Sept. 9, 1886.] 



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to themselves, perhaps, than to the refined tastes of their 

 more modern brethren. It was my good foi-tnne to be- 

 long to tliis clasB of "old stagers," and as I recall some of 

 the good old- fashioned times we had, the recollection is 

 ■very pleasant. With an agreeable companicjn the jom- 

 ney was short, and arriving at the pond, perhaps, late in 

 the day, we were still in time to use onr rods in trolling 

 for pike with vai'ied siiccess until the shades of evening 

 approached. Then seeking some favorite nook, we would 

 build a lire and have supper, not infrequently a part of 

 our catch helping to form the repast. As the evening 

 grew darker and wdiile enjoying our after-supper smoke, 

 we would change our trolling spoons for plain catRsh 

 hooks and cork float, and with, angle worms brought for 

 the occasion, bait up, push out a little way fi-om the 

 shore and wait patiently for bites. As we sat and talked 

 and smoked, or silently watchiug the cami:>-fire as it 

 lis-htcd up the backgTouud and tlirew its long, golden 

 streak across the water toward us, listened to tlie' luany 

 voices of the night, the hoot of an owl, tlie scjualling of a 

 coon and splash of jumping fish, everv sound sec-miiialv 

 inagnified a hundi-ed fold as it reflected from the watei- 

 in the stillness, were all music to our ears, and the houi-s 

 passed pleasantly enough. 



Such fishing is not sport, it is contentment. There is a. 

 charm about it tliat penetrates deep into the sympathies 

 of those who like it. We could enjoy a day's trout flsJiing 

 with a fly, or trolling for bass or pickerel, as much as any 

 one, and many days were pleasantly spent by us that 

 way. but taking all in all we really enjoyed those nights 

 still-fislaug for the ugly catfish more than anything else. 

 There Avas a quiet, indescribable influence in tlie sur- 

 rounding darkness and loneliness that brought a feeling of 

 contentment and happiness we coiild attain in no other 

 way. Late in the night when we came to draw in om- 

 lines a,nd go home, we regretted the necessity, but con- 

 soled ourselves with the reflection that tlie joimiey was 

 but a continuation of the pleasures already experienced, 

 for it was a ]ileasant walk down tlie lovely old road, so 

 well known to us that we needed no light sa,ve that of our 

 pipes, ajid as we refilled them and prepared om-selves for 

 the start, we cast a last linp-erins look over the spot wliich 

 had been so pleasant to us and mutually resolved that it 

 should see us again soon. As we trudged along, pufliu.u- 

 away at our old pipes, or stopping occasionally to rest and 

 refill them, we rehearsed the story of past".s:ood times 

 and formed our plans for futm-e ones, until arriving home 

 well on toward morning we Avere tired enough to seek a 

 restful couch, and as we knocked the ashes from om- 

 pijjes and bade each other good night, we felt that it was 

 not all of fishing to fish, and an evening had been well 

 spent. Bo. 



MANSFEEXiD ■\^AT,TiBY, Pa. 



AN ADIRONDACK EVENING. 



'"jPHE iiionntains were casting their long, cool shadows 

 X over the dark waters of East Pond as Eenben— my 

 guide— -and I stepped out on its shore. We had made a 

 carry from a larger lake where om* camp was situated, 

 and were glad to rest a few moments while T jointed ray 

 little liaraboo rod and rigged a fresh cast, composed of a 

 Beatrice, a light Monti-eal and a Brandretli. Tliouo-]! T^ ith 

 thoughts intent on trout, I coidd not but notice the beau- 

 tiful scenery before me. The little lake is completely 

 stuTounded by forest-covered hiUs, as yet untouched by 

 fii-e or axe. Here and there the soft maples are showing 

 their brilliant colors in slTong contrast with then- dark 

 green neighbors. A slight breeze ruffled the sm-face of 

 the pond, while the only sounds v.-e heard were the occa- 

 sional splash of a trout, or tJie harsh cry of a bluejay. 

 Our light boat vx-as soon in the water, the ever-present 

 Winchester on the seat beside me in the bow, and Reuben 

 in the stern handling the paddle. Quietly we glide out 

 over the cool, dark waters, for when in the home of the 

 "bonnie dun deer" and the savage bear, one quickly 

 learns the haljit of keeping silent. 



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disposed to rise, and then at first only the smaller frv. ^ 

 threw back several fish that at home^ would be considered 

 very decent ti'out, but here nothing under half a pound 

 is considered fair to keep. As we approached the uj^per 

 end of the pond I noticed nraiuows skipping about in a 

 manner that indicated the presence of large trout, and 

 sure enough at tlue first cast I made in the shallows near 

 the inlet, there was a fierce rush of several good-sized 

 fish, two of which I hooked and kiUed after a sharp 

 slTuggle thaj; made the little rod quiver and the guide 

 remark, -'Yon will smash it sure." Three times in quick 

 succession I kUled two trout at a time, averaging fib. 

 each and then sis single ones, the largest of Vhich 

 weighed l^lbs. and none under ilb.; then, although they 

 were still rising greedily, I stopped, having sufiicient for 

 present use. Well contented we paddled quietly back 

 to the carry, drew up our boat and were soon readv for 

 the homeAvard tramp. Suddenly I noticed the guide 

 gazing intently toward the spot we ha,d just left. ' 'Tliere's 

 a deer," he whispered. Sm-e enough, awav at the 

 other end of the pond where we had just been fishing 

 stood a fine buck quietly feeding on the lily stems. 

 Quickly and without the shghest noise we ptish out 

 again, but this time I handle the 101b. rifle instead 

 of the Toz. fly-rod. With wonderfrd skill Reuben pad- 

 dles up the lake, close under the bushes and without 

 making the slightest sound. Several times the deer 

 lifted up his head and watched us intently, while 

 we remained motionless, hardly daring to breathe, and 

 then he resumed feeding wliile the guide plied his pa.ddle 

 again. A quarter of a mile is tlius passed, and now we 

 are gettmg nearer. Slower still and, if possible, more 

 carefully, paddles the gmde. When within about 90yds. 

 the buck gets uneasy, and Reuben whispers. ' 'Shoot 

 One might think that a deer at that distance was a pretty 

 big mark, but I can assure the reader that after bemg 

 cramped up in the bow of a canoe for twenty minutes 

 and with the motion of the unsteady craft added, I found 

 it exceedingly difficult to keep the "sight where I wanted 

 it. Tlie deer seemed to be dancin.a- around in the most 

 wonderful manner. Finally I pulled but never touched 

 him. For a Avonder he only gave a startled look, and 

 before he could realize what had hajipened i fu-ed again. 

 This time he fell like a log_. We quickly paddled up to 

 our victim and bled him. ile was a magnificent beast, 

 vnxli a fine pah of antler which, as the guide expressed 

 it, -dooked Uke a rocking chair on his head." The bullet 

 from the .40-80 Winchester had entered under, the eye, 



passed through the brain, broken his neck, and was just 



ready to dro];) <3ut through the broken skin. 



With some ditticidty we hoisted oiu' game into the boat 

 and then rettirned a second time to the cai i'v. It was now 

 qiute darlv, but by the aid of a little piece of candle 

 which I happened to have in my pocket we managed to 

 see to hoist him into a tree and' break lum up in good 

 style. Here we left him to be sent for the next morning. 

 It was no fun tTampin.sj: over the carry in the dark, but 

 an hour later, hetoxQ a blazing wood tire, I forgot tlie dis- 

 comforts and remembered only the pleasures of om- ex- 

 citing evening. ' Wakbman Holberton. 

 New Yomc, Sept. 6. 



Penijsylvania TfiouT Streams.— Camden, N. J., July 

 22. — At Brodhead Creek (or Analomuik River), Mom-oe 

 county, Pa., I had one very enjoyable week. I went via 

 Henryville on tlie Delaware, Lacl<awanna and Wosterti 

 R. R. (ten miles above Water Gap), thence by team to 

 take my friends, myself and baggage to the creek (three 

 miles east of the station), we camped out. The streams 

 are the Brodhead, West Brodhead, Paradise Creek and 

 Stony River, all easy of acc-ess and teeming with the trout. 

 There are two hotels on the West Brodhead, Henryville 

 House, just back of the station, and Park House at Park- 

 side, i mile distant. On tlie main stream, Mr. Louis 

 Long keeps a neat little boarding liouse where home-like 

 accommodations can be obtained for a moderate sum. 

 Pai-ties can drop him a line to meet them at Cresco 

 station (first station above Henryville), his post office 

 address is Analomink P. O. , Pa. The suiTomiding comitry 

 is grand, the views to be obtained from the summits of 

 the mountains are inspiring. The streams are easy to 

 wade and have yielded some very good scores. The road 

 are, as a mle, passable. A good team will cost $3.50 

 per day. The famous Bushkill Creeks are 7 miles dis- 

 tant from Long's: High Knob and adjacent ponds (in 

 Pike county) 13 mfles. Bad road- though, I am told. 

 Rufled grouse and Cotton-tails abundant, woodcock in 

 season. Rather rough trampuig over the hills, but the 

 sport will repay it. Would recommend brethren of the 

 angle to give tins locality a place in their thoughts, when 

 making up their excursions for next season. Mr. Long 

 V the proprietors of tlie hotels will cdieerfully give all 

 desired information. The post olfice address of' tlie hotels 

 is Parkside P. O., Pa.— C. W. II. 



Black Bass in New Hampshire.— Wolfboro, N. H. 

 Sept. A.—Ediior Forest and Stream : Fishing for black 

 bass here is good, and many are taken from what is now 

 called Smith's Pond, but is more properly kno^^^l as AVin- 

 throp Lake. This beautiful sheet of water is only about 

 a half mile from Winnepesaukie Lake, just back ot Wolf- 

 boro. On the 23d of last month, Messrs. H. M. Scott and 

 Ried Benedict, of New York, were here and made some 

 remarkably good scores. They were stopping with Sam 

 Fay, of this place, who is a weU-kno^vn personage, and 

 had John Jackson for a guide. Mr. Benedict took at one 

 cast tlu-ee bass which weighed in the aggTegate six and a 

 cinarter pounds. He used a nuae-foot leader, with three 

 flies, the first a red-ibis, the second a moose, and the tail 

 fly a grizzly-knrg. I watched the struggle from another 

 boat, and expected to see the leader part when the fish 

 rushed different ways, but after a severe contest and 

 much delicate handling, the fish were ah brought to the 

 landmg-net. I have repeatedly taken tvs'o at once, 

 although one good one is enough, but would not care to 

 risk my leader with three two-pound bass on it at once. — 



POKE-0"-MOONSHINE. 



Mount Vernon, Maine, Aug. 31.— This is one of the 

 prettiest villages nestled among the hills, mountains and 

 lakes of a State famed for its beautiful scenery and in- 

 vigorating atmosphere. From my window I see two fine 

 sheets of water and from a hill a httle distance from the 

 house 1 can count fourteen ponds or lakes with clear, 

 sparkling surfaces. Half of these are well stocked with 

 black bass and white perch, one or more with landlocked 

 salmon, and all with myriads of pickerel. Two water- 

 sheds are in vicAv— the Kennebec and tlie Androscoggm. 

 The Kennebec waters nature stocked with wliite perch, 

 tlie Androscoggin with the yellow perch, though now 

 man has planted them with" the white beauties. The 

 black bass populates the crystal homes of both valleys. 



A.a6/re^ an comnmMcal/tom to the Forest and Stream Put). Co. 



They are growing in favor with the sportsmen each year, 

 and many come from distant sections of the country to 

 enjoy the fun of the gentle art and are giving an increas- 

 ing revenue to the hotels and the Maine Central Raih'oad. 

 Long Pond is my favorite fishing resort here. I cln-istened 

 my new Henshall spht bamboo rod with a 2*lb8. fighter, 

 my first fish for the season.— J. W. T. 



Trout and Mink.— Cedar Springs, Mich., Sept. 1.— 

 Yesterday closed the trout season in this State for this 

 year, and my last trip was especially gratifying to me, 

 the last fish I caught being the largest I have taken this 

 year. It measured 15hi. in length and weighed lib. 2oz. 

 While fishing on Dop Creek a few weeks ago I ran across 

 a trout fisher that would have made "Old Izaak" look well 

 to his laurels. I saw a dark animal jimip into the water, 

 and, diving, swim directly under the log I was standing 

 on and come to the sm-face with something in his mouth, 

 which he immediately took ashore. I overhauled it and 

 it proved to be a mink with an llin. trout. It was not 

 over a mmute from the time he jumped in the water till I 

 had the trout. I knew that mink sometimes caught fish, 

 but I never supposed they got trout whenever they wanted 

 them.— W. H. W. 



Netting in Great South Bay.— Patchogue, N. Y., 

 Sept. Q.— Editor Forest and Stream: On Wednesday of 

 last week, some fishermen of this place netted between 

 4,000 and 5,000 weakfish in the Great South Bay. The 

 fish were not large ones, the average weight of these fish 

 now in the bay is between lib. and 21bs. , and among the 

 fish were a few Spanish mackerel. The fish were shipped 

 to New York from this place in sugar boxes on two days 

 in order not to excite attention. — Vigil. 



An Old Trout in a Well.— Glastonburv, Aug. 31.— 

 Mr. Ezra Hollister, of Wassaic, Conn., has a speckled 

 brook trout that -was placed in Ms well twelve years ago, 

 when very small. Last week it was taken out and weighed 

 31bs. There were a few scales knocked off in spots where 

 the bucket hit liim occasionally. He was carefully returned 

 to his old quarters in the well. — M. 



Winston, N. C. has a neAvcluh for protection of fish ) 

 and game. 



THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY. 



PROCEEDINGS CONCLUDED. 



THE CHAIRMAN- The t ic-isurer's report has not yet 

 lK:'(en read, and perliajjs < hat should be read now. If the 

 gentlemen will listen the secretary will read the report of the 



treasurer. 



After the reading it was moved arid seconded that the re- 

 port of the treasurer be accepted and placed on tile. Carried. 



The CnAlKMAN— Article TV. of the Constitution which was 

 adopted to-day provides tliat the regular meeting of the 

 Society .shall be held once a year, the time and place being 

 decided upon at the previous meeting, or' in default of such 

 action by the executive corumittee. It mil, therefore, de- 

 volve upon this meeting to determine the time and place of 

 tlie next meeting of the Society. Will any gentleman present 

 make a suggestirm in regard to that matter.^ 



Ml!. ToMLiN — 13efoi-e this matter comes up there is one 

 re.solution here I would like to read and get an expression of 

 opinion of the gentlemen present. Yesterday the preponder- 

 ance of the evidence brought before us .showed that it was 

 better to propagate fisli than it was to police the great water.s 

 of the lakes. 1 .should like to present this resolution for 

 consideration:* 



ncsolvrd. That it is the sense of this meeting that the 

 pidjlic good of the States bordering on the chain of upper 

 l;ikes -would he best served by the establishment of fish 

 hatcheries for the propagai ion of the spawn of whitefish and 

 lake I roid:, and we do pledge ourselves to urge on om- Con- 

 gressional representatives and Senators to obtain an appro- 

 priation from Congress at this session to be devoted to this 

 purpose. 



Mb. ToMLt>r— T mil say this has been a matter of con.sider- 

 ation in Duluth for some time. We have communicated 

 with our representative there and also with the Senators, 

 and the matter is in their hands. Since I have been in the 

 meeting here 1 have lieen making some inquiries as to the 

 best method of procedure, ;aid I learn it can only be done by 

 Congressional appropriation or grant. If it is the sense of 

 the meeting I would like to have the matter discussed, and 

 would olfer it as a resolution if it \-vin be accepted. 



The Chairman— You have heard the resolution that has 

 been read. What action will you take upon it? 



Mr. M ather— I should rather think, Mr. President, that 

 this was a matter more pertinent to the Commissioners of 

 Fisheries of the States and the gentlemen who are interested 

 in the stocking of the great lakes really, than one that came 

 mthin the scope of this organization, because it is a local 

 matter, as much so as if the Association should move that 

 the hatching of codfish be extended, or the stocking of the 

 Mississi|:ipi or some other local stream. That is the view I 

 talce of the matter. 



The Chairman;— It doe.sn't seem to me that there is any 

 objection if the gentlem.an simply -vvi.shes to get the opinion 

 of the members present, from the bordering States perhaps, 

 but otherwise, as^lr. Mather has suggested, itw-ould be just 

 as proper to petition Congress to stoclc the Connecticut Kiver 

 with ,shad, it seems to me, as it wordd be in this matter. The 

 matter belongs more particularly to the State Commis.sioners 

 and the citizens, the inhabitants of the various States in 

 this immediate neighborhood and not for the Society, w^hich 

 is supposed to represent the whole United States. That is the 

 idea that presents itself to the chair. It is open of course 

 for discussion by the Society. 



Mr. Dunning- I move that the resolution be laid aside 

 until we get through -with the business now under consider- 

 ation. 



The Chaiuman— Will any gentleman tnake any sugges- 

 tion _ as to the time and place of the next meeting, either in 

 the form of a motion or remarks in regard to the matter? 



Mr. May— In order to bring the matter before the Soci- 

 ety, I move that the next annual meeting of this Society 

 be held in Wa.shington on the second Tuesday of May, 1887. ' 



Mr. BAliTLETT— I move that the next annual meeting of 

 the Society be held at Qnincy, Illinois, the "Gem City of the 

 West," the speaker tendering the hospitalities of the city to 

 the Society should they conclude to hold the meeting at that 

 place. 



iNIi-. Dunning suggested that the Society meet at Madison, 

 Wisconsin, at the next annual convention. 



Mr. Fairbank— I second the motion of Mr. May. I Avant 

 to say here that I feel absolutely mortified at the lack of 

 interest that our people have taken in this meeting. The 

 Commissioners in the Y^'estern States, where they have a 

 Commission, have not come here as I expected they would 

 and as they ought to have done, and they don't deserve 

 another meeting. We could have had more interest from 

 the general public if the matter had been a little better 

 miderstood and I supposed it would be. I don't know 

 exactly where the fault is, but we have relied on Dr. Rowe 

 to disseminate the matter in the press and have the general 

 public understand the full scope and intention of the meet- 

 ing and awaken some outside interest in it, but I have been 

 absent myself and have been very much engaged in other 

 things, and I supposed the matter was being attended to. I 

 think we ought to rest on the laurels we have won this time 

 and try a meeting at Washington, which is really head- 

 qiiarters. 



Mr. Mather— Mr. President, I agree with what Mr. Fair- 

 bank has said about the advantages of Washington. Wash- 

 ington is a central point; it is at the head of the National 

 Government, as some of you may know, and there is a vast 

 museum of fishcultrrre to be seen there. All the apparatus 

 which has ever been devised is in the National Museum, and 

 there are many advantages to be gained by having the meet- 

 ing there. Y^e have had the most successful meetings we 

 ever have had in Washington, and while these questions 

 come up about the East or West, T don't think it is worth 

 while entertaining them. The Society is a national one in 

 its scope and in its aim, and I do not hesitate to avow myself 

 for Washington. 



Mr. Mat— I will amend my motion, Mr. Chairman, by 

 moving that the next annual meeting of the Society be held 

 in Washuigton on the 12th, 13th and 14th days of May, 1887. 

 YTiich motion, being duly seconded, w^as carried. 

 Mr. Fairbank— I want to say a word or two more about 

 the history of the Illinois Fish Commission, which the 

 modesty of my associate, Mr. Bartlett, has prevented him 

 from saying anything about. He has done all the work, and 

 it is a little dilierent w-ork from what any other commission 

 or State has done, and it has been so successful that I feel it 

 is important to say something about it here and call your 

 attention to it, especially to the Commissioners from the 

 Western States. You, most of you, know the character of 

 the water we have here, and in my talks with him ra rela- 

 tion to planting and hatching fish, I said I didn't think he 

 could do much of anjdihiug in that work, and Mr. Bartlett 

 suggested that as there were millions of fish that were left 

 every year along the jMississippi River by the receding v^'ater, 

 the young fish in the spring going to the shallow water near 

 the shores, and as the river went down they were left on the 

 bottom in the pools and ponds there, millions and millions 

 of them to die, the best work we could do would be to gather 

 up those fish, sort them out and distribute them, and that is 

 the work we have been on for the past few years. Y^e have 



I *Mt. Tomlin was elected as a memher of the Society, but has 

 I failed to complete his mfetnhership. 



