Sept. 3, 1886.] 



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they had grown. The Sin. to 6in. fish seemed 12in. to 

 'i4in. long, while we would occasionally see one which 

 my friend supposed belonged to the thirteen that seemed 

 IG'in. to 20in. long. To make sure of it I rigged up my 

 rod, and with a bass fly very readily took out two carp 

 of the scale variety. One weighed lib. 9oz. , the other lib. 

 2oz. When we consider that these fish when put in, in 

 May, were Sin. to 6in. long, their growth has surely been 

 wonderful, Mrs. Read, who is a capital cook, had the 

 fish done to a tm-n for breakfast next morning. We had 

 been told so much by what ought to have been authority 

 of the poor quahty of carp as a table fish, that it was with 

 some misgivings that we commenced om- meal. But we 

 found them good, perhaps not so good as shad or trout, 

 but certainly as good as perch and better than the thick- 

 skinned black bass. These carp grew in clear spring 

 water and tliis may have helped their quality. In the 

 largest fish, not over a year old, was well developed 

 spawn, and from the tliirteen large fish the pond fover 

 one acre in extent) is now swarming with little fish rrom 

 lin. to lAin. long. 



Now, as the carp grow fast, readily take the hook, and 

 with light tackle make considerable sport, are a good table 

 fish, why not admit it and recommend them? C. D. L. 



S^^^EDESBORO, N. J., Aug. 23. 



[We should be glad to have reports of any experience 

 with carp as fish to be taken with the fly, and also as to 

 their edibility, compared with native fishes. Such notes 

 will be given a place in the Forest and Stream.] 



OUR SALMON RIVERS. 



A ]?ISHING CHRONICLE. 



[From the French of J. M. Lo Moine, in Le Journal des Campagncs, 

 Quebec] 

 (Concluded from page 90.) 

 ni, 



IN 1873, Harper Brothers, of New York, printed in one 

 illustrated octavo volume the numerous articles upon 

 the trout and salmon lakes which the author, Charles 

 Hallock, had scattered through the magazines and peri- 

 odicals of the United States. This ardent sportsman, for 

 a number of years editor-in-chief of the weekly journal 

 Forest and Stream, a paper of wide circulation in the 

 United States and Canada, liad cast his fly over most of 

 the northern rivers of the contment; no one, -therefore, 

 seems better authorized than he to treat of angling ex 

 cathedra. 



By his "Fishing Tourist" Mr. Hallock has done an inex- 

 pressible service to the disciples of Izaak Walton. His 

 Guide Book embraces: 1. Long Island. 3. The Adhon- 

 dacks. 3. The Alleghanies. 4. New England. 5. The 

 Schoodics. 6. Nova Scotia. 7. Cape Breton. 8. New 

 Brunswick, 9. BaiedesChaleurs. 10, The Lower St. Law- 

 rence. 11. The Saguenay. 12, Labrador and Newfound- 

 land. 13. Anticosti. 14. The Ottawa District. 15. The 

 Superior Region. 16. The Michigan Peninsula. 17. The 

 "Big Woods." 18. The Pacific Slope. 19. Blooming 

 Grove Park, 20. "Natural and Artificial Propagation," 

 without taking into account a quite extended study of the 

 natural and artificial propagation of fish in the United 

 States and among us. The programme is a large one, is 

 it not? and Canada comes in for a large part of it. 



True salmon, trout, red, white, gray, pike, BaiT dores, 

 whitefish, black bass, maskinonge, everything which 

 breathes, moves, frisks in the liquid element, finds its 

 place in his admhable list. 



Charles Hallock, the indefatigable Secretary of the Ang- 

 ling Club— the Blooming [Grove] Park Association — will 

 tell you in what month, at what date, at what hour of 

 the day, be the weather clear or cloudy, the fish ought to 

 bite; what lure, what fly will tempt it, fixmg beforehand 

 and with precision the fly to be used, the kind of canoe, the 

 guide whom you should choose, hot omitting the provisions 

 for the trip, the usefulness of canned provisions: lobster, 

 sardines, ham, chicken; specifics against the bites of 

 mosquitoes, even to the necessary stimulants, tea, coSee, 

 prohibiting strictly the xise of spirits in camp, and extolling 

 as a beverage the fresh water of the neighboring spring 

 to him who desires to retain the stout arm, the strong leg, 

 the quick wits for a successf xil struggle with Salmo solar, 

 the valiant king of the rivers, rushing all fresh from the 

 depths of the ocean, 



Charles Hallock, one might imagine, found his voca- 

 tion as an angler, a little while after he had escaped 

 from the arms of his nm-se. This is how he paints the 

 memorable days of his youth, the happy time when all 

 within us sings : 



"It is now twenty-six years since I cast my first fly 

 among the green hills of Hampshire coimty, Massachu- 

 setts. I was a stripling then, tall and active, with my 

 young blood bounding through every vein, and reveling 

 in the full promise of a hardy manhood. My whole time 

 was passed out of doors. I scorned a bed in the summer 

 months. My home was a tree-embowered shanty apart 

 from the farm house, and crowning a ImoU around whose 

 base woimd and tumbled a most delectable trout brook. 

 Here was the primary school where I learned the first 

 rudiments of a sportsman's education. In time I came to 

 know every woodchuck hole in the township, and almost 

 every red squirrel and chipmrmk by sight; every log 

 where an old cock partridge drummed; every crow's nest, 

 and every hollow tree where a coon hid away. I heard 

 Bob White whistle to his mate in June, and knew where 

 to find his family when the young brood hatched out, I 

 had pets of all kinds; tame squirrels and crows, hawks, 

 owls and coons. All the live stock on the farm were my 

 friends. I rode the cows from pasture, drove a cosset 

 four-in-hand, jumped the donkey off the bridge to the 

 detriment of both our necks, and even trained a heifer so 

 that I could fii-e my shotgim at rest between her budding 

 horns. I learned where to gather all the berries, roots, 

 barks and 'yarbs' that grew in the woods; and so uncon- 

 sciously became a natm-alist and an earnest student of 

 botany. As to fishing, it was my passion. There were 

 great lakes that reposed in the soHtude of the woods, at 

 whose outlets the hum and buzz of busy saw-mills were 

 heard, and whose waters were filled with pickerel; and, 

 most glorious of aU, there were mormtain streams, foam- 

 ing, purling, eddying and rippling with a life and a dash 

 and a joyousness that macfe our lives merry, and filled 

 om* hearts to overflowing with pleasure." 



We need not be surprised if for this enfant terrible a 

 suitable field was needed for his devom-ing energy, nor 

 that he found it in the stirring scenes of angling. 



IV. 



Fishing -watli the line hrings hack to the child his sports; to ripe 

 age its leisure Jujurs; to old age its pleasures; to Uie nensitive 

 heart tlie hrook near to the paternal roof; to the traveler the busy 

 repose of the people whose sweet quiet he has envied; to the 

 philosopher (.he origin of the art. 



"The Pleasures of Angling." By George Dawson, 

 Sheldon & Co,, New York, 1876. This is a charming 

 volume, artistically illtistrated, which the historio- 

 grapher of a famous fishing party on the Cascapedia 

 — Mr. George Dawson, of Albany — gave to the public ten 

 years ago. Mr, Dawson describes the rudiments of the 

 art, fishing with a worm, etc, which is, in his eyes, the 

 prosaic part of his subject; then he serves us up a dish in 

 his own style— ambrosia— the poetic side of this incom- 

 parable amusement. 



Angling has more than one smiling aspect. Let us not 

 forget that. 



Here is one of the delicious chromes of angling as he 

 understands it: It would be a great mistake, he says, 

 to beheve that fishing consists only in catcliing fish. 

 The taking of the inhabitants of the streams and the 

 rivers is indeed the basis of the art; but the soul, the spkit 

 of the recreation, is found elsewhere — 



"They are greatly in error who suppose tha,t all there 

 is of fishmg is to fish, that is but the body of the art. Its 

 soul and spirit is in what the angler sees and feels, in the 

 murmur of the brook; in the music of the birds; in the 

 simple beauty of the wild flowers which peer at him from 

 every nook in the valley and from every sunny spot on 

 the hillside; in the moss-covered rock; in the ever-shifting 

 sunshine and shadoAv which give ever-varying beauty to 

 the sides and summits of the mountains; in the bracing 

 atmosphere whicli environs liim; in the odor of the piue 

 and hemlock and spruce and cedar forests, which is 

 sweeter to the senses of the true woodsman than all the 

 artificially compounded odors which impregnate the 

 boudoirs of artificial life; in the sj^ray of the waterfall; in 

 the grace and curve and dash of the swift-rushing torrent; 

 in the whirl of the foaming eddy; in the transparent 

 depths of the shady pool where, ia mid-summer, the 

 speckled trout and silver sahnon 'most do congregate;' 

 in the revived appetite; in the repose which comes to 

 him while reclining upon his sweet-smelling coiich of hem- 

 sock boughs, in the hush of the woods where moon and 

 stars shine in upon him through his open tent or bark- 

 covered shanty; m the morning song of the robin; in the 

 rapid-com'sing blood, quickened by the pm-e, unstinted 

 moimtain air which imparts to the lungs the freshness 

 and vigor of its own vitality; in the crackling of the 

 newly kindled camp-fire; in the restored health and in the 

 one thousand other indescribable and delightful realities 

 and recollections of the angler's camp life on lake or river 

 during the season when it is right to go a-fishing. It is 

 these, and not alone or chiefly the mere art of catching 

 fish, Avhich render the gentle act a source of constant and 

 ever growing pleasure." 



For a lover of nature, for a skilled angler Uke Mr. Daw- 

 son, existence in the valley of the great Cascapedia must 

 have been very sweet, very full, surrounded as he was 

 during this first and memorable excursion by chosen 

 spirits and sympathetic fellow travelers. The morning 

 call brought together in the same camp the eminent Pres- 

 ident of our Supreme Court, Chief Justice Ritchie; the 

 learned Chief Justice of the Superior Coiu't of Massa- 

 chusetts, J udge Graj'-, the friend of Francis Parkman, a pro- 

 found jurist, of magnificent presence, endowed with social 

 qualities which made him the idol of a numerous circle 

 of friends, as Mr. Dawson hkesto repeat; of Col. D. Archie 

 Pell, of Staten Island, the bard of the trip; of Mr. R, G, 

 Dunn, of New York, and finally of General Arthm-, 

 who later was called to fill the functions of President of 

 the United States, 



These men of science, study and business had their 

 rendezvous on the sweetly flowing banks of the Cascape- 

 dia, whose fishing privileges thev had leased that year. 

 This is only a small part of the distinguished men. State 

 officers, who have joassed their vacations in this angler's 

 paradise. Our Viceroys, Sir Edmund Walker Head, 

 Lords Dtifferin, Lorne, Lansdowne, were not slow to dis- 

 cover its charms. 



Quite recently. His Excellency, the Marquis of Lans- 

 downe, sent to His Eminence, Cardinal Tachereau, a 

 present of a superb salmon captured in the basin of the 

 Cascapedia, 



The journey from Quebec to the salmon streams in the 

 Bay of Chaleiu's is made with a speed and an amount of 

 comfort which leaves nothing to be desired. One 

 journeys from Levis to Dalhousie by the Pullman cars of 

 the Intercolonial R. R. ; from Dalhousie to Caspebiac, New 

 Richmond, Gaspe, etc, in the large steamer Admiral, 

 commanded by the excellent Captain Dugal, a thorough 

 seaman. 



If salmon and trout anghng in Canada gives unutter- 

 able delight to amateurs, it has also its utilitarian asjject 

 for the economist. Our salmon rivers must number more 

 than sixty; our lakes and trout streams— especially since 

 the opening of the new railway leading toward Lake St. 

 John — are counted by hundreds. Our rich neighbors of 

 the United States have nothing like it. A kindly Provi- 

 dence seems to have almost given us a monopoly. It is 

 for us to use it to the best advantage. Let us protect and 

 make known far and wide our salmon rivers, which are 

 such rich sources of revenue for the public domain. 



In 1863 we pointed out to amateur anglers in the little 

 treatise, "Pecheries du Canada," our salmon streams as 

 follows: 



Esquimau. — A stream which formerly furnished 52,000 

 salmon annually, 



Corkewetpeeche, — Near the preceding, good number of 

 salmon, 



St, Augustine. — Equally full of fish. 



Sheeps Bay.— Good salmon station. 



Little Meccatina. — Fine salmon river, 



Netagami. — Deej) stream with falls; trout m abund- 

 ance; salmon go up as far as the falls. 



Napetiteepe, — Empties into a large bay; salmon abound 

 there, 



Etamami. — Celebrated for its salmon. 



Coacoacho. — Empties into a fine basin; good for salmon. 



La Romaine. — Large river, but not deep; filled with 

 silver trout of an exquisite flavor. 



Musquarro. — Rapid stream, steep; good for fly or nets. 



Kegashka. — Salmon abound in the liay; the rapids pre- 

 vent their ascent. 



Grand Natashquan. — Famous stream, filled with the i 

 finest kind of salmon. J 



Agwanish. — Northeast boundary of the Seignory of 

 Mingan; large stream, full of fish. 



Pashashieboo. — Of moderate size, and contains some 

 fish. 



Mingan. — Good for nets and fly; the basin always con- 

 tains large salmon. 



Le Manitou. — Branch of the river Mingan, equally well 

 known and full of fish, 



St. John.— Large river, excellent for salmon. 



Le Ruisseau a la Pie.— Small rapid stream well stocked 

 with salmon. 



Sawbill. — Large stream. Nets are set there. 



Le Manitou. — A perpendicular fall obstructs its entrance. 

 Trout and salmon collect at its moirth, 



Moisie,— Renowned for its large salmon. Good for fish- 

 ing with nets or fly. . 



Lower St. Margaterite,— Swarming with salmon and 

 trout. 



Pentecoste.— Deep, rapid brook. Its mouth is full of 

 set nets. 



Bay of Trinity.— A favorite station for those who fish 

 with fly or net. 



Godbout. — A stre.am whose fame has extended far and 

 wide. The net fisheries in this stream are very profitable, 



English River.— Empties into a deep bay, Salmon and 

 trout abound there, 



Bersimis,— A large Ti-ver with many branches. The 

 scenery is thre. Pilled with large trout. They rise to the 

 fly only on the branches. 



'Nipimewecawnan. — A tiibutary of the Bersimis. A 

 fau-y-like brook with cascades. An earthly paradise for 

 thos'e who fish with the fly. 



La Jeremie.— Small trout are caught here; fur trading 

 post. 



Colombier, as far as Plover and White Rivers.— Are 

 good for salmon. 



Laval.— Very picturesque water course, interrupted by 

 little rapids and narrow and deep basins. 



Portneuf.— Nice fly-fishing for trout as far as the first 

 fall; the salmon go higher; nets are set as far up as the 

 tide is felt. 



Le Sault an Cochon. — The falls are so high that they 

 prevent the ascent of the salmon. Filled with trout. 



Le Grand Escoumain. — Celebrated in the past for its 

 salmon. The milldam has a fishway. The bay is filled 

 with salmon, which are taken with nets, 



Les Grandes Bergeronnes, — Pretty good for salmon and 

 trout. The two rivers are but a few miles from Saguenay 

 and Tadousac. 



rivers which empty into the saguenay. 



Ste. Marguerite (Upper). — Principal branch of the 

 Saguenay. Trout and salmon in abundance. They are 

 taken with fly and nets. 



Little Saguenay. — Quite a considerable river. Fishing 

 with line and nets, 



St, John (Upper), — The same as last, 



rivers which empty into the ST, LAWRENCE, 



Black, or Salmon River. — ^Formerly full of fish. 

 Mm-ray. — ^Waters a superb valley. Salmon are taken. 

 Du Gouffre. — Much deteriorated. 



Ste, Anne. — A pretty stream. Recently the salmon 

 fishing has been below the fall. 



Montmorenci. — Has a cataract at its mouth. Toward 

 its source it aft'ords good trout fishing. 



Jacques Cartier.— Celebrated salmon river. 



south side. 



Riviere du Sud. — Montmagny. Promises to become re- 

 stocked with salmon. 



Riviere Ouelle. — Abundance of salmon. The dam^ is 

 broken down (1863). 



Grand Metis, — A large river with a dam. 



Matane. — Beautiful salmon stTeam. 



Ste. Anne. — Formerly abounded in fish. 



Mont Louis. — Important stream. Better thought of 

 recently for its sea trout than for its salmon. 



Madeleine, — Clear; good for salmon. 



Dartmouth. — A large river which empties into the Basin 

 of Gaspe. Salmon swarm there. 



York.— The same as above. 



St. John (of the South). — Same. 



Grand River, — Filled with salmon. Turns a mill. 



Grand Pabos. — Salmon stream. 



rivers that empty into the baie des chalerus. 



Grande Bonaventure. — A great river with several im- 

 portant tributaries. Salmon aboimd there. 



Cascaj)edia. — The Great and Little Cascapedia supply a 

 quantity of salmon. 



New River.— The bay is good for salmon fishing. 



Matapedia. — Quite large, swarming with salmon. 



Restigouche. — ^A noble stream, with magnificent tribu- 

 taries, situated at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs. 

 Frequented by thousands of salmon. 



Matapedia. — Branch of the Restigouche. The salmon 

 go up it nearly forty miles. 



Mistouche. — Branch of the Restigouche. Salmon river. 



Tide is felt in nearly all of these rivers. Those on the 

 north side of the stream (Restigouche) flow through 

 grand and pictm-esque rocks. Nearly aU are fed by 

 lakes. 



We take from the Morning Chronicle, of June 22, 1886, 

 the list of those who went salmon fishing this season. 

 They exceed in number those of j)revious years. Dudley 

 Olcott, J. M. Lansmg, Albany, of Camp Albany, on the 

 river Restigouclie; .1. H. DeMott, Alfred de Cordova, Jas. 

 Welch, Wm. Robbins, Mr. Stard, all of New York, of 

 Camp Reckless, on the Restigouche, all bankers. 



Highland Lake, Me. — The black bass fishing in High- 

 land and Long Lake, Cumberland county, Maine, for the 

 past two weeks has been excellent. The most taking 

 flies have been Montreal, grizzly-king, white-miller, 

 Cheney and silver-doctor. Two New York gentlemen, 

 who recently spent a fortnight with the bass in Long 

 Lake, returned well pleased with their success and ex- 

 pressed a determination to try it again next year, A 

 party from Providence, R. I. , who are just completing 

 their second summer of cottage life on the shores of 

 Higliland Lake, have recently pm-chased several acres of 

 land near the best fisliing grounds on which they will 

 soon erect a nice camp. We are glad to welcome them 

 for they are always good fellows.— J, C. M. (North Bridg- 

 ton, Me.). 



