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FISHING 
upper waters. In days to come fish ladders 
will remedy this state of affairs, and then the 
Magpie will be one of the best streams of the 
North Shore. 
The Mingan is a river that is known wherever 
salmon fishermen congregate. It has been 
fished by wandering anglers for a generation or 
two, and the salmon taken on the rod have 
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age is but half a mile from the first pool, so tha 
camping out is not necessary, if you have a 
yacht or coasting craft at your disposal. Thi 
is an advantage in fly time, ason the water one 
does not suffer from those active, indefatigable 
mosquitoes, black flies and midgets whose atten- 
tions are directed especially to the nice, tender, 
juicy man from the city. 

AN EARLY BREAKFAST, AND THEN FOR THE BASS ! 
numbered into the tens of thousands. But the 
fishing is as good as ever, and needs just as 
long a purse as ever, which puts it out of the 
reach of the average man. Fish up to thirty- 
eight pounds have been taken, and the average 
of all is more than fourteen pounds. There are 
but few trout. 
It is to the smaller rivers that the compara- 
tively poor man must look for his sport. The 
men of money have taken possession of the big, 
first-class rivers. For pure sport give me, how- 
ever, a small river, where the pools may be 
waded and where a big following of hangers- 
on is neither necessary nor desirable. 
The Bear River, thirty-five miles east of 
Mingan, is an attractive stream. It is small, 
well stocked witi fish and not netted. There 
is a safe harbor at the entrance, and the anchor- 
The Corneille is but three miles from Bear 
River. It is a good salmon stream, easy of 
access, with a good harbor, protected by a 
chain of islands. The Corneille is a late river, 
and more renowned for its grilse and trout-fish- 
ing than for its salmon, though numbers of the 
latter have been taken on the rod. The grilse, 
it may be remarked, is the young salmon re- 
turning for the first time to its native river from 
the sea. It runs during the first weeks of July, 
whereas the adult salmon begin to run in 
June. 
The Pishteebee comes next on the list. Itisa 
first-class little river, and one that should give 
better sport than has yet been the case, if fished 
by a party not in too great a hurry to leave. 
Sometimes the eariy fishing is disappointing, 
but, sooner or later, there is always a heavy run 
