FISH AND FISHING. 



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by side in regular order. The short piece 

 of old channel must also have been filled 

 with fish, which prevented those in the 

 creek from retiring when the water rapidly 

 went down. Of course, the fish in the old 

 channel would not go back into the main 

 stream. It probably would not take 2 hours 

 for the creek to run out, and when this hap- 

 pened the fish were left. Septic sewage had 

 killed those tons of fish, and the fact illus- 

 trates the importance of all cities making 

 proper sanitary disposal of their sewage, in- 

 stead of befouling streams with it. 



Dr. J. N. Hurty, Indianapolis, Ind. 



rests in the past year and got conviction 

 in all cases but one. 



W. A. Stover, Priest River, Idaho. 



MR. STOVER'S GOOD WORK. 



A party from Spokane, Wash., went 

 through here for Priest lake and as they 

 had given game warden Stover trouble last 

 season, he was suspicious of them. He 

 therefore went to the lake the next day, 

 caught one of the party fishing without a 

 license and took him before a justice of the 

 peace. The culprit was fined only $12, 

 which he promptly paid. 



This small fine did not discourage Mr. 

 Stover. He went to the lake the next day 

 after another party who were giving him 

 trouble and who also gave him trouble last 

 year. They were Mose Fish, of Farming- 

 ton, Wash., and his brother Dan Fish, of 

 Oaksdale, Wash. Mose Fish had a resi- 

 dent license, but Mr. Stover proved him a 

 non-resident, and Dan Fish had no license. 

 They were fined $50 each, which they paid. 

 They asked the game warden and the jus- 

 tice of the peace not to make it known, so 

 roast them as they deserve. I am in such a 

 position that I can not sign my name, but 

 if you want any more news concerning 

 this or other similar cases, Mr. W. A. 

 Stover can tell you all the particulars. 



A Subscriber, Priest River, Idaho. 



I referred this letter to Mr. Stover, and 

 he replied as follows : 



The letter you sent me is correct. The 

 persons who gave me trouble last season 

 were Harry Bears and friends, from Spo- 

 kane. They went through here without 

 license, and I had to follow them to Priest 

 lake. There were 5 in the party, and only 

 3 had licenses. They said the other 2 were 

 not going to fish. Bears came this season 

 with a party of 7 and got 3 licenses. I fol- 

 lowed these men again and caught one of 

 them fishing without a license. I took him 

 before a justice of the peace, who fined 

 him $12. Bears is supposed to be one of 

 Spokane's best sportsmen, as he is owner 

 or manager of the Couer d'Alene Theatre 

 and saloon. 



I am doing all I can to protect the game 

 and fish, but it is not much, as I can only 

 get pay for 90 days. I have made 14 ar- 



FISH PLANTING. 

 The Ontario Government, in conjunction 

 with the Grand Trunk railway, has inaugu- 

 rated a vigorous policy of restocking with 

 fish many of the lakes in Northern Ontario, 

 where there was any chance of a depletion, 

 and the success which has attended their 

 efforts has been marked. During the sum- 

 mer season this year no less than 5,305 

 parent bass were captured and transported 

 from Lake Erie to the several districts 

 that are visited by the angler and the sum- 

 mer tourist. A special fish car was built 

 by the Grand Trunk 3 years ago expressly 

 for the transportation of live fishes for this 

 purpose and it has been used each summer 

 in the propagation of this good work. This 

 year 3 carloads of bass, none less than 12 

 inches in length, and many weighing 2 to 

 3 pounds, were planted in the Muskoka 

 lakes, 2 carloads in Lakes Simcoe and 

 Couchiching, one carload in the Lake of 

 Bays region, one carload ill Balsam lake 

 (one of the Kawartha group in Victoria 

 county), and a carload in the lakes along 

 the Canada Atlantic railway in Algonquin 

 Park. These carloads contained in each 

 instance 500 to 700 fish. In addition to the 

 planting of the parent fish, a carload of 

 5,000 black bass fingerlings was placed in 

 the Lake of Bays region. The results of 

 each shipment have been most gratifying, 

 and the summer tourist and the angler have 

 appreciated the movement and look for- 

 ward to better sport in these waters in the 

 future. 



DID. NOT TAKE THE LIMIT. 



Billy and I got up early, secured camp 

 supplies and fishing tackle, and started for 

 Martin's run. a long tramp over the hills. 

 We reached the stream all right, and fished 

 it several miles, but had no luck. All the 

 fish we caught were too small to keep. 

 Billy would not give up, and suggested that 

 we go over to Crane run. That was another 

 long tramp, and, to make it worse, I blis- 

 tered my feet with a new pair of shoes. At 

 Crane run we made camp, and a bed with 

 hemlock boughs. Billy went fishing, and I 

 stayed in camp to get supper. The chief 

 feature of this was 4 large trout which 

 Billy brought in. Supper over, Billy tried 

 it again, getting one 12 inch trout and sev- 

 eral smaller ones. 



The next morning I went out to try my 

 luck, and my first catch was a 9 inch trout. 

 Later, I caught one 8 inches long and sev- 

 eral over 7 inches. We went back to town 

 with 10 fish, '7 to 11 ^2 inches in length. We 

 had a good time, were not ashamed of our 



