
Bish AND FISHING: 
THE LAW AS TO MILL RACES. 
Mr. A. owns a mill race one-half mile 
long, having its source in a creek, and 
its outlet into the same; also an overflow 
between the 2. He owns the land on 
both sides of the race, from source to be- 
low outlet, and to center of said creek. 
It has been the practice when drawing 
the water from the race for repairs, and 
sometimes for the special purpose, to 
catch what fish were in the race, either 
with rake, spear, net or otherwise. 
1. Can A or his employees, whom he 
has given permission be hindered or 
prevented from continuing this practice? 
2. Can the same race be made into a 
private fish pond by putting in screens 
and posting the same? 
Subscriber, Honoye Falls, N. Y. 
I referred this inquiry to Julius H. 
Seymour, General Counsel of the L. A. 
S., at 35 Wall Street, who replies as fol- 
lows: 
The inquiry of “Subscriber” as to the 
practice of drawing off water from a mill 
race for the purpose of killing fish, etc., 
is answered in the game laws as follows: 
1. Whether A. or his employees can be 
prevented from continuing the practice. 
Sec. 101 prohibits the taking of fish by 
shutting or drawing off water for that 
purpose; but the commissioners may give 
permission to the owner or persons in 
charge of private grounds, reservoirs, or 
the waters of the State to do so for 
the purpose of taking carp, pickerel or 
other deleterious fish, and no others. 
I do not think this mill race is a pound. 
or a reservoir or public water, and if it 
were, permission must first be obtained 
and only those fish taken. The penalty 
is $100 for each violation. 
The public should keep clearly in mind 
that the game laws protect fish and game. 
no matter whether they are in a lake, or 
an aquarium, or public or private waters. 
A trout is a trout, and it can not be 
caught or possessed within the prescribed 
periods, no matter where it lives. The 
State owns it and allows its destruction 
only at specified times and places, set 
forth in the game laws. 
I think the owner of this race can be 
prosecuted, and prevented from continu- 
ing the practice. 
2. Whether he can make a private fish 
pond of his mill race is answered in Ar- 
ticle IX., Sections 210 to 216 of the game 
laws. He can postnotices,atleast one foot 
square, on at least every 50 acres of the 
land or along the banks of the mill race, 
giving a brief description of the premises 
and the owner’s name, etc., Sec. 211, and 
if he desires to devote the mill race to 
propagation, etc., he must advertise as 
per Sec. 212, and post notices. 

FISH, FROGS AND OTHER THINGS. 
A little book bearing this seductive title 
has just reached me: 
“Fish and Fishing Along the Line of the 
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway.” 
It is published by the general passenger 
department of that road, and contains some 
valuable information for anglers. Here are 
some sample chunks: 
I am glad to note that within the last 
year or 2 live frogs are not being slowly 
tortured to death “to make a holiday” to 
such an extent as heretofore. To put a live 
frog on.a hookiscrueland barbarous;and 
when other bait will answer the purpose 
equally as well it should certainly be used. 
IL have. in the last 2 seasons used 
pork rind exclusively, in all kinds of waters 
and at all seasons,and have caught asmany 
bass as (in some cases more than) others 
who baited with live frogs. I have fished 
out of the same boat, with a more expert 
bass fisherman, and caught 2 bass with 
pork rind to his one with live frogs. It 
doesn’t matter much what shape the rind 
is cut, although I have been most suc- 
cessful with a piece about 2 inches long by 
one inch wide, with a notch cut in at one 
end, to give it somewhat the shape of a 
frog. It is necessary to punch a hole in 
the other end to slip the hook through, 
as the rind is too tough for the hook to 
penetrate. If this hole is made just large 
enough for the hook to slip through 
snugly, one~ piece of rind will do for a 
day’s fishing—which is a great saving of 
time and trouble. (Sometimes a long, 
narrow strip of rind, about the length and 
breadth of the average minnow, is more 
attractive). Pork rind is also cheap—s5 
cents’ worth will outlast a dollar’s worth 
of frogs. Aside f-om this, and the hu- 
mane aspect of the matter, the use of 
pork rind is more sportsmanlike, in that 
one deceives and lures the bass with 
something it does not particularly like. 
There is nothing deceiving about a live 
frog—it is just what “Br’er Bass” wants, 
and he will keep after it if he misses on 
the first strike while with the pork rind 

