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FOREST AND STREAM. 



. 3, 1888. 



It is unlawful at any time to catch or kill any game birds 

 in any other manner than by shooting them'with a gun. 

 Tin: penally for killing game 'out of season is a fine of not 

 less than $5. nor more than $75. and forfefture-oi all aport- 

 ine implements. 



M.i-jjor/ Law.'— It is unlawful for any person or corporation 



Barry out of the State, or have in possession for the pur- 

 pose of carrying out of the State any game /bird or animal, 

 under penalty, on conviction, of imprisonment or tine of 

 $100 for each offense. 



Sab (if i:„ iii.h. — It is unlawful for any person to sell, of 

 have in'his possession for the purpose' of sale, any of the 

 above named game birds or animals, except during the time 

 when they may be lawfully killed, under penalty, on convic- 

 tion, of a fine of not less liian $25 nor more than |500 and 

 forfeiture of game. 



Possendim of Game. — Possession of game birds, except 

 during the time when they may be lawfully killed, or of 

 any deer or elk, after December 31, is declared by law to be 

 evidence that such birds, deer or elk were unlawfully killed. 



Violations of the provisions of the game laws of the State, 

 if promptly reported to any member of the State Associa- 

 tion, or to the secretary iu St. Paul, will be thoroughly in- 

 vestigated and the offenders vigorously prosecuted, 'and 

 reward of §25 is hereby offered for information that will 

 lead to the conviction of any one for killing, having iu pos- 

 ses-inn, in 1 exposing for sale, any of the game birds or ani- 

 mals i if this State out of season. 



Woodcock in Pennsylvania..— Philadelphia. July 33.— 

 Woodcock shooting has been very poor around Philadel- 

 phia. Very few birds have been killed. They are scarce 

 and high in market. The frequent rains this summer have 

 made good feeding grounds in a large, extent of the coun- 

 try, and the birds not, being concentrated in a few wet, 

 places, which would have been the case if we had suffered 

 with drouirhl, have escaped. We may surely look foj 

 much better autumn woodcock shooting, owing to this fact; 

 and the longbill will be run across by the quail shooters 

 very often during the coming November. It would be well 

 if the' clerk of the weather would every summer so arrange 

 his affaire as to thus protect the woodcock until autumn.— 

 Bono. 



Pn.uKir. ( ineKEN Shooting Wanted.— Philadelphia, 

 July ST.— Editor Foretlo mi Stream: 1 would like to have 



* : chicken shooting this fall for about, two weeks, but 



bei tie totally unacquainted with the West, I do not know 

 where to go. [have heard of Iowa as being a good place, 

 1 nit which part to go to, or where to stay is what troubles 

 me. Now, can some of your Western readers tell me what 

 I want to know? I want to leave about September 1. to be 

 gone two weeks.— G. H. T. 



The L'te Reservation. — It is reported from Gunnison, 

 Colorado, that men and bite boys are on the Lite reservation, 

 near Gunnison, killing large game for hides. Englishmen 

 buy most of the buffalo hide,-,. One man and a boy shipped 



ear load of nidesofblack-tu.il deer. Tney bad wasted nearly 

 all the meat. 



Pennsylvania— Norristown, July 36. —Grass plover 

 shooting is fair at present: a bag of twenty-one birds to three 

 KUHS being made here on the 24th. Quail arc more abundant 

 Wan we have known them for ten years, and our sportsmen 

 look forward to some fine sport in this vicinity. — I). M. V. 



jf#* mtd ^iver Jjfishing, 



BASS IN MINNETONKA. 



Ill AVE read with much pleasure the many accounts of 

 black bass fishing which appear iu every issue of your 

 excellent paper, but to my surprise have seen no mention of 

 our beautiful Lake Minnetonka. It cannot be that vou don't 

 know what, splendid fishing this lake affords. It" isn't un- 

 usual for two ordinary fishermen to take from fifty to a hun- 

 dred pounds of bass and pickerel iu a. day's fishing, and in 

 addition to the sport, the lake is the most' beautiful sheet of 

 water 1 have ever seen. I am not an expert bass fisherman, 

 but hope to become one as 1 grow older in experience'. I 

 cauehl my first bass this season. My last visit to the. lake, 

 some two weeks ago, resulted in a catch of a dozen fine bass 

 that weighed together thirty and one-half pounds; the two 

 largest caught tit two successive easts weighed six and four 

 and one-halt' pounds respectively. Although I am a begin- 

 ner, they were landed with a ten-ounce Mills rod. fine silk 

 line, and single leader, within a half hour after the first, one 

 struck. I used frogs for bait, and cast from a boat, this 

 being the most popular way of fishing here. It is unneces- 

 sary "for me to add that I am very much in love with bass 

 fishing, and hope later to send you an account of a good 

 day's work. JTOGB. 



Minneapolis, Minn., July 23. 



Salmon Angling in the Mehkimac. — The salmon in 



the Merrimae River have been gradually increasing for the 

 past few years, owing to the work of the New Hamp- 

 shire Fish Commission, but no one there seems to have 

 thought of angling for them. They have been taken in nets, 

 but salmon angling seems to be a lost art on the Merrimac, but 

 there is no reason why it should not be revived. If the net- 

 ting is stopped and the salmon only allowed to be captured 

 With hook and line, mote money would flow into the State, 

 from anglers, as soon as decent angling is possible, than ten 

 times the market, value of the fish. A salmon worth five 

 dollars iu the. market will yield fifty dollars to railroads, 

 hotels and boatmen, if taken by an angler. These remarks 

 have been called up by the following account of the capture 

 of a salmon with a baited line, as told by the Manchester 

 Minor: "The feat, which had almost become one of the lost 

 arts, nf catching a salmon from the river iu this vicinity with 

 hook and lire, was revived Yesterday afternoon by Mr. H. 

 Joy, an employe, at Messrs.' Kimball & Gerrish's tannery, 

 wbii succeeded after a hard struggle in landing a lifteen- 

 pounder. Mr Joy is extremely fond of fishing and has 

 visited the river on several occasions the present, stuiraer, 

 and with rod and line has gratified his propensity for catching 

 the denizens of the water. Yesterday afternoon be took up 

 his position on a. sandbar, north of the eddy below Amoskcag 

 Falls, and while fishing for chub was suddenly made aware 

 that an unusually large fish had taken the bait and was vig- 

 orously pulling to get, away. Mr. Joy's experiem -e 

 fisherman at once told him that a salmon bad taken hold, 

 and keeping the line sufficiently taut, in order that the salmon 



could not get his tail over the same so as to break it, he 

 rushed into the river and following the. line up, hand over 

 hand, soon reached the gamy salmon, and Securing a hold 

 through his gills he gathered the fish up in his arms, and 

 after a determined struggle landed his magnificent prize, 

 safely on shore. Every thread of clothing on Mv. Jov was 

 wet completely through in his fight with the salmon, but he 

 cared little for this so long as he succeeded in securing the 

 Bah. He carried his prize liomi 

 the scales to the extent of iiftee 

 this fish in Ihe manner above dt 

 the fiskway, was perfectly logi 

 informed I hat the 



^islfatlhire. 



salmon was caught in the 

 congratulated on the succt 

 to be hoped that the captu 

 ifflate way. will become m 



1 found that he tipped 

 ainds. The catching of 

 bed. and 40(1 yards from 

 le. and we are reliably 

 affirm that the 



lanner stated. Mr. Joy is to lie 

 3 attending his efforts, and it is 

 t of these splendid fish, in a legit- 

 re frequent in future. 



Slaughter of Drum Pish.— While bathing at Atlantic 

 City this week, the bathers at, one of the many points of the 

 beach were annoyed by the floating among them of a num- 

 ber of decomposed carcasses of huge drum fish, which gave 

 great annoyance to those, on shore 'as well as in the water. 

 The life guards towed the. dead fish out, into deep water as 

 soon as possible, so they might drift away. It appeared that 

 a net fishing party starting from Somer's Point had dragged 

 the ocean and had struck a school of drum fish, and taking 

 as many as they wanted, slaughtered and disemboweled the 

 balance in pure wantonness. . These floating carcasses were 

 the evidences of what some men are capable of. What 

 should be done with such fellows? Since writing the above 

 I have been informed by a gentleman who has just returned 

 from Atlantic City, that the number of drum 'fish slaught- 

 ered by the Somer's Point, fishermen was enormous. He 

 sailed through thousands of dead fish while goino- from 

 Atlantic City to Beach Haven, and tells me the boast, was 

 made by these men that fi ft, \- thousand drum were caught, 

 In a "pace which my informant, calculated to be thirty yards 

 square, he counted twenty-seven dead fish, and for some 

 miles the water was covered with them. I am glad to say 

 the baymen at Atlantic City are unanimous in their con- 

 demnations of the Somer's Point party.— Homo. 



Bass Fishing en West Virginia.— A letter from Dr. 

 W. S. Hake, of Philadelphia, who is now in camp on the 

 Potomac River with a party of friends, will go to show the 

 condition of the stream and the degree of success he and his 

 party are having with the bass; "July 20. Camp Berkley, 

 W. Va.— We arrived at Falling Waters on Wednesday la'st 

 and found the water very cloudy and not in good condi- 

 tion for ba3S fishing. I reeled about one dozen only yester- 

 day, but this morning took eight in about an hour's time. 

 They did not run over a pound, one, however, weighed two 

 and a half, and the sport, was great landing him with my new 

 seven-ounce rod, which is certainly a 'daisy.' The w titer is 

 clearing, and in a few days, if we haven o more washing 

 rains, we will have good fishing. We have one of the 

 nicest, camps you could imagine; two tents thirteen feet 

 square, and beds constructed very comfortably. Am per- 

 fectly contented, and expect to stay until Saturday one week. 

 When the waters clear will write you of our daily catch "— 

 Homo, 



A Tandem of Trout ,vnp Bass. — Editor Forest and 

 Stream: Going by rail to North Stratford, N. V., the other 

 day, I staged it some thirty-one miles (awful rough road) to 

 Blue Mountain Lake, Adirondack*. Only went out fishing 

 one day. I landed a dozen black bass and a half dozen 

 trout. 'Three of the trout weighed each one and a quarter 

 pounds, and at one cast I took a trout and a bass— a strange 

 tandem team to drive, and they say there something very 

 unusual. I also visited Raquette Lake and took half a 

 dozen black bass. The fishing is very poor they say for 

 trout, the bass driving them out very "fast. However, the 

 bass rise to a fly gloriously, and give pl'eutv of play for a six- 

 ounce rod. The scenery'is perfectly delightful about Black 

 Mountain Lake, and I shall have additional beautiful photos 

 to add to my already large collection. The day I came 

 away they captured a bass trolling which turned the scales 

 at twenty pounds. — T. Sedgwick Steele. 



Black Bass Fishing in the Ntcstiaming.— July 23.— A 

 parly of anglers hailing from Philadelphia, last Thursday 

 took' thirty pounds of fine black bass in the Neshaming, not 

 far from Bristol, Pa. The Neshaming is improving" as a 

 fishing ground, and all owing; to the freedom from nets in its 

 waters. We think the East Pennsylvania Angler's Associ- 

 ation has aided in a very great measure in the matter, and 

 this as well as many other streams will show the good re- 

 sults of their work" Can we uot just here speak again of 

 the rock bass (not rockfish or striped bass) as a most ex- 

 cellent little fish to plant in a great many of our Eastern 

 Pennsylvania depleted streams? At all events let the Asso- 

 ciation try the experiment. The "red eye," or rock bass, 

 ranks away above the sunfish, although below the black 

 bass, rises to the fly in gamy style, is fun for a light rod, 

 and excellent practice.— Homo, 



Fishing in Baknegat Bay. — Riverside House, Forked 

 River, July 27.— The finest fishing within a hundred miles 

 of New York is now to be had on Barnegat Bay, at Forked 

 River, near the Riverside House, which is now filled with 

 gentlemen who are here to enjoy the snort. Among the 

 best catches so far are that of Mr. W. II, Childsand Eugene 

 E. Smith, of New York, who in three days caught, 400 

 wcakfish that would average two pounds each, and over 100 

 kingfish. Other parties staying here and who have made 

 good catches are Mr. C. J. Bulklev, Henry Elsworth. B. V. 

 Con.net, Jr., E. Connect, II. Ed. 'Pennington, of Newark. 

 Louis Beylard and family. Sheepshead have also been 

 more plenty than usual, and of good size. It is not un- 

 usual for a party to bring in .500 weakfish averaging a pound 

 in one day's fishing. — A. 



Good Fishing. — We have accounts of excellent black 

 bass fishing at, the St. Clair Flats, Detroit, River, and of 

 pickerel fishing in Dakota, which, owing to the crowded 

 state of our columns we are obliged to lay over until next 

 week. We mention them in order that our readers may use 

 the information at once, if they desire to do so. 



J. It. A., Lock-wood, N. Y.— Parties who go from here to fish for 

 , , u-er.--, wi<h to earn- live minnows for bail from die small 

 brooks here, bin they usually '.He ..n tin way. ; 

 maybe kept alive, and would a piece uf iee be nf anv n .*■- :. .' le.: 



tubof water? Ans tee will help m.i •.. e.. , ■ . ., 



cause of death is tempewtwu and lack of air. Put in 

 plenty of water .plants, as the. _■ ' ,\n.andiw In ilso 



THE AMERICAN FISHCULTURAL. ASSOCIATION 



'■■ 'lie;,,.; | ONTIKWBD.] 



TnAXSPonTATION r,F O.psTACt A N - 

 BV KKED MATHTEE. 



OP late vears Those wk 

 streams have realised 

 fish with a permanent Giel, 



vain 



therefore soir 



item in the i 



Spring Hatchery mai 

 from Mr. Frank N. CU 

 came on the usual flat 

 moss, and I noticed 

 among the eggs, 

 they were alive. 

 if packed in a damp 

 they cannot be sent 

 cheapen the transpt 

 return of cans. 1 wouit recoi 

 trays and covered with nett.ii 

 are packed. 



Mr Page— This is certain!! 

 stocking waters with fish fool 

 will no donht, be followed, 

 which are of the greatest va 

 Mather may be eke-: 



avo stocked trout ponds and 

 ■ i- 1 1 in.v'ii me necessity ._,£ furnishing their 



*. t*W 73GM e, : ill ' .iMiir! \ i: cm rfarl a, 

 n this subject before this AssneinfiM 

 interest in the subject. Since that time Mr. 

 out inanv thousands of the so-called "fresh- 

 rom his Caledonia ponds. s"uen life has 

 i in cans of water and plants, I I ielii , 

 hat bulky, and the express charges are an 

 nil , i.vinier I have received at Lhi Dold 

 y thousands of whiteflsh and trout ■ 

 ark. of Norrhville. Ifiehiaan. Th 

 — el trays, with mosquito netting i \/6 

 levaral "shrimps,' 1 GaiHuiartis, etc., 

 at, different tames, a ' 



they will live so Ions out of water 

 dium, there seems robe no reason whv 

 iiMinH.-r in this manner. This would 

 tion on them and do away with t fe- 

 ci recommend that they be" packed on 



netting a,ud moss, precisely as eggs 



new ami inexpensive way of 

 rotn a distance, and one that 



tore are often small things 

 . and this short not ; tl 



The Beginning op FrsneuLTuaE ix America. 

 nv OK. t. gaulick. 



BHUOTOKD,"©., May 33. U 

 Burnet 'Phillips, Esq., Seer&tary American Ftsftettl 



riflll,,,,: 



Dear Sir— Tour esteemed favor of the 31st j 

 If possible, I will write a brief article to be n 

 ing of the American Fisheuitiiral Associate.: 

 8th of June next. I am very sick, and wijte 

 on my lounge; and it may be probable rliar i s 

 to write even a short paper. I hn.v.- !,,..■■ ! 

 last January, and am almost i«jrn out with i 

 I was 78 years old on the: II it i, ,„ | . - ;.; : , 

 address tb-day a cony n! , n - ■ ; , 

 onfUhculture which" I present r . , , ■ . 

 In case I am unable to write anything to b 

 you may find something in the prefaces and 

 the book that mav answer the put] 

 tioned the fact that T had been iree.*, Mir !:■ „'-,„■ 

 the Association. 1 shall esteem if nu hem 

 the American Fishcuitural Associ 



waived. 



hfineet- 



; b . ad 



I do not believe it, post 

 read at the A. 1". 0. A. 

 mitiee. 1 am Buffering 

 and last -night was a. nh 

 to write a paper, it won 

 your letter. 



',!■.- attention wash-rsi 



Bkdtobd, O., May 85, 



e for me to write a paper to be 



•equested by the Exeout ' bta 

 this moment indescribable torture, 



ml suffering. Were 1 able 

 be on Ihe topics named by you 



lied to artificial methods Of propa 



published proceedings of 'the old 

 Natural Sciences. 



My experiments were 

 both young and old fish at two of oiii 

 laud and one at Cincinnati, 



This was, no doubt, the beginning < 

 ficial methods in the United States. 



the 



1 1 ii 

 what. 



rotitable 



• va-f. 

 e 



and a 



n fancy at, tin i n \\ !,, i ' - 



TOT iuiaud waters, our ru.u tty " in 

 n to the little streamlets ;e 

 ollow. Hoping you muy have a p^ 

 neering, I am truly yours, 



T. Gaulick. 

 Mr. Phillips read extract'- from the. book mentioned, and a. 

 vole of thanks was given to Dr. Garlick, the pioneer of Ameri- 

 can hsheidture. 



[TO BF. CONTI.NCI.O.J 



CARP TAKE THE PLY.— Roslyn, L. I.. July ST.— Last 

 August. (1SS:->| I turned into mv trout pond some r.wenn carp, 

 of the "scale" and ' 'leather" varieties. The largest 

 fish weighed at that, time six ounces. One moot igo 

 noticed a school of fish in the poi i 

 succeeded in takiug one with an artinei.'il fcrout-fl; 

 proved to be a scale carp weighing three pounds, I 



the first and only carp ever placed in in v pond, and their 

 markahle growth during a fet\ months may interest some of 

 your readers. At present there are eight fish in the school. 

 which I see every day-. They are ail abouttl 

 now as large as incihum shad, I notice that with the growth 

 of these carp the green conferva, "frog spittle," is ditappc.-i i - 

 ing from the ponrL The fish eat it, and thus 51 cut 

 the water for trout fishing with fly. We cooked the three- 

 pound carp, and tried to eat it, but 'twas no go. Too strong, 

 with a rank, stumpy flavor.— Thomas Clapham. 



PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT. 



We notice in our "Por Sale" columns the ralual 



We call attention \f> notice t4 SreenwofldXalteKegatfea m our .'-,,:i- 

 vei-rising columns. -_-ldr, 



The dealer who wrote "these are my low est rates to ,', : 

 more candid than the Esterbrnok Steel Pen Co., who admit that their 

 pens are the best in use, .-IcY. 



"ComuiK events cast their shadows before," remarked tie seer to 

 the young Highland chief. Thai l.aekaehe anil lumbago nf yours 

 may be prophetic of - 1 Prevent that result by using 



Benson's Capcjne 1ViE i - ! ' tsrase before another day is out, if 

 othei i'1'.-i ii- have tailed Benson's will not fo* bis totally unlike 

 them. AU druggist .-!■■'<• 



Speculation*.— The editor of the Sew Tork .1/- 

 i-'/vc fVes.y remarks in a recent i>-n 

 to-day. is organized, systematic speculation.' On 

 the StBi <J 'e: 1 , Less stolen from ■ 



akd Stream. Whatever the editor may think of speculation, 

 it is clear that organized systematic peculation i : - ' 

 hold. 



