290 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Nov. 9, 1882. 



identify these fish, lean probably send vou specimens if 

 i -in <k \\ i,;ij our friend ' 'Ki^gf/pher" will see il' he is here 



on or about the tenth of November, will be a scattering 

 shoal of fish moving up si renin, and be must always rfl- 



" I ii il it is but seldom l hat anyone is round in the 



''!' 'I 'li [t! i (or toi thai mutter, in cities) whose methods 



■ ib ii m are sufficiently accurate to be trusted by 



Scientific nc u, .oh: >i , ■ ; t i i j ■_. aside :\ very general propensity 



io exaggerate, « hon ^caking of ihe doinfs ur habits of fish 



":|-Il«. 



1 have no doubt that these "herrings' 1 rue common to all 

 tie lakosot the [nterracdlatK Chain, as well as Torch Lake, 

 and probably also Grand Traverse Ray. bnl it has h ipi n. fj 



ill 'I I D,< S » ore more likely to be observed at this point than 

 any other. X. 



CaNTRlI. Lake, Mich., OH. 37, 1833, 



o 



BASS FISHING IN FLORIDA. 

 X several occasiefns I havo rof errod to bass flshin& in 



Fieri la, and shall allude to it again for the benefit ol 



thosewho are li ip m 6 to indulge in the capture of large and 

 gamy-fish. Tfaobnss referred to is i.he Sri, mips tmMntirs, 

 Kaownasfhe redfljli in the Southwest, channel bass of 



Flon In md I'erl di'uOl On the Jersey coast. They are good 



biters, full of pluck, and worthy el the notii i or those who 



Wi i to nr,.. in i -.Him- of a fish characterized by 



' 'li phiok and persistent tight; like many olh r same 



' i- uo sulkine, Mv iiirinorv may fell me, but my 



impression is that for strength and 'a "lonff-jiull. asttong 



pud and a pull altogether." they about equal mv oil friends. 



ih" striped Ijasaofthc North ' Olicnd.. ,,ila o : ni : . ■ •;,, 



Blntnael b o | at the points towhi'eii i shall ■ fe'r i 



!J arc -ill Im-;-,., are pleoli/fi]. and ever ready to 



Appropriated piteeof nmllel or the half of ahard-bafc] , nab 

 Chumming and shed. let crab/- arc nol necessary, 



tprcpnrujjLnfull supply, of tackle-far Ihecapiure flme 

 and tarpon, ami was aippiied with a heavy bass rod and u 

 tti ii- heavy bethabara wood rod. 1 'had my basket 

 packed, nd was ready to start, when i indulged f» an ai- 

 tack of dengue, or hi a] •<•■ fever, and, as a consequence, 

 los! i he beat fishing durtflg the first three weeks of Septem- 

 ber. 



On Wednesday-, Septembers?!, I proceeded to Mayport, 

 and found a strong northeast gale blowing, causing very 

 high tide, and i trial current of four miles per hour, pre- 

 ventinj? the use of rodand reel, and I was forced - ii ■ .< 

 li ad I'n.. On Thursday i anchored near Mile Point, and 



soon landed eleven bit- ■,. Ci i p ■;, In 1 1 s ■ pounds. Tbey 

 were bit iue freely, and the lactone booked weighed forty 

 pounds, Between MS struggles t> escape and the rapidity 

 ot 'ihe current, the anchor naw.1 ind I was forced to 



cease fishing for Ihe day. While fishing for bass 1 hooked 

 a t rj. about .six feet' in length. EC -indulged in a few 



frantic ra fl i jo np olenrod ih ! w iter six orscven 



ad when lie si ruck his nulivc clement, the snood, 

 eod ting of a 78-thread. cattle laid cotton line, had been 

 cut by his seizor jaws. Soon after I hooked one of about the 

 sunn size, and in iiri ging him to gaff , the hook tore out, 

 and enjoyed the privilege of KUcing him di pari. 



On Friday morning I could only secure live small mullet 

 for bait, but proceeded to my usual fishing point. I had in 



my basket a rig for tarpon, consisting of throe short and 

 in; i i ; links of piano wire. To each short link 1 had 

 soldered three 3.11 Virginia hooks. My boatman sol'eited 

 thepr'viiege of "trying for a tarpon," On a board I had 

 wound ,"U0 feel of line for the purpose of p'uying Ihe. racers, 

 lb- baited the hooks with the half of a large .sea tioilt. and 

 wilh a large float allowed the bait to drift t'drty yards as- 

 tern. I instructed him to unwind the line and have it nicely 

 coil -d onthe bottom of the boat ready for the first rush, if 

 he secured a bite. He neglect d lo carry out my instiue- 

 lious; a tarpon seiaed the bait and the ball opened. The 

 boatman braced himai If and held onto the board; and Ibefish 



snubbed and jumped, and between the two thev pnrfeda new 



7J thread cottoii cable laid line. The hocks - : .\o 87BQ. Bit) 

 extra strong Virginia hooks," supplied me by 

 BhipTey & Bon, Oil Philadelphia, and the piano wire snood 

 sloou the test. I used my five mullets, captured live bass 

 averaging 23 lbs., and de'p irted for 1 ome, the. smallest, of 

 Ihc sixteen fish weighed llllbs.. and 1 may remark that it was 

 thcsnialles 1 one I have Mm« far captured at Mayport. 1 

 leferred to the No. li/otj, 8.01 ' 



nr- thai, tic 



I have ever us * 

 iudulge in the 

 Our bass tisl 

 the 1st io the 30th 



men would vi-il the locality referred ti 

 felted with sport. In the aurf at Pelii 

 hook larger flah than at aide Point, a 

 Pablo Creek small bass, tanging l .<■ n e 



Al the juttlOS, on the be I " He i li'., I.i 

 flood, by using shrimp for bait, Ssjl ' m 

 rod and' reel, from fifty to one hundred 



S the best tempered and sti'oim )l hook 



i-.- wbrtliy of the notice ol those who 

 f largefisb. 

 nboul '. o months, but is bl I l o a 

 eplember. if our Noiiheru tlslier- 



Island the 



:1 at the moiilh of 

 ■ to lifleen pounds, 

 water, and young 

 can capture, with 

 hecphead, ranging 

 iron one-half to two pounds. 



Pro, o NVw York, by No v Vork and Savannah steimcrs 

 and S. F. & W. Hail way, this city can be reached in about 

 forty-four hours. Excursion ticket. $43.50; fare .from Jack- 

 so'villeto Mayport and reiiiru, $1.60) board at Burroughs' 

 Hotel, li-eii sio tO s.-.' [el" week; boatman and boat. $3 to 

 $2,011 per da V— aggregate expense of a three weeks' ottting, 



Jess than $100. If the parlies were disj.»o,ed to be economi- 

 cal, board could be obtained at a private house for $5 or $0 

 per week; boat hire, 50 cents pier day; fishermen could 

 mi, iinn own oralis, purchase mullets for 1.1 cents per 

 String, and shrimp at 10 cents m-r qa ol, for bait. The cost 

 for the trip, if persons paddled their own canoe, would be 

 Jess than $70. 



A.I Mayport and Pilot Town there is a. daily mail, and at 

 the latter a telegraph station; steamboat daily to I bis city; 

 health of the locality excellent; bathing superior on the 

 beach; nights cool; heat of i he day not oppressive; insect 

 pests t)Ut seldom annoying; and last though not least the 

 ri-liing is excellent. If' fishermen were not disposed to in- 

 dulge in the services of a fisherman, they 

 named SIcMullen .foi a day. and ask bin 

 Ih.- shell bank near Mile Pond, and to the on 

 light house. While anchored the piscators 

 ice . on the shore and at any time find the "drops." 

 e so:; riLLB, rin., Oct, 3i. Al Fkesco, 



i take them to 

 ippositetheold 



Id take bear- 



Laiwe Vihoi:ua Bass. — Leesbur.a, Va., Nov. 1. — The 



in !■_■ bore is extraordinary. I've just seen a bass 



caught by M ". Thomas Edwards, weighing six pounds and 

 ■ s, tweuty-two inches long, and sixteen inches in 



girth. The measurements are mine, and the fish was 

 weighed by Dr. Edwards. Strings of twenty-live, thirty, 

 thirty-four, thirty-six, etc., have been brought in by differ- 

 ent p irtics this week, one string of twenty-three estimated 

 lo weigh seventy pounds. I don't want to get into any 

 difiieuliy, but sign my name in full.- Thomas VVth.iamsok. 



Laku Ontario Bass Fisuino.— Medina, Orleans County, 

 N. V., Nov. :\.— Quite a. mine of wealth and pleasure has 

 been discovered the past summer, in Lake Ontario, leu 

 mil m lib of this place. There is a sand bai locale.! about 

 three qUorterN of a mile out in the lake, on which the water 

 is six or eight, feel deep. Someone conceived the idea of 

 going out there to fish for bass. Happy thought. It 

 proved to lie n success, and ninny fish have bi en cauyht, 

 Lately they have been taking mostly maskinoae'e. & vera] 

 large pickerel have also been caught by trolling. .V party 

 wuil down from here a short, lime ago, and brought home 

 ov r 100 pounds of fish, others have been whenthelake was 

 rough and had poor luck, it would not be surprising if 

 there arc other fairs along on the lake that, might be devel- 

 oped into good iidiing grounds next season. — Sal Nitei;. 



FcoiiioA Bass.— Lawtcy. Florida, 

 meats 1 make Oajn be verified by 

 whose addresses are given in con 

 wdio arc the .. on that cum 

 J, Shipmaii and Walter 'Todd, of 

 man were fishing in the Grass 

 thirty miles. TI] 

 ti tb as any ivai 



Flori. 



with his boat, lo take him 



i'Ug the 



' ' r.o 



•ee to ; 



-itcl. 



pc-lci! 



i. Tlk 

 alone. 



ight a e 



old tin; 

 That, was enough for the Colonel. 

 when, fish in hand, he inarched 

 fat her, I. Sbipman, had caught a ba 

 pounds, and other parlies "there. ( 

 heavy.— Ksicac. 



He 

 pounds, 



i. Oct. 21.— The state- 

 rilitig to (he paities 

 el ion with this Jel.tcr, 

 in i|Uestiou. Col. V. 

 is place, and I. Ship- 

 Lake., distal 



as well slocked with 



Colonel hired a iiiau 



.vith th ■■ idea of mak- 



; ood many bass weighs 



adly an elglit-pounaer. 



They pidlcd ashore, 



ip to camp, lb n his 



s that weighed twelve 



;ught some equally as 



JfL'ilfcutture. 



THE NEW YORK FISH COMMISSION. 



THE annua] report of the rTaw York Pish Commission for 

 ISSlia just Befori as ft opens -with a sketch of fishou> 



lure by the se. ":.;■' .A the board, General Sherman, and 

 goes on with a sketch of the State hatchery at Caledonia, 

 with which our readers are fa.-iiidar. Cuiieernine, that pro- 

 lific trout stream on which the harcherv is located, the report 



says: 

 Kixiniles above tile point whore Calednnia (' k etite,> 



theAlIens ream the water in midsummer often whcflly flia- 

 appyare from its rooky bed ft is supposed it EaUsintotho 



sag,' is s 

 estat'h 

 Oalodon 



sarv pm 

 above i!i 

 an addit: 



thr. .ugh 



was done mostly by the ..■•• in.: ■ - 

 times when interior work was not 

 of material trnd tabor was about e 



The commissioners in, - ,,, !, 



whicn they record as a matter oi 

 old, the largest salmon t out alia 



eiebt ou.mn,, li,- ..l. ivo il ot the 

 pound. California trout, one poui 

 brook trout and the female sain 

 doubt in wild waters the weight ^ 



"The. commissioners are incline 

 brought out in their conv-o u -in 



' ■ ■-nli-si ieeaattemi.tmg los 

 Ion- neighborhoods, even thought! 



lerground pas- 

 te -water is low- 



s at the head ot 



d. No 



e facts 







intrv have not 





itlv decreased the 



volume 





, itn .,ns, but 





n .e.l tlie tempera- 



ture o t 



, v, ate 



-' got i 1 1 1 1 ' m' 



no lougei 



eatiableofsustain- 



in fish 



Ike t! 



s trout 



.1 -.en. 



! have pure cold 



water o 



r they 1 



uiguish and die. 



The su 



me changes have 



ished the suriplv of the animal food which is necessary to 

 their healthy development. 



The commissioners have noticed that the bast results of 

 stocking have occurred where the -waters, whether of 

 lakes or running stre&MS, have been of greatest extent. 

 Tlds -s proved in the ,-ase m Oteeeo. Cavil ra, Canauilaiguaand 

 Hemlock lakes, and the waters of the Button chain m the 

 northern wilderness. Nou-heie has the deposit of trout fry 

 been attended with such mark I success as in Baa wuter li 

 and bordering that great lorcst, The-e posse-s all the elements 



rapidity of the : 

 s 'titled eoiLLitry, 

 with their deveh 

 ing ratio. 



Caledonia, en route to Bi 

 head of Wojodhull Lake, 

 day was one of the hotte- 

 rly tiventy-for ' 



with "whi 

 out and l 

 an I a qui 



■h thev had be> 



s, m the Adirondacks, 

 lie,- Club: 

 i at of the fry of 



e h itehiag house at 

 •cached as far as the 

 xil commences. The 

 er: the fish had been 

 ley: the slock of ice 



(. temperature, 

 ,hey were eon- 

 _ _atlVe ■"' nent 

 babilltes beta - is 



all had perished. But shortly after the disappearance of the 



ice last spring several fish were caught near the shores of a 

 species unknown to the resident fishermen. A specimen was 

 brought to Bisby Lodge, where it was at once identified as a 

 true land-locked salmon. It had all the markings of the 

 Salm" sular, or salt-water salmon, and weighed nearly a 

 pound. They showed themselves again in the fall; this time 

 in the Woodhidl stream below the lake, to which they had 

 found egress through the open gates at the dam. They had 

 probably been Oh their semi-ani-ma! run and were striving to 

 return to the lake >\ hen eaeeln. jnei .-er [.lie nionll, ,.f I an imn.s. 

 Severed attempts have been made to plant the land-locked 

 salmon in the waters of this State, but Mas is the first that 

 has shown promise of success. It estabUshes beyond question 

 the fact that the waters of our Northern wf Idemess are con- 

 genial to this fish." 



In the winter of 1883 the club had reports of the taking of a 

 number of these fish throu.-h the ice on IVoodhull. Speci- 

 mens, each eighteen inches in length, were sent to one of the 

 commissioners. Two, fresh caught and preserved on ice, 

 were forwarded to Mr. E. Id. Blackford's annual exhibition 

 held in Fulton market. They are thus spoken of in a letter 

 from the secretary of the club, Mr. H. H. Thompson, to one 

 of the commissioners: 



■ a as Mr. Blackford got sight of me he hastened to 

 say that a box had been delivered that morning with a card 

 he could hardly make out but he thought he could show me 

 some fish fiom Bisby. And sure enough there, w-ere spread 

 on a silver dish two of the handsomest fish I ever saw, aid 

 which attracted a great deal of attention. For outline, color- 

 ' " ih there was nothing in his ex- 



I tars were clad in dark, Ai~ 

 of head as black as ink, at 

 the cheeks. Blackford had 

 locked salmon. 1 domt kne 

 dnee, but Woodhull takes the \ 



re was a four-year specimen 

 edonia, but it was nowhere in 

 and light on the underside, 



ing -' ■■:■■ I I'rera head to tail; top 

 i touch of beautiful bronze on 

 rer seen such hund-e i 

 what other lakes might pro- 

 claim up to this time. The food 

 ist suit them, and the color of the water and soil put . on S 

 dress that is perfectly lovelv." 



These are the fish that were thrown into the broad lake to 

 save their lives, if possible. It is worthy of consideration 

 whether the. mode of deposit had not something to do with 

 the success of the enforced plant. The young of the trout 

 family are usually deposited in small, still tributary nel.-is 

 in i.rd.-r that rise- mm.' lain suital.:.. ,,. m eel si -e, , : ,-,iid in 

 exempt from the accidents to which thev would be liable in 

 larger waters. These seem to have found all the ■equ be 



food in the open water of tiie lake, and it isquite pr We 



that they had exemption there, from predatory enemies that 

 might have been encountered in the streams. 



There are other lakes in this wilderness that are still better 

 adapted to land-locked salmon than Woodtralli but them suc- 

 cess in this water makes it certain that they may be made an 

 incalculable addition to the native supply of these waters. 



Concerning the identity of the smelt and the frost fish of 

 the Adirondacks the report corrects an error which originated 

 in our pages lay the fact that a true smelt was sent from Ver- 

 mont to the office of Forest and Stream for identification at. 

 the same time that an inquiry came concerning the "frost 

 fish" of the Adirondacks, and the letters were unaccoimlab!- 

 mixed, and we ansa ered the man who sent the frost fish that 

 t was a smelt, The fact is, that while both belong to the 

 ■sahnonidee, the "frost fish," Prosopium uiuulrilatrrcilK, is a 

 fish that grows to the weight of a pound or more, and is 

 closely related to the white fish of tie/ I., tea. e kn. .r 

 frost fish, the report says: 



Give any of the old guides or fishermen of the Moose River 

 chain his choice between a trout and a frost, fish, and the 

 Chances are nine out of ten that he will ohocise tile frost fish. 



the. 



e frost fish take their 

 i deep water in the frc 

 ■ spawn. This is the I 



ned by building a sor 

 here thev run at poin 

 s a gate of the same I 



>aches. The fish t 

 above the upper 



policy ! 



are not 

 One 



mm to cast 



■' ■-, .:, ,,, 



mo cro 



It iu the 

 eiion. This 

 ish run, and 

 great num- 

 nd as it is 

 .ni is cast, 

 out of the 

 nd kept for 

 nil whether 



. ... . .■:■,! io 



ime daily. 

 which the 

 no facilities 

 is a good 

 as the, fish 



kford, who 

 nlasion .and 



. 'I , ": 

 oi dlslribo- 



e.dlX. 



Ired and thirty carp of the leather spec 

 ;d from the United States Commission. 

 of the distribution of these will be found i: 



es have 

 An ac- 

 thc ap- 



i pond with 



The few kept at the hatchery 

 miscellaneous stock. The Ci 

 for carp, and in order to give, t 

 need to be constructed quite d 

 other fish. 



in the matter of fishwaos, in which lie .State is very de- 

 ficient, we note that the. commissioners have approved of the 

 style known as the McDonald fish way, which, as ' 

 has been approved by the best pisciculturists. 



I: L.u'iiie- rkie proposed hatchery at Cold Spi 



me other 

 too cold 

 ■ial, ponds would 

 those in use for 



lay, 

 Lou* 



I she. 



will be foi 



The site selected is at Cold Spri 



islan 1. kiii'Tv miles k'.islain ii'i.M 

 vruieut communications by both 



■ ■ ■■ ii.- of the island, This -ii 

 good and abimdant water, it. is t 

 lie e.ntlv elevated to lie beyond re 

 swells. " The land belongs to Mr. , 

 long resident on Long Island and - 

 the" adjacent great cities. It v. 

 v-,,oi-'-u aiiil. lair havine- been abtu 

 unoccupied at the time of its selec 



he di! mill is still stai 



consisting of the new commissi 

 r. Roosevelt, was appointed to ex 

 i Long Island with reference to 



:,-. With lie- ::s.-,LSI.'iuec ..f eli .!':•■ 

 iuatiou was made in flu 

 el ni her was submitted to the udl 

 idcd by him was chosen. Mr. Ma 

 1 in the appendix. This report has 



i selec 

 lather, 



id IsSI. 

 i I'd and 

 it's re- 

 in pub- 



i of the 





r with other 



aore, hut suf- 

 S and ocean 



there and in 

 icupied for a, 



.mmissioners. 

 capable, with 

 totoa hatch- 



A liberal lease of this property was given to the State, 

 free of rent, byMr 1 n ■ od of ten yea.-s. for the 



purpose of the commission, and tiia eommh ioners take this 

 approrjriate opportunity to tender to Mr. Jones their earnest 



