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FISH IN SEASON IN JULY. 



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Trout, Snr, !i..i: ■,...... Mil 5 



Salmon, Sale fatal Fife 



Salmon Trout, .swhiio t</>i«ni;,\ | Vi-I[ 

 Laml-loikert. Salmon, ,S 



Striped B.i 

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longe, Ssoj tw&flfoj 

 i- Pickerel, Esuj |.ui Hi 

 • Perch, Pi rea toi estti n - 



FISH in MAKKET.^Bags, 35 cents; Who fish. 8 cents : 

 salmon, 25 cents : mackerel, 30 cents ; weak fish, 8 cents ; 

 Spanish mackerel, 25 cents : green turtle, 1'}l cents : hali- 

 but, 15 cents; haddock, 6 cents : codfish, 6 cents; black 

 fish, 13 cents ; flounders. 8 rents : porgies, 6 cents : sea 

 bass, 15 cents; eels, IN cents; lobsters, 10 cents; sheep's 

 head, IN cents , soft clams. 30 cents to 75 cents ; salmon 

 trout, 18 cents : Canada brook trout. 35 cents : whitebait. 

 75 cents; smoked salmon. 15 cents; dry cod, 64 cents: 

 hard crabs, ¥3:50 per hundred ; soft crabs, $t,7operdO!!e» : 

 frogs, 30 cents. 



A Wisconsin Fishino Iotstn.— If we may legitimately 

 draw our inferences from the Ashland Press, which is 

 quite as fishy in its way as the Ctape An. n Advertiser, the 

 principle article of subsistence out there lias to have the 

 scales scraped off before it appears upon the table. Ash- 

 land big fish are as much of a curiosity in their way, as 

 California's big trees. If is said that Editor Tifield has 

 a. fish-vane on the Press office pinnacle, which knows no 

 North, no South, no East, no West; the usual designa- 

 tions of the points of the compass being converted into 

 mystic symbols of trout, bass, mnslcalonge. and nonde- 

 script, monsters. Tbe vane being independent of the in- 

 constant winds, and whirled about by some occult de- 

 vice of the Press staff, points to trout, or to bass, etc., 

 as the weather may be good for each or these respectively. 

 The piscatorial stranger within Ashland's gate looks from 

 his bedroom window hi the morning up to Titield's fish- 

 vane, notes which way its tail points, and selects bis 

 tackle accordingly. 



The last number of the Press constitutes itself a guide- 

 board to the principle whaling grounds about Ashland, 

 and we herewith avail ourselves of a part of its informa- 

 tion for the benefit of our readers : 



\ Trout Streams.— Besides the coast rock fishing grounds, 

 which extend from directly opposite Ashland across C'he- 

 (piamcgon Bay, and west; for a distance of forty miles, 

 there are the following noted trout, streams, all of which 

 can be reached from Ashland : Silver Creek, Marengo. 

 Trout Brook. Brunsweiler, Upper White River. Lorn' Lake 

 Branch of White River. West Branch of White River, 

 Brule River, Fish Creek. Whittlesey's Creek, Bono's Creek, 

 Vanderhenter's Creek. Sioux River, Onion River. Pike's 

 Creek, Raspberry River, Sand River. Siskowit River. Bark 

 Point Creek, Iron River, and many other streams. 



Bass and Pickerel Lakes.— English Lake, Lake Harriet, 

 Long Lake, Island Lake. Pike Lake, Blooder Lake, and 

 others. 



Muskalorme and Pike Lakes. —Butternut Lake, and 

 Dryden's Lake on the line of the Central Railroad. 



Houghton Point— -directly opposite Ashland, across the 

 bay, is a favorite picnic ground, and is visited annually by 

 many parties. There is good rock fishing in its immedi- 

 ate vicinity. 



Fish Gre&e— one mile west of Ashland, is a beautiful 

 trout stream, deep and clear as crystal. The banks are 

 lined with flowers, and there are many delightful spots 

 where picnic parties can camp out and enjoy good fishing. 

 Boats ascend the Bl ream for a distance of five miles. 



Uli ittlcsey's Creek and Farm — two miles from Ashland, 

 at the head of the bay. A fine trout stream and oosey ru- 

 ral retreat. 



New Hampshire— Nashua, July 11.— Trout fishing has 

 been excellent this season, and is no doubt tbe result of 

 the protective laws which have been in force for the last 

 few years. 



The trout taken Ibis season have been larger and more 

 in number than for year*. We are having some good 

 sport with pickerel, which are fairly abundant in' tbe 

 ponds adjacent. A lew black bass have been taken at 

 Cromwell's falls, in the Merrimac They are on tbe tu- 

 crease. thanks to the Stare ( lomroiSSiOU. 



Some of the Solans art tryfa g to tinker the best law on 

 trout we ever bad. and ..no ilr.it gives general satisfaction. 

 We trust that there are enough common-sense fishermen 

 in the Legislature to defeat it. WEBB. 



X TROUT A3s"D POTATO Bugs.— Last year there was some 

 discussion as to whether or not potato bugs would poison 

 trout, and a, variety of conflicting opinions were expressed 

 with observations to substantiate flieoi. Our correspond- 

 ent, "Webb,"' of Nashua, N. II.. writes, under elate of 

 11th inst.: 



Recently., while stopping at "SpatTs" Camp, on the 

 Upper Megalloway. I picked up a lively potato bug. We 

 were at least thirty miles front any cultivated land." and in 

 the midst of the forest primeval. The pesky critters seem 

 to be heading toward the North Pole : and fhechancesare 

 that thov will reach it before Bennett's Arctic Expedition, 

 which lately sailed from San Francisco. Tbe same week. 

 two gentleman from Portland, while fishing in the Uni- 

 bagog Lake, took a number of trout, which, when dressed. 

 were found to contain from ten to twenty potato bugs 

 each. W r howill tie the first potato bug? It will b& a 

 success without doubt. I lia* ! lines !■ 'sined that during 

 the same week, w lul,- ,. gall; of mi a w here driving a raft 

 of logs on Umbagog that tie ,-,■ n toil e 



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rose and departed. Probably thousands fell into the 

 water, or were washed off the logs, thus accounting for 

 those found in the trout. Webb. 



The Fishing Otter.— A correspondent asks us to de- 

 scribe the angling device known as the otter or painter. 

 This we have already done several times, we believe. 

 However, not to be disobliging, let us say that the otter is 

 a board 36 x 40 inches long, and 8 x 10 inches wide, loaded 

 with a strip of lead so as to stand on edge. Pass cords 

 through holes bored at the four corners, and at a distance 

 of five feet unite tbe ends and adjust, as with the fully 

 band of a kite. From the united ends lead a long line to 

 a boat or a shore, and at, proper intervals along this line 

 adjust short lines, say five feet long, with baited hooks. 

 When the angler takes the end of the long line in his 

 hand, and walks along shore or is propelled in a boat, the 

 board, or ■' otter.'' keeps tbe line taut and keeps pace as be 

 moves. The baited drop lines passing through the water 

 attract fish, and are very killing. 



* I'Acnie c'oA-T Shad. — W r e have received the following 

 interesting communication from Oregon, and. in replying 

 to the questions asked, confess that we are beyond our 

 depth. Quite likely the fish referred to is one of the 

 Coveuoui, many varieties of which are found on the 

 Northern Pacific coast, and extending far into Alaska : 



Portland. Oregon. June 30. 1879. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: 



Some days ago one of our Columbia River fishermen, 

 while ' ' Drifting " for salmon, caught a peculiar fish, which 

 he preserved and exhibited to his employers ; and one of 

 them, an Eastern man, without any hesitation pronounced 

 it a "shad," and, to place the matter beyond a doubt, it 

 was shown to other parties familiar with the fish, and 

 ,11 agreed with him. Now the only "shad " on the 



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i River about 600 miles 

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north of its native waters? Oi 

 to travel around? Perhaps so 

 can throw some tight upon tl 

 ignorance of the writer in th' 



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 tbe fisl 



srous there, and in San Francisco Bay, is 



:range that tliis one should come so far 



it the nature of the fish 



subject, and lessen the 

 pect 



If you w r ill give this place in your valuable paper, you 

 will confer a favor upon a number of interested parties in 

 this city, as well as upon Yours truly, 



William Lang. 



a Fishing at Alburgh Springs.— Mr. Andrew Clerk 

 writes to Forest and Stream regarding the fishing at 

 Alburgh Springs, Vt. : 



Last Wednesday myself and two boys went fishing on 

 Lake Champlain, and brought home 22 fish ; on Thursday 

 we captured 30, our four year old youngster of the genus 

 Imbrie taking more than his share. On Friday we landed 

 some 50 fish ; four of the bass weighed respectively 2. 2}, 

 3 and 3| lbs. One-half of all the fish we take are black 

 bass, the remainder being pickerel, wall-eyed pike and 

 perch. My largest pickerel thus 1:1: --hi..! ;;, i "is. 



find my Abbey & Imbrie split bamboo rod does admirable 

 execution. I have been giving the youngsters a chance 

 at trolling, and have done but little fly fishing as yet. 1 

 am stopping at the Manison House, where the rates are 

 only from $7 to $10 per week, and the accommodations 

 well worth the money. I am surprised that more New 

 Yorkers do not come here. The nights are always cool, 

 and saying nothing of the splendid fishing, the beneficial 

 elfects'of the mineral springs ought to induce many more 

 tourists to come than are here. I should advise coming 

 by the Hudson River and Vermont Central Railways, in 

 preference to the Delware and Hudson, on account of the 

 better connections. 



Movements of the Fishing Fleet.— The mackerel 

 fishery is looking up a little, and as the quality of the fish 

 improves more are salted. 11 arrivals have been reported 

 since, our last, issue, 7 of themwith fares aggregating 1.480 

 bbls. The number of Bank arrivals for the week has been 

 5 from Western Bank with 415,000 lbs. codfish, and 9 from 

 Grand Bank with 230,000 lbs. halibut, 22 Georges arrivals 

 have been reported, bringing 300,0001bs. cod and 13,000 lbs. 

 halibut. The Inshore codfish fleet are troubled by a 

 scarcity of bait and the depreciations of the dogfish. Only 

 2 arrivals have been reported the past week, bringing 34'- 

 000 lbs.codfish. Total number of fishing arrivals Tor the 

 week. 49.— Cape Ann. Advertiser July 18. 



Connecticut— New London. July 14.— The trouting 

 season past lias been in all respects tbe best in many 

 years. The catches have been larger and the fish of 

 greater size. Towards the latter part of tbe season the 

 brooks were very low, and the fish collected in the pools 

 afforded an opportunity for fly catching. Black bass 

 fishing in Konomoc is "attended with small results, but 

 fish are caught, and the largest taken has not been over 

 2 J pounds. ~ MlSAL. 



New JERSEY— Forked River. July. 14.— We are having 

 fine wealdishing. The Belle. Capt. Barkalow, with Mr. 

 W. M. Leslie of "New York, came in to-day with 52 fish 

 weighing from 1 to 3 pounds, but they will run larger 

 than this later in the season. Large quantities of sheeps- 

 head are taken here in nets ; 1,300 pounds were brought 

 in one day last week and shipped to New York. I have 

 no doubt thev could also be caught with book and line, 

 and thev would afford line sport, as thev will average 10 

 pounds each, and I hear of some being caught that would 

 weigh 14 pounds. A law has been enforced at Barnegat 

 against fishing on Sunday, and several parties who went 

 out from there to fish on Sunday were arrested and find, 

 besides being put to some inconvenience. This law does 

 not affect us here. A. 



New Yoee— Lowville, July 19.— A large number of 

 fishermen and sportsmen have gone into the woods by 

 way of Lowville. They report good success in catching 

 trout, and have seen plenty of deer by daylight, while 

 fishing on Oawegatchie and the Beaver River waters. 

 TheFenton, EtouSe, No. 4, is rapidly filling up with the 

 Usual guests, and Wardwell and Dunbar at Stillwater, 

 Mnnsey at Little Rapids, Boyed Edwards at Smith's Lake, 

 and Twist, Grant, and Allen at ; Qswegatohie, report plenty 



H W Hay ' 



Quogue, Long Island July 29.— Occasionally there is 

 a run of blue fish at the inlet, which are caught from the 

 shore at flood tide by throwing a squid. 



Five Island. .Inly 21. —The blue fishing season has 

 opened in full force, and the sport is yielding good re- 

 turns, d. sr s. s. 



Pennsylvania— Hornellsrille A r . )'., July 20.— Three 

 parties have lately returned from Pine Creek, Pa., with 

 about 1,000 brook trout, mostly small ones; average about 

 Jib. No very large trout, have been caught there this 

 season yet. They say the water is so cold that the large 

 ones have not come to the spring holes yet. 



$H<ichHnQ md fronting. 



Newport Yacht Club— What it might do and become. 

 — At the annual meeting of this club, July 18, the follow- 

 ing officers were elected : Commodore, H. A. Mott, New 

 York : Vice-Commodore, S. C. Powell, New Haven, 

 Conn. ; Treasurer, G. F. Pratt, Boston : Secretary, W. 

 V. Olyphaut, Brooklyn ; Measurer, Richard Youmans, 

 Newport. 



If this club desires to make itself felt in the annals of 

 yacht racing, no better port nor more promising oppor- 

 tunities could offer. Let tbe club vote liberal prizes open 

 to all recognized yachts, and a fleet will annually come to 

 the line which will show more cracks with racing flags 

 aloft than any other match in American waters, and 

 we would at last have something like the great meetings 

 at Cowes, Isle of W r ight, in August. To land ' ' the" cup 

 of Newport would become the highest ambition, and the 

 worthiest laurels an American yachtsman could wish. 

 To pocket the club prizes in club races with no entries 

 worthy the name is driveling sport. Let us have some- 

 thing new, something with life and competition in it ; 

 get out of the dreary old rut in which we have been sail- 

 ing so long. A grand match every year under liberal and 

 enlightened sailing rules : no cheap plated ware, but a 

 solid substantial emblem or a purse worth the racing ; a 

 course for the large ones from the Reef Lightship around 

 the Vineyard and home, and for the twenty tonners and 

 under to Block Island and back ; a regatta committee 

 who knows their business, and can grasp something more 

 than length measurement and balloon jibs ; a day in our 

 ' ' fixtures " that will not conflict with other events, and 

 a slashing breeze from the South-east that will curl up the 

 breakers on the shoals and fling the spray mast high along 

 the cliffs — ah ! what grand sport there would be to see the 

 flyers from New York, the heavy fellows from the East, 

 and the stray sprinkling from Philadelphia and the Sound 

 ports turn up with fighting flags at the start, all eager for 

 the gun. What a grand sight to see them off — off for the 

 sea, wdth a lanyard gale laying their combings in, crews 

 crouched to windward, light spars bucking, and gear hull 

 straining to the best. Now T they dip, now they rise, and 

 as they master each angry sea toss the spray from their 

 dripping bows with a dash of scorn ; aye, as things of life 

 they drive furiously on, on to the goal the skipper lias set, 

 and— but then most of the fleet would have been a 

 wreck long ere this, and we may as well save ourselves 

 the rest of the picture. 



Still there are great opportunities for the Newport Yacht 

 Club if it but choose to make the most of the material at 

 hand, weak-kneed though it be in a seaway. Let them 

 select courses in waters our crafts can venture in, put up 

 the prizes, and we warrant the Newport Yacht Club will 

 grow to the level of the largest club in the country. The 

 open races will bring to its roll members by the hundred 

 and clippers by the score. Will the new board of officers 

 let the world know they live? 



Honors to the Jeannette.— The San Francisco Y r acht 

 Club fleet turned out in force to act as an escort to the 

 Arctic yacht Jeaunette as she passed through the Golden 

 Gate into the waters of the Pacific on her voyage to the 

 North Pole. The club resolved to perform the little act 

 of courtesy out of compliment to James Gordon Bennet, 

 the promoter, and Capt. De Long, the commander of the 

 expedition, both being members of the New York Yacht 

 Club. Thousands of people crowded the hills of the city 

 and watched the little Jeannette as she steamed slowly to 

 windward with a fleet of thirty-five yachts, and a lot of 

 steam launches, tugs, plungers, etc., Hitting about her. 

 making a very imposing marine spectacle in the breeze 

 prevailing. Capt. De Long was very much impressed 

 with the interest manifested and sent back by Mr. Brad- 

 ford in the pilot boat a letter which was published, ex- 

 pressing his gratification at the courtesy extended to him- 

 self and Officers. Mrs. De Long left the Jeannette just 

 outside the Heads, returning to the city in the S. F. V. C. 

 Commodore's yacht. Frolic, aboard of which was a num- 

 ber of her husband's friends. The following formed the 

 club fleet and acted as escorts: Frolic, Consuelo. Clara, 

 Magic, Startled Fawn. Lively. Cornelius O'Connor, Twi- 

 light, Fawn, Ida, Enid, Tommie, Jennie Griffin, Mollie, 

 Mayflower, Laura. Queen of the Bay, Ariel. Virgin, 

 Sappho, Azaline. Sarah Gibson, Emerald. Fleta. Robert 

 Gibson, Geo. Peabody, Rocket, Milieu Griffith. Eabloni, 

 (iiremer Irwin, Isabel, Lizzie Allen, and lots of smaller fry. 

 Dodger finally won and takes the prize, consisting of side 

 and anchor lights Another race for September is set 



