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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Nov. 7, 1889, 



FISHING CLUBS IN CANADA. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



By a communication from "Podgers" in your paper of 

 Aug 8, he would seem to imply that the leases of lakes 

 by Americans is not distasteful to the inhabitants of this 

 country. We are not speaking of Quebec territory, but of 

 the nest province to it and adjoining, and the fact that 

 two years ago the Government having attempted this 

 outrageous proceeding on the people's privileges a club 

 immediately organized and made their complaint against 

 it, securing in a very limited time 3,000 signatures of the 

 inhabitants of St. John city and surroundings to the 

 petition, shows at once the fallacy of "Podgers's" asser- 

 tion of there being no prejudice against the system. The 

 Government almost immediately stopped the business of 

 leasing on this complaint, which is proof positive. 



Now, "Podgers" thinks it is all right to absorb the uni- 

 versal love of sport in man to himself or a few like him- 

 self, just because he happens to possess an extra supply 

 of gold dust; but it must be acknowledged by the com- 

 mon lot of mortals as a most unsportsmanlike and selfiah 

 feeling. So many rational and fair arguments could be 

 adduced to show the extreme conservativeness of his views 

 that it would be taking up too much space in your valu- 

 able journal to refer to them. 



We are a sport-loving people here and as desirous as 

 any other people in any country to have correct laws to 

 protect the fish from unlawful slaughter; but if our 

 Government has been remiss in adopting the proper 

 means to that end, it is no sense to say that Americans 

 or Canadians among themselves should appropriate the 

 waters for trout fishing because they, the lessees, offer to 

 protect them and bear the expense thereof. These 

 waters in the wild wastes of the land are the peoples' 

 by all human and common consent, and the people here 

 have never growled against the proper preservation of 

 the fish from the greed of the pot-hunter and unlawful 

 fisherman. A $50 fine, strictly enforced by any Govern- 

 ment, would call up the whole country of honest fisher- 

 men, and would make this a land where the American 

 tourist would secure more generous fishing than he could 

 ever dream of in the present selfish, one-sided club plan. 



What is the result now as compared to the days when 

 Halleck, of former Forest and Stream fame, published 

 his "Gazetteer'' for the guidance of fishermen and others? 

 The Americans could fish trout at any place indicated or 

 wherever they visited, and were welcomed by town or 

 country with civility and love wherever they roamed. 

 But the instinct that "Podgers" possesses was, unfortun- 

 ately for us, stamped on some of their numbers; and like 

 ' 'Podgers," having some dust, they at once formed plans to 

 stop even the gjuide who showed them the spot where the 

 speckled beauties lay from fishing that spot again, as well 

 as debarring their own countrymen from doing so by 

 offering to lease the lucky fishing pool, and all other like 

 spots to boot, if they could have a chance to gobble them 

 up. Could anything be more grasping or ill-natured? 

 No, such are not of the common mold of men, but of the 

 glutton kind that occasionally crop up from the midst of 

 humanity. Thanks to the people of St. John and vicinity 

 for the stopping by our Government of such gluttons 

 over-riding the people with such selfish actions. 



How ridiculous to state that clubs help the country 

 more than the old system of free fishing. When that 

 was in vogue grocers and supply dealers and even fishing 

 tackle makers here say they had a rousing trade, as every 

 American who had moderate means would visit our then 

 free-to-all shores and waters. Now only the few club men 

 come, and they generally bring their own supplies, as a 

 club, with them, so in this sense the great majority of 

 former-time fishermen do not come now, as the clubs 

 have absorbed the greater part of the best waters, and 

 consequently a great falling off is felt by many among 

 us, who once did a flourishing business in the season, and 

 this cannot be refuted. The Dufferin Hotel here, an 

 American house so called, experienced a case of six 

 gentlemen who came here thinking to fish as usual at 

 their old-time haunts, but who discovered their brothers 

 from the States had purchased leases of these very waters, 

 and of course they turned back thoroughly disgusted 

 with the system practiced by their countrymen. 



And this is the way "Podgers" would have things— sport 

 for the gold dust man only. I think all true lovers of 

 sport must feel abashed at his article, but I think I have 

 discovered enough to show that he is not writing in the 

 interests of even his own nation. If gold is his god, be- 

 cause it relegates whatever waters he pleases to his own 

 selfish tastes, then let him get a good big pond and fish 

 alone. o. S. 



St. John, New Brunswick. 



THAT METABETCHOUAN SCORE. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Your issue of Oct. 3 contained an article copied from 

 the Quebec Chronicle in regard to ouananiche fishing on 

 the Metabetchouan Eiver. It stated that a New York 

 gentleman, who had just returned from the river, made 

 the following splendid score with one rod, using the fly: 

 S ^P t - h £ % h ' weight 271bs. Sept. 10, 11 fish, weight 411bs. 



« III « « ft- :: sm :: :: m*- 



751bs. 

 311bs. 



14, 13 

 17, 9 



551bs. 

 33ibe. 



In a note in your issue of Oct. 31 Dr. Edwin R. Lewis, 

 of Westerly, R. J calls this a startling series of catches, 

 a glaring misstatement, an advertising scheme; and 

 claims that part of the score was made by himself. Now 

 m regard to above score as published by you, I, the party 

 to whom the Quebec Chronicle referred (although I did 

 not write the article, nor do I know by whom it was 

 written, having given my score to several gentlemen on 

 my way home), would like to say that the scores as given 

 are true m every particular; that the catch referred to 

 was all my own; and that I used one rod only, a seven- 

 ounce split-bamboo made by Fred D. Devine, of this city 



My largest fish was taken Sept. 3, and weighed nearly 

 61bs., and this after being out of water seven hours On 

 this day I killed eleven fish inside of three hours, fishing 

 at one pool only. My largest catch, Sept. 5, was nine- 

 teen fish weight 751bs. On this day I was accompanied 

 by Mr. Jesse T. Lazear, of Pittsburgh, Pa., also by mv 

 guide. Dr. Lewis left the river Sept. 10 for Chicoutim ; 

 on this and three subsequent davs I fished the river with 

 my usual good luck, killing eleven, four, thirteen and 

 nine fish, as per above score. Dr. Lewis is an enthusias- 

 tic angler and a thorough gentleman, and while he is a 

 little mixed on this question, I am positive he would not 



intentionally make any unfair statement nor*throw doubt 

 on one which he knew to be correct; had he looked more 

 closely at dates as given by you he would have seen at a 

 glance that four out of tbe eight scores given were made 

 after his departure from the river: and I feel positive he 

 did not have any information relative to scores made 

 after he left. What makes the score more wonderful is 

 the fact that the catches made by Dr. Lewis were made 

 on days when I was not on the river, and that between 

 us we could give an almost unbroken line of dates from 

 Sept. 1 to 17, on which good scores were made. For the 

 record I made I care very little, but I do not propose to 

 leave the party who furnished the item to the Quebec 

 paper in a false position. Whether it was put in as an 

 advertisement or not I cannot say, and have nothing to 

 do with, but wish to state positively that the scores as 

 published are perfectly correct in every particular. 



It is as stated by Dr. Lewis, very hard work fishing this 

 river, and the food was not of the best, but should any 

 fisherman be tempted to try his luck on the river next 

 year from say Aug. 25 to Oct. 1, I think he could stand 

 both the food and hard work for a short time, and if our 

 good luck follows him he will feel amply repaid for any 

 discomforts he may suffer. A. Sharpe Hunter. 



Utica, N. Y., Nov. 1. 



AMERICAN SEA TROUT. 



IT is well known that the American brook trout (Salve- 

 linus fontinalis) leaves certain fresh- water streams 

 for a portion of the year and goes to sea. This is true 

 in regions where it is not cut off from access to the ocean 

 by intervening areas of lowland traversed by streams of 

 high temperature. The sea-going habit is more pro- 

 nounced as we approach the northern limit of trout dis- 

 tribution. We think there is still some doubt as to the 

 proper application of the name sea trout in Canada. The 

 fontinalis certainly may be 'included under this title, but 

 we believe that another and larger species, which is better 

 entitled to the name sea trout, occurs in Canadian waters. 

 We refer to the great sea trout of Labrador, Salvelinus 

 stagnalis. This splendid fish grows very large, much 

 larger than fontinalis, attaining the proportions and 

 shape of the Atlantic salmon. It is well known to ang- 

 lers and fishermen, and the fishing for it is prosecuted 

 extensively in the sea. This species, according to' Mr. L. 

 M. Turner, spawns only in large streams and does not 

 penetrate far inland. 



On the Pacific slope the Dolly Varden becomes a sea 

 trout, especially in Alaska, where it is known commer- 

 cially under the name of salmon trout. This handsome 

 species is found in the bays during a large portion of 

 the year. Some individuals exceed two feet in length. 

 When taken from the salt water they are brilliant silvery, 

 with scarcely a trace of red spots, but exposure to the siin 

 or immersion in fresh water will soon cause the spots to 

 appear. 



We have thus far spoken only of trout belonging to 

 the genus Salvelinus, and we have made no mention of 

 some species which occur only in the high northern re- 

 gions of our country. It may not be amiss to remark, in 

 addition, that several species of Salmo, or large river 

 trout, also have the sea-going habit well developed. 

 These include the brown trout, the rainbow, steelbpad 

 and redthroat. T. H. B. 



Fish Protection in Pennsylvania.— The annual sup- 

 ply of eels has been harvested in the Susquehanna, and 

 now the Lancaster county authorities have come out with 

 a proclamation, in huge type, reciting that information 

 and discovery have developed the presence of dams, bas- 

 kets, kiddles, eel weirs and brush nets in the river. The 

 appliances mentioned are declared a common nuisance to 

 be abated by the owners within ten days under penaltv 

 of dismemberment and destruction of the apparatus by 

 the officers of the law. We have said that the winter 

 supply of eels is harvested and the unlawful fishing im- 

 plements have accomplished their mission. The procla- 

 mation, therefore, is a trifle late, but we suppose it comes 

 under the principle of "better late than never." These 

 insinuating devices for the capture of fish have been visi- 

 ble from the river banks for a period of two months and 

 the terms of the proclamation allowed them an extension 

 of their precarious existence for ten days longer, by 

 which time they were safely laid away for future use in 

 anticipation of the time when information and discovery 

 will again reveal their hurtful presence. Verily we are 

 learning lessons in war from the savages who give the 

 enemy notice of an intended attack, in order that he may 

 not be taken by surprise. 



A Historic Reel.— Post Mills, Vt.— Editor Forest and 

 Stream: I had the pleasure of having shown me by Thus. 

 H. Chubb, tbe fishing rod manufacturer, a fishing reel 

 which was presented to him by Dr. E, Sterling, of Cleve- 

 land, O. It was the reel formerly owned and used by 

 Dr. Theodatns Garlick, the author of "Artificial Propa- 

 gation of Fish." With the assistance of this reel was caught 

 the Naiad Queen, the first trout ever used for artificial 

 propagation of fish. As Dr. Sterling aptly said, "What 

 a story this old reel could tell," of many streams and of 

 many fish; and how much of health and pleasure has 

 been inherited by the anglers of to-day by those experi- 

 ments of Dr. Garlick's; and the time will come, after we 

 have passed away, that the angler who fishes with rod 

 and reel will say that Dr. Garlick was the "father of all 

 fish." The reel, which was used by him, is a brass two- 

 multiplying click with balance handle, and will hold 

 some ; 100yds. of line. It is solid and substantial and is 

 good for many years yet.— Ompompanoosuc. 



Black Bass Lures.— Lancaster, Pa.— In Conestoga 

 Creek brown hackles have proved very killing in black 

 bass fishing. Mr. Al. Rauch has taken a bass weighing 

 4flbs. and several others of about 3^1bs. each with tlr's 

 fly. At Fife's Eddy minnows and stone catfish are favor- 

 ite bait. On Oct. 10, at Bald Friar, two Baltimore gentle- 

 men caught 110 black bass by skittering with minnows.— 

 H. C. D. 



Mr. Wm. C. Harris's nctice of the New York Fish 

 Commission report, last week, was cribbed from the 

 Forest and Stream of Oct. 24. It was stolen bodily 

 except one sentence referring to this paper. " I know a 

 good thing when I see it," said the cock in the fable, as 

 he picked up a diamond and stowed it away with the 

 gravel in his crop. 



Cero in Bays and Rivers. — I note in "The Fishery 

 Industries of the United States," Prof. Goode quotes Mr 

 Stearns as authority for the observation that the cero or 

 kmgfish {Scomberomorus cdballa) always lives at sea. I 

 ha*e seen numbers of them at Maleo Inlet, three-fourths 

 of a mile from the gulf, and have in my collection a fine 

 one weighing 2<441bs. in jumping after a school of mul- 

 let it made a mistake and fell into a sunken skiff lying 

 at the wharf. It certainly visits the bays and rivers in 

 that locality, but it may not further to the north.— J. W 

 Velie (Chicago, 111.). 



Dynamiting FrsH.— At the November term of the court 

 of Lancaster, Pa., will be tried several cases of killing 

 fish by dynamite. On Sunday, April 7. some parties 

 used this deadly material in the Conestoga and destroyed 

 a lot of catfish, as well as large numbers of carp. They 

 are likely to repent of their folly. 



Large W all-Eyed Pike.— Last week Mr, Wm. Beard, 

 of Washington Borough, Pa., caught a wall-eyed pike 

 weighing Sllbs. in the Susquehanna, and Mr. Charles 

 Franciscus, of Columbia, captured an individual of 

 10 Jibs, on a trolling spoon, with lamprey eel for bait. 



A LARGE CARP. — The New Era, of Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 

 29, has the following account of a carp taken in Conestoga 

 Creek: "David Hurst, Jr., an employ 6 of the Eden paper 

 mill, caught a German carp in a spring near the mill [Oct. 

 28] which measured 26in. in length and weighed a trifle over 

 91bs The monster had wandered from the Conestoga into 

 shallow water and was caught by hand." 



FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Dec. 5 to 7— First Dog Show of the Continental Kennel Cluh 

 at Denver, Col. A. L. Weston, Secretary. 



Jan. 6 to 11, 1890.— Annual Dos Show of the Michigan State 

 Poultry and Pet Stock Association, at Bay City, Mich. W F 

 Brace, Secretary. 



Jan. 13 to IS, 1890.— First Annual Dog Show of the Georgia Pet 

 Stock and Bench Show Association, at Augusta, Ga. A. H. Von- 

 derleith. Secretary. 



Jan. 27 to Feb. 1, 1890.— Dok Show of the Colorado Poultry and 

 Pet Stock Association, at Denver, Col. 



Feb. 11 to 14, 1890.— Fourteenth Annual Show of the Westminster 

 Kennel Ciub. Ajneriean Institute Building, New York. James 

 Mortimer, Superintendent . 



March 11 to 14, 1890.— Second Annual Dog Show of the Rochester 

 Kennel Club, at Rochester, N. Y. Harry Yates, Secretary. 



March 25 to 28, 1890.— Second Annual Dog Show of the Mass. 

 Kennel Club, Lynn, Mass. D. A. Williams, Secretary. 



April 1 to 4, 1890.— Sixth Annual Dog Show o£ the Now England 

 Kennel Club, at Boston, Mass. J. W. Newman, Secretary. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



Nov. 11.— Annual Field Trials of the Philadelphia Kennel Club 

 at Richland, Va. For members only. Francis S. Bi-own, Sec'y ' 



Nov. 11.— Inaugural Field Trials of the Canadian Kennel Club 

 at Chatham, Ont, C. A. Stone, Secretary, London. Ont. 



Nov. 11.— First Annual Field Trials (foxhounds) of the Bruns- 

 wick Fur Club, on the Albany Hills, South Paris, Me. Mr. J. H 

 Baird, Secretary, Auburndale, Mass. 



Nov. 18— Eleventh Annual Field Trials of the Eastern Field 

 Trials Club, at High Point, N. C. W. A. Coster, Secretary, Sara- 

 toga Springs, N. Y. 



Nov. 23.— Eighth Annual Field Trials of the Robins Island Club 

 for members only. Walter L. Wellington, Secretary, Brooklyn' 

 N. Y. 



Dec. 2.— Inaugural Field Trials of the Central Field Trial Club 

 at Lexington, N. C. C. H. Odell, Secretary, Mill's Building New 

 York, N. Y. 



Dec. IS— Second Annual Field Trials of the Southern Field 

 Trial Club, at Amory, Miss. T, M. Brumby, Secretary, Marietta 

 Ga. 



Jan. 20, 1890.— Seventh Annual Field Trials of the Pacific Coast 

 Field Trial Club at BakersfieM, Cat. H. H. Briggs, Secretary, 313 

 Bush street. San Francisco, Cal. 



Jan. 27, 1690.— All-Day Field Trials, at West Point, Miss. F R 

 Hitchcock, H Broadway, New York, Secretary. 



Feb. 11, 1890.— Fourth Annual Field Trials of the Texas Field 

 Trial Club, at Marshall, Tex. W. L. Thomas, Secretary. 



A TRANSACTION IN DOGFLESH.-Suspeusion Bridge 

 N. Y., Nov. 2.— Editor Forest and Stream: Something over 

 two years ago a friend of mine here bad in his possession a 

 handsome black corded poodle dog, and being" anxious to 

 secure a female of same breed I voluutered to advertise in 

 Forest and Stream for one. In reply to this advertise- 

 ment there came a letter from a Mr. Graff, of Pittsburgh 

 Pa., saying that he had one of the very choicest bitches o't 

 this breed in America. He named no price, but said he was 

 anxious to secure a fine fox-terrier bitch. My friend knew 

 of a fine bitch that was in season; and at' once had her 

 served, and wrote Mr. Graff about her. In reply Mr. G. re- 

 quested that she be sent to him at once with express charges 

 paid, and he would on her arrival send the poodle by first 

 express. The fox-terrier reached Pittsburgh in good condi- 

 tion and Mr. Graff acknowledged her arrival, and said the 

 poodle would be along in a few days. More than two years 

 has now passed, and not even so much as an apology has 

 reached my friend. I am informed by Pittsburgh friends 

 that Mr. Graff now resides at Cadiz, Ohio. Should these 

 lines meet the eye of this gentleman, I would say that my 

 frieud found through his advertisement in Forest and 

 Stream an honest man who sold and delivered to him a 

 genuine poodle.— Jeweler. 



INDIAN DOGS. — Editor Forest and Stream: In an 

 article in a back number (Dec, 1888) of the American 

 Magazine, written by Wm. Hoseu Ballou, descriptive of 



Eicturesque west Michigan, I find this statement: ••Often I 

 ave taken trips over the ice along the shore in this (Grand 

 Traverse Bay) country, behind Indian dogs, on slender 

 sledges. The dog will not carry an Indian, but seems to 

 understand that it, is honorable to carry a white man, If an 

 Indian wishes to ride, he rolls himself up in a blanket and 

 feigns death, when the dogs will trot along with him, in 

 hopes, no doubt, that the brave is being borne to his lpng 

 home." Is there any truth in that ? If it is not a yarn Mr. 

 Hallock should surely add it to his notes on the husky — 

 Teepee. [Fol de rol de ri do !] 



THE ST, BERNARD CLTJB OF AMERICA. — New York, 

 Oct. 31— The monthly meeting of the Board of Governors 

 will be held Monday evening, Nov. 11, at 8 o'clock, at the 

 Hoffman House, New York city. Many matters of import- 

 ance will come before this meeting. A full attendance is 

 earnestly requested.— Lorenzo Daniels, Secretary. 



