FISH AND FISHING. 



NEW BRUNSWICK FISHING. 



We are having trouble with the dogfish 

 in the Bay Chaleur. They are destroying 

 the cod fishery, the principal industry of 

 these Northern waters for 200 years. The 

 government has taken hold of the subject 

 now and is giving a bounty on dogfish ; also 

 establishing glue factories at points on the 

 coast, where the fish can be turned into 

 glue. 



The dogfish swim nearer the surface than 

 the cod and are so voracious that they 

 take the bait almost before it touches the 

 water. They are like sharks, only smaller, 

 and frighten all cod and other fish smaller 

 than themselves. The dogfish have other 

 peculiarities which make them disgusting 

 pirates. 



We read a good deal of the sport of 

 catching tuna on the California coast. In 

 the Bay Chaleur and the Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence we have exactly the same fish, 

 which we call the horse mackerel, and the 

 fishermen catch them in this bay as fol- 

 lows : 



They take a 10 or 12 gallon cask, strap 

 it on both ends and attach to it a 21 strand 

 rope about 60 or 70 feet long. On the other 

 end of the rope they fasten a hook of Y% 

 inch iron, made like a cod hook, only larger, 

 with a barb the same as on a cod hook. 

 Between the hook and the rope they attach 

 a small chain about 3 feet long, with a 

 swivel if possible. This fish has sharp teeth 

 and would bite a rope. On the hook the. 

 fishermen put for bait a mackerel or her- 

 ring. Then they fasten a piece of salmon 

 twine 3 or 4 feet long to the hook and 

 the other end to the cask. This line they 

 throw overboard from the boat, let it go 

 to the current and keep the boat away. 

 The twine will keep the bait floating on 

 top of the water, and when the big fish 

 takes the bait he immediately dips toward 

 the bottom. The salmon twine is just strong 

 enough to drive the hook into the big 

 fellow's mouth, but when he dips, hauling 

 the cask behind him by the twine, it snaps. 

 Then he has the cask attached to the rope 

 to play with. The giant fish, often weigh- 

 ing 1,000 pounds, dives to the bottom, 

 sometimes submerging the cask several 

 minutes ; but it always brings him back, 

 puffing and fighting with the queer thing 

 to which he is hitched. The water is about 

 4 feet deep and he has 70 feet of rope to 

 the cask, so it is only a question of time. 

 Edward Hickson, Bathurst, N. B. 



"As soon as the ice is out of the lakes 

 the slaughter of carp in Lake Monona will 

 begin. The work will be 'under the super- 

 vision of the State game warden's depart- 

 ment, but the actual fishing will be done 

 by a crew of experienced men under the 

 charge of a contractor. The contractor is 

 taking large numbers of carp from Lake 

 Koshkonong notwithstanding the presence 

 of ice and the prevailing cold weather. 

 Trap nets are used, being set through holes 

 cut in the ice. Last Saturday 4.500 pounds 

 of carp were taken in this way and the 

 Saturday before 8,500 pounds were taken. 

 The contractor was in Madison yesterday 

 conferring with the wardens regarding the 

 work and arranging some preliminaries for 

 the campaign against the big fish in Lake 

 Monona in the early spring." 



Reports are daily coming in from the 

 deputy fish and game wardens throughout 

 the State that violations of the law are 

 more or less frequent and that the violators 

 are brought to justice and punished. Capt. 

 J. Johnson reported the seizure of 10 red 

 deer hides, the color showing that they 

 were killed ■ out of the lawful season. 

 Deputy Warden W. J. Stone reported 12 

 arrests since January 1st and a large num- 

 ber of seizures. Harry Moore, of Bayfield 

 county, was fined $25 and costs for unlaw- 

 fully shipping a saddle of vension. The 

 venison was seized by Warden Stone, and 

 Deputy Warden H. Lund was told to cap- 

 ture the shipper, which he did. Deputy 

 Fred Gerhard caused the arrest and con- 

 viction of E. Randy for trapping quails 

 near Hartford. The offender was fined $25 

 and costs. Peter S. Neergard, Andres 

 Neergard, and Rasmus Christianson were 

 arrested by deputy warden C. B. Rhinehard 

 for illegally snipping fish out of the State. 

 Each was convicted and fined $50 and costs. 

 Leo Bird, Madison, Wis. 



OFFICIAL DESTRUCTION OF CARP. 

 Following last winter items were printed 

 in the Madison, Wis., Democrat : 



INDIANA LAW BREAKERS CONVICTED. 

 October 23rd and for 3 days following, 

 parties in a naphtha launch were seen hunt- 

 ing ducks on Lake Maxinkuckee, Indiana. 

 This is in clear violation of the law. It 

 was reported to Game Warden Wallace B. 

 Smith, of Logansport, who arrived on the 

 scene Wednesday, the 26th, and spent the 

 afternoon watching the maneuvers of the 

 launch. By the evening of the next day he 

 had seen enough and made the arrest. The 

 violator of the game law proved to be R. 

 E. Edwards, a wealthy young merchant of 

 Perry, Indiana. Edwards pleaded guilty 

 and was mulcted for $72, including fines 

 and costs. He was fined on 2 charges, 

 namely, hunting without a license and hunt- 



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