FISH AND FISHING. 



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useless for the directors to go any farther with 

 the stocking of the lakes. 



There is no question but that good fishing in 

 our lakes would be the means of bringing a large 

 number of visitors to our city, and they would be 

 a class of people the majority of whom do not 

 count expense, but spend their money freely. 

 W. J. CORNWELL, 

 C. H. BURTON, 

 G. S. STANLEY, 



Committee. 



This is good work. All clubs in game 

 or fish districts should follow the example. 

 When the Cadillac Commercial Club shall 

 also have organized itself as a chapter of 

 the League of American Sportsmen it will 

 be in a still better position to attain great 

 results. The League furnishes a muslin 

 poster of similar import, in any numbers 

 desired. If you want them send for them. 

 — Editor. 



THE GATINEAU DISTRICT. 



There may be better places for fishing 

 than the Gatineau district, in Canada, but I 

 have not found them, and I have traveled 

 considerably throughout this country and 

 the United States. As a general thing any- 

 one making Ottawa a starting point for a 

 few days' fishing, does not require a guide. 

 Almost anyone in the city will tell him 

 where to go, or by applying to the Gati- 

 neau railway officers, he will receive full in- 

 formation as to season and locality. If I 

 should catch all the fish I could in a day's 

 outing in the Gatineau district and should 

 report to you, you would be on the lookout 

 for a new name to replace fish hog. When 



1 go for brook trout, 42 miles from the city, 



2 or 3 hours are all I want. My creel will 

 be full in that time, and not with finger- 

 lings, either. The brook trout we take av- 

 erage 10 ounces. I have caught some weigh- 

 ing \ l / 2 pounds. We usually start at day- 

 break, walk 4 miles to the brook, catch our 

 trout and return by noon. 



In the lakes salmon trout and lake trout, 

 which run very large, are numerous. My 

 largest lake trout weighed 2j l / 2 pounds. It 

 was taken at sunrise, with an ordinary 50- 

 cent line, a single gut hook, and a Bristol 

 steel rod, backed up by a Yawman & Erbe 

 automatic reel. With the same outfit I 

 have taken 6 black bass that weighed 24^ 

 pounds and a 19^-nound muskalonge. Ang- 

 ling with rod and line is the only legal and 

 proper way to fish. I never fish in any 

 other way. Have had some sport as good" 

 as anyone could wish and have never been 

 more than 46 miles from our city limits to 

 get it. Will gladly write anyone wishing 

 further information. 



The pickerel season opened Mav .* and 

 many fine ones have been taken. B .s fish- 

 ing opened June 15. The season has closed 

 for the sale and export of black bass, 

 speckled trout and muskalonge until July, 

 1903. 



The last wild pigeon I saW around here 

 was in July, 1898. 



G. Y. Loveday, Ottawa, Can. 



DOES NOT KNOW WHEN TO STOP. 

 In probably no other State in the Union 

 has a State Fish Commission done more 

 intelligent and successful work in stocking 

 streams than has been done in Michigan. 

 In no other State has the support and co- 

 operation of the railroads been more liberal 

 and far sighted. In no other State have 

 the money benefits, to the people and to the 

 railroads, of fish stocking been so evident. 

 Yet it has been stated in a weekly news- 

 paper that Mr. A. Torrey, chief engineer 

 of the Michigan Central railway, on or 

 about the first of May of this year, fished 

 a stream until his basket was full. Then 

 he took his overalls and tying their legs 

 together, threw them across his shoulder 

 and fished until this new kind of fish basket 

 was full and until he was exhausted. I 

 asked Mr. Torrey for an explanation, and 

 this is his vague reply : 



Your letter came to my office in my ab- 

 sence. I have not caught 200 trout in one 

 day. I have caught a great many trout, and 

 expect to catch a great many more, but 

 should be much ashamed to abuse the sport 

 by bagging 200, or over 100 in one day. 

 A. Torrey, Detroit, Mich. 



So you place your limit at 100, eh? Well, 

 that is 75 more than any man should take 

 in a day. — Editor. 



A SILVER TROUT. 

 You may remember I wrote you last 

 summer of a peculiar white or silver trout 

 that has been taken now and then in one 

 brook in the Adirondacks. I send you a 

 letter that came to-day from Mr. Bradley, 

 of Michigan, and that may be of interest 

 to you. It is impossible, without compar- 

 ing them, to know if the trout he mentions 

 are the same. I don't like the name of 

 "pale" trout, as those I have taken were 

 anything but pale, though they have no red 

 spots, or color marks. They came out of 

 the water like burnished silver. I have 

 heard recently that some such trout have 

 been taken in streams in the interior of , this 

 State. 



R. M. Shurtleff, New York City. 



The letter referred to is as follows : 



My dear Mr. Shurtleff : The trout you 

 mention in Recreation are caught in this 

 State, among other trout. The fish com- 

 missioner tells me he bred a number from 

 very lightcolored fish, and kept breeding 

 in and in until they .Seem to hold their own 

 as a distinct colored trout, although he 

 says they are true trout. He has named 

 them "pale" trout. 



H. W. Bradley, Romeo, Mich. 



