June 17. 1880. J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



391 



with intent to sell, any lobster less than ten and one-half 

 mchea ia length, measurement lo be taken from one ex- 

 tremity of the body to the other, exclusive of claws or 

 feelers, shall, for every such offense, be subject to a fine 

 Of $j; ami in all prosecutions under this act the posses- 

 sion of any lobster not of the length herein prescribed 

 shall be prima fat i nS o » ...... ■ jj, ., : 



forfeitures accruing under this act shall be paid one half 

 to the person making i one-half to the 



city or town where the oJ "■ ■■ imniiued, Sea. 8. 



This act shall take effect on June 1st. 1880.'' 



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FISH IN SEASON IN JUNE. 



FRESH -WATlin. 



Treat, Sabru} fontinalis. I MuskalonR-e, Km.r nuhiliur. 



Satiudn.Salii p l - teki cal, Bfena [uctes, 



Baimon Trout, S(i(m«conj!»fe. Yellow Perob P c-i ■< < ■■ ■., 



Liiiicl-loekeil Salmon, Salmi) i 

 glowri. 



Sea Bass, Pcntm 

 i ii bead, in 



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lass, Roi ciu tin tleatug. . . 



WIlllO L'ClTll.-ir.i,-,,;, ,;c, ,;,)•/: I'MIU. Do hi 



BAIVT WATER. 



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Cera, i i/bftim risflato. 



to Pelamys. 



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wenkllsli, QmoisaWn revolt*. | KingBBh, Mrmtieirrus uchulatw. 



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 Publishing Company, A'ew York," 



—Mr. L. L. Hubbard's " Summer Vacations at Moose- 

 head Lake " should be consulted by all who wish accurate 

 information about the waters of Northern Maine. See 

 the advertisement elsewhere. 



V^Sea. TsorT Fishing.— Boston, June 12th.— Allow me 

 teadd an it.-m to your very valuable fish and game di- 

 rectory. Such of your readers as desire good sea trout 

 fishing, with pleasant surroundings and moderate priced 

 bon-d .!> a good hotel, kept bv an obliging landlord, can 

 find juai what they desire at Tadouaac. at themouthof 

 [the Saguenay. The best time is from July 1st to Aug. 

 1 1st. The fish are very gamy, and range in size from one 

 BO five pounds. The hotel is kept by Mr, .James Fennel 

 who will also furnish boats ami guides. Guides charge 

 [from $1 to $L50 pc,- day, including boat; less rates if 

 Ehpy- are engaged by the month, for am further inform 

 fetation address James Fennel, Tadousac P Q. Canada 

 fiCaduusac is readied by rail to Quebec, and thence by 

 boat down the beautiful St. Lawrence. Pajefrom Qae 

 libec to Tndousae, $3.50 : distance, 112 miles, which is 

 [done in daylight, giving a chance to enjoy the scenery. 



W. M. B. 



Eastern Townships, Quebec, June 8th.— Since the 

 middle of May I have been rambling around the waters 

 of this country with a seven ounce green -heart in hand 

 nltci ■ Sat mo font molts. Brook fishing has been good. 

 Kiut pond (small lakes) fishing but medium. Last Thurs- 

 day night I brought up at French's Hotel, Sootstown, 

 and the next morning, with W. J. WLcDuff, a Vernionter 

 guide. 1 visited the bay, where I camped that uight near 

 Eie mouth of Mountain Brook, and Saturday night re- 

 turned to the hotel. I fished but a few hours each day ; 

 By. catch weighed thirty-four pounds, I saw one otter 

 pi mot ise, deer and beaver signs in plenty. Yesterday I 

 went up to the still waters on the Salmon River, where 

 I caught in a few hours twenty pounds of fine trout, 

 ranging from one quarter to one and three quarter 

 Bunds each. Fifty pounds per day could be taken on a 

 fuvorable day at the " Bog " by any good ay-fisherman if 

 he felt so disposed. 1 saw numerous deer signs on the 

 Sab,., m River, at the •• Bog " 1 also saw a large number 

 of black and wood ducks, both young and old. 

 I Railroad fare to Scotstowu from Sherbrooke, $2, re- 

 Burn ticket. Hotel, $1 per day. \V. J. .McOiiii's 

 germs, $1 or $1.25 per day. A few large trout are 

 ;takeii in the rapids in front of the hotel, These waters 

 dom visited by export fly-fishers. 



_ Sta>\stead. 



J Connecticut Lakes.— Chester writes thai: the spring 

 has opened favorably, with all promise for an excellent 

 8easun"s fishing. In the early spring deer were un- 

 u-a; dlv abundant about thelake'aud the trail toward the 

 settlement. Caribou also showed themselves in unusual 

 ■limber, and that the moose have enjoyed a winter of. 

 undisturbed retirement, perhaps the best of evidence is 

 thai none have been seen. Alee ameHcafta loves to be 

 lei alone, and unless driven by invasion from his retreats) 

 leave- to the deer and caribou the risky snow-time habit 

 ■ nally straying into the vicinity of the settle- 

 Uncle. Tom has been making some improvements about 

 hi 3 camp for the comfort of his little circle of summer 

 ■riends. Those friends will be glad to know, however. 

 that in spite ol slightly enlarged capacity his place shall 

 slitl remain the same most characteristic hunters' camp 

 Dial il has been, and none the less in keeping with tlvB' 

 Spirit of the forest in which it stands. R. 



boNNECTICOT— Putnam, June 10th.— The Hon. Charles 

 Hjeealvoro and Eugene Wheetock, Esq., have started en a 

 Jnonthly vacation among the trout brooks of Northern 

 laitje. These gentlemen are true sportsmen. They have 

 •omi-.ed us a weekly report of their rambles, which 1 

 tail send to you. G. F. W. 



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Adirondack Trout FjsHmeT.— Moira, 2V. Y., June 1th. 



; streams 

 Several 

 ies of the 

 lid. Two 

 te Moun- 

 ; twenty 



Adirondacks this season that they will find Brushton the 

 best place to leave the cars to go to the hunting and fish- 

 ing grounds. There is a good note) within a few steps of 

 the depot which has a good livery attached, and there is 

 also •another livery stable in the place, so parties will bo 

 able to get a suitable conveyance at an}' time to go to any 

 part of the woods. It is as near and nearer to the hunt- 

 ing and fishing grounds than any station on the railroad 

 except Moira, which is the same, but is a larger village 

 than the latter, which is half a mile from the depot, and 

 has no livery stable at present. The distance from it to 

 the Blue Mountain House is twenty-four miles. A letter 

 addressed to Giles' Hotel, Brushton, Franklin County, N. 

 Y, (Edward Litchfield, proprietor), will reach it. 



-Fish 

 rises 

 ixty- 

 -llent 

 ivery 

 sured 



;hing 



ively 



and 



My 



Trout fishing is at its best now in all the largi 

 td ponds in this vicinity of the Adiro. 

 tettes from here have been u\p to both 

 t. Regis Rivers, and all report the fishing spli 



of lar 



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i Rook 



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at went to th 

 tain, caught a nice lol 

 tttof one hole near indiai 

 y plenty now along tin 

 fling the three days they were there. 1 intend to go up 

 fye I be last of the month and stop several weeks in that 

 cinity. The trout fishing is better this month, but the 

 black flies an- not so bad in July as now, and one can 

 find plenty of good fly-fishing then. 1 wish to say to 

 lose thinking of coming to the northwestern part of the 



New Yoke— ConstabteifiUe, LeiviS Co.. June 'tth.- 

 Creek is a beautiful stream and full of trout. It 

 above Lowville, and flows into Oneida Lake. It is i 

 five miles in length, and the angler will find exci 

 Bshing all the way. with good camping grounds e 

 "lies. Excellent accommodations may be see. 

 at private bruises at $1 per day. In six hours of lis 

 lite other day I caught six trout, weighing reapecti 

 thirteen, fifteen, nine, fifteen and twelve ounces, 

 sixty others weighing live and three-quarter pounds, 

 companion caught one hundred and twenty-five fish. 

 Visitors may come here via Utica, Black River Railroad, 

 thirty-five miles, $1.-10: stage to Conatablevifle, eight 

 miles, liny cents; livery to the creek, eight mile-,, s', for 

 party Of six, there and 'return. A pair of shoes with hob 

 nails should be provided . for wading. Parties desiring 

 further information may address P. O. Box 73. 



H. S. B. 



The Thousand Islands.— River St. La.wrence, Cape 

 1 ■invent, N. P. — Here are to be found almost every spe- 

 cies of fresh water fish. The gamy bass and the' vora- 

 cious pickerel are captured in large quantities, and it 

 must be a poor fisherman who cannot secure a good sized 

 string of these fish almost every day. The great sport, 

 however, in this vicinity, is to capture a mascalonge— 

 the king of fresh water' fish. Enormous specimens have 

 been caught here — one weighing as high as scventy-l 



pounds, a 

 up, and a 

 bass fishi 

 from nft. 



expert an; 

 There are 



thepfeasu 



id i 



host of 



f others varying from thirty pound! 



ixtyperda 



nailer ones. During the 

 nber caught " 



t familial 



ut able to 



won of 

 adible, 



id net 



seeker to the very best fishing ground: 

 prices. In addition, the new and fast steam 

 yacht Reindeer will make Cape Vincent, her head- 

 quarters fluting the season of 1878, and will bo ready at 

 all times to tow fishing skiffs and their occupants to any 

 portion of the river at moderate rates, and will also take 

 excursion parties when desired. In the fall this is the 

 duck hunters' paradise. The. waters of the adjacent bavs 

 are black with water fowl, and the hunter cannot fail to 



succeed in bpggjhg a g lly score. Otherspeeicsofgame 



are to be found in their appropriate season. 



The Rathbun douse is situated on a pleasant site, com- 

 manding a splendid view of the River St. Lawrence, and 

 in close proximity to that noble stream. The rooms are 

 commodious and cool during the hottest weather. 



Iowa— Mc 

 opened Jun 

 a rod was on t 



shell crab or n 

 of large bass. 

 ie pound to fo 



ichester, June Wu—The black bass season 

 nth. and every boy and man wl ad 



the banks of the Maqiloketa will, a soil 

 minnow. The catch indicates great hauls 

 A string of eight or ten, weighing from 

 md a half, was no very great -nine. 

 The waters are up again, and the sportsmen will have to 

 wad. patiently until the rivers run down. We have the 

 finest bass fishing m the- State. We have ten dams within 

 tlie county, containing two hundred acres, all filled with 

 bass, old and young. The Ssh.wa.yB, under the Slate law, 

 will make Iowa the lea ling State forfisli. Her waters 

 are pure and suitable for all kinds of. game fish. The 

 Maqunkeia runs twenty-five miles through the country 

 and is made up of springs of pure water. Spring liraucb 

 trout, Of March, 1879, are nine inches long and weigh 

 seven ounces. ,s. (I. \\ 



1 Fly-fishing for Shad.— New York.— A short time ago 

 there appeared in the Forest and Stream a .slum letter 

 from (1 think)' " Hamilton " on fly-fishing for shad, 



which was followed by a nquci. fr ,e to 'give further 



particulars, etc.. and which you were kind enough to in- 

 sert with a few lines Of your own. calling on the •• shad 

 angl»rs " to impart their views through these columns— 

 for which please accept thanks. Now it seems to cue thai 

 the " shad fly-fishers " must be very scare or very churlish 

 not to have responded to your call before this. I am 

 somewhat interested in the matter, as I have been 

 repeatedly told by professional fishermen and amateurs 

 that shad will not take the hook, no matter what the 

 lure, whether naturahor artificial, ii is useless for me to 

 quote the Forest and Stream against there as the slight 

 weight of evidence therein contained up to the pies, m 

 has not been sudicient to convince tliein. Am rejoiced 

 to learn by the last FOREST AND STREAM thai. a. shad has 

 been caught m the Kanlan by fly, and sincerely hope the 

 good work will go bravely on imld it will be no new 

 thing to get a fine string of fish with the lly-rod, 



Shado. 



CANADIAN RESORTS. 



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little 



Quebec, March mh. 



VERY many of my American brethren of the rod and 

 gun visit panada during the summer season, some in 

 ? pleasures of Ira vol and 

 port. With main of the 

 en asked, Where 'shall we 

 go for the best, fishing or shooting'; To help sneh in their 

 Shoioe a Little general information of the best lishing and 

 shooting grounds may not Ceine amiss. Beginning ai 

 the extreme western point of the Province ia the Nepi- 

 gon River, famous for it$ trout lishing, which is now well 

 tnownall overthe Onion, Coming east there are sev- 

 eral small streams running into Lake Huron, which per- 

 haps are well fished, but which during tl arly pan of 



the season afford fine sport. Of these the Sydenham, 

 Saugeen and Silver Creek are trout streams, and can be 



fished from Owen Sound or Southampton. The Maitland 

 is a fine river for black bass in May and the early part of 

 June ; there axe a number of small streams containing 

 trout that run into it ; any of these can be fished from 

 the town of Goderich. A little further south is the An 

 SaiiMe, the river " taut Mieux" in Canada for black bass 

 and pike in May, June or September — reached from 

 Widder Station on the Grand Trunk Railway. This is 

 also a good duck ground in late fall, and at same time 

 snipe are plentiful. The next points are the fishing and 

 shooting grounds of St. Clair flats : these are too well 

 known to need description, so I pass on to the River 

 Thames ; this river is only mediocre. Like many others, 

 it has been spoiled by dams and refuse from mills and 

 works of various kinds, It is one that can be marked "Icb- 

 fdiod," and so not worth going to. Rounding the end of 

 the peninsula wo come fo the shooting ground of Point 

 Pelee with its duck marshes of 3,000 acres, which affords 

 good sport in some seasons, but is uncertain. Our next 

 Stopping place is the shooting ground of Long Point, by 

 all olds the best duck ground in Canada. This ground is 

 strictly preserved by a company of gentlemen who have 

 leased the whole of the nmrBhes from the Government, 

 but shooters can have access to it (under certain circum- 

 stances — reached from Woodstock on the Great .Western 

 Railway, via the Port Dover and Lake Huron Railway. 

 Here I may say that the whole of the western peninsula 

 west of London is one of the best quail grounds in the 

 country, while wild turkeys are fairly plentiful in the 

 counties of Essex, Kent and Lambtou. Again taking up 

 our journey eastward on the lake shore, the Grand River 

 is the next stopping place. Here are found snipe, wood- 

 cock and ducks in season, while black bass, pike, maska- 

 longe, etc., are plentiful — reached from Dunnville Sta- 

 tion on the Grand Trunk Railway. 



The bass fishing in the Niagara is too well known 

 to need mention, so we cross to Toronto, and 

 there take the road to Muskoka, with its trout 

 fishing, its black bass, maskalonge and pike fish- 

 ing, and its fine deer shooting in the fall ; or 

 take the Toronto and Nepissing road, and go north to Co- 

 boconk and the back lying townships, where there is 

 also fine trout fishing and deer shooting to be found. 

 After this, pass on nearer to the town of Cobourg, and 

 from there go to Rice Lake and the lakes adjacent, where 

 will be found fair shooting in fall and good fishing in 

 summer, but neither of them what tbev used to be. Then 

 anywhere along the River St, Lawrence, from Belleville 

 to Brockville, will be found noted grounds for all kinds 

 of fish, except trout ; while the flight shooting for ducks 

 about the points of the islands, especially in spring, is 

 very good. 



A paying trip back from the river can be made on the 

 Kingston and Pembroke Railway, and fine bass fishing 

 found at comparatively^ small expense. Arriving at St. 

 Anne's we find the mouth of the Ottawa River.but if ques- 

 tioned about the fishing the answer resolves itself into 

 this: " Too much sawdust, too little fish." There are 

 some small rivers that run into it — notably the Rouge — 

 that might be worth visiting for bass, but in my opinion 

 the game is not worth the candle, which also applies to 

 all the streams about Montreal or wit hi n easy reach 

 of it. 



We are now in Lower Canada, and going down the 

 river the first place is Sore! Marshes for duck, snipe, etc., 

 and the St. Maurice River, at Three Rivers, for bass, pike, 

 etc., but neither of these places would pay anyone to go 

 a distance for all that is to be got. From this last named 

 place a journey of eighty miles brings the traveler to the 

 old city of Quobec, which is the starting point for all the 

 livers of the lower St. Lawrence. These are all preserved 

 and rented by Government to such as have time and 

 wealth to spend in the pursuit of the lordly salmon, but 

 as they are out of the reach of the average sportsman I will 

 not take up space in describing them. From Three Rivers 

 downward trips can be made into any part of the back 

 townships, but they T entail considerable expense, and it is 

 almost a necessity that a person understands the French 

 language. Of course, interpreters can easily be found, 

 but one cannot take them everywhere, and it is not nice, 

 when you ask a man a question, to see his shoulders ele- 

 vate to his ears, and listen to an answer as unintelligible. 

 to you as your question was to him, unless it is comprised 

 in the three words, "Jc comprende pas." 



Atr Satjble, 



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 Publishing Company, Neiu York." 



Forest and Stream 



Colley Rex in the Stud.— We call attention to 

 notice in another column of Rex having been placed in 

 the stud. Rex is a descendant of the best dogs in Great 

 Britain, and his progeny have proved to be of the purest 

 character. He was claimed at the catalogue price at the 

 show, but Mr. Lindsay refused to part with him. This 

 is a rare opportunity for anyone owning a first-class 

 bitch to produce good stock. 



The St. Bernard as a Field Dog.— I have often 

 wondered if the St. Bernard dog, either pure breed or 

 crossed, has any especial merits for general hunting pur- 

 poses. Specimens of the breed are rare except among 

 dog breeders and at bench shows. I have never heard 

 that they possessed any- value as hunters, but my experi- 

 ence with the only specimen 1 have known intimately — 

 and that only a half breed, its mother being a cross 

 between a bull and mastiff — has led me to ask the 

 question. I was spending the summer in Northern 

 Michigan to recruit my health. The gentleman with 

 whom I stopped had been to mnch expense in procuring 

 a dog suitable to the country and its game, and after 



dale 



was ii splendid i 



!'no S ugh io follov 

 gent and well b 

 promptly obey 

 more chase a do 

 tenor to all other kind: 

 Ich 



1 to have secured perfect ion itself. It 

 nial, weighing about 12") pounds, with 

 muscles like an athlete. I le had Bcent 

 warm track readily, and was so intelli- 

 Icen that beseemed tn understand and 

 erv word or gesture. He would no 

 than he would a Bheep, but was a 

 lie was instant death 

 k, "and the biggest badger or 



ild cat in the woods wa3 no match for him, though he 

 carried numerous Bears as souvenirs of his encounters 



