DrcoEMRBB 8, 1881. J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



371 



|*»# and Miver Jf* 



FISH IN SEASON IN DECEMBER. 



FBE8H 



imoiSes 



;. 



, Bgoa nubUioT. 



r Wants. 

 •-\vx (UCtllS. 



Prke-perch (wall-eyed pike) 

 Slizotetkmm amcrioamiin, S. 



Yellow Perch, Perea llnmalilii. 

 Striped Bass, Jtooous tinmtvs. 

 White Bass, Hoanm r-hrysops. 

 Rock Buss, Amblopliun, (Two 



species). 

 War-mouttt, ChcenobryttusguUtms. 

 Grapple, romoxys nigra 

 Bachelor, Pomoxya annularis. 

 Chub, SemntilU corporalis. 



B.U.T WATEK. 



Smelt, (J. ■ 



i [raring. 



Ktrtpcil IV:,,:. ov ROClttish, Kiwiv-s 



rorojiewiwricaoo, 



Pollock, Pollachius carbonarius. 

 Taulog or Blaclctlsh, Tmttma 



OlMitiS. 



Weakilsh or Squetague,C«/nos^on 



rmalis. 

 Channel Bass, Spot or Redflsh, 



Sricsnop occllatus. 



Lliee uiiliottored In lay discourse, O ! Thymallus 

 ■ ling) i' ■■ . : LI ! given the.prjy a tlower: whether the waters 



of the TletnO fchee, or tboae of the pleasant Artesls a Dowertimu art. 

 | .I '■ ,i tie common saying attests It, for It. Is pleasantly said of one 



WllO gives I 



III I II 



?eame sweetness. iii 



rranc* of the fish is asserted to be the same as 



, eai Is more pleasing than thy form? morecle- 



fragrant 1 ban thy emeU? The 



•xlinles, trom thy hoiy —St. AunitoSB, Bishop of 



■ ■ - hi -the «?'( Days' Wort- ,?/ the Creation. 



ANGLING IN CALIFORNIA. 



8 an Francisco, Nov. 15.™ 

 K-Utor Fomt and Street ft, .■ 

 Angling as an art is fast increasing on this coast, and where 

 . Ine tackle, aad practiced legitimate 

 angling Uere are twenty now. There is less 



ol' the. ''gei- 'em anyhow'' feeling, which always pervades 

 the settlers in a new country;, and more attention [mid to the 

 delicacies Of scientific angling. Of this class of anglers of 

 curse Sun Francisco is the centre, and your old correspond- 

 ents— B. B. Redding and E. J, Hooper— did much to bring, 

 this about, both by precept in Forest and Stream and 

 example at home. 

 There is excellent angling in our bay for smelts, perch, 

 ii ul, etc., and it is a favorite amusement of clerks and 

 i , who cannot go to the salmon rivers of the north, nor 

 to .he nearer trout streams. These latter have been greally 

 depleted, owing to dlegal and wasteful modes of Ashing, 

 liere are lew good trout streams to he found within less 

 iiiuiisxoi eight hours' ride from the city. Our Fish Com- 

 missioners are doing nobly in stocking our streams, and in 

 Living to educate the people to appreciate their labors, ami 

 to protect the fish which they furnish. More enthusiasm is 

 among our angling clubs, and more pubbc spirit in 

 extenrjing protective laws to waieTS not controlled by them. 

 The fact tHxat the clubs so far have been instrumental in pro- 

 it:,, only the waters where they fl-h causes our protective 

 : : be looked upon as of a somewhat selfish production. 

 [■rout Butting iu San Mateo County, in the Pescaderu and 

 PuriBsiina creeks has not been good for some years, and the 

 j in the Lagouitas, in Mann county, is almost a thing 

 hi the past, and we must go further north for fishing of the 

 ..Id kind. Bouncer. 



WORM AMD FLY-FISHING BY NIGHT. 



WE take the two following stories from " My Life as an 

 Angler," by William Henderson, a book published 

 by W. 8atchell & Co., London, which we noticed in our issue 



y5: 

 ( "ij._ evening in June, when seated by the fireside of the inn 

 , Lrlon Bridge, Charlie and I fell into a discussion on 



ashing, with worm for trout in warm weather, and we 



i that it would be well to give it a trial and ascertain 

 i our views were correct. " Well, then," said I, "no 

 time like the present:" but Charlie was too comfortable and 

 sleepy to respond to my summons. So, preparing my tod 

 and line, I started to a stream half a mile down the river. The 

 I ight. was very daik, and I found my way with difficulty. 

 Arriving at the intended spot I waded across a somewhat 

 deep stream to reach one still deeper near to the further 

 bank, Standing in the Water, I placed a lively lob on the 

 hook and cast my line up stream ; the worm scarcely touched 

 the water when I felt a tug and succeeded in drawing a large 

 trout toward me. Having basketed this I threw again with 

 i In. same result ; and now astonishment awaited me. There 

 was not a breath of wind— the water was flowing gently and 

 caused but little sound— when all at once my ears were as- 

 sailed by such a tumult of fish spattering and splashing as I 

 never before heard; the river seemed alive with large fish. 

 My heart beat, for there seemed something uncanny in the 



; BtiU 1 persevered, and succeeded in securing four 

 more fish. Suddenly all was still; not a fish was heard to 

 move, and not another bite was to be had. I could neither 

 see nor hear anything to account for the sudden change, so 1 

 started, proud ot my prize of six fish, considerably larger than 

 any we had taken in the river by daylight. The unpleasant- 

 ness of angling with worms in the dark is so great thai Ihave 

 ever tried the experiment again, but of its success therecan 

 be no doubt. 



One night when at Gersnach, in the Black Forest, a strange 

 fancy took BUch Btrongpi asesaion of me that I felt constrained 

 to bow to it. The night was pitch dark, and distant thunder 

 gave the proverbial warning that all fishing was out of the 

 question ; still, mad as the idea seemed, I determined to 

 make one essay in front of the hotel. So black was the night 

 that a lighted lantern was necessary to guide rue in arranging 

 ray rod and inckle at the door. This done, I sought the edge 

 of the lawn, by the side of which rushed a rough, rapid 

 stream from a-inill immediately above. Scarcely 



had I taken my position near the top of the stream when the 

 led forth, illuminating the pine-clad hills and 

 making a Midden glare far exceeding that of the brightest 

 sunshine, Bach tree of the forest might be distinguished 

 while the lightning quivered in the sky, and then followed a 

 darkness i.at I could not seethe rod, and could 



scarcely distinguish my hand. The dark intervals bel ween 

 the flashes might be five minutes, and it was during these 

 that I cast my dies straight across the ru-hing mill-stream. 

 The instant the flies fell on the water I felt a tug, then a 

 rush, and all was quiet. I was amazed, but at length con- 



cluded that a passing stick bad struck my hook. Another 

 cast of the line, and bete was no room for doubt, a heavy fish 

 was pulling violently. It was long before the strength of 

 the current allowed me to land my prize, indeed it was only 

 by the lightning's flash that: 1 could judge where or how to 

 do Ibis. 1 fished the stream steadily downward for about a 

 hundred yards, the lightning showed roe where to throw 

 iii Ml un mild was inky blackness. I cast and rarely 

 failed either to hook or lake a fish. The strength of the cur- 

 rent: .enabled nnmy a fish to break away, but "at the end of 

 half an hour my basket held eight fish, and when these were 

 tabled at the hotel they proved to be three trout, three gray- 

 ling, and two fish resembling chub. The least was three- 

 quarters of a p "ind in weight, and the largest a pound and 

 a half ; altoget a a beautiful dish, and the fish by far the 

 largest in size that I bad captured during my week's angling. 

 * * * What speculations these two experiments force 

 upon the angler's mind, as to the feeding of fish on dark 

 nights, when they are commonly supposed to be at rest ! I 

 am compelled to the conclusion that iu these night banquets 

 is frequently to be found the true answer to the fisherman's 

 too common question, "Why do not the fish take? The 

 water is in good order, the wind is right, and everything be- 

 speaks a good day's sport, but they won't take." The re- 

 sponse should he: "Dined already, and require time for 

 digestion,'' 



Angling Literature. — Should any one be inclined to 

 wonder at the fascination which this literature exercises over 

 its votaries we would have him reflect, thai, in the plain, al- 

 most rustic simplicity of the best hoiks on the subject those 

 charms of woodland and river scenery which are so dear to 

 the wandering fly-fisher are faithfully reflected. The songs 

 of the birds to which he listens, and the flowers which he 

 marks as he passes down the brook, remind him of their 

 seems and echoes, as preserved in many a quaint little 

 volume of the seventeenth century by some angler whose 

 tastes were similar to his own. The directions such manuals 

 give lor making the angler's " harness" or the flies they pre- 

 scribe for trout may long since have become, antiquated,* but 

 the "one touch of nature" which is sure to show itself amid 

 the dullest disquisitions on rods and lines redeems the book 

 fr.iui oblivion. Hence the difficulty which the would-be 

 collector Of angling books finds. Black-letter volumes on 

 angling he may as well at once despair of procuring, save 

 after devotit g a life-time to the search. The early manuals 

 — say those of the seventeenth century — are now rare. Fac- 

 similes—at least, so-called facsimiles— have been published 

 of many, and these are in most instances as unattainable as 

 originals. Any good modern book on angling speedily goes 

 out of print. Thus Ephemera's " Book of the Salmon" and 

 Mr. We»twood*a "Bibliotheca Piscatoria," of the respective 

 dates 1850 andlRKi, have long been rare, owing to no 

 new editions being published One or two well-known 

 collectors possess unrivalled libraries of angling literature, 

 but every anuler with the least tincture of scholarship or love 

 for his art has a shelf full of favorite authors, whom he 

 vines equally with the implements used by him at the 

 water-side. — The Athentmm. 



Whitkfish Take the Fit— Moira, N. Y., Nov, 30— I 

 noticed an article some lime ago in the Forest and Stream 

 in regard to whitefjsh taking the fly or bait. We have a fish 

 in the lakes in the Adirondacks that is called whitefish. I 

 have never seen ours and the whitefish of the Great 

 Lakes together, but, as far as I can see, they look alike. I 

 have caught them in Chauteaugay Lake many a time with a 

 fly hook,~and have frequently caught them with angle- worms 

 when fishing for trout there. About Ihe last of August, I 

 think it was, they used to take the fly which we called 

 the "shad fly," and we could take large numbers of them in 

 this way. — Ansion Ondaok. 



The Carp as a Food Fish— Philadelphia.— Mr. Richard 

 Hoiiioay, of Queene Co., Md., has presented to Col. Hugh- 

 lett, State Fish Commissioner, thirty-two German carp, 

 r-dsed by him for distribution in ihe Pocomoke and Wicomico 

 rivers. The carp were shipped last week in care of an agent 

 of Col. Hughlett, and were turned out at Snow Hill and 

 Salisbury — sixteen at each place. They weigh from 2£ to 

 3 pounds, and arc about two years old. Mr. Holliday lias 

 been a very successful propagator of these fish, and he 

 thinks them delicate, and as finely flavored a fish as any he 

 ever ate. — Homo. 



Tub Late S. A KnBorrBNit— In the window of the pub- 

 lishing house of Charles Scribner's Sons, on Broadway, we 

 have noticed a fine crayon portrait of the late Mr. 8. A. 

 Kilbourne, the celebrated artist, whose delineations of our 

 game fishes have so often been noticed in our columns. The 

 likeness is a most perfect one, and to those who had the 

 pleasure of knowing Mr. Kilbourne it wili be a satisfaction 

 to see this most perfect counterfeit. 



«ffislfcttliure. 



FiMii [jisnuBurioN in new your. 



Rocuestei:, N. Y., Nuv. 25. 

 The N. Y. State 1': I . are now ready to receive 



inters from any parties in this State wishing to Btooi pnbBc 



dent, 



CALIFORNIA SALMON IN NOItTIT CAROLINA. 



Mokoanton. N. C, Nov. 28. 

 Editor Fare 4, at d Stream : 



It would appeal- that a California salmon, arrived at maturity, 

 has been taken in this State. Major J. W. Wilson, Turiner Preai- 

 :, : ' i i i he Western N. C. Railroad, informs 



• of Nov. id5 that he enjoyed one on Thanksgiving 

 Liay, winch was over twenty inches long, and weigh 

 pounds. The fish was taken near Marshall, west ol the Bine 

 Ridge, Iron, the French Broad Ilivor, on a trap. Other smaller 

 specimens have been taken. The hEh contained a roe, so nearly 

 ripe that it was not eaten. 



A tew land-locked salmon and California trout were sent to 

 tributaries of thin btream in the spring of lsSO, hut they could not 

 have grown so' large in so short a time, and we are" obliged to 

 credit the specimen to a plant of twenty -seven thousand California 

 salmon madethere in Deo. 1877. 



I have other evidence of the presence of salmon in that stream, 

 as they were taken and eaten last year. Major Wilson, however, 

 is better acquainted with tho eahnon hi a fresh state than 

 most of our citizens, and his statement is more conclusive. 

 Whether this specimen had ever left the headwaters to seek the 

 gulf of Mexico is a question. S. G. Worth. Snpt. Fisheries. 



CARP IN TENNESSEE^Nuahville, Nov. 24.— Within the limited 

 confines of a double bath-room your humble correspondent is 

 confined, watching tho faithful delivery of 1,500 German carp. 

 received here this morning by Col. Geo.F.Akcrs, from the National 

 ponds nt, Washington, D. C. The fish were brought here by Mr, 

 F. L. Donnelly, and as an evidence of his careful watching not 

 ono died while en route. That the fish are eminently adapted to 

 this clhnate the immense increase in those already brought here 

 is incontrovertible proof. Last week one was caught in the 

 Asyhnnk pond, which weighed, after being killed, six pounds. 

 Captain Frank Green has assured mo ho knows of one in his pond 

 that in even larger. Col. Akers, Willi his usual enthusiasm. 1 ired 

 a German to pmnt the fish, and I was invited as well as both 

 of gentlemen ol the press, to partake of the delicious morsel the 



Qg day, but a much-abused "Jew" gotinhis woik em, and 



devoured the 'dainty, but, through tho mistake of a eaielesa boy, 

 w-ithwhoniit had been left in charge during the night. Dr. 

 Calleuder, however, promises to repair the damage, bv sending in 

 a couple of "whoppers" next week.— ,T. D. H. 



CARP TOR MASSACHUSETTS.— The result of the experiment 

 of the Rod and Gnu Club of Webster to stock the ponds i u that town 

 with caip will be watched with interest. The rive, cans received 

 from the United States Fish Commission arrived safely, and the 

 young carp will be kept in private ponds nntil they' are large 

 enough not to be eaten by the pickerel and bass, when they will 

 be transferred to " Chaubunagungamouy," or " Big Pond." " 



IMPORTATION OF TENCH.— On the 2d of this mouth Capt. 

 Augusts briand, of the French steamship St. Germain, presented 

 to Mr. W. A. Conklin, Superintendent of tho Menagerie at Central 

 Park, New York city, twenty tench— Tinea Vulgaris. The fish had 

 been twenty-live days from the ponds in Franco and tho passage 

 had been stormy, yet they were in good couditiou. This fish is a 

 oyprinoid, and, like the carp, loves warm, still waters. It has very 

 small scales, is of a dark olive color, and seldom exceeds two pound's 

 in weight. In Europe it. is qmtoa favorite food fish, especially on the 

 i oiitmeiit. but in England it is not ranked very high. The 'flesh of 

 those which we have eaten was rather muddy in flavor and not 

 equal to the carp. Captain Briand has brought over many fish, as 

 well as taken some of our catfish and other species to France, and 

 takes great interest in the interchange of valuable species. 



MORE CARP FOR NEW YORK.— Commissioner Blackford has 

 received from Washington the second thousand carp fry for dis- 

 tribution in the vie nity of New York, the former lot having been 

 nearly exhausted. Mr. Wni. L. Allen, of Newark, N. J., has 

 received from Mr. Blackford several lots for ponds in Morris 

 county, N. J., which he has forwarded to those owning tberri. Ex- 

 Mayor Cooper, of New York, will stock his ponds at Great Neok, 

 L. I., with them, and Mr. Blackford expresses the opinion that 

 within t.vo years there will begin to be a moderate sunply of 

 Herman carp in the market. This will no doubt increase, as w'hen 

 the Herman residents find that they can obtain the real article, in 

 place of the "buffalo-fish," " red-horse," and other things that 

 they now buy for carp, the demand will grow with the supply. 



DEATH OF A FRENCH FISH CULTTJRIST.-Mr. A. Colombo, 



Administrateur-Directeur of the Societe Anonyrae Francaise, died 

 a few weeks ago. The S' ciety is largely interested in fish culture 

 in both France and Belgium and has a capital of 21)0,(10(1 francs. 

 It was to this society that Prof. Baud sent 100,000 eggs of the 

 California salmon last October; former shipments of these eggs 

 having been received by the well-known Societe d'Aeolirnar.ation. 

 Mr, Colombo is succeeded by Mr. Osiris Mendes. France, who will 

 now rill the office of Director. The Pans office is 17 Kne Chateau 

 d'un. 



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FIXTURES. 



BENCH SHOWS. 



December 14, 15 and 16. at Lowell, Mass., Lowell Dog Show. Entries 

 close December 12. chas. A. Andrew, West, Boxford, Mass., Superin- 

 tendent. 



December is, 14, is and nt. < tlanta, (la., Dog Show. Entiles close 

 Dec. 5. Ciiaiies Lincoln, Supeilutenileut. mi , n Ueln, :■: n-ruelft'a, 

 Atlanta, Ga. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



December 10 (or Immediately after the close ol ihe National Trials 

 at Grand Junction, Tenn.)— J'eniisylvanl i Field Trials. Enirles 

 r-lose Oee. S at u .v. a. J. 1: i-nyo-n, s.i-eri:i,iry. Pittsburgh, I'd. Ad- 

 ori ill be Grand Junction Tenn., after Dec. 1. 



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THE EASTERN FIELD TRIALS.— II. 



( I TIB rept rt of the Trials last week contained a summary i 

 'running up to Tuesday night and the result of the first 

 Wednesday morning. We now commence with this heat, giving a 

 more detailed account of the running on 

 WEDNESDAY. 

 When the morning broke everything was enshrouded in dense 

 fog, but as we left the dock, the sun broke through, and just be- 

 fore we reached the island, a nice breeze sprang up from tho 

 southwest, cheering us with prospects of a nne day. 



LIZZIE I.1SE AXD HASHING MOWAHCH. 



Wo landed at 9:45, and Monarch and Lizzie weie at em i, 

 off in the lot just east of the Club Hoir.e. Hoi ISC en very 



sick the night before, but appeared to bo better, although hi:- work 

 showed that he was far from being huu-olf. Working ■ i 

 pointed just in the edge of the cover, then loading and feeling the 

 birds out. he located tuem nicely, although he did Dot ■.<; 

 be perfectly sure. Lizzie had been beating in the ntubl 

 swung into the cover, and almost simultaneously froze on th..rn a 

 lew yards to his left. Tins was von- good, and scored a point for 

 both. Martin (lushed and frilled to 'order, and both were steady. 

 Monarch retrieved very well. Working through the scrub tc.uthe 



edge of the cornfield, Lizzie pointed .," ;n ,,:. I. hi Mou rah 



backed. Haight flushed and killed to order, and Lizzie retrieved 

 fairly. Beating the cornfield to the west, Lizzie half pointed, and 

 Monarch backed grandly. The bird was flushed, and Lizzie drop- 

 ped to order. Moving on, Lizzie again half pointed arid Monarch 

 backed, but the former discovered her error and moved on. 

 Monarch swung into the cover at the northwest corner, pointed, 

 and Lizzie backed. He moved on to order and again pointed, but 

 soon moved on. Nothing was found and lie scored a. false point, 

 Lizzie, swinging round, picked up the same bird undoubtedly, and 

 pointed very nicelv. They were ordered up and Lizzie Lee 

 awarded the' heat at 10:10. Down altogether nearly two hi.nu,-. 

 This was a good heat, and well won by Lizzie, who demonstrated 

 that she was a good one ; for Monarch, although uot in good 

 form, ran gamely and gave her a good race. 



CKOXTETH AND BELLE. 



Croxtcth and Belle were at once put down in the sprouts, and 

 circled round to get at the wind, when they were worked 

 without a find, although there were buds iii there, as one was 

 flushed by the steward. The cornfield was then drawn blank, and 

 the dogs put into tho sprouts again, where tU judges earned a 

 flush. Croxteth challenged once, but nothing was found, and a 

 break was made for the brier lot on the east shore. This was vrefl 

 worked, but nothing was found. Then passing through the Club 

 House lot to the sprouts, wc again turned east to the gully at the 

 south end of the brier lot, where Croxteth going down wind scored, 



