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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Dboeubbr 23, 1881. 



work of destroying the bass and shad Ashing in the Passaic, 

 and it is scarcely -worth while for net-owners or anglers to 

 speak against the project of building the dam. On the other 

 hand, the fishing above the dam may be greatly improved. 

 Black bass and other strictly fresh-water fish will thrive in the 

 clear water and afford even"better sport than the striped bass 

 did in their best days, and the shad will still have a chance 

 of pas iog up if they will consent to hang around the gates 

 until low tide. 



Ik formation on Salmon Fishing. — I want some informa- 

 tion about the salmon fishing of Newfoundand and Labrador. 

 II' you have a render who is familiar with these sections I 

 Should be greatly obliged to him if he would inform me 

 whether there are salmon in the rivers of those countries, 

 and if So, whether they rise to the fly, and if so how to 

 reach the ground and all about it. 1 have been so unfortun- 

 ate as not to secure any fishing in tbe Canadian waters, and 

 he good streams have all been taken up, so I am informed. 

 Vkkdb Monte. 



MonsD-BuiLpiSra Fishes.— In our issue of June 23, 1881, 

 we published a communic ttion from our valued correspond- 

 ent, D. II. B., Syracuse, N. Y., ou stone-lugging fish. lie 

 give an account of a large cyprinoid fish of ten or twelve 

 inches in length, which was seen to carry stones in its mouth 

 and heap them up. This, no doubt, had some connection 

 with an increase of its species, and could hardly have been 

 for the purpose of a monument to its ancestors, nor to erect 

 a mound to preserve the archives of the great family Oi/pri- 

 [n our remarks we hinted that the fish might be either 

 Semotii- "v S. bullarU. A specimen was sent, 



ami we inclined to consider it the latter species. It was sent 

 to Prof. (j. Brown Goode for further identification and he 

 decides that it is 8. buUarU. The fish is a truly game fish 

 and is the largest of our Eastern cyprinoids, often reaching 

 fifteen orei jlileen inehesin length. It rises to the fly, as does 

 its congener the " the corporal," but does not occur in suffl- 

 cien t numbers tobe angled for especially. It is popularly known 

 as '• fall-fish," "chub," "dace," and sometimes "roach." 

 It is a beautiful fish, with large shining scales, and, in the 

 breeding season, has bright red fins, lis habit of stone-toting 

 was new to nS, and on looking up its written history, we find 

 no mention of it. 



Gbaaling Fishisg. — Jesse, in his '^Anglei's Rambles," 

 in speaking of graylinsi fishing, says -. Ion will always see 

 any person who is a stranger to grayling fishing, and, I may 

 add, many who have fished for tliem all their lives, when the 

 stream is low and very clear, betake themselves to the streams 

 and curls, from the idea that their fish will see their line in 

 the water. Let them do so ; they will, perhaps, catch a few 

 trout and some shut, grayling. But go yourself to a deep, 

 dead part of the river — never mind if there is no wind and 

 and the sun is hot — use the finest gut you can procure (even 

 if you have to give a guinea a knot for it), aud two flies, 

 and, when you have thrown your line as light as a gossamer, 

 let it sink eight or ten inches. You will not see a rise, but a 

 slight curl in the water, which, by a little practice, yon will 

 understand ituite as well ; and, when you strike, you will 

 have the pleasure of finding a pounder, or more, tugging 

 away at the end of your line. 



Killing Fish When Caught— Caledonia, N. Y., Dec. 1G. 



.Much has been said upon the subject of killing fish when 

 first caught, but only a few anglers practice it. Of all the 

 persons who visit my trout ponds aud fish in the creek here, 

 not one in ten do it, although most of them will admit that 

 fish are better for the table, and keep better, by being killed 

 instead of suffocating in the air. There are differences of 

 opinion as to the best method of killing fish when on the 

 Stream. I think the best and quickest is to take the fish in 

 the right hand and strike the back of the head a quick, 

 sharp blow on the but of your rod. If wading the stream, 

 strike the head before removing the fly or hook from its 

 mouth. When you break the trout's neck, it spoils the fish 

 for a nice show on the table, as the head will in some cases 

 come off when you dress them, but will always do so when 

 cooking.— J. Annin, Je. 



Night Fishing.— Baltimore, Md.— A friend and myself 

 have on several occasions, during the past summer, chosen 

 dark nights and taken the late train to Bush River, Harford 

 county, this State. Our preparations consisted of lowering 

 an ordinary railroad canteen from the bridge to a height of 

 one foot above the water. Our lines contained a spreader, 

 two hooks, and a cork about ten inches above the hooks. 

 Our bait was shrimp. We cast our lines in eight feet of 

 water, the corks floating on the edge of the canteen's light 

 reflection. The fish, attracted by the light, came around, 

 aud we were kept busy from 10 until 4 o'clock in the morn- 

 ing, when by actual count we had bagged 359 fine white 

 some measuring between 10 and 15 inches. I have 

 found in night fishing for perch the luck is as good, and 

 soni- times better, than fishing by day. — Jai\ 



THE BAIXBOW THOUT.— We are permitted to publish the 

 following • Dansville, N. Y., Dec. 12— To Beth Green, Eaq.,Supenn- 

 teudent Fishery Commission : During the past season we have 

 taken special paiu» to protect the California Mountain trout, 

 panted by our club during the past throe years. Tbe youngtrout 

 were received from the State Hatching House at Caledonia. It 

 hah been understood that none should he killed by members of 

 . the fish are doing splendidly and are taken three miles 

 above where they were planted, weighing oyer one pound each. A 

 friend took one in Cauasseraga Creek, last July, that weighed, after 

 being out of the water eight hours, eighteen aud one-half ounces. 

 He did not know what it waa until 1 told him. There in no doubt 

 » bunt their being tlie trout to take the place of our old natives. 



John Hyland. 



CLARK'S HATCHERY,— At the hatchery of Mr. Frank N. 



Clark, assistant to the U. S. Fish Commission, at NorthvlBe, 



Michigan, there are 22,500,000 whiten ah eggs, 125,000 brook trout 



iid 50,000 eggs of the lake-trout. He will soon make, some 



shipments to Ger many. 



A Ohai lunge Acobi'TBI) — Marlboro', Mass., Dec. 19, 1881. 

 — Editor Forest and Stream : At a meeting of theM&rlboxo 1 

 Sportsmen's Club held the 15th inst., it was voted to accept 

 the offer of the Fall Kiver Gun Club, published in a late 

 issue of Ihe Forest asd Stukam, to shoot a team match at 

 glass balls. Iu accordance with that vote I have to transmit 

 I o yon our acceptance of that oiler. Teams to consist of 

 from eight to fifteen men. each, ai the option of the Fall 

 Rivet Club, and match to be shot upon our grounds in this 

 place, at such time as they may designate. JVe also voted 

 to accept the challenge of the Worcester Sportsman's Club 

 hot at thjfr place, Jan. 13tb next,— Human S. Fat, 

 Secretary Marlboro' Sportsman's Club. 



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GKOWTH OF TEOUT IN WISCONSIN. 



Editor Forest and Str.-om : 



I send you the following history ol 

 pose of demouRtratiug tin 

 depleted streams mav be stocked with 



About fou 1 mile 1 bo itb-i aBl of the 



Springs, which meet and form Bilv 

 through the c% and, niter supplyi 

 empties into Green Lake, about foil 

 ning, by the stream, about tifiei 



Kii'on, Wis., Dee. 9. 



experiment for the pur- 

 ,■■! barren or 

 •e beautiful fish, 

 of Ripon are two largo 

 reek. The stream runs 

 power to Beveral mills, 

 es west of the city, run- 

 in tbe spring of i860 I 

 proposed to stork the stream with brook trout, but mi 1 

 diBConragenient from the wise ones of this locality. One said that 

 the water was bard and trout would not live there. Another 

 claimed that the drain of the basins into the stream would kill 

 them in twenty-four hours. Other*, again, were certain that the 

 dace and chub would devour every one of the fiy. aud that I was 

 fooling away time and money in putting trout 



Notwithstanding all this,' in April, j'-mj. 1 procured from the 

 State hatcherv. at Madison.' 20,000 brook trout fry. aud planted 

 them in the springs and left them to live or die. to tight the battle 

 of life and forage for themselves. In the summer of 1881 1 in- 



' :d of those living on the stream about the trout. Nobody had 

 them. Some said there was not a trout in the stream ; others 

 slowly shook their wooden noddles and said, "We told you so 1 

 sorry for yon, but you should have taken our advice." I tell you 

 things looked rather bine. 1 felt worse than a bucking calf that 

 had lost its mother. What was to be done? To give up now in- 

 volved not only a loss or time, money and wind in procuring the 

 fry, but also a pretty good share of self-esteem, and shattered mv 

 faith in Prof. Baird and other 6 - hi > II .mi it -. That would never 

 do ; so I resolved to brace up aud keep a Stiff upper lip. I told the 

 doubting Thomases to keep their shirts on and wail until Novem- 

 ber and we would see what we would Bee. 



On the 28th of November, ISfil, 1 made a visit to the spring 

 where the frv were placed in April, WHO. f f ever a man was aston- 

 ished Iwas. I expected to find some, trout there about eight 

 inches long, and (here, within four feet of me. were great, magni- 

 ficent fellows fourteen inches long that would' weigh over a pound 

 each. The spring contained hundreds of them from ten to twelve 

 inches long, decked in their brilliant costume, got up regardless of 

 coat 1 all husily engaged in preparing their gpati n ed ' 



ed abont me, almost expecting to see the ghost of old Izak Walton 

 cavorting around me and offering his kingdom for a lish vole. Had 

 the Governor been there and offered to change places , 1 



should have asked him boot, T had cast mv bread upon the waters 

 and it had returned to me after niauv days. The most surprising 

 he ease is their rapid growth. Hiey wers barely twenty 

 months old, aud many of them would weigh a pound each, They 

 have not been fed, but catered for themselves. 



It demonstrates beyond question that our waters are admirably 

 adapted to the trout, and if our too ardent lishermeu can be 

 restrained for another year Silver Creek will he fully stocked with 

 those beautiful aud delicious fish. A. Oooi.uv.' 



CAEP. 



Washington, D. C, Dec. 8, 1881. 

 Editor Forest ami. fjtreaffi : 



I came to this city on a business trip a few davs since and found 

 Dr. Hansel, sup. rintendent of the carp ponds near Kipp's Island, 

 west of Baboookiake, was draining off the water by direction of 

 Prof. Baird, of the Smithsonian Institute, It was found that the 



increase of fish had been very great during ti. . ; ' 



estimated that fellv as many have hatched as were discovered in 

 Babeock Lake when it was drawn off, and the number in estimated 

 to be upward of loo.OOO. 



Prof. Baird is sending these yonug fish Off daily to all parts of 

 the country, very many going to the Southern States, where the 

 temperature of the water is higher and Baore uniform, an I they 

 consequently grow faster. Dr. Carey, State Fish Couimissoner of 

 Georgia, was present at the drawing off of the pond. He takes 

 . 1 ding of rlieciirp in his Stale, aud says it 



has 



s work Prof. Baird will he 

 jauy old fish will be added 





intendent Hassel i 



and about Kipp's Isli id 1 



able to distribute in- 

 for stocs purposes. A 1; 



last spring, owing to b fr« 



Potomac- Itiver. Capt. Ii 

 river, was present and stated that carp are now frequently caught 

 about the river flat* u . ._• j and that they are delicious 



fish for the table. 



Two car loads of carp were shipped last Monday night for New 

 York aud New Jersey t'<' r slocking the ponds of numerous gentle- 

 men of those States. 



I met while here Mr. If. J. Feuton, of Windsor, Conn. He is 

 the superintendent, of the Connecttont State Fi-h Hatcheries, and 

 was on his way homeward with carp for his State. He has already 

 distributed 1,000 and gets altogether 1,500. Distribution was mudo 

 in lota of 30 to applicants nil o\ ev r nn. In the autumn of 1880 

 he distributed 800 about 3 inches long. Some of these fish are 

 now 10 inches. 



At the Conn. Hatchery, at Fenton, there are now 

 eggs, 300,000 Penobscot salmon eggs, aud of laud-locked salmon 

 fully 275,000 ready for Stale purposes at Twin lakes. Mr. Fenton 

 tells me a land-locked salmon was lately taken*- of the planting of 

 187.S— that weighed 4 lbs. i ozs. 



Mr. F. and myself attended the Guiteau trial together, but [ as- 

 sure you the fish question interested us much more tl, . 

 Wing of the eranky assassin. 



Why do not the Pennsylvania men who wish to try 11 1 ■■; i- 



meiit of growing the carp make application for a few fish before 

 they are gone? Homo. 



THE GERMAN FISHEM AS! 

 No, 6of theDentsohe I ! ■ tii V 

 it we take the followi tg ootei 

 23,000 eggs from four four-year ( 



lishme'nt at Freiburg. Mr. von d 



have circula: 



. 1881. Fron 



tving take: 



-•lie 



athei 

 j good 1 



id met 



others from Mr. Stone arrived safclv. Tin nee of sawdust as a. 

 packing material for eggs is not approved. When it is fresh it is 

 inclined to heat, and thereby was considerable lossiu sending eggs 



1 ;. 1 Balmon from Geestenmnde, Carp frv. 1 

 chen, were fed with blood at first and then with bread, 

 12th of July were from five to six ceiiUmeters Jong. At Summer- 

 sin they were fed with bran- atKahmen with ground u> 

 inch!) aud i no t Berneui en will - Damn , linReed oil- 



cake and With '' water-pest,'' (a water] kmdj U 



Desaan the old oarp , . arley, pota- 



toes, blood : : , |,i,' • , 



are particularly fond of the oil-cako, and large pieces can be 



' " ' '"■ ! ha ' ' -lo! .'ii'-. 'I. ■! '11 - i i i". - i.'ipid growth 



iii carp in 11 , , 



where there is 10.- r.-- r:r,i U .. m,! plenty of food. 

 EOG FOB QE1 - | , , , 



, . ii.. 



North Germs u Llo. 1 ; - : -, . _-. , ;, _. 



■ '. ■ aird to the 

 . Ihey came from the hatchery of 

 Frank N. Ol Mich., and were re-packed by Mr. 



Mather, of Fohesi and Siiieaii. 



On the 24th the Oder, of the same line, will take out 300,000 

 eggs of white fish, -■, trom Prof. Baud, to the name 



destination, also from Mr. Oil 



The Oder will alsj take 20,000 eggs of brook trout, 8 ■■'■■■ 



",'t.,. from Mr. Livingston stone, Cbarlostown, N, H., for the 

 Deutsche Fiseherei Yerem, aud an equal number fur Mr. Ebrieht, 

 Geesteuiiinde. 



Q1TXNAT SALMON IN GERMANY.— Iu a private letter Mr. 

 ; , President of the DeutsObeFisdl 11 -reiVerem, writes that, the 

 California ,■ . , , c ;sseut by Truf. 1'aird thisyear, ajodoing 



capitally. He says that Mr. Schuster knows not how to deal with 

 all the 'fry with which his tanks are b Harming until he deposits 

 them in the Danube. 



FOOD OF CART.— Those of 11111 readers who are interested in 

 carp culture will read with interest the report" on feeding them in 

 Germany, Under the head of " the German Fishery Association" 

 we give a translation of Mr. von dem Borne's report of the man- 

 agement of this fish in different parts of that country. 



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THE NATIONAL FIELD TBIALS-CONTINUED. 



HELTON m. AND NELLIE. 



ig a start 1 made at half-past 



, and 



Nellie were put down, just 



Wednesday 



fifteen minutes later Beltou III, 

 east of the old fortification, near the totvn, to 

 finished heat. Beltou did uot commence vorv 

 into a small bevy and (lushed til 

 sprouts, Nellie made a point, w 

 The bird was Hushed to order, a 

 other bird, which she pointed n: 

 Sh rt, to order, winged B bird tl 

 pointed, and Beltou backed, a 1 

 order, killed, and Nellie retrieve 

 IB " I a bird, and the rest of tl 

 Belton pointed, and Nellie, coming up in the tall grass, also came 

 to a point. Short Hushed to order, aud his gun missed fire. Bel- 

 ton again Hushed, aud the dogs were ordered up and Nellie award- 

 ed the heat. Down altogether one hour. 



BIZ AND COUNT NOBLE. 



out their 

 r well, as he soon ran 

 ug them into some 

 sacked indifferently. 

 iellie soon found an- 

 igam backing poorly. 



ids time. Si ort, bo 

 t in the open, Belton 



Biz, handled by Mr. Mcintosh, aud Count Noble, handled by 

 lanborn, were at once cast off. Great interest waa felt by all in 

 he result ol thiB-1 sat, as Biz is considered one of the crack dogs 

 f Pennsylvania, aud the Count in well known as a good one. In 

 act, many who bad seen his work confidently expected him to 

 o-ie to the front. Both dogs went at a good Tate of speed, hut 

 B the fastest. Both ranged very wide, and quartered fairly. 

 1 that Hushed almost as soon as 

 and Carefully feeling the wind, 

 1 pointed and held the birds a 

 led up Count, who finally came 

 A large bevy wis Hushed, which was 



Biz 



killed 



cored a"fli 



id the first point 

 he stopped. He rcmaine 

 be drew on a few steps. 1 

 long time, "while Haubor 

 and backed in good style. 

 followed, and two or three of the 

 but the dogs failed to find any ol ;L 

 tlie open, where all could seo the d< 

 as to ranging. Biz kept ou iucreasi 

 the legs of Count. He also ranged 

 as well. Turning back to where th( 

 going east, Biz pointed, and then I 

 took up the same scent a little to hi, 

 first established bis point, and Biz, 

 fine work, dropped to point just 

 to order, Hushed a large bevy, I 

 simply perfection. Moving on, 

 quartered a large field of sedge 

 lent work. Passing over a kno. 

 where he pointed in good style, 

 behind him, aud pointed just ai 

 ing— rose. Both were steady to wing. Count was Hat and Biz 

 dropped nicely. Going up the gully Count dropped oaa nice 

 point, which Bin refused to buck. Sanborn Hushed a single bird 

 which be hit hard, but, did not stop. Count again pointed, just as 

 two birds rose. A little further on,. he Hushed a single bird, aud 

 a few yards further he ran into, and Hushed, a bevy, dropping to 

 wing nicely. Biz now loaded a little too close, and blushed and 

 dropped at once. The rest of the bevy then got up wild. These 

 fmshes were all dowuwind. The dogs were then ordered up, and 

 the judges, after comparing notes, awarded the koat to Biz. Down 

 just one hour. 



This heat, was greatly admired, as it is not every day that one 

 has a chance to see so good a dog as Count Noble beaten. 



-ere put up by the spectators, 

 tn. A spin was now taken in 

 s, and compare their merits 

 5 his speed, and clearly had 

 oily as wide, aud quartered 

 irei ■ first found, and 

 ided very carefully. Count 

 eft. Both reading on, Count 

 ho had been doing some very 

 simtle bird rose. Sanborn, 

 This work was 

 ish. Both then 

 id style, doing excel- 

 down to the bottom, 

 ling round 

 vhichv 



Hush, handled bv Aldrich. 

 were put down at La 1 1. B 1 

 pointer, and was drawn finer 

 year at Bobbins' Island, but 1 

 did not show to very good 1 

 falling in with King Dash, 

 well, Dash at a 

 warmed to hie worit tie snow* 

 supposed him eaoable of. I 

 but only a lark was found 111 

 speed through aoornfleld, »i 

 very stylish point, but movei 

 staunchlv, but as nothing ws 

 lowing a bevv that had been 11 

 near a bud, and it Hushed, I 

 Eush was fairly steady, but 1 

 bird very well, but getting t 



ad King Dash, handled by Short, 

 18 the well-known champion small 

 inn we. over en him. He ran last 

 S so grobslv fat and full-fed that he 

 ,.-1 nu fortunate ill 

 > is arattler. They started off very 



g gait, and Bush a little slower, but 

 showed amnch faster gait than 



had 

 beautiful one, 

 ush, when going at 

 p all standing on a 

 la and again pointed 

 a false point. Fol- 

 .-. both dogs got tco 

 he bird got' up, and 

 IK. Dash roaded a 

 flush. He 



drew to a good point, but the bird Hushed wild. A little fur- 

 ther on, both pointed single birds. Short killed to order, and 

 Dash retrieved. He then Bushed a bevy, aud Rush pointed on 

 trail and roaded very well up to where they got up. On a little 

 further. Dash dropped in a gamy point on a fresh killed rabbit, 

 which Bush commenced to eat but was called off. Theu ha 

 , left, and made a beautiful point, which was backed 

 bv Dash ; both roaded. Rash ahead, aud the bird Hushed, both 

 now pointed false. Both pointed again, but the buds flushed 

 wild. Dash drew on and the birds gol Up all around him. A bird 

 was thrOwn, aud the grm fired, to test their retrieving, which both 

 did very well, They were now ordered up, aud the heat awarded 

 to King Dash. Down two hours. 



HON ANI. OBOUSB OALl'. 



Don, another pointer. handleS by Mr. Vandervort, aud Grouse 

 Dale, the winner of first prize at Bobbins' Island, Mere now put 

 down in some sprouts. Going but a ahorl distance, both dogB 

 pointed at the same time about fifty yards apart, but 110 bird was 

 found in front of Don. GrouaeDale bad a bird, which gol up 

 ■Hi a.- he stopped. Fhen out near the edge Don 

 pointed, aud his bird did the same. Theu Grouse scored a fliiRh. 

 A little further ou Don came to a good point, and G 10 use bucket 

 him grandly. Don moved on and roaded up to a bevy, which the 

 Handlers flushed and Iked at, but misted. Don worked very eme- 

 f. ill v but the birds von 1 itlil U .- the spectators— anxious 

 to see the work crowded up and. the noise made them wild. 

 Working Out into the open, the dogs were taken up at 1:1?. 

 After Inueh tbev were i>ul, il'iv ., 1, , " .md worked 



, . , 1 - . ,,,,,,' 1 ,i 1 : .1 -use coming 



ind both dogs took 

 onejjor two jumps toward it, bul atopp Moving <n 



through the woods, both challenged in some sedge ant) 

 bird was started some little distance behind them. Then on 

 across an open let aud into another piece (>t woods, which were 

 drawn blank, we crossed a valley into some sprouts. When near 

 the top of the opposite Ride, Grouse made one ol his mag- 

 nificent points on a large bevy. Don came up, but did not 



