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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[March 10, 1893, 



"caught on the fly." The tarpon struggles desperately 

 but Mr. Hagner's fingers are clinched in his gills with a 

 death grip, while the good little Elizabeth with the added 

 weight to windward stands up to her work and soon 

 reaches the wharf, where by this time quite a crowd 

 has collected, each and all ready to help. The tarpon 

 was soon landed on the wharf, stunned with a club, duly 

 measured and admired. It was a fine specimen, meas- 

 uring a little over four and a half feet. 



Now the question arises, to whom does the tarpon be- 

 long? The man who set the line, Mr. Gladding who found 

 it and made all the noise, or Mr. Hagner and the Eliza- 

 beth? I believe the ladies have waived all claims. 



Your correspondent, "F. S. J. C," in Forest and 

 Stream of Feb. 18, objects to fish stories told to boom 

 place or party. O. K. I agree with him: but he must 

 not include tbis modest yarn with the other kind. As I 

 said above, it is cold fact, all the details of which can be 

 verified if need be. Tarpon. 



Tabpon Spbings, Feb. 26. 



ANGLING NOTES. 



JUDGE CARMAN, of Patchogue, and M. H. C. Wileon, 

 of this city, have just returned from a flying trip to 

 Florida. Tbey were very fortunate during a short stay 

 at Fort Myers— each killed a tarpon the first day they 

 went out. The Judge's big herring weighed 1201bs. and 

 Mr. Wilson's a trifle over lOOlbs. Many fishermen had 

 spent weeks there without any luck in the tarpon line, 

 though they all had great sport with the many other 

 varieties of fishes, particularly in catching big-mouth bass 

 on the fly. They report that they saw one gentleman at 

 Fort Myers have a grand tussle with a 601b. tarpon on a 

 fly-rod. He was fishing with light tackle and using a 

 small bit of mullet when the silver king took the bait. 

 He was a trifle over four hours in bringing the fish to 

 gaff, and the fisherman was almost as much played out 

 as the fish. 



It is amusing to a veteran when visiting angling resorts 

 to watch the beautiful way in which the guides seduce 

 the greenhorns into buying tackle or outfits from them or 

 from the local stores. There is always some particular fly 

 or spoon, without which it is useless to fish, and then 

 when it comes to going out to the fishing grounds, woe to 

 the man who has not been there before, for unless he 

 happens to have an unusually conscientious boatman, 

 the chances are that he will be taken over some verv con- 

 venient ground where there are few if any fish. 



"Tbey are not biting to-day," or "You ought to have 

 been here last week," etc., etc.. are the consoling re- 

 marks made by the guides; we have all listened to these 

 remarks time and time again. Anglers on their first trips 

 to the Thousand Islands suffer from this to a very great 

 extent; there are so many good-looking and convenient 

 localities barren of fish while the best and most prolific 

 waters are at considerable distance from the hotels and 

 require hard work at the oars to reach them. In fact the 

 experience of sportsmen is that the first season at a new 

 resort, whether for fishing or shooting, is usually wasted. 

 It matters not how much one knows about shooting or 

 fishing in a general way, there is always something new 

 to be learned at each place. Special rigs of tackle suited 

 to the locality, special grounds which the fish or game 

 seem to favor, etc. A friend of mine made a month's 

 trip into the Canadian Wilderness after caribou last sea- 

 son and never saw one; he had been assured that there 

 were plenty there. Probably they had been seen in the 

 summer by Western anglers but had changed then- 

 ground in the fall as they usually do. 



Visitors from Florida report that the accounts of the 

 tarpon taken and their weight are greatly exaggerated. 

 This, of course, is to be expected and is common at all 

 sporting resorts. I have even heard of photographs be- 

 ing sent out representing beautiful strings of bass, pick- 

 erel, etc. The originals of these fish were well executed 

 copies in papier mache made at considerable expense for 

 this purpose. Scarlet Ibis. 



BOSTON ANGLERS. 



A PARTY of gentlemen, consisting of Chas. H. Cum- 

 mings, Captain E. Foster, George Craig, Oscar 

 Joflyn, Abe Provonshee, Mr. Smith, George Griffin and 

 Charles Hartwell of the Cheshire House, all of Keene, 

 N. H., in one day's fishing through the ice last week at 

 Chesterfield Lake, caught nine fish, which made a total 

 of 771bs. in weight. They were highly satisfied with 

 their good fortune, but of course suffered* the usual disap- 

 pointment of losing the largest fish, this time by means 

 of a broken hook. 



Mr. W. E. Perry, the celebrated Boston trap shot and 

 sportsman, is away from home on a fox hunting trip. 



Mr. Henry Hobart, of East Bridgewater, Mass., will 

 soon leave home for a trip to Florida. He will probably 

 stop at Punta Rassa, and goes prepared to capture a 

 tarpon. 



Mr. John Danforth, the steward and warden of the 

 Parmachenee Club, passed through Boston a few days 

 ago, en route to his home in Maine. He has been down 

 in Florida four or five weeks, and had with him his 

 son, who has been quite ill, but is now almost fully re- 

 stored to health, having been greatly benefitted by the 

 trip. Mr. Danforth stopped over in New York for a few 

 days, and was royally entertained by the members of the 

 club, who are mostly New York " men. It is said he 

 received a large and substantial present from the club 

 members, as a popular demonstration of the esteem in 

 which he is held. Mr. Danforth is an old pioneer in the 

 backwoods life of Maine, and is known far and wide by 

 sportsmen who visit the woods. He states that the club 

 will this year establish a large farm, in connection with 

 their preserve, which will keep them provided with fresh 

 vegetables and will be a great improvement in the com- 

 fort of the members. 



Mr. Fred. Seaver, Chas. Boyd and Jas, F. Rogers, 

 Superintendent of the Jamaica Plain Gas Company, and 

 all prominent gentlemen living in the promising Boston 

 suburban town, have just returned from a three days' 

 fishing trip down on Cape Cod. They brought back with 

 them 90 pickerel, running from 1 to 41bs., and on the way 

 home stopped long enough at a famous ducking resort to 

 shoot la black duck. These added to their stock of fish 

 made a very presentable showing, and that they were 

 well satisfied with their trip goes without saying. ' 



Mr. Berry, of the big Springfield skate concern, 

 Barney & Berry, in company Avith a Boston gentleman, 

 will shortly start on a fishing trip to Florida. Mr. Berry 

 is the owner of a steam launch which he uses on these 

 trips. For the purpose of running in and out of the 

 numerous rivers and bays along the coast it is a great 

 luxury, and adds mnch to the pleasure of the trip. 



Mr. Harold A. Pitman, of Boston, is spending a few 

 days in Maine, on a snowshoeing trip. 



Hon. Mr. Windling, of Washington, D. C, a lecturer 

 of some note, and quite a prominent angler, has been 

 spending a few days in Boston, looking up old friends. 



Mr. Rollin Jones and party of Boston, are in camp at 

 Lake Winnepesaukee, enjoying the fishing through the 

 ice. 



Mr. F. S. Hodges of Boston and J. H. Bridge of Augus- 

 ta, Maine, left a few days ago on a tarpon fishing trip to 

 Florida. They will locate at Punta Rassa. 



Mr. George Rogers, Charles Currier, Reuben Daven- 

 port, L. D. Chapman, Mr. Caliga, the artist, and S. N. 

 Moon, all of Boston, spent Washington's Birthday at 

 Great Pond, in the vicinity of Cohasset, Mass,, pickerel 

 fishing through the ice. They returned with a very 

 satisfactory string. 



Mr. Waldron Bates of Boston, has gone to Florida for 

 the tarpon fishing. He will stop at Tampa and Punta 

 Rassa, and as he is an ardent and patient angler, stands 

 a good show for capturing a Silver King. 



A Boston party of four, consisting of Henry B. Moore 3 

 Calvin Austin, agent;of the Boston and Bangor Steamship 

 company, John A. As worth, George C. Moore and Irving 

 Powers are stopping a few days at Lake Winnepesaukee. 

 Their camp is located about three miles from Atlas Bay, 

 one of the best places on the lake for winter ice fishing. 



A few members of the Winnapan Fishing Club, con- 

 sisting of Messrs. C. D. Fiske of Barnabv & Co., J. C. 

 Hollins of Hollins & Co., Frank Fuller, Dr. Everet Leach 

 of Leach & Green, Zenas Sears, and Solomon S. Rowe, 

 are stopping at the club camp at Lake Winnepesaukee, 

 although there is quite a scarcity of fish they have sent 

 home several fine lake trout, and report an elegant time. 



Wm. R. Scott. 



A Handsome Dolly Varden Trout was sent to the 

 U. S. Fish Commission by Mr. Eugene G. Blackford to 

 be cast for the World's Fair. This beautiful fish, weigh- 

 ing about 7 or 81bs. and measuring over 2ft. in length, 

 was obtained from the West Coast over the Canadian 

 Pacific road, and its vermilion spots were nearly as 

 bright as when it left the sea. The Dolly Varden is one 

 of tbe largest red -spotted trout of the world, and closely 

 resembles the European ealbling, the Sunapee trout and 

 the sea trout of Labrador. In Alaska it reaches its finest 

 development, but alas! for the want of anglers and the 

 lack of near-by markets it is now practically a waste 

 product; thousands are hauled up on the beaches with 

 the salmon and left to decay in the sun. 



Skaneateles Lake, New York, had for years been net- 

 ted outrageously until residents in the vicinity had come 

 to believe that illicit fishing could not be stopped. Last 

 April Chief Protector Pond announced that tbere would 

 be a change, and Protector Hawn went to work. Sixty- 

 eight nets have besn destroyed, aud fifty-six actions 

 begun. For the first time in thirty years the fish have 

 had a chance to spawn unmolested. The protoctor has 

 gained the confidence and esteem of the local protective 

 associations, and the condition of things is decidedly 

 healthier than it was a year ago. 



New Hampshire Trout.— Manchester, N. H,— Game 

 about here has been scarce the last fall and the severe 

 drought has killed most of the trout in our streams; so 

 there is not much to look forward to but a good healthy 

 leg-strengthening tramp this spring. Our streams are 

 very well stocked, and if we had been favored with 

 plenty of water we could get from half a dozen to a 

 good string easily.— J. H. • 



Massachusetts Brook Trout.— North Adams, Mass., 

 Feb. 29. — I send you photograph of a brook trout taken 

 the second of this month from Cheshire reservoir, in fish- 

 ing through the ice. It was caught on a tip-up. The 

 length is 2o-Jin., weight 41bs. — A. C. P. 



Tarpon.— Mr. Frank N. Stout, editor of the Fort Myers 

 (Fla.) Press, sends us a record of tarpon taken there in 

 1891. There were 160 of them, Mr. Geo. T. Stagg's cap- 

 ture of the 2051b. fish being the largest. 



Mr. Wakeman Holberton announces a new edition 

 of his "Standard American Trout Flies." The plate will 

 contain sixty colored illustrations of artificial flies, with a 

 hand-painted speckled trout in the center. 



Mr. Charles Hallock's "Salmon Fisher," advertised 

 on another page, is in that popular writer's happiest vein. 



The Q uannapo wittan glingassociationof wakefieldmass- 

 unitedstatesofamerica is a name fit to catch fish with. 



NEW SOUTH WALES NOTES. 



THE Commissioners of Fisheries for New South Wales in 

 their report for the year 1890, acknowledge the receipt 

 from the Acclimatization Society, at Wellington. New Zea- 

 land, of 5,000 eggs of the brown trout, 1 ,000 eggs of Loch 

 Leven trout and 1,000 fry of the American brook trout, all of 

 which were distributed as widely as possible and with very 

 small losses. Some experiments were made in shipping 

 trout fry on long journeys in hermetically sealed jars, and 

 as they were attended with excellent results American fish- 

 culturists and others engaged in stocking waters will be 

 interested in the following extracts: 



"From experiments made in the department it was found 

 that trout fry imprisoned in hermetically sealed jars would 

 exist for seventy-two hours at least. Acting on the knowl- 

 edge so obtained, it was determined to attempt the trans- 

 port of fry so imprisoned to remote waters for liberation. 

 The experiment proved successful, and, so carrying it 

 further, we succeeded in sending to New Zealand some of 

 the fry which had been batched here from Wellington ova." 



A shipment of four jars of trout fry was made from Wel- 

 lington to New South Wales. Jar No. 1 contained 15 Loch 

 Leven trout; No. 2, 13 of the same, 10 weeks old; No. 3 con- 

 tained 16 brown trout fry, and No. 4 contained 13; these were 

 9 weeks old. The fish were given no food before shipment 

 to prevent pollution from excrement. Temperature of water 

 54deg.; air 55deg. Another box containing two jars, % of a 

 pint of water in each, and 15 and 8 brown trout respectively, 

 was also sent. These were the youngest fry on hand, having 

 just absorbed their egg sac, and never having been fed^ 

 They were placed in the jars at 6 A. M. Nov. 7, and shipped 

 by rail to the steamer, a distance of 60 miles. They were re- 

 ceived and opened at the Department of Fisheries, New 

 South Wales, on the 18th, at 10:30 A.M., having been hermet 

 ically sealed up for 10 days and 3}4 hours, and, "when liber- 

 ated into '.the trough the fry for the most part were, and 

 remained exceedingly lively for some time, and although 

 every effort was made to keep the temperature down bv the 

 assistance of ice, 67deg. was the lowest to which it could be 

 brought, and the fry gradually sickened and died one after 

 the other, so that at present there are but three brown and 

 four Loch Leven left." 



As for the fishing industry of the colony, an increase in 

 the catch is shown, and this, it is claimed, is due partly to 



THE MUKRAY COI>. 



the setting off of certain portions of the coastal waters 

 where netting is not allowed. This is said to be true also 

 of tbe Murray River, in which closures are made against 

 the operations of the netters. 



The extinction of cormorants or shags on the Murray was 

 encouraged by bounty. These birds are very destructive to 

 fish and exist in vast numbers on this river. The re- 

 wards paid during 1889 and 1890 for their extinction 

 amounted to £1,501 17s. lOd. The following is the mode ot 

 capture in the Murray district: "Taking advantage of their 

 habit to congregate in thousands, and to build their nests in 

 swamps, the blacks and half-castes, noting the locations, 

 made raids on their nests at the proper time in the breeding 

 season and captured all the fledglings, aud as each nest con- 

 tained on an average three birds, it was not a difficult mat- 

 ter to collect a considerable mi fid her in a short time and with 

 comparatively little trouble." 



Another plan pursued was to collect the eggs and hatch 

 them out under a hen or in an incubator. A few bal f-castes 

 made this quite a business, so that the greater part of the 

 large sum paid as rewards for capture passed to those per- 

 sons. 



The repoi-ts on the condition of the oyster fisheries are 

 not encouraging. The yield has been much less than in 

 1889. Two-thirds of the oyster supply is imported from 

 New Zealand and Queensland. The failure of this crop is 

 partly due to damage by floods andravages of what is known 

 as the worm disease. Another reason for failure is the fact 

 that many of those taking up foreshores for oyster culture 

 take off all the marketable oysters and fail to cultivate at 

 all. 



The number of anglers in New South Wales is very large) 

 and certain areas of streams are legally protected from net 

 fishing, with the result of increasing the supply of fish and 

 the size of the. anglers' creels. The colouy has within its 

 boarders the famous "Murray cod," which is not a cod at all, 

 but a spiny-finned fish somewhat resembling our black bass, 

 and growing almost to the weight of iOOlbs". It is an excel- 

 lent food fish and altogether one of the most highly 

 prized of the river species. Efforts are now being made to 

 learn the breeding habits, in order to apply the knowledge 

 to the artificial multiplication of the fish. 



NIGHT LIGHTS SCARE VERMIN. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Some time ago I accidentally ran across a way of keeping 

 minks, otters, etc. , away. As I never saw it in print I thought 

 it might be of value to some readers of the Foeest and 

 Stream, so I will here give it: I raise several thousand 

 ducks every year for market and am obliged to hang light 

 in their yards to prevent a stampede at night. I noticed on 

 several occasions mink tracks near the yards, but never 

 closer than 100ft. of the lanterns. Last spring an otter got 

 in my trout pond and stole several trout every night, besides 

 scaring the balance almost into fits. He would not go in 

 traps and was so quick I could not get a shot at him, so I 

 thought of a light and hung out a lantern. In less than a 

 week he disappeared, and I have not seen him since. 



Two lights were also effectual in keeping rabbits out of 

 our garden while the plants Were small, after which I dis- 

 continued it. 



I don't know anything more exasperating than to have 

 some varmint to get in among your trout (every one of which 

 is a pet to the owner), and gradually to see them disappear 

 and not be able to help matters. The remedy is so simple 

 I thought I would give it to my brother fishermen. 



Wm. H. Trtjslow. 



Stroudsbuhg, Pa. 



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DOG SHOWS. 



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D. C. 



March 15 to 18.— Second Annual Dog Show of the Duquesne 

 Kennel Club, at Pittsburgh, Pa. W. E. Littell, Sec'y. 



April 6 to 9.— Seventh Annual Dog Show of the New England 

 Kennel Club, at Boston. Mass. C. Steadman Hanks, Sec'y. 



April 13 ro 16.— Third Annual Dog Show of the Continental 

 Kennel Club, at Denver, Col. R. W- Isenthal, Sec'y. 



April 20 to 23.— Fourth Annual Dog Show of the Southern Cali- 

 fornia Kennel Club, a t Los Angeles, Cal. C. A. Sumner, Sec'y. 



May 4 to 7.— Annual Dog Show of the California Kennel Club, 

 at San Francisco Cal. Frank J. Silvey. Sec'y. 



Sept. 12 to 16.— Fourth Annual Dog Show of the Toronto in- 

 dustrial Exhibition Association, at Toronto, Canada. C. A 

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