FISH AND FISHING. 



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than the fly; for with the conditions pre- 

 vailing at the time of which I write, one 

 might have whipped the water with a touch 

 of down, and never have gotten a rise. 



MUST NOT SELL EVEN HIS OWN TROUT, IN- 

 CLOSE SEASON. 



A reader of Recreation asks this ques- 

 tion: " Assuming that a man has received 

 from the State trout to stock a pond, for 

 his own use, can he legally catch and eat 

 or sell the trout, thereafter, during the close 

 season? " 



I submitted this proposition to the Hon. 

 John S. Wise, whose answer is printed be- 

 low: 



" In Hooker v. Cummings, 20 Johnson 

 (N. Y.) 90, it was held that ' The Legisla- 

 ture has the right of regulating the taking 

 of fish in private rivers, which are unques- 

 tionably private property.' 



" In my opinion, the fact that a man re- 

 ceived from the State trout to stock his 

 pond, for his own use, would not affect 

 the case. Even where a pond was exempt- 

 ed from the provisions of a general law, 

 prohibiting the taking of fish from ponds, 

 but where there was no grant of right to 

 sell frsh so taken, the party was successfully 

 prosecuted for selling such fish. State v. 

 Beal, 75 Me. 289. The State may regulate 

 the time for taking fish in private as well 

 as in public waters." 



ANOTHER DEVICE FOR FISH HOGS. 

 Dore Ogden, a local genius, has invented a fish-catching 

 apparatus which promises to excel all previous inventions in 

 that line. A fine wire extends from a battery, near the fish- 

 erman, through the fishing line to the hook. The fish are 

 electrocuted the instant they touch the instrument. In a 

 test in White river several hundred pounds of fish were 

 caught in a few hours. — Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. 



It is to be hoped that the next time Og- 

 den attempts to use this infernal machine, 

 on fish, he will get it mixed up in some 

 way, press the button while he has the hook 

 in his hands and send himself where his 

 wire, if he should take it with him, would 

 melt. 



FISH NOTES. 



A party of picnickers were spending the 

 day on the beaches, back of Croton Point 

 last August, when their attention was at- 

 tracted by the violent splashing of some 

 white object in the water near the shore. 

 Some of the party were bathing at the time 

 and, becoming alarmed at what they 

 thought a shark, went ashore, post haste. 

 One of the bathers, Louis Pilat, a florist of 

 Sing Sing, being more venturesome than 

 the rest, swam out and captured a fine 

 striped bass, in its last throes. When he 

 got ashore the cause of the bass's demise 

 was evident. A 6 inch catfish stuck head 

 first, hard and fast, in the bass' mouth. This 

 is a hint for bass fishermen in the finding 

 of a new and effective bait. 



Chas. Blandford, Sing Sing, N. Y. 



Hundreds of trout are taken here each 

 winter, through the ice, and more each 

 spring, trolling. We catch some as 1 

 as 20 pounds, each, but more of them weigh 

 from 2 to 4 pounds. We have white fish 

 and salmon here. Perch, pickerel and bass 

 are also abundant. 



J. E. Hutchins, Laconia, X. H. 



I have frequently fished in Keuka Lake, 

 at the foot of which Penn Yan is situated, 

 and have had some good catches of small 

 mouth bass, caught mostly by trolling 

 slowly with a 150 foot silk line, small swivel 

 and 4 to 6 feet leader, and using minr. 

 for bait. 



Jos. T. Cox, M.D., Penn Yan, X. Y. 



Fishing is not so good as formerly, ow- 

 ing to the seining done around here. Last 

 summer I found one place where the fish 

 would bite from 10 until 3 o'clock, in which 

 time I could catch from 10 to 50, averaging 

 about Ya pound apiece. 



Geo. M. Loosley, Jr., Rock Island, 111. 



We intend to take a trip to Canada and 

 have been told that there is good fishing 

 in Black lake. We should be glad to hear 

 from any of the readers of Recreation. 

 who have been there or know anything 

 about it. P. S. Duncan, Saltsburg, Pa. 



I recently had an even half interest in a 

 string of 6 bass, 4 weighing 3 pounds 

 apiece and 2 of 4 pounds each. Our party 

 one night found 5 coons up a tree and they 

 all came home with us to roost. 



Dr. Wm. A. Hastings, Owego. N. Y. 



We are now settled for a season. The 

 camp stands back from Green river about 

 500 yards. Trout are abundant in Green 

 river and in the Gros Ventre, which is only 

 a mile distant. 



Mrs. A. C. Wallihan, Cora, Wyo. 



We have just started a fish and game 

 league here. Last year 70,000 young trout 

 were shipped to this station and distributed 

 in brooks near good trout ponds. 



C. W. Tenney, Barton, Vt. 



We have good fishing here in the upper 

 and lower river, and in Lake Ontario. 

 Bass, pike, pickerel, perch, etc., are plen- 

 tiful. 



M. V. Allen, Xiagara Falls. X. Y. 



E. W. Charles, of Minneapolis, holds the 

 record for the largest muskalonge of last 

 season. It weighed 40 pounds. 



H. G. McCartney, Chicago. 111. 



We have the best trout fishing in X'ew 

 York, and good hunting. 



F. B. Fleming, Ticonderoga, X. Y. 



