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FISH IN SEASON IN AUGUST. 
Salmon, Salmo Solar. Salmon trout. Salmo confinis. _ 
Tr > i . MichiganGrayling. Thymallus tmcolof 
Land-locked S almon, Salmo gloveri micropterus nigricans. 
Black Bass, micropterus salmoides } Sea trout, Salmo immaculatus. 
Striped Bass, Roccus lineatus . We'akfish. 
Bluefish, temnodon saltator. 
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—That peculiar satisfaction one feels at eating the rosy, 
flaky salmon at twenty cents a pound can he indulged in no 
longer. From twenty cents we have gone up to thirty, 
and there is not much chance of salmon being much 
cheaper for this year at least. As to the provincial fish, 
we may state that in a general way, though fairly abund¬ 
ant, on the whole, they have not been in quite the same 
quantity as last year. Spanish mackerel are in quantity, 
and caught near home. We saw this week some glorious 
fish, blazing with all the colors of the opal, weighing six 
pounds. Babylon is the place where the biggest ones are 
caught. Long Island Spanish mackerel are worth twenty- 
five cents; they were sixty cents a week ago. Southern 
fish from the Chesapeake fetch fifteen cents. Average 
weight of our own fish some three pounds, Striped bass 
from Rhode Island plenty at ten to eighteen cents. Hali¬ 
but scarce, selling at twenty cents, but likely to appear in 
quantity at any time. Blue fish are playing pranks on the 
coast; one day they are found in swarms and they are 
off again. They are, however, found in profusion in the 
markets at six to eight cents a pound. Of course there will 
be no end of blue fish before cold weather comes. Black 
fish not plenty, ten to fifteen cents each. We have only to 
wait awhile for them. Some very splendid two and two- 
and-a-half pound trout from the northern portion of the 
State were on the slabs this week at Middleton & Carman’s. 
_A gentleman fishing at Squan Beach, H. J., some ten 
miles above Barnegat, informs us that on the 17th a school 
of blue fish came into the surf, and drove before them the 
small fish up on the shore, among them a large shad, which 
was captured. It weighed four pounds, was in fine order 
and full of roe, and was excellent eating. Mr, Bill Chad¬ 
wick, of Squan Beach, states that he had seen a shad driven 
on shore once before, but as early as the 1st of July. 
—Our Barnegat correspondent writes under date of July 
27th:— 
did he catch him? I killed one a short time ago that 
had swallowed a sand piper or “teter,” as they call them 
here. 
Woodcock are quite plenty for this locality; ruffed grouse 
unusually so. The season for trout is nearly over; they 
will only take the fly at night and are getting very poor in 
condition. I only catch them for models to make studies 
from. I have discovered a most killing fly for large trOut 
only, and I have taken them with it when they absolutely 
refused every ordinary fly, and it is the last one in appear¬ 
ance any man would think of trying. I shall show it to 
Messrs. Andrew Clerk & Co. 
I caught the other day a trout which had a very peculiar 
head; it was perfect every way, with the exception of the 
lower jaw, which was at least one-third of an inch longer 
than the upper. I sent the head in alcohol to Professor 
Baird. 
I would mention for the encouragement of those who 
wish to come next season, that the trout seem more plenty 
now than they were when I first came in May, and there 
have been thousands caught. I, myself, have taken, 
mostly evenings, something like 900. This place is very 
convenient to get to. The railroad passes the door,and the 
stream flows back of the house within a few yards. The 
scenery is fine and nights always cool; no mosquitoes or 
flies, and good fare. 
—Long Pond, on the Wabash Bottom, near Princeton, 
Indiana, a lake about three miles long, is full of black 
bass, and a letter just received from a friend mentions hav¬ 
ing taken forty-two from the water in one day’s fishing last 
week. But this is nothing compared to the bass fishing on 
the rapids of the Wabash some ten miles from Princeton, 
where two dozen fish in an hour’s time is considered noth¬ 
ing remarkable. The river is a clear, tumbling, rapid 
stream, and the ride by rail from Princeton to Mt. Carmel, 
and thence by omnibus to the fishing grounds, where there 
is a capital hotel, is a favorite excursion with both ladies 
and gentlemen, not only from the vicinity, but from 
Louisville, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and other towns. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
Some correspondent in Washington, I see, wishes to know whether 
there is good fishing or hunting in Loudoun county, Ya. The following 
may be of service: There is excellent bass fishing near Leesburg, 36 
miles from Alexandria by rail (W. and O. R. R.). All necessary tackle 
can be procured in Leesburg at Baltimore prices. Boats can be gotten 
from different persons at points on the river from White’s to Edward’s 
Ferry, varying in price from nothing to A ery little. Not long ago John 
Ault, near Red Rocks (the best bass ground on the river) furnished boats, 
live bait, &c., on reasonable terms. Board is reasonable in toAvn or in 
the country. Bob White in the fall are abundant, and woodcock in sea¬ 
son used to be plentiful. There are many gentlemen taking interest m 
such pursuits, in the town and vicinity. T. W. 
“The fishing at Beach Haven and Long Beach, also in Little Egg 
Harbor and Tuckerton Bays has been grand all the last week. The bays 
are literally alive with weakfish. The catch has generally been, on an 
average from 40 to 200 per man, weighing from 2 to 8 pounds each. Fri¬ 
day alarge school of large bluefish came in Little Egg Harbor inlet. A 
few very large ones were caught, but there was not enough wind so that 
vacht could follow them. Sheepshead were caught in great quantities, 
from 40 to 75 per day, until Thursday and Saturday, when over 100 each 
dav were hauled in. Sea bass and black fish were very plenty at the in¬ 
let. Little Egg Harbor, on Friday and Saturday, and quite a number 
^visitors and fishermen all unite in saying that our fishing at Beach 
Haven Bond’s and Barnegat is the best this season that we have even 
n<l ’ Shore. 
had. * 
—A gigairfre horse-mackerel, measuring fifteen feet m 
length and weighing 1,400 pounds, the largest ever known 
to have been caught on that coast, was captured near 
Smutty Hose Island, Isles of Shoals, a week ago. 
_Salmon fishing has been very good thus far in the 
Province of Hew Brunswick, but fish are becoming scarcer 
—The Monroe (Michigan) Monitor , of the 15th July, 
says:— 
“Messrs. James B. DeWliurst, Joe Vincent and James 
L. Styne, residents and merchants of Pittsburg, Pa., after 
a tedious journey of nearly 800 miles, reached Monroe, 
Mich., Tuesday, at 8 A. M., and at once put off for Captain 
Joseph Guyor’s Island House, on Raisin River. By actual 
count each day the sum total of tliree-and-a-lialf days’ still 
fishing, part of which time (nearly one-third of it) being de¬ 
voted to sailing and trolling for black bass, &c., foot up the 
astonishing result of 989 fish, which, with the exception of 
thirteen black bass and four grass pike, were all hooked by 
means of worm-bait and pulled into Captain Louis Hope’s 
sail boat. 
On Wednesday evening, between the hours of 6 and 8.80, 
this party of three caught 206 fine fish, near Raisin Point 
in the river bed. 
dchting md Ranting. 
JJLUYY. 
—Mention is made of the singular prevalence of blind¬ 
ness among the salmon in York River, district of Gaspe, 
Canada. In some instances fish have been taken that are 
totally blind, both eyes being covered with a hard, opaque 
scale while in others one eye only is thus affected; again, 
some have their eyes apparently sloughing away. _ So com¬ 
plete is the blindness that a man may drop down m a bark 
canoe right over the fish and whip him out with a.gaff. 
The number of these fish is apparently on the increase 
every year They are all from twenty-two to twenty-eight 
pounds weight, and have a dull white appearance, though 
in fair condition. Many seem to be old fish. 
_Here is an item from Canada: 
Yalcartier, Quebec, July 16, 1874. 
EmTOR Forest and Stream:— 
I have been here two weeks now, and have had some 
fin e sport. I spent one week m the bush at Belle 
Tr,rim and brought home with me some fifteen dozen salted 
Ind smoked The fish ran unusually large this year We 
ad nothing less than a pound and many almost three 
Innnds in weight. River fishing is poor yet, and will con- 
inue so until we have some dry weather that the streams 
tmue so u liad incessant rain for ten days 
ma y reseSt minute it is coming down in torrents. 
Tomorrow if Derain ceases, we start forPeche a Malcolm 
for anotliCT week’s fishi ng. «• M. Fai R chi L d. 
—The Black Water region, in Preston County, West Vir¬ 
ginia is one of the finest trout districts we have, and yet is 
tut little known. We have before us a letter printed in a 
L nacer giving the account of an excursion of seven 
anglers fromlalisbury, Pa., who caught 1,060 trout in two 
_Our artist friend, Mr. Holberton, has again favored us 
with some notes from the Pennsylvania wilds. His letter 
bears HoTBL> Baimcw, Pa., July 25, 1874. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
T killed the other day near the hotel a large rattlesnake, 
vltliPr Istunned him, and brought him m alive, so as to 
°- thP ladies a chance to examine him, and on skinning 
fiml found he had just swallowed a large red squirrel; 
' um nrrel’s i )ea ,i alone was larger than the snake, to 
say W notldng of the body. How did be swallow him ? How 
All communications from Secretaries and friends should be mailed no 
later than Monday in each week. 
HIGH WATER. FOR THE WEEK. 
Rate. 
Boston. 
New York. 
Charleston. 
July 30 . 
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2 4 
2 49 
3 35 
4 27 
5 27 
H. M. 
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10 7 
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July 31. 
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Aug. 5. 
The Seawaniiawka Yacht Club.— The full rules gov¬ 
erning the Hewport Corinthian race were published by us 
some time ago. The race will be run at Hewport on the 
8th of August. All entries must be sent to the Secretary, 
Mr. F. de P. Foster, Ho. 65 Wall street, on or before Au¬ 
gust 7th. The following gentlemen form the committee:— 
Wm. L. Swann, J. Wm. Beekman, Jr., Sami. J. Colgate, 
Wnu Foulke, Jr., M. Roosevelt Schuyler, Frederic de P. 
Foster. 
M. 
S. 
Name. 
H. M. S. 
55 
10 
00 
03 
White Wing. 
.5 45 15 
03 
00 
Ciffle. 
.N ot taken. 
05 
20 
Emma T. 
.Not taken. 
15 
081 Heiena. 
30 
15 1 Playful. 
. _Not taken. 
Brooklyn Yacht Club. —The vessels of the squadron 
starting on their cruise made Greenport on the 25th in the 
following order, their time being taken from Orient Point :— 
Name. H. 
Gui Vive. % 
Sadie.3 
Recreation.3 
Alice.3 
Fleur-de-Lis.3 
Madeleine.4 
At Greenport they found the Comet, Lethea, and Sea 
Witch. Greenport received the Brooklyn yacht squadron 
' with a regular ovation. 
_The yacht Foam, of Toronto, which was capsized in 
Lake Ontario recently, and all hands lost, has been towed 
into port. Several of the bodies have been recovered. 
When raised, her condition plainly told the story of her 
loss to experienced yachtsmen. She was making a good 
course to the mouth of Hiagara River, in full view of the 
light, under single reefed mainsail and stonn jib. The 
wind blew strong from the northeast, and this created a 
heavy sea where the current of the river swept into the 
lake. The moment the Foam struck this current her heavy 
pitching into a chopping head sea carried away the outer 
end of her bowsprit, and this left no support fore and aft 
to the spar, which snapped short off about five feet from 
the crosstrees, under the heavy strain of the mainsail. 
Whoever was at the helm let go her main sheet the moment 
the bowsprit gave way, for the jib sheets were fast, while 
the other sheet rope had been loosed. As soon as her spar 
went by the hoard she doubtless fell off into the trough of the 
seas, and being very low in the water every wave broke 
clean over her. Several of those on board must have been 
in the cabin when the accident occurred, and the crash 
caused them to open the cabin doors and rush on deck. 
This was a fatal move, and cost the crew their lives. With 
the cabin doors closed, even had the cockpit been full of 
water, it would have taken the yacht a long time to have 
filled enough to sink her. Her position, when found, was. 
conclusive proof that she had sunk a few minutes after she 
lost her spar. The lesson which her loss teaches should 
be heeded by our yachtsmen, i. e ., never to ballast a yacht 
beyond her power of buoyancy. 
—Commodore Ferguson, of the Schuylkill nav}L who is 
also president of the Athletic base hall club of Philadel¬ 
phia, has gone to Europe with the Athletics. 
—The grand international regatta will take place on Sara¬ 
toga Lake the latter end of August, when crews from all 
parts of the Union and Dominion of Canada will enter. 
—The Columbia College boat club will have a new boat, 
house erected for them. Many ladies called at their float 
last week to see the boat which won the famous victory at 
Saratoga. 
—The Yale navy have, we believe, received a cheek from 
Mr. Robert Bonner to aid them in building a new boat 
house. 
—The Gramercy and Atlantic boat clubs, of Hew York 
and Brooklyn respectively, who are entered for the Sara¬ 
toga August regatta, have chosen the Passaic, at Hewark, 
as their training quarters. W. K. Wiliamson, stroke oar 
and captain, H. R. Mills, H. M. Howell, and W. F. Gan¬ 
non, compose the Gramercy crew. The Atlantic crew in¬ 
cludes R. Lefman, bow oar and captain, J. Reed, G. Perry, 
D. Quin, stroke. The Atlantics also row in the contest at 
Troy. Williamson and Gannon are entered in the Saratoga 
pair-oared race, and Roads, another Gramercy man, in the 
single scull race. P. J. Ackerman, of the Hobokenites, 
will row in the junior scull race at Saratoga. 
—The Cincinnati boat club now consists of over thirty 
members—honorary and active—and is governed by the 
following officers:—President, Harry Crane; Secretary, 
Frank Walton; Captain, John Hewman, and has the satis¬ 
faction of being free of debt. Their boat house was built 
at a cost of $1,200. The club owns at present one four- 
oared shell, valued at $250, and one single shell, for pri¬ 
vate practice. In addition to these, they have ordered a 
six-oared barge, to cost $300, and intend contracting for 
another four-oared shell. To fill this they will form an¬ 
other crew. 
Galveston, July 18th, 1874. 
Editor Forest and Stream :— 
I enclose you an account of another of our very popular 
pastimes, which are getting to he quite an institution here. 
It will be seen that in the two mile race of yesterdajL be¬ 
tween the four-oared barges, tlie Gipsey again won the 
challenge cup in 20m. and 22s. The following are the 
crews of the three boats:— 
Crew of the Gipsej' - —F. Hitchcock, stroke; J. Crotty, p. 
s.; W Bondies, Ho. 2; H. Hitchcock, bow; H. Lidstone, 
coxswain; color, white. 
Crew of the Jennie—Leo Hichols, stroke; J. F. Smith, 
p. s.; G. M. Van Lieu, Ho. 2; A. L. Demilly, how; H. D. 
Lidstone, coxswain; color, blue. 
Crew of the Boyd—William Boyd, stroke; S. E. Boyd, 
p. s.; M. Grigg, Ho. 2; G. A. Hill, bow; B. M. Hobby, 
coxswain; co^or, red. 
Our club has now three four-oared boats, and one six- 
oared barge, all built by Mahoney, in Hew Orleans, -weigh¬ 
ing some 300 pounds each. Yesterday was one of the most 
beautiful races we ever had; bay smooth, still water, and 
air refreshingly nice. Over a thousand people assembled. 
Some time next month there will be a large race of sailing 
yachts, and probably an invitation will be extended by our 
club to one of the Hew Orleans clubs to enter. On the 
next steamer from Hew York will be brought a shell forty- 
two feet long and eighteen inches wide, for the employees of 
the Mallory line; eight oars. I hardly think our boys could 
get into those things. I enclose you photograph of the 
father of all “trout” in Texas, some twenty-six inches in 
length, and weighing twelve pounds. J. L. 
—The Maumee River was the scene of three days’ fine 
amusement, the rowing clubs of the west having held their 
contest at Toledo on the 22d, 23d, and 24th of this month. 
The first race on the 22d was for pleasure boats, the Eva, 
Zip, Emma, and Mary entering; won by the Zip in 13:53. 
The double scull race was contested for by the Beauty and 
Clumsy; won by the Beauty. Tlie junior six-oared race 
followed—the Enid, Hal lock, and Temple contesting; won 
by the Enid in 19:20f. Tlie senior four-oared race was the 
event of the day—the D. H. Jerome, S. H. Waring, W. W. 
Abbott, Frank H. Hurd, and Sarah A. Bullock starting; 
the D. H. Jerome was pulled by the Wali-wah-sums crew; 
time, 18:31. For the barge race the Zephyrs, the Watau- 
gas, and the Goguacs entered; won by the Zephyrs in 10:35. 
The senior six oars was the great event of the day. The 
Wah-wah-sums, Excelsiors, Detroits, and Undines entered; 
won bv the Wah-wah-sums; time, 17:37. The senior sin¬ 
gle sculls was won by Mr. Curtis; the junior sculls by Mr. 
Pearson. 
—In confirmation of the style of canoe we have recom¬ 
mended to the readers of Forest and Stream, we extract 
from the report of “The Easter trip of the Canoe Cruising 
Club,” published in Land and Water April 18th, the follow¬ 
ing paragraph.— 
“One vesssel, a true ‘Canadian dug out canoe,’ behaved 
admirably, and being fitted with inflated air tubes around 
the gunwale, enabled her skipper (an ancient cruiser) to 
carry a good spread of canvas while blowing great guns. 
The Rob Roy build of vessels proved themselves very wet 
boats, the straight gunwale and want of sheer causing them 
to dive and take seas over their'coaming in a way anything 
but satisfactory, while the Hautilus type, with plenty of 
sheer and good freeboard, proved themselves good and dry 
sea boats.” 
—A customer whose feet were too big for Ho. 13 shoes 
was advised by the shop-keeper to put on a thin pair of socks 
and then try on the box. 
