FOREST AND STREAM. 



|u# mid §iver fishing. 



FISH IN SEASON IN AUGUST. 



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SALT WATEK. 



Sea t'.iss. Seli&Mpfi QceUatus. 

 Sheepsliead, A.-reho'Sct/rgits probato- 



n. Slii|ioil [lass. Itw-us liniu-ntvH. 

 \\ Inn- Perch, .!/-/,.»< ■« mrrinvna. 

 .'almoidKi: \\ i-:ik tisti. ci/iwxrion regaiis. 



Btaefisn, PomatowiM xaUatiiz. 

 'rilior. Spanish MaoKerel, ciii/iummacula- 



iiue orncKerei, tssoa lucius, htm. 



VellOW l'Oli.ll, VV;Yi< llari^Ylia. iVl". I. ■;/.•. 



Bottito, 



h, Ifrntfcfrras nebulosus. 



FRESH WATER. 



Trout, .sWm<> fxntinalis. 

 Salmon, Salmu salar. 

 Salmou Trout, Ultimo con finis. 

 Land-iooked Salmon, Sa&na ptoj 



GVayflng, 'rhyniallux IricoUn 

 >Jlaek I : ■ 



Mascalo: 



Fish in Market.- Fish of all kinds arc very abundant. 

 Spanish mackerel are being caught in large quantities off Long 

 Island. By (he last steamer tram England, Mr. Blackford re- 

 ceived a fine lot of English soles and turbot. Our quotations 

 for the week are as follows : 



Striped bass, 18 to 30 cents per pound ; smelts, 20 cents ; 

 bluclisb, 8 to 10 cents; salmon, frozen 25 cents; mack- 

 erel, 10 to 35 cents; weakflsh, 10 cents; white perch, 15 cents; 

 Spanish mackerel, Ifi cents ; green turtle, 13 cents ; 

 halibut, 15 cents; haddock, G cents; kiug-fish, 25 cents: 

 codfish, 8 cents; blacklish, 15 cents; herrings, 6 cents; 

 flounders, 8 cents ; porgies, 10 cents ; sea bass, 18 cents ; 

 eels. 18 cents ; lobsters, 8 cents ; soft clams, 30 to 00 

 cents per 100; Long Island trout, 50 ceuts ; Canada do., 25 

 cents ; sheepshead, 20 cents ; whitefish, 15 cents ; hard shell 

 crabs, $3 per 100; soft crabs, $1 per dozen; frog's Lej 

 35 cents per pound. 



FISHING UP THE JORDAN. 



CmoAG-o, Aug. 8, 1877. 



EDTTi IB POBBSX AMD Sl'UEAM : 



Ho! for Michigan, the home of the little fishes — where the 

 led trout and grayling abound; where the cool springs 

 and dense forest temper the rays of a July sun — whose 

 nights are so cool that sleep is so refreshing, mere the tired, 

 wearied brain gladly seeks the rest desired in the city. Thus 

 we soliloquized as we trod the deck of the line Goodrich 

 steamer at the close of a smoking-hot day in mid July ac- 

 companied by the wife and youngsters. We Were going north 

 on our fishing trip. Proceeding up the G. Ii. and 1. II. R. 

 we found several parties on the same errand. We noticed 

 with pleasure the fine fishing tackle many of them had. 

 Here and there we noticed an Orvis rod and reel in the rack 

 overhead ; but something pleased us better than this- -it was 

 that so many ladies accompanied their husbands, and took 

 so much care of the fine rods that we suspected they in- 

 tended to cast a fly in these famous waters. Towards even- 

 ing parties began to drop out. Some went to Traverse City, 

 otners at Kalkaska to fish in the Boardman , again another 

 party was dropped at Boyne Falls. The train left us in the 

 midst of a dense forest. One house did duty for a country 

 store, post office, and station ; and general information could 

 be obtained here of the whole country around it. Soon we 

 w r ere at home at the supper table in a comfortable farm house. 

 Our Michigan appetite appeased we began to arrange for 

 fishing. W e are not strangers here ; fishing four seasons has 

 given us some acquaintance vi ith these hard}' settlers; and 

 we can obtain the best information of noted trout streams and 

 creeks ; but this year we want to go up the Jordan ■ so meet- 

 ing a friend in Petoskey by appointment, we went to 

 Charlevoix, then by steamer to the mouth of the Jordan. 

 Taking along our own boat w T e found, truly, "Jordan a hard 

 road to travel," but the fishing is splendid, and well repays 

 the many wearying hours of pulling to get up against a sharp 

 current. Alter getting up about nine miles one can fish all 

 they want. Parties ujj there caught from thirty to fifty each 

 rod per day, while away up the river it is common to take 

 more than one hundred a day, but the best fishing place is up 

 above YVebsters, where fish can be caught by the greenest 

 hand that ever wielded a rod. Besides this beautiful Jordan 

 there are many oilier creeks and streams that abound in fishes. 

 We caught a nice mess of speckled beauties in a creek not 

 knee deep, yet a rushing, boiling little stream, all riffles and 

 trout holes, the water intensely cold, and trout measuring 

 twelve inches long, with plenty of fight in them. The best 

 place to get to these streams is to take the G. R. & I. R. It. 

 to Boyne Falls, thence by steamer to Charlevoix ; get a guide 

 who furnishes a boat, etc. , then for a long pull up stream to 

 the fishing grounds. To those who do not "mind a little rough 

 riding and walking, write to Perry Andreas, of the Manee- 

 ona House, Antrim County; he can procure you a team that 

 will take you to head of the Jordan. Mr. Andreas is a fisher- 

 man, and is always willing to help others by his advice. By 

 writing him early in the season he can procure you a boat if 

 needed, so that you drift down with the current and fish as 

 you go down. Further, I would say go early in the season. 

 Any one going iu August will find the trout pretty well edu- 

 cated. June is the best time for trout, though there are times 

 when they will rise to a fly quite eagerly. 1 found the white 

 miller, coachman and tly very taking flics, but a small 

 piece of salt pork or the ventral fin of a trout will take more 

 riah than any fly in your book. In conclusion, "Any one 

 who has ever fished in this region will want to come again." 



N.obman. 



g Maine— Parmai-Mme Lake— I feel it a duty I owe to the 

 large and genial fraternity of gentlemen who "dare trust in 

 Providence and goa-anghng," to recommend the many advan- 

 tages of Spoil. Flint's camp. The fishing is excellent in June, 

 but I am told that in September it is superb. The Rangeley 

 and Richardson Lakes are well known, and their claims have 

 been thoroughly advertised. A writer on the subject of these 

 lakes, in a recent number of Scribtier's Magazine, says, in ef- 

 fect, that west of the Rangeley lakes, in an almost uuvisited 

 solitude, is Lake Parmachene, to^jwhich the adventurous 

 sportsman might penetrate by rowing sixty miles up the Ma- 

 galloway River. The writer promises such a one grand sport, 

 but intimates that three weeks would be necessary to make the 

 trip, and implies that the place is somewhat inaccessible. The 

 Writer is partly right and partly wrong. He does not exag- 

 gerate the resources of the place. The wilderness is grand 



the unbroken solitudes axe impressive, the scenery thai 

 looks upon as he treads his way up the crooked Magalioway 

 nid turns like a second Meander— is piel i 



and varied beyond expression, full of strange lights and shades, 

 delightful surprises, weird glimpses of sunlight weaving iis 

 meshes of gold, with the cavernous solitudes of the woods 

 that stretch off in dark and mysterious perspective ; and, above 

 all, there is a sense of novelty that is an inspiration. You see 

 the great primeval forests, you feel that these solitudes have 

 never been invaded or spoiled by civilization. As might be 

 expected, the fishing is extraordinary. One lake that we 

 camped upon had never been visited by anglers before last 

 Summer, and was a solitary plact — the haunt of a royal race of 

 trout. In the clear depths of that lake the trout had never 

 been disturbed save by the plunges of some predatory hawk, 

 and for generations had been permitted to die of old age. It 

 is believed that they are iu no respect surpassed by those of 

 Rangeley. They ace caught three or four pounds in weight, 

 and not infrequently are those found which kick the beam at 

 five to seven. They maybe taken by the artificial fly, aud 

 intleed no other lure should be used. The locality is not .inac- 

 cessible, nor is the journey aught else than delightful in the 

 extreme. 



The waters of the Rangeley region flow into U mbagog Lake, 

 and thence westerly into the Androscoggin River. Just be- 

 low Lake Umbagog, and almost in sight of it, the Androscog- 

 gin receives the waters of another tributary from the north, 

 known as the Magalioway River. About sixty miles up the 

 Magalioway is Parmachene Lake, and within a short dis- 

 tance of the. lake is the log cam]) of T. S. Flint, the very 

 centre of the best fishing and hunting of the entire region. 

 The camp in question is a well-constructed log-house, and is 

 provided with good beds, an efficient cook, and with all need- 

 ed comforts. Sportsmen will do well to make tins camp their 

 headquarters from which to start out on camping expeditions. 

 Flint is an expert guide, and one that loves nothing so much 

 as good sport. In one eddy, on the Magalioway, ml a 

 quarter of a mile from Flint's Camp, a gentleman toal me he 

 counted no less than two hundred trout, varying in weight 

 from two to six pounds. T. S. Flint, called "Spoff" 

 for short, has invested considerable money aud 

 labor to make his camp comfortable, and is ready to 

 welcome and entertain all who come. 1 le has also cut carries 

 to different localities. His appointment by different parties 

 as supervisor of the forests aud the lumbering imerests of the 

 region affords him Special privileges and prerogatives. The 

 ' way of reaching the wilderness is to take the Boston, 

 Concord aud Montreal R. R., and go to Lancaster, N. H.; 

 thence you may proceed without delay to Groveton Junction 

 on the Grand Trunk R. R., thence to North Stratford on the 

 Connecticut River. Here you will find a stage ready to take, 

 you twelve miks up the Connecticut. River to Colebrook, XL 

 il. This will end i he first day's journey from Boston. The 

 next morning early lake the stage for Lrrof Darn on the Andro- 

 scoggin, where you arrive iu time for the steamer that runs Up 

 the Androscoggin and Magalioway to Brown's Farm, where 

 you take a conveyance eight miles up the Magallo.vay to Azis- 

 coo Falls; at this place you will find a nice camp, just finished, 

 Where you spend the night. From here to Spoil Flint's camp 

 on Parmachene Lake, is about lorty-fivc miles. Taking a 

 guide and boat, j'ou may, by hard work, reach Spoil's in a 

 day, though it is better to take two. Spoff Flint's address is, 

 F. L. Flint, Went worth's Location, SL H. Letters thus ad- 

 dressed v» ill be forwarded to him promptly'. E. C. S. 



Mount Desert, Aug. 20. — Sharks arc being caught 

 off Baker's island. The sport is excising and fmnisnes 

 amusement for quite a number of yachtsmm. 



Movements of the Fishing Fleet.— For the past, week 

 the number of fishing arrivals at this port has bjen 18 from 

 the Banks, 31 from Georges, 28 from bhore mackereling trips 

 and one from the Bay St. Lawrence. To<,al, 81. Receipts, 

 1,035,000 lbs. codfish and 420,000 lbs. halibut irom the BanUs, 

 510,000 lbs. codfish and 14,000 lbs. halibut from Georges, 400 

 bbls. Shore mackerel, 310 bbls. Bay do. — Cape Aim Adver- 

 tiser, Aug. 17. 



Mass. — Boston, Aug. 15. — Tuesday was a most exciting day 

 on the Merrimac. The river was full of horse mackerel, 

 which had come in from the sea to feed upon the menhaden. 

 They were breaking water in every direction. A half dozen 

 boats had each made fast to one of these velocipedes, and such 

 a sight never was witnessed before by the residents. The 

 fish would drive the boats through the water at a much faster 

 rate, than any steamer could tow them ; and in one case the 

 boat in which Mr. Joel Hodgdon was, ran into the Brown 

 dock, and as quick as lightning ran out again. The sport was 

 witnessed by hundreds of people, and afforded great amuse- 

 ment. 



Martha's Vineyard. — Capt. Morgan's yacht the Storm King 

 is now on a fishing cruise with a party of fourteen Baptist 

 clergymen. 



GoktteotioJjt— JBTorQifidd. — The Northfield Knife Com- 

 pany's reservoir, stocked with black bass in 18(i8, now fur- 

 nishes some very good fishing. Three bass caught last week 



aggregrated 11 lbs. 3 oz. 



Hartford, Aug. 16.— Bass are caught in fair numbers in the 

 river above the toll-bridge. The Courant heads a Rangeley 

 Lakes letter " Speckled Whales." 



East Hampton, Aug. 16.— Pike, perch and bass are caught 

 in the lake with such success as to afford amusement for fif- 

 teen or twenty boats daily. 



JYew Miiford.— Isaac Smith recently captured in Lake 

 Waramaug a black bass weighing seven pounds, the largest 

 ever taken in those waters. 



Eldred,_N. Y., Aug. 30.— We are here 2,300 feet above the 

 sea level, in the centre of a fine game country. The streams 

 are full of trout. Partridges will be very abundant next month. 

 There were no fires here in the -woods last spring to destroy 

 them. From the house w T e frequently see deer in the rye fields, 

 and as they arc most abundant there is promise of excel- 

 lent shooting in September. Eldred is six miles from Shohola 

 on the Erie R. R. Bradley gives sportsmen good accommo- 

 dation. A. W. C. 



Sodus Bay, If. Y., Aug. 20.— Pickerel fishermen are taking 

 advantage of the absence of the small fish which usually fur- 

 nish food for this voracious feeder, and are consequently mak- 

 ing some splendid catches. A party of four with two boats, 

 iu less than two days' fishing last week, caught more than one 

 hundred fish. 



IlorndlxriUc, N. Y., Aug. 10.— The party that left h 

 tew days since for Potter County, Pa., have returned, I 

 iug 600 trout as the result of their camp out. John. 



— Oapt. P. C. Wilbur, E. R. Wilbur and W. II. Shaw, of 

 Sayville, F. I., caught 43 bluefish in 21 hours, on Saturday^ 

 Aug. 18th, in Great South Bay, near Point of Flats. 



Bra Tukti.e.— A loggerhead turtle, weighing 309 pounds, 

 the largest one ever known to have been caught so far north, 

 was taken in the Fire Island Inlet last week. 



Nb1y Jersey— Kinzey's Ashley House, Barnegat Inlet, Aug. 

 JO.— Wc are taking bluefish by the boat load. They run from 

 five to twelve pounds. For the past three days acres of them 

 have been off and on the Bar. Sheepshead are biting better. 



' B. 



Aug. 19— 8 P. If.— Five yachts just lauded with from 800 

 to 1,300 pounds of bluefish each, which run from 9 

 pounds. The best fishing for two years ; not less than 0,000 

 pounds taken to-day. 



Pennsylvania— Clearfield, Aug. W.— Black bass fishing 

 excellent. 



Neio Castle, Pa., Aug. 18.— Joe Johnston captured forty- 

 nine bass in the Mahoning one day last week. The aggregate 

 weight was fifty-two pounds. 



Bristol, Pa., Aug. 20.— Black bass arc caught in the canal 

 above the bridge. They are of good size and' bite freely. 



—Angling in the upper waters of the Chesapeake has been 

 unusually poor this summer owing to the frequent rains. In 

 the Delaware, white perch are more nnmerous than usual, and 

 some large catches have been made with bowlines. 



Iowa Pes Moines.— On the 9th of August a pariy of Polk 

 County Anglers started on a piscatorial mission to Spirit Lake, 

 in Northern Iowa, to prey upon the innocent settlers along the 

 line like "ye anglers of old." They propose to remain some 

 three weeks, unless the enraged populace of that country rise 

 in their might and drive them out for depopulating the lake. 

 C;-mc fish in this part of the scuntry are scarci. the only ones 

 corning particularly under that head being pickerel, wall eyed 

 pike and salmou, and they are scare. True, we have some cat 

 fish and suckers, but there is no sport in waiting all day to 

 catch a little half pound cat. 



Wisconsin— Ashland, Aug. 11.— Mayor Heath, of Chicago, 

 has been on a grand trouting expedition on the Sioux and 

 Sand rivers. Capt. W. W. Rich and Guy Campbell caught 

 127 fine trout in one day's fishing at Fish Creek last week. 



Michigan— Cheboygan, Aug. 10.— A young lady— Miss 

 Crocker— while fishing in Mullett's Lake 'a few days since, 

 hooked and landed a maskelonge, three feet eleven and one- 

 half inches long, weighing thirty-four pounds. It was the 

 largest fish ever caught in these waters. 



— The locust promises to become an important article of 

 commerce. France annually spends immense sums of money 

 in the purchase of cod roe as bait for the sardine fisheries. 

 The importation of roc from Norway is more than 40,000 bar- 

 rels annually. The locust proves au excellent substitute for 

 the roe, aud it is probable that an extensive traffic in the ar- 

 ticle will spring up between France and Algeria. 



—When ought mariners to have fruit at sea? When they 

 stem the currents. 



Queer Capture of a Pike.— A correspondent of an Eng- 

 lish paper vouches for the following fishing extraordinary: 



A stick was thrown into the water for my dog a (fox terrier) 

 to fetch out. Seeing the clog in difficulties with his stick (a 

 straight cane), I went down to the water's edge and, on his 

 neanng the bank, saw a fish struggling on the stick. 1 helped 

 the dog out, and found on the stick a pike weighing two 

 pounds. The stick had gone into his mouth, and projected 

 several inches through its gills. It is presumed that the fish 

 rose at the brass ferrule of the cane, aud that the dog in its 

 struggle forced the stick through its gills. 



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 Timing Watches are guaranteed for accuracy, 

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 General Jewelry, Bronzes and Artistic Pottery 

 is the largest in the world/^and the public are 

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