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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept, 25, 1890. 



SOME NEWFOUNDLAND RESORTS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



These notes of sport in Newfoundland may be of value 

 to some of your readers who are contemplating a trip 

 thither. They were sent to me by a sportsman residing 

 there, and may be relied upon as trustworthy. 



The shooting seasons are: For snipe, Aug. 20 to Jan. 

 12; curlew, Aug. 80 to Jan. 12; plover, Sept. 15 to Jan. 

 12; partridge (willow grouse), Sept. 15 to Jan. 12; caribou 

 and deer, Sept. 1 to March 1. There are plenty of wild 

 geese and Arctic hares, with open season all the year. 



Snipe.— Good snipe shooting can be had within two 

 hours' drive of St. Johns, actual expenses being f 3 for 

 team. Guide, $2 per day. A fair average would be 

 twenty birds a day. Very little attention is paid to snipe 

 by resident sportsmen. 



Partridges. — Shooting good in most parts of the island, 

 principal places as follows: 



Pouch Cove and Banline.— About three hours from 

 St. Johns. Leave by cab early in the morning and return 

 at night, though there are fair accommodations there. 

 Cab $5. Guide $2 per day. 



Witless Bay and Holyroad— Cab to Witless Bay $5. 

 Walk with guide 18 miles to Holyroad— camp half-way 

 one night or more— and return by train to Holyroad, fare 

 $1.50. This is an excellent ground. 



Placentia Bay.— This is the best ground visited by St. 

 Johns sportsmen, where they generally stay a week or 

 more. From 40 to 100 birds a day can be killed here. 

 Good hotel and comfortable boarding houses. No need 

 of camping. Train to Placentia Bay leaves 10 A. M. and 

 3 P. M., fare $3. Cab to Bauch and St. Bridges U per 

 day. Guide $2 per day. 



St. Mary's Bay— Carew's Hotel Salmonier. This is also 

 a great resort for sportsmen. The famous Salmonier 

 River runs back twenty-five miles into the country and 

 empties into Salmonier Harbor; it has an abundance of 

 very large salmon. This river is protected by law, and 

 has a.keeper during the close season. Splendid partridge 



Texas Game.— BeevilP, Tex., Sept. 11.— As the pleas- 

 ant fall months glide along th« old fever crepps over us 

 again , and the .32cal. rifle and 12-gauge Parker are brought 

 forth from the corner, and other traps and accoutrements 

 cleaned up; an inventory is taken of the munitions of war 

 preparatory to making an onslaught on the old buck, tur- 

 key, quail and other game of which there is a good supply 

 this season. Already deer have been brought in which 

 were found to be in splendid condition. The number of 

 turkeys this season far exceeds that of several years pre- 

 vious, and they are fat. Ig may be truthfully said south- 

 west Texas is a paradise for hunters this year. A large 

 influx of waterfowl is expected, as the oak mast is good. 

 Any brother sportsman or angler Ol other and less favored 

 localities seeking new fields can obtain furtiier informa- 

 tion of this section by addressing me.— T. J. Skaggs 

 (Box 20.) 



Sunday Shooters in Hard Luck.— On Sundav, Sept. 

 14, Game Warden A. C. Collins visited Suffield, Conn., 

 and found Thomas Rmsell and James A. Russell shooting. 

 He promptly marched them out of the woods, and the 

 next morning they were arraigned before Justice of the 

 Peace Horace K. Ford, of Suffield, and both entered a 

 plea of guilty and were each fined $7 and costs, and 

 making their fun cost $31.92. 



Waiting for the First.— I have been up atHaddam, 

 Conn., for a few weeks, where in fact I spend about half 

 my time, and did not get your ever welcome numbers 

 till my return; but I don't skip any, but walk straight 

 through them all when I get back. Quail and partridge 

 are unusually plenty in our section this fall, and I have 

 been longing, boy-like, for the first to come. — A. 



Maryland Game.— Elkton, Sept. 18.— The rail and 

 reed bird season opened in Cecil county Sept. 5. Rail are 

 reported scarce, reed birds plentiful. C. F. Rudulph was 

 high boat the first day, with 43 rail ; other shooters re- 



remained there through the summer and early fall, and 

 then went up to the lake to spawn. 



At the Metabetchouan they told me that they remained 

 in the lake until about Aug. 15 and then went into the 

 river preparatory to spawning. This has some showing 

 of fact, as if reports are correct, no fish of any account 

 are taken until after about Aug 15. 



I was also told that instances of taking them through 

 the ice had been known. At the Duscha»ge, however, the 

 best fishing seems to be in June, July and early August. 

 Had there been any "habitant" on the Peribonca or Mis- 

 tassini quite likely they would have told me the fish lived 

 mostly in the water, but spawned in the air. 



My most taking fly at the Discharge was a drab or 

 mouse color, tied on No. 10 hook. This was quite a good 

 imitation of the fly then upon the waters m countless 

 numbers, and no other pattern seemed to suit. At the 

 Metabetchouan I very naturally c rnmenced with the 

 same cast, but was soon convinced that it was useless on 

 that water, for the time at least. So after some experi- 

 ments settled down to a silver-doctor and queen-of- 

 waters, on No. 6 hooks, the preference being for the 

 first mentioned. With these I had good success. 



My conclusions are of course drawn from limited ob- 

 servations, this being my first experience with the fish, 

 and perhaps may be changed upon a further knowledge 

 and more certain source of information. 



Westerly, r. i. C. Clarence M axson. 



RIVER JEANNOTTE TROUT. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Appended below is the record of twelve trout, all 

 taken with fly in the River Jeannotte, the outlet of Lake 

 Edward, early this month. From an examination of 

 the club register it was found that in point of numbers 

 this was not nearly up to the average catches, so far as 

 recorded this season, but it will serve to show the possi- 

 bilities of the stream. 



This stream (as it would be called in the "States" in- 



WINNINISH (Salmo salar), VAR. SEBAGO. 

 Drawn for the Forest and Stream by A. H. Baldwin, from specimen furnished by Mr. C. Clarence Maxson. 



shooting within half an hour's walk from the hotel. 

 Excellent for deer and caribou, in fact the best within 

 the Peninsula of Avalon for all kinds of game. Beaver 

 are still found here, and plenty of wild fowl— a beautiful 

 and healthy locality. 



To the north of the hotel we come to Colinet River, 

 Rocky River and North Harbor River. Excellent trout 

 fishing in these rivers and excellent deer shooting on 

 Harricot Barrens and about Colinet. By following the 

 Colinet River to the eastward four miles excellent deer 

 shooting can be had. Good boardiug house at Colinet, 

 and the best Newfoundland guides live here. Average 

 cost of guides, provisions, board, etc., $5 per day. 



Exploits, etc. — If the sportsman desires a wild trip to 

 where caribou, deer and all feathered game are plenty 

 let him take a steamer at St. Johns, with guides, canoe, 

 provisions, etc., to Exploits, proceed up the Exploits 

 River to the interior. The party can leave their canoes 

 daily and find ail kinds of game along the river. Red 

 Indian Lake can be reached this way. one of the wildest 

 and best game resorts on the island. The total cost of an 

 excursion through this part of the island, say for a party 

 of three sportsmen and four men, would be about $12 per 

 day, including all expenses. "W. Holberton. 



Pike County Game.— Delaware, Pike County, Pa.— 

 I am told that black squirrels are occasionally met with, 

 while grays and chick-a-rees are plentiful. Rabbits are 

 excessively com mon . Woodchucks are abundant. Foxes 

 in winter furnish great sport. Deer are rare and bears 

 scarce. A few wild pigeons were here two years ago, 

 but none w ere reported last fall , Ruffed grouse an d qu ail 

 are very plentiful; the call of Bob White was heard in the 

 summer everywhere in the valley of the Delaware. I 

 have seen the fresh-water mussel shells heaped up on 

 rocks in great quantities here by muskrats. Yesterday a 

 big muskrat came out of his hole and swam in the river 

 near us.. The species is extremely common, dividing 

 honors in that respect with the watersnake this season. — 

 T. H. B. 



Poison Oak and Ivy.— Garrettsville, O.— The simplest 

 and best remedy known to me is prepared by cutting up 

 the stalk and leaves of the "ragged milk weed" (not the 

 ordinary milk weed), and steeping in water, and bathing 

 the affected parts with the decoction. Two applications 

 have been known to cure, and the worst cases are at once 

 relieved and speedily yield to the treatment. — E. S. W". 



Wild Pigeons in Virginia.— Warrenton, Va., Sept. 

 18.— Wild pigeons are here now in moderate numbers, 

 It is not uncommon to see them in larger or smaller 

 flocks every year.— D. 



ported from 3 to 25 rail. Saturday, Sept. 13, was the best 

 tide since the season opened. One young Philadelphia 

 sportsman counted out 43 rail on his return from the 

 marsh, but there is a suspicion that some other metal be- 

 sides lead was used to bring them to bag. I saw one fine 

 bunch of reed birds said to contain 100 birds. I did not 

 count them. The prospect for quail and rabbit shooting 

 is fair, several coveys of birds having been seen near 

 town. Woodcock were quite plentiful early in the season, 

 but none can be found now. Squirrels are numerous 

 enough to give good sport to those who know how to 

 hunt them.— E. S. G. 



Big Game. — If any reader of the Forest and Stream 

 contemplates a hunt for big game this fall, but does not 

 know exactly where to go or of a guide he can depend 

 upon, by addressing me I will gladly give him informa- 

 tion that will lead to his having a successful hunt. — J. 

 Whyard, P. O. Box 1798, New York city. 



THE METABETCHOUAN WINNINISH. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I was much pleased to learn from your editorial notice 

 and also from the letter of acknowledgment from 

 Washington that the winninish were received in a con- 

 dition suitable for examination. I now very much regret 

 that I did not also send a specimen from the Discharge. 

 As had I known there existed any such difference in 

 general appearance I would most cex-tainly have done so. 

 I am, however, able to send vou a carefully taken out- 

 line of a 3^lbs. fish from the Discharge. 



So far as I was able to observe the larger fish taken 

 during my stay there, this was a fair samp e of the type. 

 The invariable exception to the rule occurred, however, 

 as I took one or two medium weight fish, 1| to 2lbs 

 which were of a deeper and more rounded form, but all 

 had the silvery lustre, similar to our common alewife 

 and which is lacking in the Metabetchouan fish. Of 

 course I do not think that there is any difference in 

 species, but I am inclined to think that the fish keep as 

 distant and apart from each other as the salmon of dif- 

 ferent rivers, and might it not be that the Discharge fish, 

 spending so much of the time as they do in the boiling, 

 surging water of the rapds, have developed a type pecu- 

 liarly adapted to the conditions under which they exist, 

 and somewhat different from the ordinary landlocked 

 salmon of the lakes and stiller waters. The opinion of 

 the guides at .the Pisebarge seemed t® be that ..these fish 



stead of river, is under lease to the Orleans Club, of 

 Quebec. Through the courtesy of the club the writer 

 was allowed a day's fishing, and with the ad-vice and 

 direction of the gentlemanly guardian, Achille St. Laur- 

 ent, was well satisfied with the result. Weight of twelve 

 largest fish, 30flbs. ; average, 21b«. 9oz. The five largest 

 fish weighed as follows: 4-|lbs., 41bs., 3flbs. ; B^lbs., 3-|lbs. 



The catch of Lieut.-Gov. Angers, mentioned in your 

 issue of Sept. 18 as noted in the register, was between 40 

 and 50 fish with an average weight of 3lbs. Mr Croteau, 

 the club president, equalled or slightly exceeded this a 

 day or two later. 



These fish have undoubtedly run down from the lakp, 

 and at this time of year the pools seem to refill about as 

 fast as they are depleted. Up to this time the fishing has 

 been done exclusively in the two upper miles of the 

 stream. The club controls fifty miles of the river and 

 all its tributaries, as yet untried and unexplored, except 

 as to these upper pools. What its probabilities are, of 

 course no one can say; but it would seem as if its possi- 

 bilities are such as to justify the gentlemen of the Orleans 

 Club in believing they are possessed of an "Eldorado" of 

 trouting water. Rhode Island. 



Worcester's Great Season.— Worcester, Mass., Sept. 

 19. — The first dav of September saw the close of one of 

 the greatest fishing seasons Worcester sportsmen have 

 had for years. The catches made on opening day gave 

 promise of a good supply of trout, which has been more 

 than realized. The fishing continued good the entire 

 season, and the fish averaged better than usual. Several 

 exceptional catches were made, your correspondent being 

 fortunate enough to take the finest basket of trout ever 

 taken in the county (so say the old fishermen) in a single 

 day. The trip would bear a detailed account, would mod- 

 esty permit. Suffice it to say that I left the city by team 

 on the morm'ner of the 4th of Junp, returning the same 

 evening with 28 trout weighing 21 lbs., the largest tipping 

 the scales at 21b3. 6 >z. the following morning, and four- 

 teen of them going a pound or better apiece.— Hal. 



I thin-k that Black Bass Number of July 24 the 

 greatest success Forest and Stream has made for a long 

 time; and that means a great deal. The articles were 

 excellent and the whole admirable. You know I am a 

 little of a crank on black bass fishing, and I enj jyed it 

 very much. — H. J. T. 



Rainbow Trout in Pennsylvania.— Delaware, Pike 

 County.— Mill Creek, near us, is now well stocked with 

 rainbow trout, and the species is multiplying there natur 

 ally, Brook trout are abundant jn the sasae stream, — B 



