Aug. 3, 1895.] 



FOREST AND STREAM, 



Later.— And now comes word from Indian Agent 

 Teter denying in toto the reports of any massacre at 

 Jackson's Hole. It seems that weird and slightly woolly 

 community is not to enjoy the final distinction of being 

 wiped off the earth, as reported this morning. Eeports 

 to Forest and Stream from men on the ground out there 

 may be a trifle slower coming in, but they are apt to be 

 more accurate. The lively Western correspondents 

 should resight their repeating pencils. 



Oregon Is Jealous. 



The State of Oregon is evidently jealous of Idaho and 

 Jackson's Hole. This time it is a question of the Indians 

 breaking the fish laws of Oregon, and to-day's dispatches 

 reek with gore — which is going to be shed if the In- 

 dians from the Warm Springs reservation come down 

 and fish by the hatchery on the Clackamos River in spawn- 

 ing time. Protector MeGuire has asked the Interior De- 

 partment at Washington to issue orders restraining the 

 Indians from fishing in close season. 



It is exceedingly well to have natural close seasons en- 

 forced for fish and game. But it m?kes curious comment 

 on all this Indian muss to reflect that in the old days, 

 when the Indians were the only hunters and fishers, this 

 country swarmed with game and fish. What with cold 

 storage and game butchers, it is hard to see ju«t where 

 the Indian is going to learn much improvement, by ex- 

 ample at least, on either the best or the worst of his old 

 methods. 



Out on the Yellowstone. 



An interesting letter comes from "Billy" Hofer, from 

 his borne out on the Yellowstone. The story of steady 

 decrease of tliePark buffalo herd is sad, and very mourn- 

 ful is the last news of the soldier, private Alexander, who 

 was lost in the snow-covered mountains at the time of 

 the Forest and Stream winter trip. Mr. Hofer says: 



"I got home to Gardiner all right, and am very glad to 

 be in God's country once more, away from the heat and 

 smoke of the city. 



"I learned that the soldipr whom they were looking for 

 when you and I were in the Lower Geyser Basin a year 

 ago last winter was found this spring. His bones were 

 found on the south side of the Gibbon, quite a way above 

 where it flows into the Madisoq. His snowshoes were 

 close by. He had gotten across the Madison some way, 

 either above or below the mouth of the Gibbon; if below, 

 he had to cross the latter stream too to get to where he 

 was found. No one can tell what the poor fellow went 

 through before he gave up. I think he mistook the Gib- 

 bon for the Nez Perce River, where the camp was he was 

 making for. His bones were buried in the soldiers' grave- 

 yard at the Mammoth Hot Springs. 



"There is very little snow in the mountains, ?nd all the 

 streams are quite low. We have had cool weather ever 

 since I have been back. It snowed two days on the moun- 

 tains, with a little here in Gardiner— quite a change from 

 Chicago. Park travel is very light, but reports say very 

 heavy travel coming later. 



"I learn that quite a number of buffalo were killed on 

 the west side of the Park this winter. There was so little 

 snow that they could go and stay anywhere. I hear Dick 

 Rock captured three calves this spring. Very few buf- 

 falo wintered in Hayden Valley this winter. Sorry the 

 snow was not deep enough to keep them all in the Park." 



At the Muscallonge Waters. 



The season seems to have been fairly good at the mus- 

 callonge waters of Wisconsin, though of course we hear 

 no longer of the great catches of earlier days. I learn of 

 two fish, both over401bs., and one of 44lbs., sent down for 

 mounting, and the latter is top weight so far as I can 

 learn. C. J. Coon writes from Trout Lake to Mr. A. 

 Hirth, of this city: 



"The fishing has been good so far. F. S. Casey, No. 445 

 The Rookery, Chicago, in three and one-half days' fishing 

 caught four muscallonge weighing 251 bs., 181bs., I3lbs. 

 and lOlbs. respectively, and thirty-four bass. E. A. Bach- 

 eldor, of the Lexington Hotel, in one week's fishing 

 caught forty-three bass weighing from 21bs. to 4^lbs. each, 

 and four wall-eyed pike weighing ll|lbs. He also caught 

 several muscallonge, all of which were under lOlbs. weight 

 each." 



Removed. 



Mr. A. S. Comstock, maker of the now celebrated 

 Protean tent, has removed from his old distributing quar- 

 ters at Evanston suburb, and has engaged office and floor 

 space at the Lind Block, northwest corner of Market and 

 Randolph streets, Chicago. Here he will be nearer the 

 business center of the city. He has a spacious loft for 

 canvas work of his own, supplied with power, and will 

 henceforth not only manufacture the Protean tent for 

 himself in all its varieties and specialities, but will also 

 make all other sorts of tents up to 40x60 in size, and also 

 will manufacture boat sails, etc. Mr. Comstock has with 

 him as superintendent Mr. Longley, one of the oldest and 

 most skillful canvas workers of the trade. Some of the 

 machines will be in place the coming week, and before 

 long we shall see a nice little tent industry established, 

 all of which began not so very long ago in a modest way 

 with the idea of the ingenious Protean. Sportsmen will 

 wish Mr. Comstock the success it is safe to predict. 



E. Houoh. 



909 Security Building, Chicago. 



Camping in Texas. 



Marlin, Tex., July 13. — Editor Forest and Stream: 

 We beg to enclose you with this, a clipping from our local 

 paper. The three, Messrs. H. G. Rush, D. S. Maffett and 

 H. Louis, are samples of our young business men. They 

 started on this overland outing about two weeks ago, well 

 supplied with guns, ammunition, fishing tackle, and can- 

 vas folding boat. The negro cook and all-round man 

 mentioned is a character and whole story in himself. 



E. R. E, 



Their record runs: Everything ran smooth and jolly 

 with the exception of experiencing a heavy wind and rain 

 storm which came upon us just as we were preparing to 

 camp in the mountains near Sulphur River, 7 miles east 

 of Lampasas; after about thirty minutes of high wind, 

 thunder and lightning the rain ceased and we decided best 

 to push on to L impasas, which point was reached at 12 at 

 night. Tired, hungry and sleepy we retired to peaceful 

 slumber after a hasty supper. Our camp was spread in 

 the park near the old site of the famous Park Hotel, 



which was recently destroyed by fire. From this point 

 we pushed on to the Colorado River, which we found on a 

 14ft, rise. We were ferried across at the Little Breeches 

 post office, where we recruited our commissary department 

 and drove on to Cherokee Creek, about one'mile distant 

 from the river. At this point we have been camping three 

 days. The sport is fine; our catch the first morning was 

 48 fish, consisting of specklpd trout, brim, perch and blue- 

 cat. Our camp is delightfully located on the creek just 

 between two fipe fishing holes and about three quarters 

 of a mile from the mouth. We have fish to feed to the 

 dogs. How they do bite! They are the very gamest of 

 their kind and make a reel fairly sing as they dart for the 

 sheltering rocks. Our "coon," Genie, still holds honors 

 for the largest catch, having landed a 2A-pound trout. We 

 celebrated the glorious 4th of July in due form. At day- 

 break we fired a rattling salute from our p'stols, guns and 

 rifles; after breakfast a programme of singing, dancing 

 and oratory was carried out before an audience of about 

 half a dozen tow-headed mountain boys, to . whom our 

 outfit and especially our "coon" was a great curiosity, as 

 there are no negroes here. We leave this afternoon for 

 Sulphur Springs, about five miles west, where we anticipate 

 more fine fishing, as the river is falling rapidly. By the 

 way the boys are talking I think we will be out until 

 September 1. 



English Pheasants in the Catskills. 



Everything points to good shooting here this fall. 

 Ruffed grouse have hatched in large numbers and broods 

 are seen daily. 



I have reared and liberated quite a stock of English 

 Mongolian pheasants, and they have survived the past 

 winter w<41. Quite a number of broods of young have 

 been seen in the mountains. One hen was killed on her 

 nest by a miserable wretch, but he paid about $50 for his 

 fun, and I think the rest will not be molested. 



J. W. R. 



Haines Falls, N. Y., July 23. 



A Change in New Jersey. 



The change in the system of game warden appointment in 

 New Jersey seems to be working well if the record of prose- 

 cutions and convictions under it means anything. Under 

 the old system— according to the report of the Fish and 

 Game Protector — there were in one year twenty-nine prose- 

 cutions; under the new system during its first two months 

 of operation there were forty prosecutions. 



Here is the list: 



Obadiah Smith and John Stephenfield, prosecuted by 

 Warden Hendershott for netting fish; each sentenced to ten 

 days in jail. 



Joseph Hable and Charles Kennela, prosecuted by Warden 

 Hunt for netting fish; nets destroyed and accused permitted 

 to go under suspension of sentence on payment of costs. 



Robert Browning, prosecuted by Warden Wise for taking 

 bass out of season; ninety days in jail. 



William Gregory, prosecuted by Warden Wise for taking 

 bass out of season; sixty days in jail. 



Jonathan Black, prosecuted by Warden Wise for taking 

 bass out of season; sixty dollars and costs. 



Charles Appleton and William Cobb, prosecuted by War- 

 den Dare for taking sturgeon under size; fined ten dollars 

 each and costs. ., 



Adam Smith, Jr„ prosecuted by Warden Hill for hound- 

 ing rabbits; sentence suspended on payment of costs, accused 

 having disposed of his dogs and surrendered his gun. 



Henry Boice, prosecuted by Warden Schneider for robbing 

 birds' nests, fined $120 and costs. 



James Dunnigan and Alexander Moir, prosecuted by Fish 

 and Game Protector Shriner for taking trout under size; 

 fined each sixty dollars and the costs. 



William Brown, Watson Penn, William Morse and 

 Samuel Soper.prosecuted by Warden Clayton Robbins. Morse 

 was fined §100 and costs; Soper was acquitted; the cases of the 

 rest are still pending. 



Charles Roth, prosecuted by Warden Tooker for shooting 

 on Sunday; fined twenty dollars and costs. 



Charles Wright, prosecuted by Warden Hilton for killing 

 game, out of season; fined twenty dollars and costs. 



William Wilson and Thomas Vandergrif t, prosecuted by 

 Warden Wise for taking fish out of season; fined each fifteen 

 dollars. 



George Wean and William Tomer, prosecuted by Warden 

 Dunham for netting fish; fined fifty dollars and costs each, 

 in default of which they were sent to jail. 



Clayton Wean, convicted also of netting fish, was allowed 

 to go under a suspension of sentence, he having furnished 

 evidence for the State. 



Jacob Mead, prosecuted by Fish and Game Protector 

 Shriner for shutting off water for the purpose of taking fish; 

 fined fifty dollars and costs. 



Malcolm Bell, William Hance, William Fennell, Joseph 

 Parent and W. D. Hartshorn, prosecuted by Warden Wise 

 for netting fish; fined twenty-five dollars and costs. 



William M. Wells, prosecuted by Warden Wise for killing 

 game out of season; fined forty dollars and costs. 



Angelo Solandino, prosecuted by Fish and Game Protector 

 Shriner for birdnesting; find forty dollars and costs. 



D. W. Hoover and William Hoover, prosecuted by Warden 

 Dunham for shutting off water for the purpose of taking fish ; 

 fined twenty-five dollars each and the costs. 



Edward T. Boote, permitting the maintenance of an eel 

 weir on the property leased by him for fishing purposes; pro- 

 secuted by Fish and Game Protector Shriner. Case still 

 pending. 



The Newton Gas Light Company, prosecuted by Warden 

 Hendershott for polluting streams. Case still pending. 



Richard Lore, prosecuted by Warden Dare for netting 

 fish; fined $100 and costs. 



Peter Daniel, prosecuted by Warden Dunham for shutting 

 off water for the purpose of taking fish; fined twenty-five 

 djllars and costs. 



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CANADIAN ANGLING NOTES. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Messrs. R. R. McCormick and W. R. McCormick, of 

 Florida, accompanied by their wives and a number of 

 friends, have arrived here on their third annual visit to 

 the Lake St. John country, and left for Roberval about a 

 week ago. They intend to spend fully eight to ten 

 weeks fishing and hunting here. The Messrs. McCormick 

 are fond of extensive camping trips and expect to make 

 one this summer to Lac Tschotagama, some distance up 

 the Peribonca River. They have joined the Triton Fish 

 and Game Club, and expect in September to have some 

 first-class trout fishing and also some bear and caribou 

 hunting there. There has been quite an accession of late 

 to the membership of this club, and considerable improve- 

 ments have been made upon the tract. 



I have received of late quite a few inquiries from the 

 United States in regard to July and early August fishing 

 for trout. I know some ponds and several streams and 

 rapids where fair fly-fishing can be had at this season, 

 and numbers of lakes where large trout may be taken 

 with bait. But while ouananiche fishing may be had all 

 the summer through, it is seldom that the trout fly-fish- 

 ing, even in northern Canada, can be really called first 

 class in the month of July or during the first week or ten 

 days of August. About the end of the second week of 

 August the large red trout begin again to rise freely to 

 the fly, and ten days later they may be captured pretty 

 near to their spawning beds. In the third week of 

 August the large trout of Lake Edward are often rising 

 upon their spawning beds in the Jeannotte— the big lake's 

 outlet — and I know that the same rule applies to the 

 waters of the Triton tract. 



For those who belong to none of the fishing clubs up 

 this way and are anxious for trout fishing in August and. 

 September, I would strongly recommend "La Belle 

 Riviere" and the lake of the same name, which are 

 only about a day's journey from Roherval or the upper 

 waters of the Ouiatchouaniche, from a day and a half to 

 two days' journey back from the Roberval Hotel. If 

 time permitted of it, there is of course much more 

 variety, and equally good, if not better sport, in a camp- 

 ing and canoeing trip through a portion of the wild 

 country north of Lake St. John, where the guides will 

 point out, between the larger lakes or main streams, the 

 ponds and rivers that hold the big trout, and the pools or 

 rapids in which they may be most profitably sought, Of 

 course, on all trips of this kind ouananiche fishing is also 

 to be had, and the time is now approaching when this 

 sport will be at its best up the Ashuapmouchouan, the 

 Peribonca, in Lac a Jun, and at the Fifth Falls of the 

 Mistassini. E. T. D. Chambers. 



Quebec, July 26. 



THE LEAP OF THE BASS. 



Lindsay, Ont., July 24.— Editor Forest and Stream: I 

 have for long been a reader of your paper, but not until 

 now have I felt impelled to put a word in; and it is this 

 bass discussion that has stirred me up. 



Some of your correspondents have been so unmerci- 

 fully criticising an article written by Dr. Ellzey that I feel 

 I must stand to the back of my professional brother. 

 - It is a fact that the eye is easily deceived. Magicians 

 take advantage of it, and probably we can well lay to 

 that score the alleged weight of some big fish that are 

 lost, and other stories, too. From what I have read of 

 "Kingfisher's," he must be too old a hand to be carried 

 away by excitement, but surely he will admit that a 5ft". 

 leap is something very phenomenal for a bass. To me it 

 is highly improbable. I can only understand it at all by 

 thinking that the spring of the rod assisted to a large 

 degree. I have talked the matter over with Mr. J. B. 

 Knowlson, of this town, a veteran fisherman and a cool 

 hand, with whom I have spent many days after bass and 

 trout, and we agree that in our experience a 2ft. leap is 

 about the outside limit. In the majority of cases they 

 little more than clear the water, often not doing so, but 

 come straight up, and as they find themselves out of 

 water, throw themselves to one side or the other, making 

 a half-moon shape. Still, I have frequently seen them 

 jump straight upward, clearing the water, and apparently 

 shake themselves, as "Old Sam" describes, but not their 

 jaws; the anatomy of a bass's head and neck will not 

 allow that. 



I cannot attribute the jumping and shaking of a fish to 

 wisdom on his part, but agree with the Doctor — the fish 

 is thoroughly crazed; he thinks no more of what he is 

 doing than does the runaway horse who kicks to pieceB 

 everything behind him. Does any one believe that the 

 latter act is premeditated? 



If the bass has such an amount of intelligence as "Old 

 Sam" credits him with, why does he not go to the bottom, 

 take a turn of the line around a stone or snag, and free 

 himself at his leisure, laughing the while at the simple 

 fisherman? 



The "savigerous" shakings while in the air are simply 

 frantic efforts made to regain his native element, which 

 he left by mistake. They always remind me of the 

 motions a man makes, when he slips on a piece of ice, in 

 trying to regain his equilibrium. 



I have done a great deal of fishing in our Canadian 

 lakes and rivers, and in some of our rapids have had long 

 fights with the small-mouth, where they had every 

 chance to make big jumps. It may be our waters are too 

 clear and cold, and the fish consequently half paralyzed, 

 or perhaps they have not the vim of the Yankee bass; but 

 I certainly never saw a three-foot leap. 



Does not every fisherman lower his tip the moment ho 

 sees a fish leaving the water? Certainly not to a point 

 where the rod is in line with the fish, but nearer a right 

 angle with the line, keeping the strain up all the time. 

 It turns his nose down to the w^ ter, and when he falls he 

 can get no sudden jerk on the hook. I cannot back the 

 Doctor up as to time. Some fish may not show for more 

 than a tenth of a second; but any leap that clears the 

 water by half a foot must take longer, in my opinion. 



I like to see a man enthusiastic about any kind of fish- 

 ing, but when I read what so many have to say about 

 bass I wonder if they were ever on a good trout stream. 

 I mean a good-sized creek that meanders through woods 

 and fields, with open reaches and gravelly riffles and 



