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RECREA TION. 



den, steady pull over the side of, and into 

 the boat. He lay on the bottom, flounder- 

 ing and lashing, until I feared for the bot- 

 tom boards. A tap on the head with the 

 stretcher quieted him. 



Not being able to keep him, nor to send 

 him up to Montreal. 1 disposed of him to 

 a man in the village. A hotel keeper finally 

 secured him and gave a banquet in his 

 honor, as he was the record fish for that 

 lake. Forty-five guests attended. The fish 

 was stuffed with potatoes and roasted whole 

 in a baker's oven, a roasting pan having 

 been made expressly for it, owing to its 

 size. I was not at the banquet, but was 

 told some of the guests were served no 

 fewer than 5 times, which speaks well for 

 the fish's delicacy of flavor, not to mention 

 the appetites of the guests. 



My father held the record up to the capt- 

 ure of this fish, he having caught, by troll- 

 ing, a 31 pound maskalonge some years 

 ago. A 34 pound muskalonge was speared 

 some time ago, but does not hold as a 

 record. Until recently these noble fish were 

 netted in great numbers in Lake Muska- 

 longe. but the advent of a game warden 

 worthy of the name has changed that, and 

 now not a net, I believe, can be found in 

 the parish. J. H. Hicks. 



AX INGLORIOUS END. 



I wish to recommend to anglers a trial 

 of Beaver creek, one of the most beautiful 

 streams in British Columbia. September 

 is the best month for fishing here. The 

 trout having become tired of his ova menu 

 settles down to business again, and gives 

 proper attention to artificial flies and an oc- 

 casional grasshopper. Our trout are not 

 to be fooled by any ordinary bait; it must 

 similate a real, juicy midge, or it will not 

 pass muster. However, the trout are here 

 and weighing all the way from 10 pounds 

 down, as the sequel will show. 



Xot long ago Rev. J. Calvert, of Trail, 

 B. C, walked to a railway station 7 miles 

 distant, and his route crossed Beaver creek. 

 He is an enthusiastic amateur photogra- 

 pher, and carried his camera with the hope 

 of securing a few shots at the beautiful 

 scenery. In preparing to take a picture he 

 saw, reflected on the ground-glass, the out- 

 line of a large fish. Leaving his camera he 

 discovered in a shallow basin in the jagged 

 rocks' bordering the torrent, a trout of ex- 

 traordinary proportions. 



On the hook a 10 pound trout require-; 

 a large amount of catching. The amateur 

 loses many a wary fish in the landing and 

 even experienced sportsmen have been out- 

 generaled by clever trout. Mr. Calvert, 

 having had some experience, knew all this. 

 but undeterred by the odds against him 

 he climbed down to the pool containing the 

 finny monster. There he knelt, as is his 

 wont on all solemn occasions, and with his 



bare hands offered battle to the fish. 

 Luckily, the fisherman in this case was 

 nearly as amphibious as his antagonist. 

 ( )ver and under, to and fro, in the pool the 

 clergyman and the fish rolled and surged. 

 At times the wily 10 pounder seemed on the 

 point of escaping to the stream, only to be 

 caught by the tail and hauled back ignomin- 

 iously. 



At last, with hands bleeding from the 

 sharp teeth of the fish, the triumphant 

 clergyman stood up, holding the trout in 

 both hands and looking more like an in- 

 structor in aquatic sports than a dignified 

 churchman. Holding a large trout with 

 one's bare hands while jumping from stone 

 to stone over a deep pool is to simply in- 

 vite calamity. Rather than risk the loss of 

 his prize in that way. Mr. Calvert vowed 

 he would swim, and trusting to his fisher- 

 man's luck and the peculiar good fortune 

 usually granted to him who expects little, 

 he essayed it. arriving safely with his fish 

 at the camera. Then he photographed his 

 victim and the pool from which he took 

 him. The unfortunate trout weighed 10^2 

 pounds. 



W. J. Devitt, Trail, B. C. 



NEW SPECIES OF TROUT. 



Quebec. Jan. 26. — A new species of trout has been dis- 

 covered in the Tourilli Fish and Game Club's waters. 

 This trout runs up to 4% pounds in weight, and is the 

 most beautiful and gamy of the salmon family. A speci- 

 men has been sent to the Smithsonian Institution and has 

 awakened a great deal of interest among scientists. It 

 is generally supposed to be the rare and much coveted 

 Salmo marstoni.— The Citizen, Ottawa, Canada. 



Will you give us some information, in 

 Recreation, as to Sahno marstoni, men- 

 tioned in this clipping? Where is that 

 species principally to be found? 



In the early stages of spawning, by what 

 exterior marks can the female be distin- 

 guished from the male speckled trout? Has 

 color anything to do in this respect? 



Your magazine is ever interesting and I 

 am always awaiting it with anxiety and 

 pleasure. E. Edward Lemieux, 



Dept. of Militia. Ottawa, Can. 



I referred this inquiry to Hon. George 

 M. Bowers, U. S. Fish Commissioner, who 

 replies thus : 



The fish to which your correspondent 

 apparently refers was described in 1893. by 

 Professor Samuel Garman, of the Museum 

 of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass., 

 under the name Sahno marstoni, in honor 

 of Mr. R. B. Marston, editor of the " Lon- 

 don Fishing Gazette." This trout belongs 

 to the group of salmonoids known in 

 Europe as charrs or saiblings. represented 

 in America by a number of species and 

 varieties, most of which inhabit Arctic 

 regions. Later authors have consequently 

 assigned Marston's trout to the genus 

 Salvclinus, of which our brook trout {S. 

 fontinalis) is the best known example. 



