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RECREATION. 



ing water fowl with a naptha launch. 



Edwards is a man of wealth and intelli- 

 gence and should have known better. He 

 has one of the finest summer cottages on 

 Lake Maxinkuckee, and his launch is the 

 best on the lake. He is a prominent mem- 

 ber of the Lake Maxinkuckee Association, 

 an organization of the cottagers about the 

 lake, one of whose objects is the enforce- 

 ment of the game and fish laws and the 

 preservation of the game birds and fishes 

 of the law. Edwards should be thoroughly 

 ashamed of himself and should be expelled 

 from the Association. It is hoped that his 

 conviction may serve as a warning to other 

 violators of the law at Lake Maxinkuckee. 

 It is said there are others, among them 2 

 or 3 prominent people, who are equally 

 guilty. 



Warden Smith deserves much credit for 

 his efficient work in the Edwards case. 



NIBBLES. 

 Last year was dry in nearly all parts of 

 Eastern Quebec. Wells, brooks and riv- 

 ers dried up. Winter came, but no water 

 for the farmers to water their stock 

 with. One farmer had a large pond, how- 

 ever, which did not dry up during the 

 cold months. He watered his cattle there 

 by driving them all down to a hole in the 

 ice. Christmas came and with it his turn 

 to invite his friends to dinner and a Christ- 

 mas tree at his house. Early in the morning 

 his son drove the cattle to water at the 

 pond, but they would not drink. On in- 

 spection the boy found that the hole was 

 so full of hornpout, or catfish, that the cat- 

 tle could not get at the water. He at last 

 got a shovel and shoveled out a lot of the 

 fish on the ice. They were afterward 

 served at dinner and some were hung on 

 the Christmas tree. Did you or any of 

 your readers ever hear of such a thing? 

 Geo. W. Allen, Coaticook, Quebec, Canada. 



I have recently returned from a trip to' 

 Florida for tarpon. They were plentiful, 

 and in 6 days I caught 7 fish ranging from 

 73 pounds to 115 pounds in weight, the last 

 being 6 feet 4 inches long. The sharks 

 were troublesome, and the last day I fished 

 they took 2 of the 3 tarpon I caught, only 

 one being brought to gaff unharmed. The 

 fishing was done in the open Gulf, near one 

 of the passes in Sarasota bay. 



The fishing for smaller species in Sara- 

 sota bay was the poorest I have ever known. 

 I caught scarcely anything but worthless 

 catfish. Stop netting, which kills every- 

 thing caught and catches about everything 

 that swims. If the Legislature of Florida 

 does not soon take stringent measures to 

 protect fish and game none will be left. 

 Marshall D. Ewell, M.D., Chicago, 111. 



Will you please tell me what kills trout 

 in sawmill streams? Is it the sawdust, 

 physically, or the leeching therefrom, chemi- 

 cally? Dr. W. C. Abbott, Chicago, 111. 



ANSWER. 



It is not known definitely that sawdust 

 has more than a mechanical action in kill- 

 ing salmon or trout or their eggs. Were 

 the leeching from the sawdust or the pro- 

 ducts of its decomposition not rapidly di- 

 luted by the flowing stream, they would 

 undoubtedly have a harmful effect, but it 

 does not appear that under the actual con- 

 ditions of this sort of pollution this effect 

 is as important as the mechanical one. — ■ 

 Editor. 



Brook trout fishing in this vicinity was ex- 

 ceptionally good last summer, all of the fish 

 being of fair size. I believe I have the 

 father of all brook trout located in a bush- 

 covered hole in Monkey creek, a branch 

 of the Pigeon river here. This big fellow 

 has caused me untold trouble, and I have 

 lost more than one night's sleep on account 

 of him. Three times he has taken my hook 

 and line and once he took part of my rod. 

 He was also the cause of my getting 2 

 duckings. I'll get this fellow next year if 

 I have to camp there with a bathing suit on, 

 and, if necessary, I will use a grappling 

 hook. 



Your magazine is a winner. 



Fred. Kroening, Clintonville, Wis. 



I am inclosing you a sketch of a mongrel, 

 or hybrid trout, I caught June 1st, in Oak 

 creek ; length, 22^ inches, and weight 

 3 pounds, wet. You will notice the hawk 

 bill (hook nose) he has; more of a parrot 

 head. I caught possibly 20 of this variety. 

 This is the first season that a trout of this 

 character has been taken from the waters of 

 Oak creek. In one hole I caught 2 that were 

 mates and the bellies were nearly as dark 

 as that of a black bass. This mongrel is not 

 so heavy as either the native or the rain- 

 bow. Have you ever heard of rainbow and 

 native trout mixing and producing a hybrid 

 of this character? 



Jean Allison, Jerome, Ariz. 



Fish and Game Warden James Featon, 

 of Rockville, Conn., found Bernard Schultz, 

 of Manchester, fishing in a lake near Rock- 

 ville, Sunday, June 5, and on examining 

 Schultz's catch found several black bass. 

 The season for taking that species of fish 

 had closed, and on arraigning Schultz be- 

 fore Justice Andrew Kingsbury, of Coven- 

 try, Mr. Schultz was fined $50 and costs, 

 amounting to $74.41. It would have been 

 a good deal cheaper for Schultz to have 

 put back the bass and to have made his 

 dinner on oerch or bullheads. 



