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FOREST AND STREAM. 



I^EI-T, "H. L1 



n grand good thingand put to rest forever this vexed <pics- . siS1 thai ii shall be taken to New York and exhibited to the 



tjon ; anglers .'it Uie National ( onveiiiioii. .Mr. Arthur I'.a-n.-lt. 



A meeting of the fist commissioners of the several States 

 bordering on the great Inlc-s. and in which it is hoped the 

 Canadian department of fisheries will also join, is called to 

 meet at Detroit. Mich., on the I Oth and 1 1 Ih "of October, and 

 I trust much good may result Irom it. 



In conclusion pei in i't me to saj that., after a careful study 

 of ten years and an experience of twentj in catching, buy- 

 ing and Belling fish, and 1 1 1 ; t r too in no small qijanflties, I 

 tiave come to the conclusion: thai there should be .some 

 guard thrown around the enterprise or in time the lakes will 

 be stripped of whitefish and trout, and. after giving the sub- 



ie< i mv in si. tboughl 

 the catching of wtiitelisl: 

 each summer, for a tern 



have the desired affect; 



species oi fish as plentiful 

 di 



/ that 



id trout 'il 

 f froi 

 vould 



.in! law pi 

 r to 



W, 



libiting 

 iphths 



would 

 -el wo 

 ire all 



I propagation, 



:ot the least d 

 - lakes would be again Hior- 



aml if through the means of a joint convention a protective 

 law could be recommended and passed that would be appli- 

 cable to each State, and one that would do justice to all and 

 al tlie same nine lx protect u 

 but that in a very few years 

 oughly populated with whiiefisb and trout as in years gone 

 in If we cannot have a convention let us have ::n iuter- 

 change of thought upon this subject through the columns of 

 Forest and Sttckaw. D. Y. Howell, 



Supt. Ohio State Fish Hatcheries. 

 Toledo, 0., Sept. ir>. 1868, 



ROD-FISHING 



' HAVE been reading a i 

 estet med correspond. 



FOR TARPOIV1. 



I HAVE been reading a discussion between two of your 

 esteemed correspondents as to Lhe feasibility of Jkillmg 



the larpoin with rod and reel. Xo doubt this would lie lie' 

 mostdifflcult of angling exploits, and the man who, with 

 the best of tackle and' the strongest muscles and nerves, 

 should kill one. tarpom out of four which hooked themselves, 

 would be eligible for the office of president of the angling 

 association, or, indeed, for thai of President of the United 

 Slates, such a feat far exceeding Mr. Arthur's bcsl record. 



Fifty years ago rod-fishers were so uncommon, that when 

 a matt appeared on Massachusetts waters armed with rod and 

 reel he excited almost as much curiosity as one would do 

 now who should fish with an electric battery. The Russian 

 Consul at Boston, A. D. 1830, was a scientific angler, and 

 bad, as was whispered, captured a five-foot shark with rod 

 and reel. To be sure, few people believed the story; it was 

 by. ('.real, however, have been the improvements in 

 rod.-, reels, lines and hookssince that day; so that I myself , 

 ■ndowrd with but Indifferent skill, have killed several 



rod. 



• tarpoi 



ml the salmon, 

 Iter by five and 

 a of what the former is, capable. Or, to 



v, lie tar] i is to tbesalmonasisa five- 



a one-pound rock bass, 

 ■its that the tarpom of the Florida coasl 

 with a salmon rod, and he is, 1 think. 

 :apon is, I believe, too unwieldy, and the 



sharks of that size 



As to a comparis 

 multiply the actirit 

 one can form an irJ 

 put il in another wt 

 pound black bass t< 



"A I Fresco" ass 

 cannot be captured 

 correct. That wea r __ 



click reel too slow for the b'ghtning-like rashes of the 

 pom. With striped bass tackle, thai is. a nine foot rod and 

 •-.'(id yards of Cullyhunk line, on a first-class reel, the thing 

 h ... been done, and. therefore, may be done again. But let, 

 the angler wear thumb stalls of the heaviest woollen knit- 

 work, oi he will soon be disabled. I write advisedly, tor I 

 bav ■ met that enemy, and he was not mine. 



It would be worth While for a team of picked bass lisliers 

 to come down to the Florida coast to try conclusions with 

 this monster of the deep, under thu guidance of tie -.Jackson- 

 ville anglers. Men pay thousands of dollars for a few 

 of salmon lishiiur. which nan or may not be successful 

 lie roast of Florida, for hundreds of miles, may be found 

 Bportof equal interest, free to all, and if the tarpom is loo 

 QlUch for ll.em. there are Channel bass, sea trout and sheeps- 

 head always to be found. 



himself an angler, inventor and artist, has Bttgges 



' t Of the doctor's model that a brush and comb, 

 it bottle of 'Brilliantine' and a stick' of cpsmfltique be 

 added lo it, so thai it the tarpon, w inch i- also an intelligent 

 fish, should discover the true nature of the bail, being a 

 cry beautiful fish and therefore afflicted with overmuch 

 vanity, the accessories mentioned will tempt, turn to monkey 

 around the glass, -primping* himself up until as will be Very 

 probable he will be caught in the toils of the gangs and he- 

 jiik a prej to the appi tite of a Jacksonville Rah club. This 

 ould n.. I be the first time yanity had [ed its wetim to de- 

 struction " 



Tin--. Seasok in rin. A i.HRONDACKs.— J udging from the 

 reports of the Central New York sportsmen, the-season for 

 speckled trout ftshing which has jusi drawn to a close has 

 Dili been a remarkably .good one in the Adirondack region. 

 The W«st Canada Creek, Indian, Sacondaga, and Black 

 liens usually excellent fishing waters, have for some un- 

 known cause been remarkably reluctant to yield up their 

 finny inhabitants. On Moose, Oswegatchie, and Sarahao 

 rivers and their tributaries the .-port has been somewhat 

 better, but not quite up to the average of former years. In 

 some of the trout streams which have hitherto In en deservi dly 

 popular fishing resorts, the speckled beauties have scarcely 

 appeared upon the rifts, and wherever they did -o ih 

 remained but a few days. Fishermen who met with su< ci 

 were obliged to use bait and cast their hooks at Hie foot of 

 abaction the running water entirely and angle 



Tin-: skiusii I'ki.suyn.kun Fishing (.'i.rn.— This Phil, 

 adelphia club has just issued their log of Unir thirteenth 



t rated. Tli 

 ingclani l,n 

 tolerated in 

 wreck. Ai 

 or the deck 

 tion before 

 not undeitti 

 nor shall Hi 

 while there 

 down tl 



humorously illus- 

 - .-u'h as: ' Ian 

 expired will not be 

 i hi case uf ship- 



1 as 'down cellar," 



i to kludy nnvtga- 



iiling ma" lei -hall 



odoni d. 



' any sick member 



The club went 



and followed the coast lo Cobb's 

 Island, Virginia, and their doings are ably chronicled bj the 



"log-gist." Mr. C. P. Allen. 



Ni.w Jersey.- The coming fall snd winter promises rare, 

 sport for the sportsmen of Shrewsbury river and bay, flsb 

 ing in the bay having been \fiy good iu spile Of the number 

 of pounds set, and the presence ot that ubiquitous rascal, Hie 

 "purse neltciv' who always presents himself ill force on the 

 ' hof large size are being caughf with 

 Mav Court House, -just off the bar of 



Wrakli-l; 



Horse Shoi 

 hook and Ii 

 Hereford inlet. ci, : . 

 about fifty large braefi 

 12th iDst.' The bead 

 fishermen the past we 

 bass have been pulled 

 dull at Barnegal at pn 



and Willie Gaudy c might 

 Ii off the bar of Hereford Inlet on the 

 ■s have been the favorite resort tor 

 c. A quantity of nice, largo 9ti iped 

 n from lbs.' shore, Fishing is rather 

 .ont. — Count Pilot, Sspl. 15. " 



in the br 

 in the Moth. 



id d. 



■ep pc 

 n Wild 





ut to the 



still \ 

 have 



isitor. 



UtC! 



affordt 

 Some 



II the 

 onds i 



file various lakes 



•hat better 



New Yoiik.— Mexico 

 days the weal her has b< 



at Mexico Point corres 



ounty. — For 



i bat 



i Pisoco and Jock's lakes, i 

 chain, and nl-o in the numerous r. 

 Regis and Chateaugay regions; but i 

 tnanj •mailer but equally well-known -1 

 been very poor. Flv-lisbing, especially 

 Stream, has been below par." For .-ahn'o 

 has been no better, The same person! 

 prophesied a good fishing season in tin 

 equally positive that deer must be scare 

 were again mistaken. The guides snd experiei 

 b iv •! their predictions upon sinus supposed i< 

 The deep snows and heavy crusts of last wind 

 ■ally to the disadvantage of the d. 



that owi 

 unable to 



"pot-hum 



ing. It i 

 be 



. lb. 



iroi 



>d eight I 



depth oi the .-now tli 



• 3ufficlc.nl food. It was 



mid greatly reduce their n 



siionably true Unit the sue 

 Is last winter — various n 

 t dee]) on a level- -but 



iets the fishing has 



v bet her on lake or 



catching the season 



who so confidently 



North Woods wore 



Fortunately they 



iced woodsmen 



> be infallible. 



■r were thought 



It was argued 



mals would be 



Iso feared that. 



ihers by crust 



was of unusual 



irts stated it to 

 oi withstanding 



cer did uol suffer so seriously in consequent- 

 ;d. That there was afi unusually heavy crusi 

 , aud many a proud -lag and graceful doe 

 life to the' unsportsmanlike and illegal style 

 ing." Despite of till these uufavor- 

 >ns, however, deer have been and yet are 

 le wilderness, and excellent hunt ing is lobe had. 

 si two or three years partridges have been 

 This year, however, they are said to be plenty 

 in certain sections. There will be a good crop of beechnuts 

 aud hull. ■runt- Ibis fail, and squirrels will undoubtedly be 

 numerous en. iimh to furnish excellent sport as soon as the 

 leaves have fallen. — L'tica Herald. 



Dili 



Fishing-tackle 



tarpom, there being no lisi 

 destroying so many rods at 

 be might well tie called Met 



uld 



the pursuit of 



teis capable of 



time; so that 



s. ( . C. 



l-'or ten davs tarpon lefl the river and proceeded to sea, 

 but this morning tbey returned in great numbers. On Tues- 

 day next I wiil fry them With bass rod and 21-strand 

 cutlyhunli line. It is almost impossible, to hook those fisl 



aii.fwhcn booked U IS Ihe devil lo keep them 



To illustrate the size of tarpoi 

 mav remark that another was 

 this morning, by my friend Mr. 

 mated"), 1381bs'. ; length. 6ft. Tin 



Jacksonvili.h, Fla., Sept. 8, IHS3. 



the hook. 



St. John's River, I 



>t in. id with a hand-line 



v..r. Weight (not "esti- 



'Fisbuneasured by 



^ Al Fhesco. 



And another. On yesterday (Sept. 14), Mr. Pryor, of this 

 city, captured wilh a hand line, in the St. John's River; a 

 tarpon weighing 190 pounds, and measuring six feel eleven 

 inch... in length. Ttusdav last 1 devoted a day to tarpon 



fishing, but failed to secure a bite from the aqueous acrobats. 

 Hut as'a side amusement captured four shaiks. one f.i, one 

 (i. one '., and one feel long, and three buss, one 2H, one 28, 

 aiid one 38 pounds. In this case the weight of the taipon 

 whs not. "estimated," but was carefully weighed and was 

 measured by -Aii Fuesco. 



Jacksonville, Sept. 15, 18B3. 



Thu Jacksonville Times- Unions reports the invention of a 

 new anglirg device. "The invention consists of a mirror, 

 similar to a common himd-mirror, through a bole in the 

 handle of which the line is pas-sd and upon each side and 



which ga 



it to be 



of hooks 



I, Nihil 



u.-lv al. lb. 



e C 



r la 



gly fly 



pee 



aXb 



willi 



i atiachn 



at the trap 



and inclOBhlg for I he se 



lent hv the gangs. Il 

 action of the Water will give the glass i 

 which will give the reflections very d 

 being intentionally offensive, aggressi? 

 by li iBtening the fight. The members 

 Qlub of this city have all gone wild over the scheme, aud 

 are only waiting to have the inventor fix the amount ol 

 the loyally before udoptiug it into practical use. They in- 



, to look like a bride'; 

 lventor, "Al Fresco," 

 liliaiiy known in this 

 :eives"tlmi, as. the tar- 

 impetuosity, ii will, 

 glass, instantly >up- 



g for a row and will 



open to the public for 

 cason will lie served 

 thought that the 

 i vibratory motion 

 hable appearance of 

 and insulting, ihcre- 

 >f the Iiod aud Keel 



sing Dotxje.— New York, Sept. 13, 1S83.— 

 ti Stream: Under the caption of "An Adver- 

 t is stated that two guests of Ralph's Hotel, 



■ailgay Lake, were "imposed upon by the 

 in regard to the fishing, etc. The article referred 

 familiar to all of the numerous readers of Porbbt 

 ii'/AM. that 1 need not go into details. 1 desire to 

 for the fact, that the "manager,'' Mrs. Ralph (her 

 d having died nearly a year ago), has done- her utmost 

 ait this" wholesale destruction «f trout. During the 



at Dp] 



to is -.> 



ami Si 



vouch 



busba 



to pre 



pasl summer she was offered, and 



pounds of fish bearing unmistakable 



netted, and this has been the policy < 



The sportsman referred to is no nov 



tlie writer saw his catch of 1882, anc 



rather lack of ii) wasseverelj eomn 



sed to buy, several 

 videnceof having been 

 i the house throughout. 



ed 



■a.-t few 



l.-alit and bass lishiui: 



. You will remembi r 

 ■ pieiously in Lake < )n- 



tario. and some of tlie reportssc.nl to y Our paper scarcely 

 received credence from your readers. Well, the season lasted 

 but a few weeks, and we have bad no fl.) fishing at all. 

 Cause— continued rain stud coid.— Qi.ill. 



i;.\ui>ni-:k. Mass., Sept. L3.— The MoDOnlovfuc Bporting 



Clubhas returned irom its campin Rintlge, Ni II. The 



eather was all that could be desired for camping, fbe 



president of 

 for the largest fish, 

 The parly bad a la 

 were visited by the 



llsworib. takes the prize 



' ree pound- ,-i\ ounces. 

 ■sis, anil one evening 

 I Hand. 



Ki.sii! i-iii:i;s Anov !— What cheer: Another big fish 

 caught up near your pld fishing grounds, and you uol there 

 to share in Ihe glory, A twenty-four pound raascal 

 this lime, and in the intermediates loo. is Uncle Dan'l los 

 ing his strip on these big fellows, as we bstvent heard any- 

 thing of you? — Nohman. 



Philadelphia, Sept. lo.— is. iierton pexch fishing is now 

 at ;ts height, and the fish run large. Then-: Is no lack or 

 bait this. year, and it is easily procured Very large catches 

 are being' made, lia.-s fishing in the Schuylkill ,-ince the late 

 rains ha^ linn poor: previous lolliesio'rm the fish were 

 biting well.— Homo. 



Those Hitdsom Bass.— iStfe'fw Wared rmd Strain: Will 

 you kindly correct statement aboul tin black has- taken in 

 the Hudson. I ineani to say thinyiive. m. i 366, — "W. 



Hoi.i'.i.iiroN. __, 



Piiu-.m-.. N. V.. S.-pi. l,.--!>ii CntbCftfl ..I' Hii- pair. 

 caught a three and on., half pound whileli-b. while angling 

 for bass m the fiver lure. — W. S. 



tgislfcnlfare. 



THE PENNSYLVANIA COMMISSION. 



TWO o 

 year 



our last l 

 o! tins Si 



not alleged, that Mrs, 



catch to the /•■'-..'■ 

 that the young man 



a erroneously 



a. that I d( tl rn.ined to write 

 A. f'»\ e did not ECfik 10 place anv 

 we simplv detailed Hie facts. It was 

 Ralph sent the report of I he trout -hogs' 

 , but we have ii on excell. m authority 

 ,h.o serves a- her manager did so.] 



Who Can Tell Tih-:m -v — A small party of us. say i hreeor so, 

 wi-hiu ti ad. for next year, a locality W.bere the ii-hing 

 and hunting is strictly first-class. We can spare a na.ni!:. 



part of August and September, and the distance and expense 

 are uol mi much of an object ii we can strike the right piiice. 

 tramping out, and want to get beyond 

 A club houses, well into the wilderness. 

 it you where you would recommend our 

 Qollingwood on 



hotels 



ids 



id ha\ 



Hi.. 



want? Do you think of any other point paore ttpl tos 

 V.'t- have been to places where the fishing and [ninth 

 pretty fair, but next year we want logo to as good 

 as tht re is if we can tintl it— B. and II. 



"plan 



ll'.j; 



Huiljm.roKT. Conn.. Sept. 15.— The small biueli.-h are 

 ire in goodly numbers. I caught thirty-seven this after- 

 lOnwith single hook; I could have caught plenty more. 

 it contented myself with thai number, At inost every- 

 ,.i> n.:.i fi K hes seems to be fisbin/r for count, but the count- 

 ol the tisii will not diminish much. Good fish- 

 .hiihI an\ where witliin a slone's throw of Ihe 



Dumber 

 to be 



first beacon on either' side of the channel.— 'I. F. 8. 



Indiana.— Orland.— Find enclosed map of Steuben county, 

 the northeast OQrnfib county of the State of Indiana. You 

 will see that we have manv small lakes. These are fairly 



stocked with pickerel, bass, perch, and He usual rarietiesof 



the smaller fry. and eels bav.' been added, which I think are 

 Increasing, and will soon be plenty^ Lake Gage i live mil. ■• 



the past 

 pea-red in 



ill Ihe Ifel 



[• correspondent Bending a 

 ictfidlist. Instead of answer^ 



b re I and had 



only undertaken I. y ourselves. 



THE SUNFISH QUESTION. 



I HAVE been surprised to find how nianv frien 

 iehthyolog-ieal vagabond of a sunfish has, a> 

 Eheir ooming to tho front when I proposi 

 ■ ■ii mi ponds where they are not 

 noticed that nuistol the objeotiousto^hi 

 1,,,-iviv s.-iiliineiital II. re is one from tl,.- I.e.-u.a 

 pull which extols its odible qualities above those 



, . . ■ ■ 



= little 



v., ),., 



• tlanr 



■ 



on are 



a v.Ve- 



popu- 



. know l 



r some others, and will take 

 nr By one. No one man. nor 

 all ibe sualish in the land. 

 s devouring food thatmight 

 original proposition that the 



waakiflei 

 they are 



I think l 

 TeUgraijh's very tn 

 ' its favor: so do 



it it does um h harm, a id 

 that it multiplies rapidly is not 

 leds and the European Bptwrow. For 



from Orlaiidi is surrounded with fine camping grounds and tii 03 o who prefer it to carp lucre is not tli 



is a beautiful lake— E. N. P. ' to thou- cultivating it, and all that can be ajud is, that tho curp 



