 water. A good practical fishway at Columbia would till the 

 upper streams with anadromousfish and bring joy and happi- 

 ness to the angler's heart and cheap food fishes to millions 

 of our people. With a view to having the question agitated, 

 I ask you to insert the foregoing. — Keouk. 



Townsend's Ineet Fishing. — It is scarcely worth while 

 just now T to point out any particular ground as the best for 

 fishing. All along the New Jersey coast, from Barnegat to 

 Cape May, reports come that fine"catches of all the varieties 

 are being made. Weakfish are so plentiful at, some points, 

 the haymen cannot, dispose of them at any price at the sum- 

 mer hotels, which have always been their markets, Sheeps- 

 head, however, never go a begging no matter how numer- 

 ous they are,, and at both Barnegat, City and Bench Haven, 

 the entire catch of the season is contracted for by hotels at a 

 fixed price before the fish begin to arrive. 'Barnegat is 

 alwaysthe choice when blucrish squiddiog is desired, and I 

 believe the waters of this inlet are conceded to be the best 

 for this kind of sport on the New Jersey coast; although the 

 writer has found Little Egg Harbor inlet to be provided 

 with bluefish enough to satisfy a very greedy fisherman. It 

 has long been my desire instead of squidding for bluefish to 

 be able to fish for them with a bass rod and light tackle. 

 Has it been done, aud can it be done, if so, cannot some One 

 rise and explain? — Homo. 



Pnu.AnEEPHiA Notes, July 21.— The Schuylkill River 

 has been so high and turbid that bass fishing has not been at 

 all good during the week. 1 speak of the water as I noticed 

 it to-day going to Norristowu, Pa., seventeen miles from the 

 city. It may be clearer further up stream, and no doubt the 

 streams flowing into the Schuylkill are in better angling 

 condition. Inquiries made coincided with the opinions 

 formed on my way up. I noticed, while passing on the 

 train, a tent pitched on the island in mid stream above 

 Sliawinont, evidently that of a fishing party which had 

 settled down for a week's vacation; camp utensils hung on 

 the trees, and the reflection of the sun on their bright surfaces 

 and other indications, plainly visible from your correspon- 

 dent's point of observation, told of the order and cleanliness 

 of the temporary home of the angler. Without knowing 

 whose camp it was, I will venture to guess it, was that of the 

 Sellieze party, and. would ask that a short account be given 

 for Forest and Stream of the catch made during their 

 stay on the island. — Homo. 



New Brunswick.— St. John.— In Telegraph Lake, near 

 the head of Alilkish. and iu portions of the parishes of West- 

 field and Kingston, excelleut fishing is atforded by many of 

 the lakes antfst reams, and the locality is easily accessible 

 by way of the steamer Enterprise. 



