July 6, 1895.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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NEW ENGLAND FISHING NEWS. 



Boston, Mass., June 29.— W. A. Macleod and Charles 

 F. Randall, two of Boston's prominent lawyers, have just 

 returned from a fishing trip to the Northwest Miramichi. 

 At Fredericton they were joined by J. Henry Phair, com- 

 missioner of fisheries for tbalrprovince; James S. Neil, F. 

 B Edgecombe and Rev. Henry Montgomery. Sea trout 

 fishing was the main object, and they were very success- 

 ful, the fish abundant and of large size. Mr. Macleod 

 captured an 111b. salmon, and Mr. Edgecombe a ten 

 pounder. The party camped for ten days at Brown's place 

 on the Sevogle, a branch of the Northwest Miramichi. 

 Their best fishing was had at Big Hole, a pool situated a 

 little below where the Sevogle empties into the river, and 

 at Exbow on the Southwest Miramichi, nearly down to the 

 junction of the two branches with the main stream. The 

 Sevogle country is described as picturesque beyond 

 description. Mr. Macleod and Mr. Randall, with Jim 

 Maddock and Sandy Johnson as guides in charge of their 

 pirogue, went up to the square forks of the Sevogle, one 

 of the beauty spots of the region. The canoeing on this 

 trip was exciting enough to please any enthusiast, but the 

 party found that they were ahead of the fish, and did not 

 get a large catch on these upper waters. On returning to 

 Fredericton Messrs. Macleod and Randall crossed over to 

 Nova Scotia and visited the Gold River country. A large 

 interest in this stream has been purchased by Mr. Macleod, 

 and from the Cumberland pool down very good fishing 

 can be enjoyed. Beginning in April and lasting through 

 May and June, salmon are caught. The sea trout fishing 

 begins early in June, and grilse enter the river about June 

 15. The stream takes its name from the mines in that 

 locality, and with a fair degree of protection, which the 

 Government ought to furnish, but at present does not, 

 would be again, as it once was, one of the finest of Nova 

 Scotia's salmon rivers. 



Mr. G. N. Talbot, his two sons and Mr. Olmstead, all of 

 Boston, and Mr. Currier, of Lynn, leave on July 1 to fish 

 the Barnes pools on the Grand Cascapedia. July is not so 

 good a month as June to fish this stream, but good enough 

 to repay the angler, and there is always sport with sea 

 trout. 



Mr. C. D. Boss, Jr., of New London, leaves July 1 to try 

 the salmon, He goes to fish the Adams pools on the rough 

 waters of the Nepissiguit. 



Wm. P. Church, of Maiden, and Jas. C. Gibbs, of New 

 York, at Belgrade took 220 bass in one and one-half days' 

 fishing with the fly, and returned nearly all to the water. 

 The Glezen party, of Providence, just returned from the 

 same place, also had great luck. Mr. Glezen was high 

 line among all the fishermen present during his visit, and 

 took bass almost beyond count. His style of fishing was 

 much admired, and contributed largely to his success. 

 His largest fish were taken on the St. Patrick fly, and he 

 handled them all to perfection. He is a fine sportsman 

 and has a record for tarpon fishing in Florida waters to be 

 envied. 



The former custom prevailing at Belgrade of shipping 

 the bass to city markets is now stopped by the application 

 of the new Maine fish laws in Kennebec and Somerset 

 counties, which absolutely prohibits the sale of white 

 perch and black bass under a penalty of $10 for each fish. 

 This will do much to bring these ponds back to their 

 former prosperous condition. Simply tons of bass have 

 been shipped during the last three or four years, and it is 

 a wonder that any fish are left. I understand that a Bos- 

 ton man who .captured a 61b. salmon and shipped it out 

 to the city was heavily fined for the offense. In his case 

 it was probably an innocent transgression, but to escape 

 penalties in Maine this year as regards fish and game one 

 must live pretty close to the letter of the law. The ex- 

 cuse of "not knowing" will not pass, and is sure to lead 

 into trouble. The old system of fines had no terrors for 

 many men who could not resist temptation; but the pen- 

 alty of imprisonment, which is now attached in some 

 cases, sets them to thinking. 



Chas. G. Haley and A. Carroll Briggs, of Boston, have 

 been down to the Commodore Oub, near Hartland, Me. 

 They fished in Moose Pond for black bass, which run to 

 3 and 3£lbs. , and are taken best with the fly. Pickerel 

 and very large perch are frequently caught, and the perch 

 are said to be quite gamy. There is fair trout fishing in 

 the brooks near by. It is the intention of the club to put 

 12,000 salmon in the pond this fall. Moose Pond is a 

 beautiful sheet of water, ^divided in the center by narrows, 

 each part five or six miles long. The bottom is sandy and 

 the water very clear. The club have a large number of 

 good boats and a fine steam launch for the accommoda- 

 tion of members. An elegant club house graces the shore 

 of the lake, containing everything to increase the enjoy- 

 ment and add to the comfort of members. There are 240 

 names on the roll, mostly Boston men. The club is about 

 ten years old, and the first signature obtained at its 

 founding was that of General Benj. F. Butler. Ex-Gov- 

 ernor Russell, Adjt.-Gen. Dalton and many other men of 

 prominence are members, and the club is in a very pros- 

 perous condition. Large game is often seen near the 

 house, and the bird shooting in the fall is pronounced ex- 

 cellent. 



The very sudden death of Dr. Edward S. Spalding, of 

 Nashua, N. H., which occurred in the Maine woods a few 

 days ago, cast a gloom over many New England sports- 

 men. Dr. Spalding was one of the original members of 

 the Parmachenee Club, and had been there twice a year 

 for thirty-five years. 



Salt-water fishing along the shore is now quite the 

 fashion, and the sport is not confined to any one class of 

 anglers. High and low, they are found from the wharve3 

 of the city to Portsmouth on the north and to Plymouth 

 on the south. Excursion parties to go outside for deep 

 sea fishing are numerous and nearly all are having good 

 luck. Mr. Samuel Williams, one of Boston's greatest 

 financiers, greatly enjoys tins kind of fishing, and his 

 yacht is often seen a few miles out, where the cod, hai- 

 dock, etc., are thickest. Dr. Maurice H. Richardson, New 

 England's great surgeon, has no time for long vacations, 

 so steals away over Saturday to Buzzards' Bay to have a 

 good time with the tluefish or bottom fishing, as fortune 

 wills. "Whether fishing is good or bad makes little differ- 

 ence to the Doctor, ihe outing is enjoyed just as well. 

 The largest tautog of the season up to date was taken off 

 the rocks at Nahant in front of Senator Lodge's estate a 

 few days ago. It weighed 14Albs. and was hooked on 

 light perch tackle early in the morning at low tide. Th9 

 two gentlemen fishing waded into the water up to their 

 waists to save the fish and had quite an exciting time. 



Mr. Frank H. Benson, of Salem, is having a good time 

 fishing for big pollock off Newcastle, N. H. He is catch- 

 ing them up to 151bs. in weight and says it is great sport. 



Dr. C, E. Prior, of Maiden, has gone to Sunapee Lake 

 for ten days' fishing. On his return he will leave for King 

 and Bartlett, and will spend a few weeks there taking a 

 much needed rest. 



Julian K. Viles, of Tim Pond, Me., found time to visit 

 Boston for two days this week. It is quite unusual for 

 him to get away from his camps at this time of the year, 

 and his many friends in the Hub were both surprised and 

 pleased to see him. He says business is good, and the 

 trout in "Old Tim" are still rising to the fly at all times of 

 the day in the same phenomenal way that they always 

 have risen. Hackle. 



IN THE ADIRONDACKS. 



Lake Koshaka, June 22.— The Kushaqua Lodge has 

 been opened for the craft four weeks now, and some very 

 good catches have been made in the meantime. Dr, A. 

 W. Saunders, of New York, brought home five brook trout 

 one afternoon, after two hours' casting, the weight of 

 each being a little over a pound. Ralph S. Townsend, 

 also of New York, killed 101 brook trout in one af ternoo». 

 Mr. W. H. Barrett has a record of 40 in three hours; and 

 so it goes, the scores all being excellent. 



Some of the good fishing must be ascribed to the fact 

 that the energetic* proprietors of the Kushaqua Lodge in the 

 last throe years have put in no less than 3,000,000 fry, and 

 have watched carefully, so that no netting has been done 

 during the winter. The guests at the Lodge are reaping 

 the benefit of their farsightedness. 



The lake trout are plentiful and are biting very freely. 

 They will average about 31bs. in weight, and afford good 

 sport either with a fly or with a spoon. T. T. 



Chazy Lake, June 23.— Fishing in and around Chazy 

 Lake has been fine for the past few weeks. Several very 

 large strings have been brought in. The famous come- 

 dian, John Queen, did his first brook trout fishing here 

 Saturday, and came in very much pleased with his day's 

 work. He and Mr. Isaac Schlesinger, of New York, 

 caught 296. Mr. Queen says it is great sport. 



Several deer have been seen near the Chazy Lake Hotel 

 lately, and a bear weighing 3001bs. was killed not a mile 

 from here last week. 



Judge Bailey and Rev. A. B. Flanders, of St. Albans, 

 Vt. , were successful in landing 77 good-sized lake trout in 

 a single day. I. H. Mukdiok. 



A Night Fishing Incident. 



_ Mounted Policeman Heyer, of the Kingsbridge Sta- 

 tion, who recently earned an honorable mention, which 

 was added to his record at headquarters, for stopping a 

 runaway, saved a life early yesterday morning at the im- 

 minent risk of losing his own. He has a beat about seven 

 miles long, extending from Riverdale, on the Hudson, to 

 the interior. Shortly after 1 A. M., after sending in his 

 signal "All's well" from a box on Riverdale avenue, he 

 turned his horse down River avenue toward the railroad 

 station. 



Heyer once found a man unconscious late at night in 

 the roadway there, and since that he has regularly taken 

 a look over the road clear down past the bridge. He let 

 his horse walk down to the bridge. Just as he came to 

 a halt, he heard a cry that sounded as if some one was 

 calling for help from the river. 



He listened. Again came the gurgling cry from near 

 the dock back of the Riverdale railroad station. He gal- 

 loped down the drive and leaped from his horse. 



On the southwest corner of the dock was a lighted lan- 

 tern, a fisherman's basket and a rough hat. Down and 

 in the black darkness overboard he could hear some one 

 splashing the water. He picked up the lantern and held 

 it over the edge of the dock. By its light he distinguished 

 a man in the lee of the dock making his last efforts to 

 keep above water. Without hesitation the policeman 

 leaped into the water, and swam toward him. 



Hyer caught him just as he was about to sink. The 

 drowning man was hardly conscious, and, fortunately, 

 did not grapple with his rescuer. Policeman Hyer is a 

 fair swimmer. He missed the collar of the man's coat 

 and caught him by the hair at the back of his head and 

 set out for shore. It was fortunate that the man had 

 fallen in the lee of the dock, out of the reach of the swift 

 current. As it was, the policeman had all he could do to" 

 keep himself and his burden above water and drag the 

 man toward the dock, 25ft. away. 



He was nearly exhausted when, hardly knowing where 

 he was, his hand struck a float belonging to Mr. Samuel 

 D. Babcock, who has a summer home at Riverdale. He 

 climbed aboard the float and lifted his man after him. 

 He then carried him up to the dock. There, in accord- 

 ance with his instructions in such cases, he placed the 

 man face downward on the ground, and, placing his 

 hands underneath the stomach, lifted up and down to 

 force the water out. He also placed him across his knee 

 and continued the regular movements for recuscitating 

 drowning persons till the man showed signs of life. In 

 the fisherman's pocket was a half-pint flask of whisky. 

 This he poured down the man's throat. The man finally 

 revived enough to warrant Hyer's leaving him. 



The policeman then ran to the railroad station and 

 awakened George and Edwin Algeo. They came out and 

 took turns at treating the man. One of them ran down 

 the track to a signal tower near by, and a message was 

 telegraphed down to the Grand Central station and thence 

 to Police Headquarters and then back to Fordham Hos- 

 pital for an ambulance. It was nearly 3 o'clock before 

 the ambulance arrived. By that time the man was out of 

 danger. He told them that he was George Madden, 31 

 years old, of 615 Lexington avenue, New York. 



He had been doing some night fishing alone, and had 

 fallen asleep on the edge of the dock. Two large eels 

 were found on his line after the excitement was over. 

 Hyer thinks that the eels tugged on Madden's line 

 and the fisherman moved in his sleep and rolled over- 

 board. 



Madden was taken to the Fordham Hospital, not much 

 the worse for his bath. 



Hyer went to the station house and then had to go 

 home. His ducking gave him a chill that sent him to bed. 

 —New York Sun. 



Anew club house belonging to the Coinefc Fishing Club, of Milwau- 

 kee, and situated at Pewaukee, Wis., was opened laBt week with 300 

 guesta present 



Striped Bass on the Jersey Coast. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Never within the paBt eighteen years, which period 

 about covers my experience in salt-water angling, has 

 striped bass fishing been better on the New Jersey coast. 

 There is occasionally a day when none are taken, then 

 the following one, perhaps, will give results of an aston- 

 ishing nature. To give names and weights of all would 

 be impossible. The conditions have changed somewhat. 

 The medium weights mentioned in my last article have 

 given place to the larger sort. Within the last week the 

 following heavy weights have been taken, nearly all of 

 them from the Ocean Grove pier: J. H. Van Riper 10^ 

 and 13ilbs. ; Walter Clayton, 18+lbB. ; H. H. Brown, 15+ibs ''• 

 Wm. Brunaaker, 16j-lbs.; Willard Reid, 141bs.; Dr. G. B. 

 Herbert, 18lbs.; L. P. Streeter, 1 If lbs. Of course dozens 

 have been taken ranging in weight from 3 to 81 bs. The 

 excitement is intense, and day and night the sport is con- 

 tinued. Every large fish, so far as I can learn, has been 

 taken between 4 P. M. and midnight. While at first the 

 bloodworm was the only successful bait, the conditions 

 are changed, and they take the shedder freely. 



A rod infirmary could do a rushing business now, To 

 the man who has never taken the bass in the surf the 

 strike and first rush is something of a revelation; the first 

 impulse is to block the reel with the thumb and hold the 

 fish; the result usually is a broken line or crippled rod — 

 sometimes both. 



The kingfish are now with us in abundance, although 

 nearly two weeks later than predicted; still they are none 

 the less welcome, and good catches are being made nearly 

 every day. The continued east winds have thrown great 

 sandbars across the mouths of both Manasquam and 

 Shark rivers, entirely destroying the fishing in those 

 streams; but they will soon open, and then fine fishing 

 is to be expected there. To the observant our good 

 fishing is easily accounted for. The surf has been kept 

 in a turbulent condition for the past two months by the 

 east winds, and the bloodworms and small crustaceans 

 on which the bass fpfd have been washed from their 

 beds and the fish attracted thereby. 



During the past week I have received visits from War- 

 den Tooker, of Perth Amboy, and Chief Shriner. Both 

 men are working hard in the interest of protection and 

 propagation, and should receive the warmest assistance 

 from all who are at all interested in the good work so re- 

 cently begun by the State. Leonard Hulit. 



Didn't Want no Dude Tackle. 



Swish! swash! kerslap! was what I heard as I rounded 

 a point extending into a well-known bas3 lake, and what 

 I saw was a man standing up in a boat, firmly grasping a 

 16ft. cane pole to which was attached what appeared to 

 be about 20ft. of chalk-line with a gang of hooks baited 

 with a frog at the further end. Swish! He swung the 

 pole back over his left shoulder and the frog flew through 

 the air until extended at the end of the line far behind. 

 Swash! He brought the pole forward with the force of a 

 catapult and froggie shot ahead. Kerslap! The bait 

 struck the water 30ft. or more from the boat, and to my 

 surprise was seized by a 31b. bass of the open counte- 

 nance variety. With a yank that made his pole crack 

 the man hooked his fish and pulling in his pole hand over 

 hand, pushing the butt end overboard, he continued until 

 the whole pole floated on the water and he held the line 

 in his hands. Without paying any attention to the 

 struggles of the poor bass he "snaked" it into the boat 

 and the deed was done. 



I rowed up and asked what he called that style of fish- 

 ing. Hesaiditwas"skitterin\" I asked him if he had ever 

 used a light rod and quadruple multiplying reel for cast- 

 ing frog or minnow. He said he didn't "want no dude 

 tackle." I spoke of my preference for the small-mouth to 

 the large-mouth bass and he replied to the effect that the 

 man who thought he could tell the difference between 

 the two species when they were cooked was a "darn 

 fool." I said that to me the reverse appeared to be the 

 case, but as his opinions seemed to be so firmly seated I 

 would not further discuss the matter, only hoping that in 

 the course of the advancement of an ever progressive 

 civilization he might some time be led to modify his views 

 in regard to fish and fishing in general. He said, "Mos' 

 prob'ly," and fishing his pole out of the lake, went to 

 "skitterin'," and as I rowed away the last I heard from 

 him was, Swish! swash! kerslap! W. 



Cayuga Lake Fish. 



Ithaca, N. Y. — According to the common speech of 

 people and to the local dailies as well, illegal fishing in 

 the waters about Ithaca has not been confined to 

 Memorial Day. The News charges that it is carried on in 

 Fall Creek in broad daylight. It asserts that 7001bs. of 

 fish were taken out of waters leading direct into Cayuga 

 Lake, June 4. The commoner kinds of fish are said to be 

 hawked about town for 10 eents per pound. Muscallonge 

 and pickerel, with not a mark to signify their having been 

 taken in a lawful manner, are peddled about at prices that 

 would make the poor man envious. 



The city is evidently infested by a rapacious gang too 

 lazy to earn an honest living, who hold a respect for law 

 as the least important token of citizenship, and who are 

 bent on cleaning out every decent vestige of a fish supply 

 in open and notorious defiance of statutory enactments. 



Perch fishing at Carr's Cove, near Union Springs, has 

 been very enticing. M. Chill. 



One Minnow, two Togue. 



i Boston, June 24.— Trolling for togue, the bait a 

 minnow fastened with* three hooks, two lines out, a lady 

 who.occupied the stern seat had a strike. The fish was 

 rather a lively one, and kept her busy. The boat was 

 kept moving and the fish seemed to be getting tired, 

 when suddenly a short rush was made, and about the 

 same time my line caught on the bottom. The lady now 

 tried to land the fish, while I simply reeled in slack line. 

 Soon the guide caught hold of the line, and much to the 

 general surprise of all, we found two togue on the line, 

 caught by the tail hook and the middle hook. The second 

 fish had gone over and over my line, dragging it to the 

 bottom, and the hooks had caught. Both fish were saved. 

 Weights about 41bs. and 5lbs. First fish must have torn 

 minnow from tail hook; the second fish struck the middle 

 hook. This case is only of interest in that the two fish 

 were caught at one casting of a single minnow. 



F . M. Johnson, 



