JtJi,Y 9, 1891.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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longe country, passed east throagh here on their return, 

 and left the following memorandum for Forest ajstd 

 Stream; "An-ived Manitowisb Lake district, via Lake 

 Shore Sc Western, Friday A, M. Had a magnificent time. 

 Got about 60 good muscallonge; largpst BS^lbs, , next 23ths. , 

 and so on down. Al^o larg« numbers of wall-eyed pike 

 and bass. Largest wall-eye 91 bs., next 8^ and Slbs." 

 Well, that surely ought to be good enough for anybody 

 on earth. The only trouble is, these grand fish are caught 

 so easily that they are not appreciated. One good mas- 

 callonge to a week's fishing ought to be something for 

 congratulations. It will be before long. 



Mr, Geo, E. Cole returned from Fox Lake early this 

 week, where he had been attempting to destroy and not 

 protect some fish. The fish were "on to him," and he 

 only caught five bass, thus retaining his reputation as a 

 protector. But he has a lovely sunburn. 



His Excellency Joseph Fifer, Governor of the State of 

 Illinois, has gone to Minneapolis fishing. He took his 

 gun alone;. His Excellency siiould have a copy of the 

 Booh of the Game Laivs, unless he is carrying the gun in 

 self-dei'ense. 



Four buft'alo calves were born in the Lincoln Park herd 

 this spring, and at last accounts were doing well, so Mr. 

 Geo. T. Farmer tells me. 



Carp Lake Club holds a bait-casting tournament on the 

 4th, which will be well attended, if appearances hold 

 out. E. Hough. 



MAINE WATERS. 



THE following letter, addressed to Mr. Geo. Shepard 

 Page, of this city, has kindly been handed to us for 

 public -ition: 



DiXFrELD, Maine, June 39.— Dear Mr. Page: Yours 

 received. You ask how the fishuig this season compares 

 with former years in Maine, and I am happy to say that 

 it has, except in a few localities, been the best for the 

 last ten years. At Moosehead, 1 am inclined to think, 

 perhaps at Eangeley also, there has been no improve- 

 ment, and possibly it is not quite as good, but in other 

 localities we more than made up the deficiency. The 

 landlocked salmon fishing has improved wonderfully, 

 especially at Sebago, and more than double the number 

 have been takf^n than ever bef-n-e. The same thing miy 

 be said of Weld Pond and many new ponds and lakes 

 that have been stocke'3 have shown fish this year for the 

 first time. I was at Seb-igo on June 2 with a friend and 

 stopped over night. We took 13 salmon of from 3 to 

 7|lbs. Besides these we caught several smaller ones 

 which we put back. The lake is plentifully stocked with 

 small salmon — something I have never seen till this year, 

 it being very rare heretofore to get one of less than 3lbs. 

 If you and Mr. Eugene Vanderpool had gone there in 

 June, from the Ist to the 15th, you would have had fine 

 fishing, I think. 



There is a lake near Belfast (Swan Lake) well stocked 

 wath trout, which the residents in the neighborhood have 

 always thought could not be caught with hook and line. 

 I happened to be there the next day after the ice went 

 out and trolled for them ha,lf a day. I got two that 

 weighed 91 bs., which set the fishermen angling, and 

 hundreds of trout have been taken ever since, some very 

 large, from 7 to Slbs. each. Taey are the handsomest 

 fish I ever saw, resembling the sea trout in color, but 

 very short and chunky. I think that they are far alaead 

 of anv trout in Maine, and if so, then in the world, I 

 think also they are very abundant. I have been to the 

 lake twice since I caught the first one and got them each 

 time. Some landlocked salmon were put in there six 

 years ago, and several of them have been taken this 

 spring when fishing for trout, one weighing T^lbs. I saw 

 the fish placed be.-ide some Penobscot salmon, and could 

 see no material difference in their appearance. The lake 

 is fed entirely by spring?, with no inlets of any account. 

 A large stream flows from the lake the year around and 

 runs several miles. In fact it is pui'e spring water, and 

 one can see the bottom plainly at 20ft. depths. It is also 

 full of smelts, some of them 14in. long and weighing a 

 pound. 



I have no doubt that there are trout in Swan Lake that 

 will weigh more than any in R^ngeley Lake, also much 

 handsomer ones. This may sound "fishy" to you, being 

 an old Eangeley angler, but you know I am the same, 

 and am also too ojd to tell extravagant fish stories. I 

 also thouerht Eangeley beat the world till I caught and 

 examined trout from Swan Lake. 



We now intend to build a hatching house there the 

 coming fall and distribute some of the stock in other 

 Maine waters. Henry O. Stanley. 



NEW ENGLAND WATERS. 



BROOK trout fishing in Maine waters is reported to be 

 remarkably good, provided one has the endurance 

 to stand the mosquitoes and black flies. Thousands of 

 trout are being reported, and it is to be hoped that the 

 great numbers are not made up of the usual fingerlings. 

 A party from Aubiu'n, Me., has been to Long Pond, 

 Franklin county, two or three miles from Eangeley, on a 

 fishing trip. They were so much pleased with their suc- 

 cess that they have formed as association, and will build 

 camps and put in more boats. They say that they took 

 only trout of good size — from one to three pounds. Ee- 

 poi't says that over 8001bs of trout have been taken from 

 Quimby Pond in that section this season. 



Mr. L). H. Blanchard, of Bo- ton, has gone to his sal- 

 mon river on the northwest branch of the St. Marguerite, 

 Saguenay district, in Canada. His friend, Mr. Horace 

 Willis, is with him for "a part of the time. Mr. Blanchard 

 is one of the few who own their salmon reservation, in- 

 stead of renting it, he having procured it several years 

 ago of the Canadian government. It is hinted that he 

 paid a big sum for it. It is said that it is the upper and 

 the best end of the salmon fishing of that district. 



Black bass fishing in the Penneessewassee Lake, Norway, 

 Me., has commenced in good earnest this season. Old 

 fishermen report the ba?3 remarkably plenty and rising 

 to the fly readily. The lake is well stocked, but fidher- 

 men are raquested to return those they catch to the lake 

 that weigh h ss than lib., in order that the supply may be 

 kept up. Some remarkably good catches of bass are also 

 reported from Lake CoHbos-econtee, in Gardiner, Me. 

 The fishing: is now at its height there. One party reports 

 catc'ung 110 in a few hours' fi-ihing. It is only within a 

 week, however, that these fish have been rising, the 

 vpeather having been cold. At the Winthrop Po^da 

 abcfve ^m'e good IMmfg is aLso repoMied. Mts. E. E. 



Richardson, of Attleboro, Mass., was fishing on Norway 

 Lake the other day when she hooked a large fish. She 

 played him half an hour, and when finally landed it 

 weighed 51b3. and was 20iin. long. This is I'eparted to 

 be the largest black bass ever taken from the Penneessee- 

 wassee. It is being mounted. 



Gov. Eussell, of LVla8sachu=5etts, has been fishing at the 

 E^tngeleys, and has taken his string of trout. Mayor 

 Mathews, of Boston, has been to the Megantic preserve 

 and has taken his four-nound trout. Judge W. P. White- 

 house, of the Supreme Bench of Maine, has taken his big 

 landlocked salmon at the Eangeley waters. Senator W. 

 P. Frye, of Maine, has been fishing at his beautiful 

 camps on the shores of Mooselucmaguntic; he goes there 

 every year for that matter, his name being introduced 

 here only to show how the big men do love to fish. Now 

 comes the Hon. Nelson Dingley, ex-governor of Maine, 

 and at present a most active member of Congress from 

 his State, and shows a record of a six-pound landlocked 

 salmon caught in the Eingeley Lake last week. His Ex- 

 cellency is greatly elated over his s-uccess. He was an 

 hour and five minutes bringing the beautiful fish to the 

 net after he struck him. He leaped out of the water 

 eight times, and several times took abnut all the line the 

 reel held. It is singular how these lively fish are honor- 

 ing the dignitaries of the State of M iine. The land- 

 locked salmon are the children of the State. The State 

 has hatched them, and the able Commissioners have 

 turned them loose in the waters of the State, and now 

 the fiih, when they have come to the years of maturity 

 and understanding are honoring the creels of the great 

 men of the State with their presence. They have doubt- 

 less reflected like sensible fish that they have g;ot to be 

 caught anyway, and for this reason they prefer to be 

 taken by the lures of some of the great men of the State. 

 Oh, to be a child of the State! 



Two thousand five hundred young salmon have lately 

 been turned into the tributaries of Parmacheene Lake, the 

 first s dmon, it is understood, that have been turned into 

 Parmacheene. 



The last Indian of the Magalloway River is dead. His 

 name was Archie Annance, and he was much beloved by 

 all who had ever had the good fortune to fish or trap with 

 him. He disliked civilization, like the most of his race, 

 and naturally took to the woods, though reported to have 

 been educated in his younger days. Mr. .John Dinforth 

 is reported to have in his possession one of Archie's make 

 of bark canoes. It is entirely Indian in its construction. 

 It is sewed together with strips of cedar bark and spruce 

 roots, and does not contain a nail or the least scrap of 

 iron. 



3Ir. E. M. Gillam, commercial editor of the Boston 

 Advertiser, has been fishing again, and this time with 

 belter success. Mrs. Gillam went with him, Siie took 

 over twenty salt-water perch on the Fourth while Mr. 

 Gillam managed the boat. It was a little rough off Ocean 

 Pier that day, but the lady, who had never fished for any 

 sort of fish before in her life, forgot aU about the rough 

 water in the fun of taking fish. She even forgot to be 

 seasick, and is now an enthusiastic fisherman. So they 

 -begin, but the ending is in costly rigs and tours to the 

 Maine lakes. The next day the Bean boys came over 

 and more perch were taken. Geo. W, Bean, the elder, 

 was in the party, with James W., Mr. Giliam's assistant 

 on the Advertiser and a member of the Somerville Com- 

 mon Councd, and Ed L, Ei took nearly all of the perch, 

 185 in all, while James had an account to settle with Old 

 Neptune. Perch and mackerel fishing is very much in 

 order off Beachmont and Crescent Beach at this time. 



Special. 



THE WARE ROD AND GUN CLUB. 



WARE, Mass. , June 29.— Editor Forest and Stream: I 

 inclot-e account of th(". opening of the new club 

 house of the Ware Rod and Gun Club, Our lake has been 

 stocked with trout, for which it is admirably adapted, 

 there being a number of large springs. Pickerel grow by 

 the thousands and will afford the finest kind of fishing in 

 another year. We are also putting in white perch, the 

 best pan fish I ever ate ; grows 1 to 2 lbs. and good sport for 

 lady fishermen. Fishing privileges in the lake are limited 

 to one day a week. The largest trout registered this sea- 

 son is 8lbs. 2oz. The lake offers a fine feeding and resting 

 place for ducks on their passage sotxth and a number were 

 shot last f aU. The Fokest and Steea.ii is on file at the 

 club house and thoroughly read. We shall another season 

 lay out ground for trap-shooting, and develop the shoot- 

 ing element. The dedication is thus recorded in our local 

 paper: 



"Uncle Ike Walton has long been represented in Ware 

 by more than the usual allotment of devout followers of 

 the gentle fishing art, but not until about two years ago 

 were they united by any closer ties of kinship than those 

 which naturally draw together the lovers of any pursuit 

 or pastime; then a rod and gun club was organized, a pond 

 with from 300 co 400 acres flowage rights and two acres of 

 wooded land, were leased, and active work on a fish and 

 game preserve, with all the usual attractions, was begun. 

 The dam was raised, the size of the pcnd increased to a 

 beautiful lake and stocked with gamy fish, the sur- 

 roimdings and approaches put in trim condition, a hand- 

 some club house built, sail and row boats launched, horse 

 sheds and other conveniences provided for, until now there 

 is no better resort of its kind in western Massachusetts, 

 if indeed there is in the whole State. The location is 

 about three and one-half miles frcm the village by either 

 one of two pleasant roads, in a picturesque and heretofore 

 unfrequented spot. Nature has been generous in its 

 lavish ment of fcenic beauty and man has adapted its 

 work to the modern idea of an ideal retreat for the various 

 forms of pleasure which are suggested by a summer home 

 in the woods by stni water. 



"The club house-stands by the water's edge on a gently 

 sloping shore and fronts an island of. wild and tangled 

 beauty, while to the right and left a broad expanse of lake 

 sti'ei ches away, dotted here and there with floating islands, 

 and beyond, almost as far as the eye can reach, the weather- 

 beaten roofs and glinting windows of one or two farm- 

 houses may be seen amid surroundings of pastoral beauty. 

 The shores of the lake are heavily wooded, affording many 

 a romantic spot for secluded rest or quiet picnicking. 



"The club house is a Fpaoious building of two stories 

 and bapement, the latter floor being nearly even with the 

 water's edge and forming a wide and convenient boat 

 landing. The second floor has an office and large reception 

 rpom, with a kitchen annexe wliile the unper floor is fitted 

 up with fiinMi^ ib%ii^ rctems wt&are* ci^mhterB o£-t!hSB 



club may stay over night or spend a week at a time during 

 a protracted outing. Oa three sides of the building are 

 balconies affording extended views, while on the roof is a 

 point of look-out which commands a wide stretch of land 

 and water, hill and dale. None of the little conveniences 

 essential to comfortable life in the woods are lacking, and 

 here wives and daughters, sisters and sweethearts of the 

 members may come and go and always find a welcome 

 and enjoyment. 



"Such is the home of the Ware Rod and Gun Club, to 

 an informal dedication of which, on Tuesday evening, 

 some 200 invitations were issued, which drew together 

 300 representatives of the leading families of town and 

 many from elsewhere. It was an unusual gathering for 

 Ware and may safely be recorded as the leading social 

 event of many seasons. The reception was from 4 o'clock 

 to a late hour, during which time the roads were alive 

 with carriages. The house was handsomely decorated 

 with the national colors and lanterns, the grounds illu-' 

 minated, fireworks were touched off, a line banquet lunch 

 was served, and several pieces from the Springfield 

 orchestral club discoursed sweet music for promenade and 

 dance. The various committees were more than attentive, 

 and the wants or pleasure of the numerous guests were 

 anticipated beyond the point of expectation. It was a great 

 success, and the first social levee of the Ware Rod and 

 Gun Club will be handed dovi'n in local history as an 

 event synonymous with all that constitutes a royal good 

 time." G. 



ANGLING NOTES. 



MR. H. C. WILSON, of this city, who has just returned 

 from the Eestigouche, reports that the salmon fish- 

 ing is unusually poor this season; in fact, the worst they 

 have ever had. When he left they had only killed 17 

 salmon at the Eestigouche Club. There are plenty of fish 

 reported at the mouth of the river, and they will no 

 doubt have fine sport in a few days. 



Visitors from the Chateaugay lakes, Adirondacks, say 

 that the glory of that region of trout and deer has de- 

 parted. Notwithstanding the liberal stocking that has 

 been done every year, the trout are small and scarce. 

 The miners use giant powder in the spring holes and 

 on the spawning beds, and the hotel keepers are afraid to 

 complain. In addition to this, many of the residents go 

 up the f-ide streams and catch finger lings by the hun- 

 dred. This is always fatal to good fishing. As long as 

 the little fish are left undistiubed, the stock is kept up; 

 but going up the little brooks and. fishing them out is 

 killing the goose that lays the golden egg. " 



Collecting fishing tackle is quite a hobby with some 

 anglers, and many of our wealthy fishermen have large 

 and handsome collections. A letter from an English 

 friend states that he has 341 rods, many of which are 

 American split-bamboo rods, and he has the reels, lines, 

 etc., to match. He thinks our split-bamboo rods perfec- 

 tion, and prefers them to all others. 



Trout are often found where least expected, and many 

 a fished-out stream contains a few old settlers too smart 

 to be deceived by the average fisherman. Mr. E. B. Law- 

 rence came across such a bit of water the other day, 

 almost in sight of the City Hall, and took 7 fine trout on 

 the fly, the largest of which weighed Hlbs, 



A landlocked salmon was recently caught in Grand 

 Lake, Me., that contained 38 smelt. The fish only 

 weighed 4irlbs. 



A number of fine weakfish were killed near Fire Island 

 last week by jigging (i. e., jerking) a tin squid up and 

 down. These fish weighed from 3 to olbs. each, Weak- 

 flshing at Barnegat Bay is now excellent, Down the 

 Bay toward the inlet they run small, but big tide-runners 

 can be caught by fishing pretty well up the Bay. 



Sheepshead in large numbers are being taken in the 

 pound nets off the Jersey coast, and bluefish are quite 

 plenty outside, too. Very few striped bass are being 

 caught; the largest, so far, was taken at Ocean Beach, it 

 weighed 2611b8. Scarlet-Ibis. 



OREGON FISH AND FISHERMEN. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The happiest man on earth is the man wlio likes to 

 fish and has the opportunity. Therefore the Oregon 

 angler ought to be happy. There are, of course, 

 many sources of pleasure in this world for those dis- 

 posed to enter into the spirit of the various entertain- 

 ments, but from the days when the disciples fished in the 

 sea of Galilee to the present time the angler has been re- 

 garded as the best example of human contentment and 

 happiness; so much so in fact, that in modern times ang- 

 ling is spoken of as the gentle art. Nevertheless, fisher- 

 men are looked upon, the world over, as great liars. I 

 don't know why. Anglers as a rule are gentlemen; and 

 gentlemen will not lie. Ignorant, worldly people imag- 

 ine, because the angler comes home with a basket of 

 fingerlings and a story about hooking and losing a mon- 

 ster that carried away his fly, leader and may be part of 

 his tip, that he is lying about the monster. They don't 

 stop to consider that the big fish are more powerful, ac- 

 tive and cunning, and therefore better able to get away 

 than the little ones. 



Sometimes it happens that the angler is able to prove 

 what he says, although we must confess that this is the 

 exception to a general rule. I once caught a fine 8-pounder 

 just below a high dam. In landing him he got soiled, 

 and I stepped above the dam to rinse him. He looked so 

 symmetrical and handsome after being washed that I 

 held him up for the delectation of my envious compan- 

 ions across the stream. How he did it I don't know, but 

 like a flash of light he sprang out of my hands and into 

 water 14ft. deep. My first impulse was to go after him 

 and I went. I got my fish all right enough, but if my 

 statement was not backed up by good substantial proof I 

 would not make it, for the general verdict would be, as 

 usual, that it was another fish lie. When you consider 

 the facts, however, there is nothing very remarkable 

 about it. You see, the fish coming from rapid to still 

 water in a dazed condition naturally lost his bearings and 

 luckily, when so ardently pursued, shot directly up to 

 aj).d upon the sloping dam and beoajne easy ptej for the 

 vdsemaxL i&at waa afteir liim. 



