FISH AMD FISHING. 



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I notice your answer to an inquiry in 

 September Recreation, page 173, as to 

 the netting of bullheads and perch in New 

 York State. 



I refer you to Sections 63 and 65 of the 

 Forest, Fish and Game law of 1904, and I 

 think you will agree with me that netting 

 is prohibited for any kind of fish except 

 under rules prescribed by the commission 

 or by a license granted by it. I call your 

 attention to this, as people might get in 

 trouble if they did not understand the law. 



E. H. Reynolds, 

 State Game Protector, Colton, N. Y. 



Herewith I send measurements of what 

 I believe to be the record muskalonge for 

 the season of 1903. I caught it trolling 

 with a No. 9 spoon, off my island at the 

 head of French river, in Nipissing district. 

 Ontario. The actual weight of this muska- 

 longe was 42^2 pounds, length 53 inches, 

 girth, 20 inches from gills, 22 inches. Oliver 

 Spanner & Co., of Toronto, mounted the 

 fish. They say it is tBe largest specimen 

 they have handled in 20 years. It hangs 

 in the office of Hotel Bethel,^ greatly ad- 

 mired by all who see it. 



J. B. Hall, Cleveland, Ohio. 



The Hon. Z. T. Sweeney, State Fish and 

 Game Commissioner of Indiana, recently 

 appointed William Baldwin, of Wabash, a 

 deputy, and Mr. Baldwin at once went on 

 the warpath in search of lawbreakers. With- 

 in a few weeks he rounded up 9 men, who 

 had been seining the lakes in that vicinity, 

 and took them into court, where it is hoped 

 they may get all that is coming to them. 

 I congratulate Mr. Baldwin on his excel- 

 lent work and hope he will keep it up. 



The following members of a fishing party 

 visited Robinson's Hole, 6 miles South- 

 east of the city, one day last September ; 

 John Arnold, E. W. Stevens, James Card, 

 Walter Petty, Will DeBold, George Ander- 

 son, Lon Klink, Harry Hoffenbert, Harry 

 Sutton, Dan Clifford, Charles Clingenpeel, 

 Charles Smith and Oscar Kaiser. 



They had good luck, catching a large 

 number of fish of different kinds, includ- 

 ing bass. 



F. F., Sedalia, Mo. 



July 21, 1904, I caught, outside of Barne- 

 gat inlet, 5 sheepshead weighing 11 pounds 

 5 ounces, 9^4 pounds, 12^ pounds, 9^2 

 pounds, 11^1 pounds; total, 55 pounds one 

 ounce. They were weighed by Captain 

 Jesse Birdsall and Captain Will Ridgway, 

 of Barnegat. They constituted the best 

 catch of these fish taken with rod and reel 

 in this neighborhood in some years. 



E. J. Hudson, Barnegat, N. J. 



G. W. Field and M. C. Warner, of Proc- 

 tor, Vt., went trout fishing last summer. 

 Fish W r arden H. D. Huntoon, of Chit- 

 tenden, overhauled them and found in their 

 possession a large number of undersized 

 trout. The men were taken into court 

 and fined' $123.82. This is a big price to 

 pay for a few 5 inch trout. 



There is no better fishing anywhere than 

 in West Florida and Luca? pond is but one 

 of the many fresh water lakes in which 

 bass- and other game fishes abound. 



Deer, turkeys and an occasional bear are 

 to be found in the lake region and quails 

 are abundant everywhere. 



C. E. Pleas, Chipley, Fla. 



William J. Wallenmyre holds the record 

 of catching the largest fish ever taken with 

 a line in Elliott creek. Mr. Wallenmyre, 

 while trolling several miles up the creek, 

 landed a 38^2 pound muskalonge. 



T. B. C, Hornellsville, N. Y. 



A fishing party consisting of G. B. ROwell, 



James Parrott and C. W. Chapman caught 



10 large fish one day last September, among 



them one pickerel weighing ioy 2 pounds. 



W. I. C. : Waterloo, Iowa. 



Edward Miller and party had a delight- 

 ful fishing trip to Seaconnet Point last 

 September in the sloop Clara, returning 

 with a fair catch. 



D. R. S., Fall River, Mass. 



Joseph A. West, Comly Spencer. Charles 

 Spencer and Harry Bennett, of Buckingham, 

 had a good day's fishing at Anglesea in 

 September. 



F. D., Doylestown, Pa. 



Frank Class, Jr., of Dover, caught an 

 eel in Lake Denmark, last September, that 

 measured 4 feet in length and weighed 

 8 pounds. 



P. C. B., Newark, N. J. 



F. L. Goodrich, William Day and E. L. 

 Codner, of this place, report a successful 

 fishing trip in September at North Fair- 

 haven. 



L. C. C, Binghamton, N. Y. 



Henry E. McKenzie and Louis Beeres 

 caught 10 pickerel in 15 minutes one day 

 last October while fishing in Auchmoody's 

 lake. 



C. S. S., Kingston, N. Y. 



Do not fail to read the announcement of 

 Recreation's Drawing Contest on page liii. 



