FISH AND FISHING. 



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The party saw many thousands of elk, 

 and hundreds of deer and antelope. Our 

 winter has been exceptionally warm and 

 open and game of all kinds has done un- 

 usually well. I estimate the number of 

 calves from the elk this spring, within and 

 near the border of the park, will be 7,000 

 to 10,000. Captain Brown has his soldiers 

 so placed that there has been little if any 

 poaching. 



E. C. Culver, Gardiner, Mont. 



Well I must confess this is different. 

 Here appears to be one case where a num- 

 ber of men may take a large number of 

 trout without making hogs of themselves. 

 I wish we could induce the United States 

 Fish Commission to net a few carloads of 

 the surplus trout in the National' Park 

 waters, bring them East and plant them in 

 some of the streams of New England, New 

 York and Pennsylvania. Possibly we may 

 be'able to accomplish this in time. The L. 

 A. S. has done more difficult things al- 

 ready. The Lacey bill for instance. — 

 Editor. 



CLAIMS HE DID NOT. 

 Your excellent magazine for June has 

 reached me. Among its articles is one 

 written by S. C. T., "Hunting the White 

 Caribou." This very readable article also 

 refers briefly to salmon fishing in New- 

 foundland, and, speaking of me, makes 

 the astonishing statement that I killed 

 over 300 in one week while fishing there. 

 I would have passed this by as a joke, but 

 as other fishermen are also named as kill- 

 ing incredible numbers of salmon in the 

 same short time I must conclude the writer 

 is in earnest. I therefore write this to 

 notify him and his readers that he has 

 been misinformed with respect, at any 

 rate, to my own success, if not to that of 

 the other gentlemen named. 



I have fished many years for salmon, 

 both in Canadian and in Newfoundland 

 waters, but have never yet succeeded in 

 capturing more than 8 or 10 fish in any 

 one week. I am also acquainted with 

 many other lovers of this sport, but none 

 of them, so far as I know, have ever much 

 exceeded these numbers. My general ex- 

 perience is all the other way. If I can 

 average a fish a day for 2 or 3 weeks I call 

 my luck good, and my luck is not always 

 / good. I have fished for salmon on both 

 branches of the Humber, but although the 

 salmon appeared to be there in abundance 

 none would rise to my fly. I was much 

 more successful on the Codroy river, 

 another Newfoundland stream. If you 

 happen to fish there in the right season 

 with good water you mav pick up 10 or 20 

 fish during the run. The fish are not 

 large, averaging perhaps 12 or 13 pounds, 

 but they are gamy, Although I was not 



successful on the Humber river I have 

 always understood from my guides that 

 General Dashwood caught salmon there, 

 though how many I have never heard. 



I write only to correct a misstatement, 

 made, of course, unintentionally, but which 

 not only seems to reflect on me, but might 

 also have the effect of misleading other 

 sportsmen. 



John Y. Payzant, Halifax, N. S. 



ANSWER. 



S. C. T. tells me his authority for the 

 statement is George Nichols, who claims 

 to have guided you. — Editor. 



RAINBOW IN THE EAST. 

 Can California or rainbow trout be 

 raised successfully in Eastern waters? 

 Can brooks be stocked with them the 

 same as with speckled or brook trout? 

 How large do they grow? Is there any 

 difference between longe and togue? I am 

 more than pleased to see you roast the 

 game hogs. They deserve it all. 



U. B. G., Worcester, Mass. 



ANSWER. 



The rainbow trout has been success- 

 fully introduced into various Eastern 

 waters, particularly in Michigan, Arkan- 

 sas, Missouri and throughout the Alle- 

 ghany mountains. It is also well estab- 

 lished in some parts of the Adirondacks, 

 in Colorado, Nevada and in many other 

 places. It will do well in almost any 

 stream in which the Eastern brook trout 

 thrives. It is a fish of the running streams 

 and does not do so well in lakes. 



As in all other trout, the size of the 

 rainbow trout depends largely on its sur- 

 roundings; those living in large streams 

 and having abundant food attaining a very 

 large size. In small brooks mature fish 

 are often taken weighing only a few 

 ounces. In the Ozark region of Mis- 

 souri they reach 5 to 10 pounds, and in 

 the Au Sable, of Michigan, they reach 

 nearly the same size. In California the 

 average probably does not exceed 2 

 pounds, though much larger examples 

 are often caught. 



No, there is no difference between a 

 longe and a togue. Those are simply 2 of 

 the several names by which the lake trout 

 is known. "Longe" is used in Vermont 

 and "togue" in Maine. Other common 

 names for the same fish are great lake 

 trout, Mackinaw trout, "Lake Superior 

 trout, namaycush and masamacush. Its 

 scientific name is Cristivomer namaycush. 



B. W. E. 



A FISH HOG WHO BOASTS OF IT. 



The largest fish catch to far made ia that of J. H. 

 Woodstock of this place and J. C. Hartough of Chi- 

 cago. They went out Tuesday morning and returned 

 Wednesday night with 302 fairlv good fish for their 

 trouble during the two days. They bagged 169 the 



