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Aug. 2. All the fry in good condition—the oldest seeming 

 to want food Temperature of all the cans, 70 e , 

 s Arrived at Chicago at 8 a. m., Thursday, Aug. 3. Here 

 the fry were all transferred to clean cans. With the aid of 

 the letter of request from the Central Pacific Railroad, and 

 through the courtesy of Mr. Geo. Revett, Assistant Super- 

 intendent Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, 

 passes were obtained for ourselves and the cans from Chi- 

 cago to Council Bluffs, 



Arrived at Council Bluffs at 10 a. m., Friday, August 4. 

 One can of fry was distributed to the remaining 8 cans, to 

 make room for water. Cans were transferred to a Union 

 Pacific through baggage-car. In Omaha we worked stead- 

 ily to keep temperature down, not allowing it to go above 

 72° . Left Omaha at 12 noon, Friday, August 4. Fish all 

 doing well, and temperature of cans 69° to 70°, while the 

 air was 71° at noon, and 76° at 1:25 p. m. 



Reached Elkhorn river at 1:30 p.m. Conductor held 

 train for us while we filled two pails with water, tempera- 

 ture 79°, and somewhat roily. It is said by persons who 

 live near Elkhorn river, that it is now well -stocked with 

 species of eastern fishes, the progeny of the shipment acci- 

 dentally deposited there in 1873. 



It was necessary to have a large supply of river water at 

 Laramie. Conductor M. M Patterson, telegraphed ahead 

 to have water meet us, as the river is some distance from the 

 station. Unfortunately, the telegram did not get there in 

 time. Conductor Heath allowed us time to get 3£ cans of 

 Little Laramie river water at Wyoming, 10 miles west of 

 Laramie. This supply was to last 18 hours. 



After leaving Wyoming, the temperature of the cans 

 began to fall. When they had reached 66° and 67°, which 

 they did at tf p. m., on [Saturday, August 5, it was neces- 

 sary io make a fire in the baggage car. After water was 

 warmed, there was steady work until midnight to keep the 

 temperature between 68° and 70°. Temperature of air 

 was 51° outside the car. The stove was very useful until 

 7:30 a. m., on Sunday, August 6. 



buuday, August 6, 12 noon, temperature of air 82°. Ar 

 rived at Evan&ton at 1:30 p, m., Sunday, August 6. Here 

 we distributed one can of fry through the remaining seven, 

 to make more room for water. Took 3 cans of water from 

 Bear liver, temperature 60°. This was a timely supply as 

 we had traveled* 18 hours without taking water. 



Arrived at Og sen, Utah, at 6:15 p. in., Sunday, August 

 6. Found all necessary arrangements satisfactorily made 

 for us by the Supt. of Central Pacific Railroad, through 

 the inhueuce of Mr. B. B. Redding, Land Commissioner of 

 C. P. li- R, Mr, R. H. Pratt, Supt. Salt Lake Division ot 

 of C. P. R. R., had the cans transferred, and his men filled 

 the water cans with Weber river water. 



Between Ogden and Humboldt no water was taken. The 

 distance is 459 miles, and the time 23 hours. 



Arrived at Humboldt at 5:05 p. m., Monday, August 7. 

 The hose leading from the spring was brought into the car, 

 and our water cans filled where they stood. Temperature 

 of water 06°. Good water was obtained with little trouble 

 between Humbo.dt and Sacramento. 



At p. m., Monday, August 7, near Rye Patch, temper - 

 atuie ot air was 76°. 



Tuesday, August 8, 2:30 a. m, Took water at Truckee, 

 temperatuie 4»°. As the temperature of cans was 08°, and 

 leterves of water rather cool, ihe Truckee water had to be 

 used very cautiously until we reached Blue Canon. 



Ai rived at Blue Canon at 5:30 a.m. Secured enough 

 warm water (not hot) to keep the cans from tailing iower. 

 They were now at b6°, and we had no stove in the baggage 

 car. The warm water at Blue Canon tided us over this 

 difficulty, for by 8 a. m., cans were again at 08°, and at 9:30 

 a. m., they stood near 70 . 



Arrived at Sacramento at 10:15 a. m., Tuesday, Aug. 8, 

 with the lry all alive, but some very weak. Mr. B. B. 

 Redoing, Mr. S. R. Throckmorton, Mr. Livingston Stone, 

 and Mr. Bassett (of Sacramento), met us at the depot with 

 many inquiries concerning the trip, and the present condi- 

 tion and prospects of the tiy. Gentlemen pressed towards 

 us from all sides in their eagerness to see the diminutive 

 shad so long expected, and so seldom seen on the Pacific 

 side. Members of the press came early for information to 

 set before the public. Great interest was shown in all the 

 processes for the proper care of the fry. It was doubtful 

 whether they could be taken to Tehama until water was 

 brought from the Sacramento. Although roily, it proved 

 to be good, and soon revived the weak fish, so that there 

 was no fear of losing them on the way. 



Lett Sacramento for Tehama at 3:10 p. m. With plenty 

 of good water and ice the rest of the journey was simple 

 and easy. Mr. Redding and Mr. Stone accompanied us to 

 Tehama, and congratulated us heartily on the condition of 

 the fry. At 9:05 p. m., Tuesday, August 8, the fry were 

 planied successfully in the Sacramento river at Tehama. 

 Temperature of the river 72°, which wa"s the temperature 

 of our cans. Great enthusiasm was manifested at the close 

 of our successful journey, and many persons, assisted in 

 moving the cans from the depot to the river. 



The enure loss was less than one per cent. Lowest tem- 

 perature reached was 65°, highest, 72i°. Longest time 

 without fresh water, 23 hours. Lowest temperature of air, 

 in car would have been 51° without stove, and the highest 

 was 8(Jo in foaerumento valley. 



Coidest water taken was 48°; warmest, 79°. The only 

 real difficulties seemed to be the scarcity of water contain- 

 ing food, and the fatigue to the fry and those who have 

 them in charge. We received uniform good treatment and 

 timely assistance from railroad men all along the route. 

 Caliloruia hopes yet to receive a full car load of shad. 



The first shad taken in the Sacremento in 1873, and now 



preserved in the California Academy of Sciences in San 



Franci-co, was shown to us during our visit. It is, witti- 



out doubt, a true Alosa sapidissima. It has the appearance 



ot a-two } ear old fish. A specimen 22 inches in lengih, 



I said to be a shad by the same persons who pronounced the 



above a snad, is exhibited in Sacramento. A pair of shad, 



we were told, were embractd in the menu of a notable 



i feast in San Francisco recently. Fishermen at different 



i; points along the coast of California and Oregon, have re- 



ported the taking of fish which from the description must 



be shad, and Indians have taken the same fish in traps in 



' the Sacramento. 



—A. R. Fuller, Esq., of Meacham Lake, New York, 

 writes September 4th, in a way to encourage fish cultur- 

 ists;— 



"My operations with the fish here begin to tell; I find an 

 increase in trout in the Lake and Clear Pond, also in the 

 minnows and sunnib. in Ckar Pond, and at small eost." 



Eel Culture in Germany.— With a view to encourage 

 the increased production of the eel in Germany, the author 

 ities of the RUninge'n Pisicultural Institution have made 

 arrangements for the supply and sale of a large quantity of 

 eel fry; the latter to be imported annually from the North 

 of France. The results obtained in the ponds of the insti- 

 tution, and the opinion expressed by its director, Mr. Haack, 

 that eel culture if properly conducted, either in ponds or 

 lakes, would pay well, have already induced a number of 

 landed proprietors and others to order for experimental 

 purposes from 1,000 to 20,000 head of montee, as the fry is 

 called in French, and in the majority of cases the young 

 eels arrived at their destination — Treves, Nuremberg, 

 Schweinfurf, &c, — in healthy condition. Experience has 

 shown that they travel best in cool weather, packed either 

 in metal or wooden boxes between the moistened leaves of 

 aquatic plants or moss. At the expiration of twenty-four 

 to thirty hours they should, if possible, be freshened up 

 by exposure to a lively current of water, and will then bear 

 anotJBfcr tweaty-fours* journey. No particular care need 

 to be taken in turning out the eels, but before doing so, 

 fresh water from the pond should be added to that in the 

 transport-vessel in order to equalize the temperature. At 

 HUuingen, the ponds destined for eel raising are to be 

 stocked at the same time with carp (yearlings), a similar 

 description of water being suitable for both fish. The ponds 

 in question have no regular in-and-out flow, but the water 

 in them is let off and renewed once a year, late in the au- 

 tumn. The same diet given to young salmon and trout (viz. , 

 chopped meat freed from sinew and gristle) will be tried 

 first. That even without any artificial food eels make rapid 

 growth, is proved by the experience of the well-known eel 

 fishery at Comacchio, in Italy. 



Concerning the geographical distribution of the eel in 

 Germany and Austria, it may be mentioned that the fish is 

 met witu to some extent almost everywhere, except in the 

 Danube and its tributaries, i. e. } in tne basins inclining to 

 the Black Sea. The most elevated waters in which it has 

 been found are lakes Montigler and Terlago (2,2u0 teei) in 

 South Tyrol. Of so-called "sea" or "blank" eets— which 

 according to Mtlnter, are exclusively females— considerable 

 quantities are captured on dark nights off the coast ot Pom 

 erania from the middle of August to the middle of October, 

 before the commencement of the breeding season. From 

 Stralsund and Pyntz, in the above pioviuce, a laige number 

 of eels, both suiuked and fresh, are despatched every year 

 to Poland, Romania, and Russia; white on ihe other hand,- 

 mo»t of the eels consumed in the Prussian capital come 

 from Denmark, being imported via Stettin. Finally, at> to 

 the eels known as "il'ibshe sale," ihese are furnished by 

 Hamburg and neighborhood —rU d 



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FISH IN SEASON IN SEPTEMBER. 



TREPH WATER. 



Trout, Salmo fontinaiis. 

 Salmon, Saimo salur. 

 Haimou Trout, Sulmo conjinig. 

 Laud-lucked Sainton, iSalmo Gloveri. 

 Gray ling, Tliymakua tricolor. 

 Black Bass, Micropterus salmoidu; 



M. nigricans. 

 Masealouye, Esvx nobilior. 

 Pike or Pickerel, Esoxlvcius. 

 Yellow Perch, Itrca Jluvescent. 



SALT WATER. 



8ea Bass, Scicenops octllatus. 

 Sheepehead, Archosaiyut prdbato- 



cep/uum. 

 Stt iped Bass, Roccus Hneat-us. 

 Wtiite Perch, Mo-ione americana. 

 Wettktie-h lyvubcion rtgulin. 

 Bh.elibh, PtnlatOtiMs bUitutiix. 

 Spanish Mackerel, Cybium macula- 



tum. 

 Cero, Cybium regale. 

 Bonito, tiarda peiamys. 

 Kingfi.su, Ati/dicirru* mbulom$. 



For list of neasonable trout flies for September see our Issue of July27th. 



Fish in Market. —All kinds continue rather scarce . Quo- 

 tations give striped bass as selling at 16 to 25 cents per 

 pound; bluefish, 10 cents; salmon, frozen, 40 cents; mack 

 erel, 10 to 20 cents each; weakfhh, 15 cents per pound; white 

 perch, 15 cents; Spanish mackeiel, 80 cents; green turtle, 

 15 cents; terrapin, $12 per dozen; halibut, 18 cents per 

 pound; haddock, 8 cents; king fish, 25 cents; codfish, 10 

 cents; blacktish, 15 cents; flounders 10 cents; porgies, 10 

 cents; sea bass, 18 cents; eels, 18 cents; loosters, 8 to 10 

 cents; sheepshead, 25 cents; scollops, per gallon, $1.50; 

 salmon trout, 18 cents; brook trout, $1; soft clams, 40 to 

 60 cents per hundred; soft crabs, $1.25 per dozen; hard 

 crabs, $3.00 per 100. 



— In the last Spirit of the Times Mr. Qenio C. Scolt, the 

 chief apostle among striped bass fishermen, gives the fra 

 ternity information which they are asking for. He says: — 



,4 Now commences the season for striped bass fishing 

 Already several fine messes have been taken from waters in 

 the immediate vicinity of the city, aud with a good rushing 

 shower with some wind to drive away the innumerable 

 sand-porgies, after the waters settle, and with a goodly 

 northern breeze and neap tides, angling will be first-rate 

 above Hell Gate, in the Kills, Harlem iiiver, and along the 

 shores and about the Islands of Long Island Sound, ai>.o at 

 the English Neighborhood Bridge, on Chesnequack Creek, 

 four miles south of Auiboy, at the bridge and lighthouse ai 

 the south end of Newaik Bay, in Kill Von Kull, at the bar 

 above Fort Wausworth, and, for small bass, at King's 

 Bridge. Two angler^ took ou Thursday, August 24ih, 

 twenty-seven striped bass, with shedder crab bait, along 

 theshoresof the island above Hell Gate, the largest weight d 

 nine pounds, and there was not one under a pound in 

 weight. It was elegant sport with their light tackle, and 

 the rather rapid and sparkling waters of ihe souud ap 

 proaches toward the Gate. At the Long Bridge, between 

 Bergen and Elizabeth Points, there have recently been sev- 

 eral messes taken, twelve pounds having been the largest 

 ba~s reported, though several persons have had their tackle 

 ^arted, and the satiny-striped beauties went on their way 

 rejoicing. Angling on the bays about New Yoik is greatly 

 interrupted by the innumerable shoals of sand porgies, to 

 the great disgust of the angler who pays over a dollar a 

 dozen for shedder crabs, and fishes up several dollars worth 

 without capturing a fish worth saving. But this is not the 

 case -around the islands belonging to bassing clubs, where 

 the surf is continually "rushing and roaring." 



Tho«e of our readers who make frequent inquiries for 

 good fishing near New York are respectfully referred to 

 the above. 



— H. H. Thompson, Esq., the piscatorial cashier of the 

 Erie Railroad, along whose picturesque route dozens of lim- 



pid trout brooks tumble, has just returned from a trip to 

 the North Woods, where he has had such a good time that, 

 in his generous spirit, he wishes everyone else had it also. 

 He writes to us saying: — 



"If any of your friends want to camp in September or 

 October, on the most beautiful lake in the Tract, away from 

 beaten routes, and with a faultless guide, send them, for 

 full particulars, to me." 



— Messrs. John Parks and Heber Arnold, of St. Johns, 

 New Brunswick, returned heme on August 31st after a fort- 

 night on the Restigouche river, where they killed fifty four 

 salmon. The salmon season in New Brunswick is now over 

 for netting, it having been extended to September 1st by ■ 

 special enactment, on account of the late season; neverthe- 

 less the catch has been but a little over two-thirds of the 

 average of the past five years, and following, as it does, the 

 poor catch of last season, it will bear especially hard on the 

 fishermen of the North Shore. The catch of 1873 was 

 above the average; that of 1874 nearly double the average; 

 that of 1875, less than two-thirds average, and this gear's 

 not much better. The catch has been in about the same 

 proportions at the Islands of Miramichi Bay and up the 

 river. 



— A large sized eel story comes from Voluntown, Conn. 

 It is said that an eel weighing eleven pounds and six ounces, 

 was caught by one of a party of fishermen at Voluntown, 

 Conn., lately. Porgies are quoted at eight cents a pound 

 in our market reports, but* at New London, in the Thames 

 river, they are so plentiful, that alf you have to do is to 

 bait your hook, throw in, ami pull up— that is, if you ad- 

 mire the sport, but to the poor of that city it must be a 

 great blessing. 



Massachusetts— MVton, Aug. 2Qth. — A salmon has just 

 been taken in the pool below the dam by VV. S. Thayer, 

 (with an eel epear). It was two feet long and weighed 

 five and three quarter pounds. Geo. S Est^y. 



— The Irish salmon fishery has been an •unprecedented, 

 success in all the rivers this year. In one of them 1,117 

 salmon were caught with one shot of net. 



FisriiNG Movements —The past week has been charac- 

 terized by a Units quietne.-s in the movements of the fleet, 

 there having beeu but 54 arrivals against 84 of ihe week 

 -previous. Of the 54, 27 were trom mackerelihg, 17 from 

 Georges, aud 10 from the Bauka. The receipts have been 

 4 700 barrels mackerel, 238,1)00 pounds G< orges codfish, 

 t, 500,000 pounds of Bank codfi-h, and 5,100 pounds of 

 halibut. The mackerel brought m have noi beeu of tiist 

 quality; these will come a little later. Ihe maiket is well 

 sustained, and good fish of all kinds are wauled on orders 

 direct from western houses.. — Cape Ann Advertiser, Sep- 

 tember 2d. 



^ New Jersey.— Kit sty's Ashley House, Barnegat £rdet % 

 September Ath — Weaktish dull; striped bass biting fair, and 

 some good catches made; blackiish and sea bass plenty, and 

 from 40 to 60 pei boat taken by our local fishermen; sbet ps- 

 head scarce, tew were taken off the stone piles on the M; 

 oluetish, small size, quite plentiful. J. H. Tiuglev, of N. 

 Y., took 23 to day, and still catching them at time of writ- 

 ing. B. 



Salmon Fisheries op Scotland. — Notwithstanding that 

 rod fishing for salmon in the north of Scotland is almost at 

 a stand still on account of the lack of water in the streams, 

 net fishing at the mouths ot ihe rivers aud along the coast 

 has been eminently successful. The salmon fishings on 

 the Sutherlandshire coasts have been prosecuted with gieat 

 success of late. Two smacks aie regularly "employed in 

 convening the fish for despatch by train tither io Sirome 

 or Thurso, as the wind favors. One cargo, which did not 

 include the entire week's catch, amounted to over sevi my 

 boxes, containing nearly two thousand saim* n. On Friday 

 one of the smacks landed at bciabster thirty -one boXes, 

 containing eight huudred salmon, which were ties parched 

 by tram tor the London market. Ou one day a haul of 

 eighty fair-sized salmon was obtained at one of the stations 

 mar Thurso. The season's total catch is greatiy in advance 

 of that of last yeai at the corresponding date. A most 

 tavoiable state of the fishings ai the Duke of Richmond 

 and Gordon's station at Lossiemouth is also to be repot led, 

 some of the takes being really extraordinary. In ad diion 

 to a heavy haul of over five hundred hah with one m t, the 

 crews had one day last week anout two bundled n>h, and 

 on Tuesday morning they landed some ihiee hundred fi»h 

 of heavy weight and prime qualitiy. Tne part oi these 

 same fishings at Port Gordon, managed by Air. James Sor- 

 tie, produced a:i unusually large sized saimon ia.-t VV ednes 

 day; a fish measuring 52 in. in length, 28 iu. in girth, aud 

 weighing 50 lbs., was found in the ne's. Another salmon 

 weighing 4t lbs., wa^ caught the same day, aud the general 

 takes have been oiiierwise good 



—«.•«. ' 



RICHARDoON LAKE. 



Upp k Dam OvMP, 

 Lake MoLnGHCNJi .muak. August 30th. { 

 Editor Forebt and Stream:— 



Knowing your wish to keep posted on all that appertains to ^porting I 

 t^endyo'i afew lines froin tiiis famous tithing report tnat may tie of in- 

 terest to j our many readers some of whom i have no doubt are even 

 iiow packing the. r valises and n.-hiug rodsjor tne Sepumoer ashing . 

 Within ihe past ten da}S the ashing hiS ma ereilly improved, mere a/- 

 beeu several cool, frosty nights luat liavti oioagac tue trom, trom ,ir. 

 t' e deep paits ot the lakus, aud s nt tht-m into the inlets au 1 up go the 

 dam. Tvso Uve-pounders and some ten oi twelve fi<u weiguui„ from 

 oue and a half to turee pounds ea-in have been taken fjrom tue apiou of 

 the > am, the trout ricmg to a fly very h>tudsomt;ly . i'be luu^ s^eii of 

 warm wearhei heie seems io have broken up, aud the water is yro>\ing 

 cooler and the fishing better with each day. 



In coming here this year I tried a new route, which I would recommend 

 to y our reauers, as it is remarkably pleasant, an t has som ■ aJvan.ages 

 over the Farming on route, the way I fwvo always come oefjre. I'liece 

 has been a new sttamei— the Henry B. Simmons, a li ie screw prop her 

 42 feet long and 10 feet beam, with nice roomy ca >ins and stauding 

 rooms— pUced on the lake, audit makes daily trip- fro n here to the 

 soutn arm of the lake, where it meets the teams irom Andover. It 

 stops each way at the Middle Dam, giving passengers an opportun ly to 

 get on or off. Persons who have crossed tue JRingele/ Lake, expos a to 

 a driving rain in the boat that runs on it, will appiecntte tue wa.ni cabin 

 of the Simmon 4 . By this xoute one leaves Boson over ihe KastetE or 

 Boston and Maine Kaihoads, chaining to Grand TiQuk ai Ponia.m. by 

 which they are carried to Bry.tut's jfoud, and trom th ie to Aiibur.i <v 

 ftase, arriving at 8 ViO iu the evening. Stop here the Ibst uiglit, and ia 

 the morning take Thomas's teams tor a 12-m.i.ie ride through u*e woods,, 



