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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Dec, 20, 1888. 



I he fart that they were Irue, but who cares to have disgusting- 

 truths flung; at hi™ in this manner? 1 merely said, "Colonel, 

 t owe you one," and then meditated some dive vengence 

 like eatine up all the hoi biscuit before he CaDlO lo supper, 

 until, as by inspiration, it oeeurred to toe how I could make 

 his life a desert waste, for one day at least. 1 would give 

 him advice while he was landing a big trout! Already my 

 Spirits rose as 1 imagined myself shouting to him: "Take care! 

 Give him slack!" and all those things which make an angler 

 wish that either In- or some i >t.lier person had never been born. 

 This restored good humor, which extended to all the parly 

 when it was discovered that Uncle Ben had a surprise for us 

 in the shape of an exl rn boat, which he bad brought from 

 the mill yesterday, and it was settled that the Colonel, Jack 

 and Uncle Ben should go in the large one. and the Doctor 

 and I in the other. 



Evidently the Doctor pinned bis faith and staked bis repu- 

 tation on bis new Hies, for no other kind fouuda place on his 

 oast, f took one of them and placed it on the post of honor, 

 the stretcher, and then hitched on a yellow and a redone 

 above. The Colonel, true to his promise, had a gorgeous 

 fed ibis and two oilier bright flies, and had rigged .lack's cast 

 in the same manner. Drifting down the stream we noticed 

 that, Jack took the first fish, and also remarked the look of 

 triumph on the face ot the Colonel as he said, loud enough 

 to reach our cars, "red ibis," The Doctor smiled and imme- 

 diately his reel sung, and after landing a half-pounder, he 

 ejaculated Ear the benefit of the other boat, "bigosh." (Sev- 

 eral fair trout were taken in each boat as the morning wore 

 away, until we saw by the erect form and bendiua: rod of the 

 Colonel that he had hooked a big one. The line sawed 

 through the water, and the reel alternately whirred and 

 clicked, as line was given and taken. Now had come the 

 supreme moment for my revenge. A few excited directions 

 to the Colonel would make him loose his fish. I rose ill the 

 boat, pul my hand to mv mouth in speaking trumpet style, 

 and— backed out 1 hadn't the heart to do it. Remember- 

 ing a similar situation where 1 was so annoyed by a well- 

 meaning person, tbal f threw rod and all into the water, and 

 told hilti to land the tish himself since he knew how so well, 

 1 sat down. After a stubborn tight of fifteen minutes we 

 saw the landing-net bring the fish over the side, and heard 

 Uncle Ben say, "A four-pounder, by go-.li!" The Colonel 

 merely wiped bis brow and remarked, "yellow dun." 



The afternoon was bright and the Colonel obslinately kept, 

 to his large, bright tlies and took but lew fish. On compar- 

 ing creels at night the Colonel and Jack had eleven treut, 

 which weighed thirteen pounds, none being above a pound 

 except the large one, which weighed three pounds eleven 

 ounces. The Doctor had taken "nine tish on his new Mies, 

 which weighed eight pounds four ounces, while my catch 

 was four on the new fly, and two on the others, the four 

 weighing three pounds aud a half, and the two only one 

 pound. After supper the merits of the tlies were discussed 

 with much warmth, each side claiming the victory. The 

 Doctor pointed to the record of thirteen fish on the new (lies 

 In our boitt, the total weight of Which was eleven pounds 

 twelve ounces, aud the Colonel, adding my two to his side, 

 making the same number with greater 'weight. This the 

 Doctor would try to offset by speak ingot the big trout as "an 

 accidental circumstance." 



Next morning -lack asked me privately what I thought of 

 the evidence as to the superiority of the different flics. 1 

 ujerely answered: "I don't know. Jack, it takes more than 

 a day or a week to decide questions likethi-. because so 

 much depends on other things, such as weather, position on 

 the stream, the caprice of the fish and the temper ol the 

 angler. Perhaps we niiiiht consider the trial a., a draw 

 game." Fred Mather. 



$isi(Cttltnre. 



(iiMviu og Stmxpmx) Bass.— Commenting, on. the article 



in him 'columns of Dec. 13, taken from a California paper 

 which (said that a striped bass was taken in Ihc Bay of Mou 

 tere-j which weighed seventeen pounds, Mr. Geo, II. Wild, 

 of Red Bank, N. J., who assisted in furnishing the fish 

 from New Jersey Waters, writes as follow,--. Aon 

 will greatly oblige me by making inquiries through 

 the columns of FoitEsr and Stream, regarding the most 

 wonderful growth of this species of tisli. The Iish -, nl to 

 California in 187!) were from two to four inches in length, 

 aud were placed in t lie Sli nils nl ( suipiine/. I have a record 

 of some three or four fish being taken in IbSl, weighing 

 four pounds each, and lain stirpfised that in so short a time, 

 vi/.. two year--. this fish could have grown so rapidly, 

 lu.-lve pounds in two years! It seems (o me to Ilea mistake. 

 Jam very much interested in these fish, and those of the 

 plant of 1882. Any information that 1 caulearn through 

 Me- California Commission will be thankfully received." 



New Sore Game Protectors.— JSdHor Foretl m\d 

 Qtfdojni: On the 1-a of Augu.-l last, thirteen State game and 

 til, protectors were appointed and loot: Hie oath to faithfully 

 and honestly perform and do Hie duties of the office, and it 

 is supposed thai they have guarded and protected the game 

 aud tish within fcnk Btatc to the hi si of their abilities and to 

 ihc satisfaction of tin: public thai does aud some thai doe- 

 not foot the bills. A.6, however, tin- resnll ol their labor is 

 only known in (he particular district to which each was ap- 

 pointed or temporarily assigned, I would beg leave to suggest 

 that the Commissioners of Fisheries— to whom monthly or 

 cmarturlj reports ar< mad'— give the public a detail stale- 

 meat, through the Forest and Stukvm. of work done and 

 by whom, as a matter ol general interest and incentive to 

 each protector and lo individuals for still further watchfttl- 

 ei— i and efforts iii all parUroi the state. You know we 

 none of us must hide our light under a bushel.— Syrai i sh. 



SUCCESS OF FISHCULTURC. 



nv MU VON DE51 BORNE. 



Tninsilided hu ft ft M'kin .*).■<, m i •ivi-nhir of GcrtHan Fishl rfl ( "o,«. 



[ctiKOMtoSb.] 



SUCCESS Ol? THE crn.TnTiE OF BROOK TROUT,* 



THE DA>TTBE.-Tke Fishery Union of Waldmiincheii has 

 since 1*7:1 yen rl\ deppslted'sevewil thousand trout fry in 

 the brooks tributary to Hie Regen. tn consequence the catch 

 of trout has oonsidera,bly increased. 



The .Rhine. — Every fishery lessee is required to turn out 

 yearly in the leased waters iOti trout fry for every cubic meter 

 Of water supply, and the trout fishing 'is thereby remarkably 

 unproved. 



Wm-zburc— The "Fish Brook" was Ashless; ii was stocked 

 with 5,000 trout fry per year for three, year:, past, and now it 

 swarms with fish, of which the iarire.-t'weieh a pound. Ifibel- 

 h.ausen near Saarburg: The mountain brooks flowing into the 

 lower Mosel are now welt stocked with same fish, and Asking 



is very remunerative. Birkenfeld: Since ISTs, o,0no v » 



trout have been yearly turned out in the Traun Brook Valley, 

 Now trout occur therein plenty, even in the vicinity where 

 formerly trout belonged to the 'rarities, edible mint are now 

 again caught. The net result of artificial lisheullure is here 

 gratifying. Moutabaur: The ifelb Brook vi-id.- m»:" I >-, ■• 

 eatable trout since it has been regularly stocked With trout 

 fry. Deutz, on the Sic--: Franz Goehel turned out trout fry 

 below Deutz, eieht years since. The fish ascend at lugh 

 water as far as Deutz, and n 



Ti; Dead Wood on SrxARRs.— Jacksonville, tla.. 

 December, 18S8. — Editor Kortmt <imf Sffv&ni: I gun 1 the fol- 

 lowing clipping from the Key West Dm/taoitet, as it will 



undoubtedly he of interest to tile many of your readers who 

 have encountered the delectable shark of Florida waters. The 

 information is important if true: "The fishermen in the 

 channel have of late been troubled by sharks to such an ex- 

 tent as to render it dangerous to sail far from the land. They 

 have, however, found a panacea for all I heir troubles in this 

 respect— if is the root of the dogwood, which causes almost 

 instantaneous death, Whcuovcr a shark is discerned, a 

 small tish is killed, this bark inclosed and thrown overboard, 

 and in a few moments the carcass of the shark floats to the 

 surface."— A l. Fkksco. 



the 



the 



Ruhr and its tributaries i 

 now better stocked wit 

 Baron von Dueckcr cane: 

 between I and <j o'clock, 

 of the plat 



nle; 



>rho 



a consequence of the planting of trout fry m the Hoi] 

 on the Upper Ruhr he had a good catch, espceiall 

 spots where, in the spring, troul try had been planted 



formerly. elemlen: 

 vith a gray artificial fly, 



i""i'i ;.ud one gravlirm, 

 fry in the Honne: also 

 itkc 



Til 





the canal that fc 

 were reinforced by some small iish i hat had escaped from a 

 rearing pond. On September 21 of this year, thewaterwas 

 drawn off to eleau.se the mill canal, and on that occasion 48 

 pounds of the truest trou: were i.akeii under lie i-j.' 

 bridge, besides small trout and fry in quantity, The millers 

 of the neighborhood also find to their astonishment beautiful 

 trout in their water wh< els, as has not in a single instance oe- 

 eurred before for a decade. From which may be seen 

 the use of planting f ry, and that it is not advisable to catch 

 too small tish. The mill eaual has a gentle current, muddy 

 bottom, a smooth shore, a maximum temperature of 

 77 deg. Fahr., and is rich in insect life. This water is better 

 for trout than spi in- water. A [though they cannot spawn in 

 it, they grow better than in a swift, stony brook. The water 

 Is often much roiled by xains, yet tire trout stag in it and do 

 welt. Theflfli turned over to the cook, even those weighing 

 I 1 .,' pounds, had -white flesh, .at and toothsome. Kdnigs- 

 bruck. in Saxony-. Through artificial culture trout are estab- 

 lished in wild brooks where they did not before occur. 



The Oder.— Sprottau: The town turned out trout fry four 

 years ago, and m consequence trout are now often taken at 

 Sprottau. 



The Weiclr-el. -Miller A. Ohlert, of Somersin-on-the-Brahe, 

 eatcnes fine trout for the' table, the product of the planting of 

 by. Christian-:.-: .a brook iodized tor I rout culture, affordsan 

 abundance of table trout for private use and £0r salt. 



Sc'hwerin'lake i,ad formerly no trout, but brook troul olsis 

 pounds weight .-n-c now oaucdu tlee---:n ivMilt ol lisbculture, 



Allow me to add a sin-le instance nan England. A, I wk, 

 flsliingthis spring at Walton, above London. 1 was informed 

 by my friend, T. R. Sachs, and other member- ol the Thames 

 Angling Preservation Society, that the trout fishery has won- 

 derfully improved in eoi^equeuee of the plant in;: of trout try. 

 Mr. M." Cooper Morn.- writes me, that besides the Thames 

 trout, lake trout and American brook trout were also taken. 

 Certainly the catch is ten time- as great as a Cew years ago. 

 Formerly it was understood that a '1 hamesangler needed three 



jiving in the river. Last year'.ne gentleman took eight} good 

 Hunt. Next to the lal- Mr. frank bucklaud. niupic-.tieii.ibly 



smail'but verv prettily arranged Iish breeding establishment 

 .'■ bridge." and in ten vears has s-1 free in t!„. 

 Thames a total ot l.'.'u.Ot'O to leii.utr.i trout frv. At Sunbiuv, 

 also, has artilieia! breeding be-n ellV'tive in improving the 

 trout fishery of the Thames. At the annual dinner ot the 

 Thames Preservation .Society, a list was submitted of trou] 

 taken with the hook in a -ingle week in Maw 1883, between 

 Chestsey dam and Kingston. II embraces eighteen trout. 

 weighing in the aggregate 1011 pounds !t ounces, thusaverag 

 iug six pound- each. Then 

 success, and noi a doubt 

 eidture deserves the eredit. 



Mr. R. B. Marston reports in iii" London J'i'riil. of October 

 30, that Mr; S Wjlmoi nae in the International Fishery Exhi- 

 bition in London, an elevon-piaiud Mew Zealand I rout that 

 was sent to him by tin <>lago Acclimatization Society ; n w.e. 

 caught with tin. hook, and larger specimens are often killed. 

 About lwentv years ago to ■ u t rom England to 



-New Zealand, an I from those has it resulted that the rivers of 

 that region are now stocked with noble trout. Dr. Francis 

 Bay received from New Zealand two beautiful iroul in ice. 

 they reached London in good condition, and are undoubtedly 

 Unl'mn fario. 



ears that .-otitic 



Mr. tlh 



ert 



if Soiniuers 



Casparlt 



mk ii 



■1 |q tfel 3 



the Sumn 



mi 1, 





three yea 







introduce 



1 T 





meters lo 



ig. 8. 



ihigl ! 



same tish 







gentleina 







[Five o 



; 





whiferish 



in G 



I'm. in late: 



-I,, :•- lerewas bak n April u. 

 Chen," which was identified by 

 easui id thirty-two can 



I re h) I sight I liirty-live eeuti- 



ed i w, i bund i ed a ad eighty-iVun- 



a West Prussia, reports that Mr! 



with tie- eoai -e net in winter in 



bj .nil', nwl] n am na oo nrii i; 



•■• end l.lalllelehee 



intiflci ; ei i mate "' eenti- 

 and weighin ;«tl gram 



uniger. of Muniott, and I 



as i 'blaiifelelien." 



en of suee'-ssfld breeding 6J ti 



OAItP OOLTOKE, 



Sprottau: A lew years -inee. two yeai' old earp were 

 placed in the Sprotta! and hue large siwetmens were rake., 



thissummer. Potsdam, July 5, 18S8 The plan n 



in the waters of Potsdam ii-triri has been .'- ; ' 



di nl icces . Berai ac ten Has i on dem Born < SSni e Ue- 



: i : - -,i-... i .,-.,. .■ 'I...-. _ , ..,..,.,,, The same fe 



true of the H.'itzeu Lake o] DOIzi,'. iml ihep- u v.-.,.- not pi- 



was enlarged so that the wbolelake could beswepl ei i iingl 



draught under the ice. The -e, -,■■-.■• ,i ,..i.--..-. T' ... „.-■■ 



eourained al! the tish it could hold, nianilv earp. rhe 1 r i 

 of these, about i.W) pounds weight, were taken out, and Om 

 greatei-part tm-nedback to allow the earp to grow 1 



7ears ago I ih 



of eel fry from 

 mail to all parti 

 in the lakes and 

 cases within mv 

 connected with' 

 fished. Four e< 

 the pOOI-aSl wei. 



i H 



1SEL CUt/rCRE. 



lack, of lliininsen. gota greatquantitj 

 rivers aud in the spring sent them by 

 nany. from the planting of these fry 

 erygood results have flowed insevei W 

 towtedge. ThisfaH a spring pool i 

 her water, and without outlet, wris 

 taken, they were 1-, years old, and 



lr Ne'l 



irl tin 



rve the 



rkom- 



lidda-e- 



.. na ; 



a , ,i 





• i 



US), the 



Of special interest is the afi-mpi to introde.-r . :. , -. e 

 . aterso I tie Danube, where, as :- v.- 11 know .He-, n.sh dot-- 

 iiotoeeur. Aslhe Bavarian /■<-'■' .■ n i /■■ e, ■■■, .'-,!. ■ . p, ' 



"l ', I ;„■,;.., tin- leinuiie t.li.-ie wa.s taken an eel si,-r\ 



■e-ot.imeter- ''.':;.'. inehesi long, weighing ,V" , , ., 

 v ;i h ... -. iv lively and well fed. 



A Lal'amie, Wyo., merchant advertises diamonds, jewehv, 

 Watches, silverware, clocks, guns, pistols and ammunition. " 



iwerin. Meekl.-nbnrg'. caught 

 ia|-se net several three-pound 

 charr flourishes very well iu 

 .■riliie... to Oberburgermeister 

 ■s of the plant ingot charr in 



I..VKK Tilol "r 



Oekonomieralh BrussOW ofS 

 last winter in his lake with the 

 trout. Zwiitzen. ueii-.lena: TI 

 several ponds in Thuiingia. A 

 Schuster of Freiburg, the slice 

 the Lake oi ; Constance Is beyen 



oi:.\ vi.iNO. 



[Reports are given from seven different localities, showing 

 in each case an increase oi -ray ling resulting from the plant- 

 ing of try.]. 



WHITEJ1SH. 



tn the Schleier Lake in the Bavarian Alps, in the autumn ot 

 LS82, the iiist ripe wbitefish were taken. TJKeywere Dora- 

 gonus nwivjiw. the well-known tish of the Madui Lake. 

 which have been introduced to the former locality since L8T8 

 bytheOermaii Fisle-rv Dnion. 



'Success has likewise attended the, introduction of Core- 

 goiuix u-arlmaiiiii. the "blaufelehen'' of Lake Constance into 

 Morrh German lakes. A -pen: male was taken Feb. it, in the 

 Taller Lake, a part, ol" Spirding bake. According to Professor 



$mw*r§ to (^orresyowietij*,. 



t£?~ No Notice Tnl<Hll of Auonytoou* Corrt-siie.iete.o ,. 

 s. it. I-'. l,.-.n.,iinlei-, ilass. Writ- to y. Klncre. (traiiliy O 

 Ft N M, "'ill publish ilueeiioos for niiilcingcan i e. | irt! 



I-. If(i . l.o.|e,l..|e,Vu.-Wl-il.-I...f.<Ui- FhII,,^, 1 to, nell:,- ,li-, \ V 



Vtiiiffis.Miv roixre.oi. Toronto. ■ en. Aeetvii ftfr .1, !•'. Kirk, if 



em- City. 



i'. It. II. Tninl e.iitiou, iiiyen Kemp's icl Boa 



one.- >|e ; W B . .-mi fin-nish ii. 



ii. A.S. We consider Use gnu a pei-feelly reliiible one. II is well 

 made, hut Im^ „. . er been eery popular. 



S.. Ogilensl ^ X, Y— Our knowledge ol I he -; ,,.i , 



don Hlimited. We n.e- i aa dorap in mtl thererore, e6n 



elule I hat I,.- is all right. 



.1 f. o PoilOl kin'.'.' -,1'liat von nieuii hy "lelldal,'.;" to Jjut Oil tlnl 

 imi-t. I lav.- not heiil i "i ■' o tiling by that name, ami do not-krinw 

 any eio.nl II- relating I 



!' ill de-ei ipti. .a m' cutter Been in our is-ue for July 3». 

 mer nil. ;sn. :■..., load hue, Ig.rt. e,o|ienlci'"s !orinage,8u, ,, 



ian i- an ••itiuio in' s. nl.,, -' In I I anil :i- no _ 



labor about honts lor wages or profit. 



.1. a, !•". . Montgomery. Ala.— 1, We ImoB nothing of the rirni .yen 

 UleillUlll. -.'. There islloiDfallible i el-' loidcti re,. lint, rln , ,. 



.- ,■•.. mature, enljy bj filsgenB Jappea ' < [iffet 



e: oised hv nard in soli f i .•,,,,,.., ,.,„:,.. ■,-, ;',„,„,...., i ,',. ,., 



judge ,-.,n. .-ii» by the ccnilition ol fUe teeth, 



itm\T. I'hil.uh'ipiiia. Dixon Kemp's "Taebl Di I Chi 



standard hook. Cost $Sii. Can he procured h 



Sc ence is tie- sune nil the world over, and I bough yea may not eai-e 



1 . I'oil.n-. lle-lini :■' given in the hook, Ihe le.vl en., l.i i; a 1st 



much advantage. For small yachts see our bock files loi'eevefal 



ii.— The cutter Mage.lV was. elinl.rear 



Britain m sho^fshippedt. had aoUn.- 



ing worth mentioning to conieml with. Dudu. Ildcgonda. and other 



■ a iskuown 

 -I met, the 

 i . behii 



,11, e. Tin- Utl 



-nippeil 



• over Lei 



I . Th£ 



luiilt as a ,.i ' i' ■■ . 

 p aer nnn , 



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