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FOREST AND STREAM. 



'August 11, 1881. 



C lachman, evening dan. bee, silver black and hackles 

 were most taking flies. Fishing is done by wading 

 many Iom and too mllCjl driftwood to use boats. The For- 

 est and 8TEBAM is making friends here every week. It truly 

 is the "gentleman's sporting paper." Ytitl cannot Ibid a 

 .single can of "Din mar" in our place since your expnsr, mi- 

 less some business man 1ms it trying to sell oil commission. 



Fort Wayne, hid. Wn.us D. Maibb. 



CAMPING AT LYNNFIELJ), MASS. 



Lynn, Mass., July, 1881. 



SHAKING the leather scraps of this city of shoes from 

 (.Hour boots, about 1 o'clock p. m. we pulled out of 

 town with a covered express wagon containing all fcbe para- 

 pbernalia for a week of outdoor life, bound for Like Sou- 

 taug, some six miles north of lown, just out of hearing of, 

 the shoe-factory whistles, lire alarm bells, and the noise and 

 bustle nf city life. 



Driving down to the shore of the lake, we pitched our 

 tent in the shade of a clump of oaks, on a bluff overlooking 

 the water, and just distant enough therefrom, with low land 

 to the south, to always insure a breeze sufficient to render 

 the air delleiously cool, and fragrant with the pine balsam 

 from the numerous groves near by. 



Here we are spending the week in this delightful spot, en- 

 joying the pure air of the forest and lake, drinking at every 

 breath the invigorating essence of Nature, or lying ia the 

 hammock at full length sky-divamiug. What, will lake the 

 mind so completely from every part of our everyday routine 

 as to gaze into the azure depths of the clear blue at (he 

 zenith and allow the thoughts to wander on and on ? This 

 beautiful sheet of clear spring water, with the tall waving 

 pines stretching along its shores nearly the entire distance 

 around it, ami Saltonslall's Island, of an acre or two in ex- 

 tent, partially intercepting the view to the east; a geutle 

 slope, carpeted in Nature's green, with here and there a giant 

 oak that has perhaps stood silent sentry over the lake aud 

 forest when nooe save the red man, the tieer or other forest 

 denizens had ever trodden the soil, all forming a scene of 

 beauty, a peifect picture of Nature in her loveliest garb, en 

 Which the eye could dwell and never tire. Why a man who 

 hud no more appreciation of the beautiful in Nature couldu't, 

 pOSSibl; know the difference between the thrilling sensation 

 of cutting down a canvass-back at fifty yards, going down 

 wind, with a choke-bore, and the murderous satisfaction of 

 riddling a red squirrel on the fence at twenty paces wiih an 

 old "flash in the pan" Qrcen's arm loaded with a handful 

 of buckshot. 



The Indian name of Sunlaug was given the pond after an 

 Old chief whose home was ou ils shores. It afterward was 

 called Humphry's Pond, from an early settler by that name, 

 to whom the English gave 500 acres of land bordering on the 

 lake in return for some important service he did for the 

 Queen. Humphry's land, including the ishiud. Was subse- 

 quently owned by one Doubty, who afterward disposed of it 

 to different individuals, a Dr. Newhall being the principal 

 buyer. The lake was stocked with black "bass five or six 

 years ago ; and now the fish arc very plenty and of fair size, 

 a four pound one being taken to-day. They are not biting 

 sbatp yet, as they are hardly iff their beds yet ; however, we 

 get enough to lest their qualiiy r as a pan Bah, cooked on an 

 old cook stive with top blocked up with rocks and earth just 

 liiiih enough to build a fire underneath, aud topped out with 

 five or six feet of old pipe for draft. We are taking our fill 

 of enjoyment of life out here in the pure air out of doors. 



Speaking of pouts I think they are second to none as a 

 pan fish, except the trout. And right here I wish to give the 

 uninitiated a receipt for dressing them : First remove the, 

 fins and slit them down the back ; now grasp your pout wit h 

 the ltlt hand, lay him on his back and held the knife edge 

 toward his head; draw the knife from where the back flu 

 was taken out to the head, taking out a piece of skiu an inch 

 square. Now cut through the neck joiut or back bone, but 

 don't cut the head wholly off. Keep your hold of the head 

 with the left hand, and with the thumb and two fingers of 

 the right hand take a firm hold of the end of the back bone 

 and pull if out with the lish adhering, leaving the head, skin 

 and entrails in the left hand. This "knack " is easily learned 

 wi'h a little practice and, at first, a good deal of patience. 

 It, is surprising with what rapidity they can be prepared for 

 the pan by one who an is adept. II. L. M. 



NOVA SCOTIA FISHING. 



New Glasgow, N. S., July 25. 



FISHING has been very good ibis season here, and some 

 fine trout have been taken from the lakes in this vicinity. 

 Salmon have been plentiful on the Margaree River, and a 

 good many flsh have been caught. The number of visitors 

 to this river has not been so many this year as usual, con- 

 sequently those who did go had good sport. The second run 

 of fish in the St. Mary's Giver were late coming up, owing to 

 low water in the river. A. good number of flsh were taken 

 at the Stillwater aud Forks and good sea- trout fishing will be 

 had when the flrst freshet comes, as fish are reported plenty 

 at; the moulh of the river. Very few moose were killed last 

 winter, and good sport may lie looked for in September. The 

 license fee for non residents has been reduced from $30 to 

 $30. We have formed a Pod and Gun Club iu New Glas- 

 gow ; our first shoot, lakes place on the loth Aug. The old- 

 cers are : President, W. B. Moore; Vice-President, Norman 

 McKay ; Secretary and Treasurer, Iloward Cavanaugb. 



Globe Sioirr. 



CANADIAN SALMON RIVERS. 



I NOTICE in your last nutnbi r an invitation for communi- 

 cations regarding the average of run of the salmon in 

 Canadian rivers this season, and although 1 have not been 

 able to visit my usual fishing grounds this season, yet, having 

 had several years' experience extending over a great part of 

 the salmon fishing grounds of the gulf and river St. Law- 

 rence, I am encouraged to send you a few lines. On the Baie 

 des Chaleurs the net fishermen report the fishing v, ry 

 poor, and as far as I can judge from the reports of roil fish- 

 Liuien the catch has not ben marly up to the average, al- 

 though much belter than last year. The fish which have 

 linen "taken are very large and the average wight very much 

 above the usual thing."" From this I should judge that the 

 late run of salmon will be the most numerous, as it is a well- 

 known fact that the large fish always strike the rivers first, 

 the smaller ones following about the 1st of July. One reason 

 for tb e small takewbh the rod is the quantity of lumber 



which is being driven down the rivers, filling the pools with 

 logs and making the landing of your fish very precarious 

 after striking it. To any one desirous of leasing a river I 

 should advise him to make choice Of one that has no saw- 

 mill at its mouth, as then he will be saved Hie disappoint- 

 ment and disgust of finding his pools filled with saw logs 

 instead Of salmon. The luratw-r camps are always on the. 

 sides of the streams, and this makes the guardianship of ihe 

 " ~ a difficult task during the spawning s ason, 



guardian cannot 

 then are not in thei 

 tin m a very pleasant 

 eminent should, I l 

 the driving of the 1 

 that the drive should 

 leaving the river fi 

 pools free for those 

 protection of the riv 



where at, once, And though salnii 

 tx-sl order, lumbermen seem to think 

 Idition to the camp kettle. The Gov- 

 nk, make some better regulations for 

 fin salmon breeding rivers, such as 

 I be made in the. spring freshets, thus 

 for the salmon to conn- up and the 

 io pay for tbe fishing rights and fire 

 I think if a representation of tl 



grievance was made to our able commissioner in Ottawa, h 

 would, if it lav in Ids power, remedy the matter. G. P. 

 M,mlrc(d, July 4, 1881. 



CANADIAN FISHERY STATISTICS. 



~TT7"E have received " Supplement Uo. 2 to the Eleventh 

 V V Annual Report, of the Minister of Marine and Fisheries 

 for the year 1880. Fisheries Statements." It is an octavo 

 rsf 300 pages, filled with tables and statements concerning 

 the fishery industry. The report on fish culture in the au- 

 tumn of 1880 at the ten hatcheries shows the total number 

 of vivified eggs of siilmon, California salmon, brook and lake 

 ;r nit nin! wliii, fi,.i to 1 1.-: '-?,:!,:.' IS,! Kill. ;,ei,i- ;.', 1.77, U(li) less 

 than in 1879. 



The schedule of fishery officers in all the provinces, with 

 their salaries, and a statement, of expenditures follow. Ta- 

 bles giving the kinds and quantities of flsh, the number and 

 value of vessels, boats and nets give much valuable informa- 

 tion. Mr. W. H. Rogers, Inspector of Fisheries of Nova 

 Scotia, claims that the decrease in salmon is due to overfishing, 

 which has been stimulated by the rapid modes of transport- 

 ing fresh fish to distant markets. Mr. W. H. Venning, In- 

 spector of Fisheries of New Brunswick, says that the de- 

 crease in Salmon has been fully thirty per cent, as compared 

 with former years, but declines to give the cause. Mr. J. H. 

 Durar, Inspector of Fisheries of Prince Edward Island, gives 

 9,000 pounds salmon this year, against 6,805 pounds last 

 year, but declares the apparent difference due to a more care- 

 ful collection of statistics. Mr. Alex. G. Anderson, Inspec- 

 tor of Fisheries of Rrili-h Columbia, gives an enteresting ac- 

 count of the fur-seal fishery, with the new theory that the 

 "pups " are born in the water. 



The report is of such a nature that its contents cannot well 

 be summarized, owning to the large tables of statistics, but it 

 will prove a, valuable book to those who wish to refer to tbe 

 fishery interests of the Provinces at any time. 



THERESA, NEW YORK. 



LocKsroRT, N. Y., Aug. 6. 



IN your issue of July 21, you ask for information for 

 a cool place to fish. At Theresa, Jefferson Co., N. Y. 

 on Indian River, eleven miles from Alexandria Bay, is good 

 fishing- My sons, Fred and Arthur, have been there for the 

 past week ; and report a number of muscalonge being taken 

 weighing from six and one-half to twenty-five pounds ; the 

 latter was caught by a little girl eleven years of age. Besides 

 Indian River, which runs through the village, there are ten 

 lakes in the town of Theresa from one to eight miles long, 

 in most of which iB good bass fishing. Yesterday the boys 

 started down the river from Rossic, twenty miles from 

 Theresa, where they enter Black Lake, which is twenty-five 

 to thirty miles long and lies in St. Lawrence Co. They will 

 return to Theresa in about a week where they will remain 

 the balance of the month fishing and hunting, and return 

 home the first, of September. 



Fred, the oldest, who is an ameteur ornithologist and 

 taxidermist reports finding a number of marsh wren's nests 

 just finished. He has never succeeded in finding any about 

 here, and they were quite a novelty to him. lie expects to 

 secure a nest, or two with eggs to add to his collection. 



J. L. D. 



Tim Pond and the Seven Ponds. — Many of your readers 

 are acquainted with the reputation of Tim Pond. Recently 

 the "Kev. O. D.'' and 1 have made reference in your columns 

 to " The Seven Ponds." I have not yet visited these, but in- 

 tend to in the latter part of this month. The way to Tim 

 Pond is now well-known. To go to the Seven Ponds the 

 route is first to Tim Pond, whence Kennedy Smith has made 

 a road three and one-half miles to Beaver Pond, which is 

 small but alive with trout. At this point there is but one 

 small cabin. From here, the road winds along near Aid- r 

 Stream— the home of many a speckled beauty -and around 

 the foot of Black Mountain, four miles further to " L" Pond, 

 which is one of seven large ponds. All are stocked with 

 trout which have enjoyed their home unmolested since the 

 history of trout, begin, till now Kennedy Smith has opened 

 a buckboaid pathway for sportsmen to the waters wtiere they 

 dwell. A pathway is used also by the natives of the forest, 

 the bears, (leer, caribou and ruffed grouse, who, from time to 

 time, meet the hinder on his tramp. This road has been 

 opened so recently that only two parties, one of them from 

 Worcester, Stags,, have been through, but their encomiums 

 on the size and quality of both game and rish exceed even 

 their ecsfacies over Tim Pond. J. W. T. 



Large PfiNNSTLVANrA Troot— August 3.— Some time ago 

 a correspondent asked about the largest trout c i night in Penn- 

 sylvania waters. I send yon an answer to an inquiry I made 

 in regard to a trout caught in July, 18j5. by Mr. John Har- 

 der, of Ncwville, Pa. Sirry that the weight could not be 

 hud. This letter is entirely trustworthy. A trout twenty- 

 two inches long ought to weigh something. What do you 

 suppose he weighed ? — C. X. 



Newyille, Pa,, August 3. 



hair Sir: Your note of the 30th ult. came to hand. In 

 reply 1 would say that it was neither myself nor brother Sam 

 that caught the trout, but it was my brother John. It meas- 

 ured twenty-two inches in length, but. I cannot give you the 

 weight as it was not weighed. Father sent it io Philadelphia, 

 but to whom I cannot say. It was caught in a stream that 

 runs near our village, and is called "Big Spring." It has a 

 length of three miles, and, at tine time, ran seven miles Lhere. 

 Now five grist.one steam tannery ami one paper mill run along 

 its banks. All in operation except the paper mill. My 



brother Sam is living near narrisburg, but I cannot, tell Hie 

 place— cannot remember it. As for ihe date of the catch of 

 the trout it was in the. month of July, and previous to Bu- 

 chanan's election, but cannot tell the year.— Isaac Hakoek. 



Tite RiunAiiD.soN Ponds, .Mb.— Rargeley, Me., August 3. 

 — During he in ated term trout do not lake the flv exci pi in 

 the sina'ler lakes. At Keuebag i and Seveu Ponds fly-fishing 

 is reported good. In a few weeks trout wil again rise readi- 

 ly in the big lakes. Several landlock. d salmon have b en Inkeu 

 this season in the Kangeley Lake, one weighing, it is reported, 

 over five pounds. G, T. Richardson, of Mooselucin mimic. 

 flouse, Haims' Landing, is now swamping oul a road from 

 Birch Point to the Richardson Ponds. '!'.„■ 6rsl pond is one 

 and a half miles from the Point. 'I here »re EBVC ral ponds in 

 the vicinity, all well storked with trout and sel iom visiti d. 

 " Walt." Twombl. y, ihe. noted guide, will put in some boats 

 and build a camp. Major Richardson's is the most central 

 point for the several routes for fish aud game. At his house 

 with the 1 ->ng name, all visitors feel at home Ihe instant they 

 i uter. His twenty years' experience in that vicinity enables 

 him to direct sportsmen to best ground--. The gallant Major, 

 ltt me add, served with credit in the Mexican war, and hon- 

 orable scars attest his record. Waki,iei.d. 



"Bream" Fishing in Geokcua— Wadhy, Ga., July 31.— 

 I u=c a smgle s'-rand of saddler's black silk for bream fishing. 

 September is our month for bream. So clear are our streams 

 aud so wary the fish, nothing but a line of green or black 

 saddler's silk Will catch them. There is fun, for if, is like fly 

 fishing. You sit in a bateau and cast (with no sinker) under 

 the bushi s aud into the coves of the stream. It is the duty 

 of the gentleman of the African persuasion who handles the 

 paddle to throw your boat into the middle of the stream 

 when you hook a "bald" bream. They weigh from oue- 

 half pound uri'to one aud one-half pounds. You use a very 

 light bamboo rod at least eighteen feet in length, tapering to 

 a point. Not fly fishing, but next to it. 



PtrhapB you may ask how one strand of silk will hold such 

 fish. I answer, remember how you have caught, Stilmofotlti- 

 H'tUx upon a much weaker line. It's all in the handling. — 

 St. Clair. 



Channel Bass Fishtng— Jacksonville, Fla., July 10.— 

 To-day my friend Mr. Pryor returned f-om Mayport, and 



fancing ihat some of your readers would accuse me of spin- 

 ning "fish stories," I deemed it advisable to furnish some 

 late data. Before leaving Mayport he fished for a short time 

 on five different days, and his daily catch averaged from 

 five to ten bass, ranging from SOIbS, to fJOlbs. He informed 

 me that yesterday Mr. McCormick, of Mayport, anchor, tl at 

 Mill Point ou slack water, aud in a very short time landed 

 ten bass averaging 401bs He also said that Mao's catch 

 would have been greater but bait failed. 1 think that you 

 will agree with me that this is fair fishing. Bass have com- 

 menced running early, and from this time until the middle 

 of December the fishing will improve. 1 sincerely hope that 

 some of your Northern fishermen who can enjoy good fishing 

 will favor this portion of the world with a visit, for 1 will 

 guarantee them such piscatorial sport as cannot be round in 

 the Northern States. Ax,. Fresco. 



The Best Fi.iks — Boston, duly 23. — I have just re'urned 

 from a mouth's trip to Second Lake, where I found " Uncle" 

 Tom and Ned Norton in the best of health and spirits. I 

 think "Von W.", in a laic issue, is mistaken about the 

 " taking " flies at Greenoiigh Pond. I was with him for the 

 three days spent, there, and the only fish killed with a bright 

 fly was tbe only one killed by "Von W." and that was at 

 four in the morning with a scarlet ibis. All the rest of our 

 flsh were taken with black gnat, brown alder and a few with 

 dark wing Montreal. 



The silver doctor is a good Septembi r fly there, but I 

 think of no account much earlier. I hud the same experieni e 

 at Second Lake — small, dark flies took. Last year I iouuil 

 the Jenny Lind, Professor ami Doctor good in August both 

 at Greenough and Second Lake. G. L. C. 



TRoniNG iN r Maine — Monson, Me., Augusts. — Yesterday, 

 Messrs. Frank Storer, of Dexter, Me,, and A. W. Chapin, of 

 this place, caught seventeen (17; trout on "Monson Pond," 

 about two miles from this village, which averaged near two 

 pounds each. They were caught with a fly and s'ill-fishing, 

 with small chubs for bait. The number taken with the fly 

 I did not learn. This sheet of waer is about one aud one- 

 fourth mile in length and one mile wide. The trout weigh 

 from one to live pounds. Tins is only one of the many ex- 

 cellent trout ponds and lakes in this vicinity. — Pishatoij. 



TN a paper o 

 1 Y.,reudb 



DO OWLft RAT TROUT? 



Poachers, by James Aunin, Jr., of Caledonia, N. 

 ore the American Fishcnltural Association at its . 

 lust meeting, the owl was noticed as a possible poacher. Mr. 

 AiiLiin said of them : " What made me first suspect that they 

 were up to some mischief was that T found them in the steel traps 

 get for muskrat, mink, etc. to setting trans for these we plaoe 

 them under the surface of the wider from one to four inches, aud 

 when f found the owls in them I eoidd not make out what they 

 were after in the water, but I soon found that itwasforlhi I J 

 food in the stream, snch as Ike fresh water lobster, caddis worm, 

 shrimp, etc." 



Mr. Anmu did not then think they took his trout, judging from 

 his tone, nor do we know that they do, but our curiosity to know 

 was excited by the following correspondence to land mid Writer, 

 (England). 



"A few days since I discovered in a common brown owl's oost 

 a, trout about six or seven iuchru long with the head gone. & I U r 

 a few days the trout had disappeared, the o 



icksold. Is it a 

 To 



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Wlb to 



adds 



birds 



a to 



lug I 



intalponas by, uoidori J. to feed 



the young owlets. The brown owl, ia fact, is bj no means only a 



• mousar, he is a very apt fish-poacher, and his brood seem to 

 appreciate this kind of diet." 



We hope that this will stimulate American observers to look 

 closer to the little owls, as well as the big Ones. 



