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FOREST AND STREAM. 



(Sept. 13, 1883. 



» feet, c 



of spj 



1 heir past 

 a club bouse and 



His measurement was taken and found to be 



half inch, and upon cutting him open they d 



a largo-sized water-dog. One of the club remarked when 



they reached home, that you could have borrowed a certain 



man's lace for a sheet, arid would never have discovered 



your mistake. 



On Aug. 27 the club returned in tl 

 eyes were aglow and the extremities 

 auces tinged with the gorgeous hu-s 

 for which thev declare "Old Sol" is 

 sit at home and talk over the pleasao 

 trip, and vow their intention of eta 

 building a steam yacht for pleasure purposes, two very com- 

 mendable actions* 0. A. R. 



PiTTsnenoH, Pa., Sept. 3. 



BLACK BASS IN FOX RIVER. 



Edit,,, Fbrt&i and Stream: 



Some three weeks ago I had the pleasure of investigating 

 an Illinois bass stream, and was surprised to llnd iu the Fox 

 River a stream where the most fastidious of black bass could 

 feel at home, and so unlike what. I imagined all Western 

 waters to be, ('. e., muddy, very deep anil with banks of 

 clay. 1 found the water very 'clear, and about the right 

 average depth for good wading, the bottom being pebbly, 

 hut iu some places covered with weeds and grasses, well 

 enough rs hiding places for pickerel, but rather out of place 

 in our "ideal" bass stream. 



_ I left the city at 4 P. M., stopping at Algonquin, a beau- 

 tiful village on the C. & N. W. Railway, and was soon pre- 

 paring rny tackle and making a "lightning change" of cos- 

 tume thai astonished the hotel sitters" who jumped from their 

 tilted chairs, but "never spoke as I passed by." acting very 

 much like natives struck by a cyclone. The stream was not 

 one hundred yards from the house, and 1 was soon casting 

 my flies in the first riffle below the dam and not far from a 

 boat load of the "oldest inhabitants," who appeared uneasy 

 when ] begun to cast in the direction of their floats and sink- 

 ers. This was my first fly-fishing trip this season, aud of 

 course 1 enjoyed every good east, and must say that the bass 

 never rose except at the most delicate cast, and were appar- 

 ently better educated than are my Potomac friends, who 

 seem to catch on two at a time, and in the most barefaced 

 and cheeky manner. 



To make a long story short, I fished for an hour, and 

 until it was so dark that 1 could not see my flies, making 

 the small score of seven bass and a dozen rises. The fish 

 were all very fair in size, hut not one of Ihem would weigh 

 two pounds." The largest trout and salmon take the fly. but 

 how seldom you hear of very large bass taking anything ex- 

 a six-inch minnow. They seem to give up surface feeding 

 in their old age, sulking away their lives in deep water, oc- 

 casionally darting among a school of minnows near the 

 shore. 



A good supper and a better bed awaited me at the City 

 Hotel. I was up at daylight, and found a heavy mist on 

 the water, but it seemed to be the very time for fly-fishing, 

 as I soon had live gamy fish on my string. Not a rise could 

 I get after the sun came out bright and hot, and with both 

 right and left wrists lame from easting, I came ashore, happy 

 enough and ready to take the morning train for Chicago. [ 

 arrived at my office in good time for the business of the day, 

 aud with a mind intent upon still further investigating the 

 Fox River. 



Although my total catch was small, the fish proved thor- 

 oughly "game," aud gave me work enough with my unusu- 

 ally light trout tackle. Next season we will look into the 

 grayling territory. Ivewa. 



Chicago, Sept. 3. 



Black Bass Destroy Sunfish. — The black bass fishing 

 in the Juniata (Pa.) has been exceptionally fine this season, 

 and the fish run large. Noticing your fish editor's charge 

 against the sunfish and a reply in last week's Forest akD 

 Stream relative to the black ba'ss feeding on the "pumpkin 

 seed," leads me to slate the sunlish in Shawmont Dam, on the 

 Schuylkill, have been almost all killed by the black bass, and 

 e plentiful they are now scarce. A 

 that while he was in his boat a few 

 idge which spans the Schuvlkill above 

 n fhe Clearwater a sunlish followed by 

 stones around the abutment. The 

 1 of the hole, and, being 

 by the bass. While ~ 



where they once 



mutual friend told 



days ago. under th 



Valley Forge, ho si 



a bass take refuge 



sunfish in a few minutes floated 



secured, he found it had bi 



think the pumpkir 

 Uncle Thad Norn 

 girls to catch, all t 

 placed at hisdr 



seed 



intolerable nuisance, mid, as 



once said to me. only fit for boys and 

 charges made against him cannot be 

 Will von not state, for the benefit of 



those who are not acquainted with the fish, if the rock bass 

 or "red eye" has ever been put into any of our Pennsyl- 

 vania streams, and if they can easily be procured, and where? 

 —Homo. [We do not know that the eastern waters of your 

 State have been stocked with rock bass. The species is 

 common west of the Allcganies.] 



SnEEFsrrEAn and Spakish Mackerel. — These two excel- 

 lent coast fishes visit our shores in summer in more or iess 

 numbers in different years. The fact that a species is scarce 

 for a season, or for several seasons, does not always indicate 

 a permanent decline in their numbers, but may be influenced 

 by causes which we do not understand. Twenty five years 

 ago the Providence (R. 1.) Journtilof September 18. 1858, 

 contained the following: "The season has been remarkable 

 for the appearance of two species of fish in our waters, both 

 of them regarded as great delicacies. The sheepshead, that 

 has not visited us before for some twenty years, has been 

 taken in several instances, and Spanish mackerel, that has 

 not, we believe, been seen here, but that has been long known 

 in more Southern latitudes, and has been gradually creeping' 

 up tothe North, has been taken in Bristol. It is a deHciou 

 fish, not inferior in sweetness and flavor to any that is found 

 in our bay." 



The British Fisheries Directory.— A neat and most 

 useful book, from the press of Sampson Low, Marsion. Searle 

 & Rivington, London, with the above title, has been received. 

 It. is a 12mo. of 312 pages, exclusive of advertisements, and 

 covers the whole ground that a liberal construction of the 

 word "fisheries" miirht include. A partial list of its con- 

 tents shows ilia t it gives the names of all angling clubs in 

 England and Scotland, fishermen's associations, insurance 

 companies statistics of Billimrscate, men and boats em- 

 ploved in the fisheries, laws, iish'ctilture, close times, exports 

 and imports of fish, lighthouses, together with the names 

 aud addresses of the fishmongers of the different cities, and 

 much other information. It bears evidence of being care 

 fully compiled. 



FlBlTnTOJn thk Hudson.— New York, Sept. (>.— -Editor 

 Forest and Stream: I think you are a little severe on 

 the Hudson. I have heard of a number of good 

 catches of black bass in the Hudson River this year, 

 one within a few days of 3fit> black bass taken by 

 one person in one morning's fishing. I am not at liberty 

 lo name the locality. White perch of good size are 

 being taken in large numbers, also the young bluefish. If 

 netting -were stopped, particularly where the striped bass 

 spawn on the shoals, there would" be excellent fishing with 

 the rod and reel; although it was very good last fall.— 

 Wakeman Holbhrton. 



Greenwood Lake.— This lake, which lies partly in New 

 York and partly in New Jersey, is a great resort "for black 

 bass fishermen from the city! Last week the fish took the 

 fiook freely when baited with crawfish, crickets and hel- 

 gramites, but steadfastly refused the fly. In fact the season 

 is late for fly-fishing, and the heaviest strings are now taken 

 with bait. Some of the visitors have met with success when 

 trolling and skittering, especially at the lower end of the 

 lake. The fishing there may be good for some weeks yet. 



Ajierican Sole. — A correspondent sends us a small speci- 

 men of the American sole, or hog-choker, Ac/iirus lin&iins, 

 taken at Albany, N. Y., where it was called a flounder. The 

 adult fish grows only to the size of a man's hand, and it has 

 the peculiar mouth of the European sole, and not at all like 

 that of the flounder. We have seen several that were taken 

 in fresh water, even as high as Albany. They do not seem 

 to be plenty anywhere, and but little, is known of their 

 habits. 



Rochester, N. Y.. Sept. 8. — Before the recent rain there 

 was good fishing in the rapids of the Genesee, just south of 

 the city. There are a great many black bass taken at that 

 locality, and a seven-pound blue pike gave an angler half an 

 hour's pleasant anxiety in the stream a few days ago. The 

 fish was taken on a single gut leader and fly-rod. — E. R. 



Massachusetts — Magnolia, Sept. 10. — Tautog fishing is 

 very good at Magnolia. Mr. James Purinton is "high line," 

 he having brought to net last Saturday, with a twelve -ounce 

 rod, after a half hour's fight, a tautog that weighed twelve 

 pounds by actual, not "angler's" weight. — C. 



Mmlfittihtrt. 



FISH COMMISSIONERS. 



FOREST AND STREAM presents its annually corrected fist 

 of the Commissioners of Fish and Fishers of the different 

 Provinces, States and Territories of North America: 

 Dominion of Canada — 



W. F. Whitcher, Commisioner, Ottawa, Ont. 

 Province of New Brunswick— 



W H. Venning', inspector of Fisheries, St. John. 

 Province of Nova Scotia — 



W. H. Rogers, Inspector, Amherst. 

 Province of Prince Edward's Island— 



J. H. Duvar, Inspector. Alberton. 

 Province of British Columbia— 



A. C Anderson, Victoria. 

 The United States — 



Prof. Spencer F. Baird, Washington, D. C. 

 Alabama — 



Col. D. R. Hundley. Mooresville. 



Hon. C. S. G. Doster, Prattville. 

 Arizona— 



Hon. J. J. Gosper. Prescott. 



Hon. Richard Rule, Tombstone. 



J. H. Tagart, Business Manager, Yuma. 

 Arkansas— 



John E. Reardon, Little Rock. 



James II. Hornibreok, Little. Rock. 



H. H. Rottaken, Little Rock. 

 California— 



J. D. Farwell, Niles, Alameda county. 



W. W. Traylor, San Francisco. 



J. Redding,' San Francisco. 

 Colorado— 



Wilson E. Sisty, Idaho Springs: 

 Connecticut— 



Dr. W M. Hudson. Hartford. 



Robert GK Pike, Middletown. 



G. N. Woodruff, Sherman. 

 Del a w are— 



Enoch Moore, Jr., Wdmington. 

 Georgia— 



Hon. J, T. Henderson, Commissioner of Agriculture, 

 Atlanta, 



Dr. H. H. Carey. Superintendent of Fisheries. 



Under the laws of the State these two constitute, the 

 Board of Fish Commissioners. 

 Illinois— 



N. K. Fairbank, President, Chicago. 



S. P. Bartlett, Quiney. 



S. P. McDole, Aurora. 

 Indiana— 



Calvin Fletcher, Spencer, Owen county. 

 Iowa — 



B. F. Shaw, Anamosa. 



A. A. Mosher, Spirit Lake. 

 Kansas— 



W. S. Gile, Venango. 

 Kentucky— 



Wrn. Griffith, President, Louisville. 



P. H. Darby, Princeton. 



John B. Walker. Aludisonville. 



Hon. C. J. Walton, Muufordville. 



Hon. John A. Steele. Versailles. 



W. C. Price. Danville. 



Dr. W. Van Antwerp, Mt. Sterling. 



Hon. J. M. Chambers. Independence. Kenton county. 



A. H. Coble. Catlettsburg. 



J. H. Mallory, Bowling Green. 

 Maine— 



E, M. Stilwell, Bangor. 



Henry O. Stanley, Dixfield. 

 Maryland — 



Thomas Hughlett, Easton. 



G. W. Delawder, Oakland. 

 Massachusetts— 



E. A. Bracket!, Winchester. 

 Asa French, South Braintre.e. 



F. W. Putnam, Cambridge. 

 Michigan — 



J. C. Parker, President, Grand Rapids. 

 A. J. Kellogg, Detroit. 

 John H. Bissell, Detroit. 



Minnesota— 



1st District— Dani-d Cameron. La Crescent. 



2d District— WW, M. Sveeney. M, D.. Red Wing. 



•3d District— Robt. Ormsby Sweeny, President, St. Paul. 

 Missouri— 



John Reid, Lexington. 



J. G. W. Steedmau, Chairman, L'.soy Fine St., St. Louis. 



J. S. Logan, St. Joseph. 

 Nebraska — 



R. R. Livingston, Plattsmouth. 



William L. May, Fremont. 



B. E. B. Kennedy, Omaha, 

 Nevada— 



Hon. Hubb G. Parker, Carson City. 

 New Hampshire— 



Geo. W. Riddle, Manchester. 



Luther Haves, So. Milton. 



Eliott B. Hodge, Plymouth. 

 New Jersey— 



Theodore Morford, President, Newton. 



Bichard S. Jenkins, Camden.' 



William Wright, Newark. 

 New York — 



Hon. R. Barnwell Roosevelt. President, T6 Chambers 

 street, New York. 



Gen. Richard U. Sherman. Secretary, New Hartford, 

 Oneida country. 



Edward M. Smith, Rochester. 



Eugene G. Blackford, 809 Bedford avenue, Brooklyn. 

 North Carolina— 



S. G. Worth, Raleigh. 

 Ohio— 



Cot. L. A. Harris, President, Cincinnati. 



Chas. W. Bond, Treasurer, Toledo. 



Halsey C Post, Secretary, Sandusky. 

 Pennsylvania— 



Hon. H. J. Reeder, Easton. 



Hon. B. L. Hewit, Hollidaysburg. 



James Duffy, Marietta. 



John Hummel, Spin's Grove. 



Robert DaJzell, Pittsburgh. 



G. M. Miller, Wilkesbarre. 

 Rhode Island— 



Alfred A. Reed, Providence. 



Newton Dexter,' Providence. 



John H. Barden, Rockland. 

 South Carolina— 



Hon. A. P. Butler, Columbia, Commissioner of Agri- 

 culture. 



C. J. Huske, Columbia, Superintendent of Fisheries. 

 These two officers constitute the Fishery Commission. 



Tennessee— 



W. W. McDowell, Memphis. 



H. H. Sneed. Chattanooga. 



Edward D. Hicks, Nashville, 

 Texas— 



John B. Lubbock, Austin. 



Vermont— 



Hiram A. Cutting, Lrrnenburgh. 

 Herbert Brainerd, St. Albans. 



Virginia- 

 Co!. Marshall McDonald, Berryvillu. 



West Virginia— 



H. B. Miller, President, Wheeling. 

 C. S. White, Secretary, Romney. 

 N. M. Lowry, Hinton. 



Wisconsin— 



The Governor, cv-officia. 



Philo Dunning, President. Madison, 



C. I/. Valentine. Secretary and Treasurer, Janesville. 



J. V. Jones, Oshkosh. 



J. F. Ant.isdel, Milwaukee. 



Mark Douglas, Melrose. . 



C. Hutchinson, Beetown. 



Wyoming Territory— 



Dr. M. C. Barkwell, Chairman, Cheyenne. 



Otto Gramm, Secretary, Laramie. 



N. L. Andrews, Johnson eountv. 



E. W. Bennett. Carbon county! 



P. J. Downs, Uinta county. 



T. W. Quinn, Sweetwater eountv. 



A NEW FISH CAP..— Mr-. Frank N. Clark, of the Knifed 

 States Fish Commission, is in the city to confer with the 

 Pullman Car Company in relation to some, drawings for a new 

 fish car he has designed, and which the company is to build. 

 Mr. Clark is one of the Superintendents imder trie Fish Com- 

 mission, assigned to look after certain territory, has the 

 supervision of the work in the Northwestern States, and 

 more especially those bordering on the (treat Lakes. He 

 resides at Noithville. Mich., the great hatchery in that State, 

 and his principal work at present is to oversee the hatching and 

 distribution of whitetish. The noticeable disappearance of this 

 particular variety of fish from the Northern lakes Induced 

 the Government some time ago to replenish the stock, A large 

 number have already been planted, though the work bo far 

 accomplished is almost insignificant as compared with That 

 on hand for the next year or two. In conversation with a 

 Tribune reporter at the Sherman House yesterday Superiii 

 tendent Clark said the United States Fish Commission 

 expected to plant no less than 200,000,000 whitellsli i n 

 while Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ohio would plant during the 

 fall and winter enough more to swell the total to 500,000,000. 

 The Illinois Fish Commission hasdoue nothing toward restock 

 ing Lake Michigan as yet, probably on account of the small 

 section of the Illinois coast, though by doing something in 

 their own waters, they would certainly render -.en, ml 

 help in replenishing a stock which, but for the present move- 

 ment, was in danger of disappearing. The eggs are batched, 

 he said, at an expense tothe Government, including ihe eosi 

 of the hatcheries, labor, &e., of about, eight cents per l.iiin). 

 The commission already has two distributing cars and is now 

 engaged in the construction of a third one— the ear ..f hi -n ■ 

 design already alluded to. The new distributing 'en I -i ■- soffit 

 thing decidedly novel. It is not only a refrigerating car, but 

 is rigged up with berths, a kitchen, and meal tables, so as to 

 furnish living; accommodations to the distributing crew. The 

 fish are carried in cans and distributed at points along the 

 hue. The most novel feature, however, consists in the 

 arrangement for hatching the eggs along the route. In short, 

 the new car is not only a couvement means for distributing 

 the fish, but is also a traveling hatchery designed to keep up 

 the supply for planting during the trip. Nothing of the kind 

 has ever been undertaken before, and the new scheme is eon 

 sidered quite an advance on former methods, especially since 

 it will result in a great saving of the time now io-i : trn 



ingto the land hatcheries for fresh supplies, to Bay nofii i ■ ol 

 the convenience in traveling which it will afford both officers 

 and crew.— Chicago Tribune. 



OPEN SEASONS. 



The digest of open seasons, nrinted in our issue ot Aug. lfi, has 

 lieen published in convenient pamphlet form, and will lie sent to any 

 address, postpaid, ou receipt of 10 cents. 



