FISH AND FISHING. 



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ing way : Put your finger on one of the 

 ends and pass the other end over the ob- 

 ject in the water who you wish to re- 

 move. Take your finger off the top sud- 

 denly, and the water and object will shoot 

 up the tube. Place your finger back in the 

 first position, and take the tube out. 



Never crowd your fishes. It is always 

 wiser to have too few than too many. 

 When the fish swim near the surface of the 

 water it may be taken for granted there 

 are too many in the aquarium, or that the 

 temperature of the aquarium is higher than 

 it should be. 



If a fish or any other animal is seen suf- 

 fering from fungus, it should be removed at 

 once. Cure : Put in running water or in 

 water containing salt. 



Never put armed fish with unarmed fish ; 

 as, for instance, a stickleback with a gold- 

 fish. 



Fill your aquarium with water a week 

 or 2 before putting any of your animals 

 in it. 



Never wash your sand, pebbles, etc., in 

 any wooden pail that has been used for 

 washing, or where any soap has been used. 



Have several rockeries, so the fish can go 

 below them. 



If anyone should wish further informa- 

 tion in regard to making, stocking, care, 

 etc., or where to get the different species 

 of fish, I will be glad to give it. I have 

 had a black bass as tame as a dog. When 

 the time came for me to feed him he would 

 swim near the surface, watching my move- 

 ments. I could hold the food 2 or 3 inches 

 above the water and he would jump at it, 

 and tear it out of my hand. I think an 

 aquarium column in Recreation would be 

 interesting. 



L. E. Schreiber. 



LAKE MAXINKUCKEE, INDIANA. 



The fishing at this lake has been un- 

 usually good this season. Those of the 

 cottagers about the lake who enjoy ang- 

 ling found it easy to take all the fish they 

 should at any time, since the season 

 opened. Some were greedy, I fear, and 

 caught more than they should; but as a 

 rule the people who come to this lake to 

 spend the summer have little respect for 

 the fish hog. The Lake Maxinkuckee As- 

 sociation (the cottagers' business associa- 

 tion) is beginning to see the importance of 

 protecting the fish of the lake, and it is 

 hoped it may create a strong public senti- 

 ment against overfishing. 



This association has already taken up 

 the matter of protecting the native birds 

 about the lake, and it will accomplish 

 much good if it will put forth proper 

 efforts. 



Mr. F. A. Lucas, of the United States 

 National Museum, spent 2 weeks here in 

 August and September renewing his ac- 



quaintance with the bass, bluegill, and 

 yellow perch. Mr. A. R. Dugmore, the 

 author of "Bird Homes," was here 10 days, 

 photographing live fish. 



Coot (Fuilca americana) shooting is 

 good. As the coot here feed almost en- 

 tirely on wild celery (Vallisneria spiralis), 

 which is abundant in the lake, they are 

 most delicious eating, rivaling even the 

 canvasback duck. 



Officers of Lake Maxinkuckee Associa- 

 tion: 



W. T. Wilson, president, Logansport, 

 Ind. 



A. Herz, vice-president, Terre Haute, 

 Ind. 



J. C. Capron, secretary, Plymouth, Ind. 



The fishing at Bass lake, Indiana, has 

 been excellent this season. 



The bluegills, large mouth black bass, 

 and the calico bass have been abundant, 

 and some good catches have been re- 

 ported. 



This lake is on the Chicago & Erie, 9 

 miles West of Lake Maxinkuckee. There 

 are 2 or 3 comfortable hotels on the lake, 

 and it is a pleasant place to spend a few 

 weeks. 



THE SQUAW FISH. 

 I live on White Fish creek, about 10 

 miles from Kalispell. There are not many 

 fish in the creek except in the fall, when 

 the whitefish come up to spawn. There is 

 one kind of fish here called squaw fish. 

 Do you know anything about them? 



W. D. McBride, Kalispell, Mont. 



ANSWER. 



The squaw fish is one of the largest 

 members of the Cyprinidce, or minnow, 

 family. It is also called chappaul, yel- 

 low belly, and Sacramento pike, but squaw 

 fish is its proper common name. In the 

 books its scientific name is Ptychocheilus 

 oregonensis, which is longer than most of 

 the members of the minnow family, but not 

 so long as the squaw fish. Though a min- 

 now, the squaw fish is not a little fish, by 

 any means. I have seen squaw fish in Flat- 

 head lake, not far from Kalispell, that were 

 3 feet long, and in the Pend d'Oreille river 

 I saw one even longer. "Minnow" does not 

 necessarily mean a little, young fish, as 

 many people who do not know fish think 

 it does. A minnow is any member of the 

 Cyprinidce or minnow family, and in this 

 family are species of various sizes, from 1 

 inch to 6 feet in length. 



The squaw fish is a common species 

 throughout the Columbia river basin, and is 

 particularly abundant in Idaho, Montana, 

 and Washington. It is not a bad game 

 fish, and affords good sport to the angler. 

 I have taken it on the fly in Swan river 

 on the East side of Flathead lake, and I 

 have seen them served at the Demersville 

 hotel as whitefish! B. W. E. 



