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evidently left the upper waters except an occasional tardy 
one. 
Monday—Made a long drive on a raw windy day, and 
camped on Rock Creek—the stream of the beautiful trout. 
I went down half a mile from the road into an open cafion 
where the creek is studded with large rocks, and caught 
a dozen or two of a larger size th an are found in the open 
park. 
Tuesday—The time was up for my return to the springs 
and at daylight I saddled and started, getting through 
comfortably before sundown. The. party did a little more 
deer hunting on Gore .range, killin g one or two, took in 
in plenty of grouse along the road and reached the springs 
a couple of days later. Thence they pushed on to Denver, 
making their entire excursion about five weeks. Weather 
was splendid except our last Sunday out and the occas¬ 
ional showers anti storms mentioned. 
This imperfectly told narrative may lie considered about 
the average result of a summer hunt by amateurs in the 
Rocky Mountains. Later in the Beason anyone can kill 
game in quantity. This trip wa.s planned expressly to hunt 
bear, and that was spoiled by an unusual season. Tire 
other sport was merely incidental. Heavy transportation 
or wagons of any kind hamper the movements of a hunt¬ 
ing party and confine them to the traveled roads and 
neighborhood of settlements where game is comparatively 
scarce and wild. W. N. B. 
#4 SpMm f 
* A Tennessee Fish Commissioner in Michigan. — Col. 
Geo. F. Ackers, of Nashville, Tenn., one of the State Fish 
Commissioners, has been grayling fishing in Michigan, 
What he found and how he liked it is told in the follow¬ 
ing letter to a friend. By the way, Michigan and Wis¬ 
consin seem to be especially favored this year with the 
visits of southern and south-western sportsmen, Col, 
Ackers has gone to the Nepigon for trout 
I have caught the gamest of all game fish, the “ Michi¬ 
gan Graylingit is truly a daisy, pretty as a girl of six¬ 
teen, but harder to catch, and as superior to the speckled 
trout as the trout is to the bass. Royal indeed, pure as 
the water it lives in, quick as thought in action, game to 
the last, the pride of the angler, and a sweet morsel to the 
hungry man when the offices of the cook are done and it 
is placed before you broiling hot. 
After you left I made two attempts to reach 'the upper 
dam or fails of the “ Omewee Saba " or Pigeon river. I 
stopped at the Lake-view House, on Mullet lake, with a 
party of friends, secured a two-horse wagon ; but unfor¬ 
tunately a Michigan hear was met in the road and fright¬ 
ened the horses.' The bear went one wayUnd the horses 
went the other, smashed the wagon and broke the hip of 
one of the horses. I determined not to give it up, so I 
went and returned. Captain Smith Boches of the Lake- 
view House, had a new wagon and team, gave us a good 
guide (an Indian) named Enos Kissigoee, and with my¬ 
self. Col. C. F. Simons, of Lexington, Ky., and Mr. 
Ricker, who sketches for a weekly pictorial paper, went 
through the dense forests, reaching the Pigeon river at 
noon, and Soon we had our rods in full rig, with hooks 
sent me by Dr. J. C. Parker, one of your citizens, and 
made L. L. Hill, of your city. I cast my line in the 
swift-whirling, dashing water, when one of the beauties 
took the hook and fly; then the struggle began. He 
made my little number one Kentucky reel sing like a top 
and my line whiz through the water like the buzz of a bul¬ 
let through the air, unt il his wild, fiery nature was tamed 
by exhaustion only. He weighed one and one-fourth 
pounds. I have caught forty-four in three hours fishing 
and I have caught teu within three-fourths of an hour, 
the largest being one and a half pounds, and the smallest 
three quarters. Having caught enough I bottled two 
in alcohol, which I will show you on my return to Grand 
Rapids. 
Wisconsin — Madison, Aug. 15—Editor Forest and 
Stream:— The first reports circulated in regard to 
the meeting of the Wisconsin Fish Commissioners were, 
not correct. President Welch was not requested to resign, 
but has had his resignation in the hands of the Governor 
for several weeks past. Justice to Mr. Welch demands 
this explanation. Mr. Welsher, superintendent, has not 
been fully exonerated. A committee was appointed to 
investigate the charges brought against him, and will 
make their report the last of this month in Milwaukee. 
Mr. Welch informs us that the majority of the Commis¬ 
sion request him to withdraw his resignation, as they 
agreed with him hi his work. We are told the worst has 
.not yet been told of this delectable affaii-, which is caus¬ 
ing serious damage to the fish interests of the State. 
Rover. 
Why the Fish Die,— There is nothing necessarily mys- 
terous in the alleged extraordinary fish stories recently 
published concerning fish in Conesus Lake, Livingston 
Co. this State. The bullheads came to the shore by hund¬ 
reds, gasping and apparently dying. After lying in a 
stupid condition in the shallow water, and partly on the 
sand, sometimes for a day. they seemed to recover, and 
work their way back into the Lake. The perch come to 
the shore and act in the same manner. None of them re¬ 
cover, however, and the shores are strewn with dead 
perch: some of them very large size. This is evidently 
caused by the inrush of mineral waters from newly-opened 
springs at the bottom of the Lake. The fish affected 
by this water in the way mentioned leave it, and in the 
pure lake water recover. If it be objected that the perch 
do not recover, it is sufficient answer to suggest that the 
mineral waters are too much for them. 
—Mr. Charles Imbrie, of the firm of Abbey & Imbrie, 
arrived from Europe, last Saturday, ou the steamer 
China, 
—Miss Sarah J. McBride, whose advertisement of flies 
appears elsewhere, has removed from Miunford to Cale¬ 
donia. N. Y, 
J m nnd §ivet[ Jjfislting. 
FISH IN SEASON IN AUGUST. 
Trout, Salma fonUtlalls. 
Salmon, Salma Salar. 
Salmon Trout, Salmo conlinU. 
Land-looked Salmon, Stllmo i/to- 
FREBH WATER. 
Muskalongo, Km.r nobillnr. 
Pike or Pickerel, Itbio.c- lucins. 
Yellow Perch, Pvrni, Mvt'MaM. 
Grayling, Tlwnmlhis frfcoler. 
Blue kBoss, Jlftoroptentasalmoidcit;; M. niarteans. 
Sea Bass, CentroprisUs rtl-rarius. 
Slieepshcad, -4«lio«W'(7t<s proba- 
omphalus- 
Striped Bass. Horn's UimeUtvs. 
Wlntc Pereh.iWmwnj amirlea-na. 
Wcakilsli, CtttuisciuH reyatls. 
BlueUsh. Pomatomas mltrtr. 
Spanish Mackerel, VyMurn mac- 
uUdum. 
Oero, Oybiu-m- regale-. 
Bonlto, Scmia 
IClngBsh, Monkcirrus nebuhmm. 
TROUT FLIES FOB AUGUST AND SKPTEMIlBIi. 
Guay Coflin, No. 10 and MS—Body, silver-gray mohair tipped 
with orange silk; feet, light gray baolrie wound over peacock's 
herl; wings nnd setae, hyaline. 
Brown Cofltn, No. 1!) and 11.—Body, gray and bright olarot 
mohair mixed; loot, dark gray hackle wound over peacock’s herl; 
wings and sehc, gray hyaline. 
The gnat flies named for April. 
The Quaker for evening and moonlight. No. 7 and 8. Body, 
gray wound with honey-yellow hackles; wings, made of feather 
from an owl's wings. 
The white moth for dark nights, No. 6 and 7. Body, feet and 
wings a pure white. 
The stone flies continue on the water Until the oloBe of the 
season. 
At this season use the small lies for day Ashing and the largo 
flies for evening and night. 
New Hampshire— Charlestown, August 16th.—Black 
bass fishing in the Connecticut River is reported excellent. 
The congregational clergyman went by the hotel with a 
handsome string yesterday, and I hear of good success 
from other parties. $, W, 
Massachusetts — Westport Harbor, August, 16.—Mr. 
Wood came here on the 15th of July, and fished for bass, 
(striped) at the Point Rock. First night caught four- 
weight. 11,18, 16, 18, pounds. Next evening caught one, 
15 pounds, and lost one. Next evening caught three, 16, 
45. 58 pounds. Next evening, one 18 pounds, and lost 
one. Next evening lost one. Next, one 20, one 8 pounds ; 
he then left for home. Have full house now. 
J. M. Sowle. 
The Fishing Fleet.— The number of fishing arrivals 
reported at this port for the first seven months of 1879, 
was 1351, or over six per day, exclusive of the smaller fish¬ 
ing craft making short trips and returning to port every 
day or two. From January 1st to August 1st, 276 arrivals 
from the Grand and Western Banks, 687 from Georges, 
182 from Shore codfishing trips, 162 from Southern and 
Eastern mackereling trips, 85 from New Foundland and 
the Bay of Fundy herring voyages, 7 from squiding trips, 
and 2 from the Bay of St. Lawrence with mackerel. In 
addition to these were 16 arrivals of Gloucester Bankers at 
Boston with halibut. 
The receipts of fish at this port the past seven months, 
although not covering all the business of the fleet, have 
been very liberal. Tlie Bank fleet sell a small portion of 
their codfish catch at New Foundland and in the provin¬ 
ces, and the greater part of the early mackerel catch is 
sold fresh at New York and Boston. Aside from the 
catch of herring and mackerel, and the fish caught by the 
traps and small boats—no inconsiderable quantity—the 
Banks, Georges and Inshore codfish fleetB landed at Glou¬ 
cester an average of 150,0811 lbs. of fish daily, Sundays 
included. 
The fish receipts at Gloucetser from January 1st to Aug¬ 
ust 1st were approximately as follows : Herring, about 
9,525 bbls.; Bank codfish, 4,152,000 lbs.; Georges, do., 16,- 
937,000 lbs.; Shore do., 3,596,000 lbs.; Bank Halibut, 7,- 
722,400 fits.; Georges do., 682,100 lbs.; Shore mackerel, 
13,535 bbls.; Bay St. Lawrence do., 545 bbls. 
Considerable quantities of hake, pollock and other fish 
from Maine ports have been marketed here in addition to 
the catch of the fleet.— Ca/pe Ann Advertiser, August 15. 
Pennsylvania — Pottsville, August 19.—One day last 
week a trout was caught measuring eighteen inches and 
weighing, when dressed, three pounds. This fish had 
made his home in one of the “ breaches” whichwasfilled 
with water in the vicinity of New Castle, near here ; and 
in driving a gangway beneath this hole to prevent the 
water from breaking through into the gangway and 
drowning the coal mine beneath, as the water was 
being pumped out, in that way discovered the fish. Many 
other kinds of fish abound in it, hut it is considered too 
risky to go to the bottom after them. Many most excel¬ 
lent ' 1 catches ” have been made this summer, both in still 
and running waters, and your correspondent is numbered 
with those of the most fortunate; but the above men¬ 
tioned is the boss fish of the season. Don Pedro. 
Minnesota— Lalee City, August 11. —Black bass fishing 
in Lake Pepin was never better than at present. Four 
rods took 96 three days ago. Many campers on the Lake. 
Frontenao is open and in its glory. Hotels on the Lake 
all in fine condition, and rates generally reduced, from 
Frontenac all round. No heated term sufficient to dis¬ 
turb the “ Lake Dwellers.” Fun and fishing the order. 
Next week f un and shooting will be thrown in as an extra . 
Dr. 
SUMMARY OF THE GODBOUT CRUISE. 
W Ottawa, August 9. 
My Dear Hallook :— 
Although we left the Godbout on the 11th ult. we did not 
arrive home before the end of the month, having been 
cruising around until the dog days were over, as you 
know any one coming from a region like the Godbout is 
not quite disposed or prepared to meet such extreme heat 
as Ottawa can generally boast of about the end of July. 
1 now send you a statement of the total catch, of salmon 
on the Godbout this season, which is veiy poor indeed, 
compared with other seasons, although individually I 
caught quite enough for good sport. I think we 
left a week or so too soon, as you will note. Judge 
Taschereau made good fishing after we left. The water 
got down and the upper pool was in good order, which 
gave him a chance. 
John Mangel, 
STATEMENT OF SALMON FISHING ON THE BIVER GODBOUT—SEA¬ 
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6 
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* Left. + Arrived. 
Where columns are hlank thus (— ) parties were not fishing. 
Total salmon caught 165, average 14 88-165 pounds. 
1 Seven grilse eaugnt by Judge Taschereau after the above party 
left the river six days to July IB; forty salmon, average II 0—10 
- 446. 
Connecticut — Block Island. —The bass fishing at Block 
Island, has been excellent recently. The score at the stand 
of Mr. Henry Steers for week before last shows 8 fish 
weighing each between 24 and 55 lbs. Mr. James R. Steers 
has the credit of a 58-pounder. 
New York — Rochester, August 15th.—On the morning 
of August 3d last, E. J. Ward well and myself, E. Jay 
Sugra, of Rochester, N. Y., while fishing in Wilson's 
Ponds, three miles from foot of Moosehead Lake, Maine, 
took eight speckled trout of the following weights : 4 lbs., 
6 oz. ; 3 lbs., 6 oz.; 3 lbs., S oz. : 2 lbs., 12 oz. ; 3 lbs., 0 
oz. ; 2 lbs., 13 oz. ; 3 lbs.. 4 oz. ; 2 lbs. 12 oz.; total weight 
26 lbs., 3 oz, Not a small fish taken in this catch, and 
said to he the largest catch ever taken in three hours time. 
Amos H. Walker, proprietor of the Eve.leth House, Green¬ 
ville, foot Moosehead Lake, Maine, will furnish all the 
necessary information in regard to the above named 
ponds. SUGRU AND Wardwell. 
New York — Henderson . —If you want good black bass 
fisliing, go to Henderson and fish Stony Island and the 
Galloo Islands, Had splendid fishing ; largest fish, 4 lbs. 
20 oz.; board. $5 per week. Excellent table. H. 
New Jersey— Newark, August 18.—Fine strings of perch 
are caught from the Hackensack bridges. The^Call notes a 
revival of trade simultaneous with the coming of good 
fishing. Sussex papers report, four pound bass in Smarts- 
wood Lake. 
Forked River. August 16.—We are having fine sport 
with the weak and king fish . an average of 190 per boat 
being no unusual catch. Had it not been for the net fish¬ 
ing in our bay this summer we would have had fine 
sheepshead fisliing, as nearly a ton weight of large ones 
have been caught in the Dels in a few hauls. It is to be 
hoped that some action will be taken this winter in the 
Legislature to prevent the drawing of seines ; otherwise 
we will not ui a few years have any fishing-. 
The Riverside House has been very full all summer with 
gentlemen and their families who are fond of the sports 
to be found in our bays, and if we cannot protect the fish¬ 
ing all will suffer the consequences more or less. A. 
Five grilse caught by N. A. Oomeau at sundry times during- sea¬ 
son. Elffhteeu salmon, average 12 7-18pounds—223. One grilse. 
' Queer Fish. —The following correspondence comes to 
us under cover from Commissioner Webber of New Harnp 
shire : 
Charleston, N. H. Avgust 8th. 
Mr. Editor : The enclosed letter has been referred to 
Prof. Baird, who returns it with a request that it be sent 
to you for publication in Forest and Stream, to see if 
anybody can throw any light on the matter. Prof. Baird 
thinks the fish referred to, may be some yet undescribed 
member of the herring family, and possibly Prof. Jordan 
may he able to place it. S. Webber. 
Astoria, Oregon, July 19. 
Mr. Webber:— Dear Sir: I write to getyour assistance in 
identifying a couple of fishes that are thought to be young- 
shad, strayed from the Sacramento. They are eleven in¬ 
ches long, two and three-fourths deep, and about seven- 
eighths thick, and in shape, number, shape and position of 
fins, and shape of tail, are exactly like the picture in Web¬ 
ster’s Unabridged Dictionary. The color is a uniform 
silver, except that on each side, about half an inch from 
backbone, a row of dark spots, not very distinct, number¬ 
ing six to eight, and of the size of a, large shot, extends 
from head to tail. The scales axe about the size, and re¬ 
semble those of a herring, while a few along the belly are 
much larger, being about one-third inch diameter, and 
more numerous toward the head. Another peculiarity is 
that the belly, which is quite sharp, is furnished with a 
keen sickle edge, extending from head to tail. These 
fishes have been cut open, and are found to be destitute 
of spawn. One other larger fish, about fifteen inches, 
has been caught. All three were taken by salmon nets' 
ten miles from salt water, If from the foregoing descrip¬ 
tion, you can tell me what they are, I wiBh you would do 
so, and oblige ' C. J. Smith. 
— The expert sea bass fisherman, Mr. John W. Cox, wine 
importer of Pearl street, who is spending a short time at 
General O. M. Jardinee Hotel, at Mystic Island, on Long 
Island Sound, off the shore of .Connecticut, informs us 
