AlTCf. 6, 1891.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 



CHICAGO, III., Aug. 1. — ^A question in sporting ethics 

 lies under a late discuFsion between a Chicago daily 

 arad a Chicago sporting paper over an alleged caserof fish 

 hoggery. To be brief about it, Mr, D. R. Cameron, of the 

 printiug firm of Cameron, Amberg & Co., of this city, 

 admits that he and the Rev. Thoe. E. Green, of Cedar 

 Rapid'^, la., did in August, 1887, in two days catch 72 

 mascallonge in Lost Lake, Wis. Mr. Cameron adds: 

 "Later, a party went up to the same waters and tooli out 

 92 mascallonge, all of which were saved and brought 

 back. That party consisted of Mr, E. W. Brooks, Mr. 

 Alfred Brooks, Mr. T. J. Amberg, Mr. J. Ross and myself. 

 All fish we did not want to save were put back." Mr. 

 Cameron appears to think that the "saving" of 164 mas- 

 callonge in two short trips was quite sportsmanlike. His 

 friend Mr, Green writes a long letter putting himself on 

 record to the same effect, and the writer in the daily 

 paper is obviously of that belief also, for perhaps obvious 

 reasons. But those three men cannot decide a question 

 like that in sportsman's ethics. It lies for a larger jury, 

 to whom I would offer it. To me it seems that Mr. 

 Cameron, Rev. Mr. Green and their friends were guilty 

 of fish butchery to the most highly unsportsmanlike 

 extent. I cannot excuse the actual swine which 

 breaks into my garden and eats my vegetables any 

 the more because it "saves" them by eating them 

 and not by trampling upon them. The limit of 

 a sportsman's catch is not definite, but any one 

 who knows the environments of this mascallonge 

 fishing in Wisconsin knows that such catches as 

 the above are unsportsmanlike to the last degree, even 

 though the fish be actually eaten and not merely boasted 

 of as a record-breaking catch, as see Mr. Green's letter in 

 the daily paper. The man who blunders into an unfished 

 mascallonge lake can make such catches. In the known 

 waters how many good catches were made this year? 

 The unavoidable answer is the sole argument needed. Mas- 

 callonge fishing is the easiest on earth. Trolling is the 

 most lubberly and unsportsmanlike way of fishing there 

 is. Any man can catch mascallonge if his guide knows 

 the bars, unless some other man has been in first 

 and "saved" a ton of the mascallonge, to which, let us 

 say, he had a right to the extent of three or four fish in 

 two or three weeks of fishing. In new waters, when the 

 fish are striking the spoon well, any novice can catch 

 mascallonge and pickerel and wall-eyed pike and some 

 bass, the easiest way in the worldj^ith no great skill 

 needed. But what of these waters when the 'lunge have 

 been "saved" out for two or three years by such parties? 

 Go and try it, Wis-consin ought to have a law limiting a 

 mascallonge catch to proportions of common decency, 

 "saved" or not, and the Lake Shore & Western Railway 

 ought to be first to see that law enforced. The mascal- 

 longe once fished out does not come back. It will not 

 reappear in those waters fished out. It is too slow of 

 growth or scant of numbers. Unlike the bass, wall-eye 

 and pickerel, it is, so far as fishculture now has it, prac- 

 tically gone forever upon its first extinction in a water, 

 A magnificent fish, it should be properly regarded alike 

 by those who leave their undue catches rotting on the 

 hank or those who bring them home to photograph them. 

 The daily paper may defend its friend, but the guild of 

 genuine anglers will agree that they need yet a study of 

 the better ethics of the craft. 



There is a good deal of pseudo-sportsmanship these 

 days, likewise a great deal of a certain false Jove of 

 nature. It seems the thing to love nature, and to write 

 about it, if you can write a little bit. The press is full of 

 poets who are false lovers and false observers of nature. 

 I notice one this morning, quoted in a daily from a Chi- 

 cago weekly literary periodical. The writer of this 

 "Summer Sketch" finds occasion to say, 



"While clouds and forest glass them in a lake 

 Whose waves with tufts of foam the dark moss flake." 



It takes quite a little wind to roll foam flakes up along 

 the shore ot a lake, and such being the case, you won't 

 notice the clouds and forest "glassing" themselves very 

 much in that lake. It's too rough. So this picture, 

 though very pretty, isn't true. One may be forgiven for 

 being a shoddy writer, but never for being a shoddy 

 lover of nature. 



A gentleman of Morgan Park suburb was fishing a 

 month ago in Geneva Lake, Wis., and caught only two 

 fish. One was a 4ilbs. bass, and the other was a 121bs. 

 salmon (described as a "California salmon"). Some years 

 ago Mr. N. K, Fairbanks planted a number of salmon fry 

 ill this lake. They have not been heard from before. I am 

 told the bait was minnow. Have not been able to get to 

 talk with the angler himself. 



Yesterday I talked withF. L. Buck. State Fish Warden, 

 and can now give the exact state of affairs on that stream 

 at date in the matter of fishways. 



Marseilles dam, on the Illinois River, is essential to the 

 Kankakee River. Work on the fish way in Marseilles 

 dam was promised to begin July 27. No fight there at all. 



"State dam:" Capt. Leighton, engineer in charge, said 

 work on the fishway would begin about July 31. 



Wilmington small dam: A possible fight hei-e. The 

 American Strawboard Co. are the objectors. Mr. Buck 

 served notices on all parties, such notices expiring of 

 limit on Aug. 3. It is thought that the owners will then 

 put in the way rather than have it done and charged to 

 them. 



The 17ft. Wilmington dam: The owners begin repairs 

 on this dam in August, and will then put in the way. 

 The following letter from Mr. Hills, of the Wilmington 

 Water-power Co., would settle that definitely: 



Boston, July 17.— F. L. Buck, State Fish Warden, Chicago, 111.: 

 We desire to meet your Commission in ihe same spirit you have 

 shown to us, as you seem to appreciate the disposition to econo- 

 mize. We don't know that you would care to do it, still if you 

 wiU write me just what you could do it for [i. e.. put in the fish- 

 way], if there is necessity for haste bp.yond wliat was indicated in 

 my letter, please let we know and I will respond at once for our 

 company, nnly asking that if you should do it, that you so arrange 

 that it will not interfere in tlie repairs we propose to make next 

 month or the one following. Very truly yours, Joel H. Hills, 

 Sec'y and Treas. W. W. Power Co. 



Kankakee dam: Nothing needed here but a wing to 

 the present fisliway, and Mr. McGrew, owner, says that 

 will go on when the water is low enough, as it probably 

 is now. 



Aroma dam; Fishway here has been repaired, a chute 

 being added to deep water above the dam. It is now all 

 right. 



Momence dam: Both parties to the injunction suit 

 over the lower daniL here have signed the stipulation per- 



mitting the fishway to go in and work will soon begin, 

 The "upper dara" here is on the other side of an isla,nd 

 and a way there is not absolutely necessarv. The situa- 

 tion here is peculiar. The company owning the dams is 

 the one intending to cut through tlie rock ledge here and 

 drain the great Kankakee marshes. It leased certain ice 

 cutting privileges with the understanding that the dams 

 should be cut open and the water drained from the going 

 out of the ice till the first of November, Later the com- 

 pany sold the Momence Island for .$30,000 to the C, & E. 

 I. R. R, for a picnic ground. The railway found the 

 absence of water in the summer hard on the boating 

 business and so enjoined on the opening of the dams. 

 The fishway will go in anyway and, should the railway 

 lose its suit, no fishway in either dam will be needed. 

 These Momence dams are the ones highest up on the 

 river, so that, supposing the Wilmington dam all right, 

 either with or without a fight, the total situation of the 

 Kankakee may be called very satisfactory. Thanks to 

 the Kankakee Association, fish will next spring rmi up 

 from the mouth of the Kankakee unimpeded, 



Mr. Cole joined Dr. Bartlett a couple of weeks ago on 

 board the State boat Lotus, and made a trip down the 

 Illinois River, They captured one net and sunk it. The 

 total situation on that stream is good. The party had 

 one day of fine fishing at La Grange, Mr. Cole taking 21 

 "white bass," a 6sh we do not get about here. The latter 

 gentleman has also had a trip to Spring Lake, Grand 

 Haven, south peninsula of Michigan, and has bought 

 land there he likes the spot so much. Seven small- 

 mouths in a short trip with rough tackle satisfied him 

 that the fishing there is good. 



The State and Government work of reclaiming young 

 fish from the overflows of the Illinois and Mississippi 

 rivers will begin next week. The Government car is now 

 waiting. 



To take up again that old question about the leaking 

 wading stockings. Thanks to Mr. Jay Beebe for advice. 

 He asks if the waders leaked ab initio. I think they did 

 leak there some, too, but it was mostly in the "crotch." 



E. Hough. 



SUNAPEE LAKE FISHING. 



'T'^HE following landlocked salmon and trout have 

 JL recently been taken in Sunapee Lake, New Hamp- 



shii'e: 



George Woodward, July In, 1 salmon, ISJ^lbs. 



George Woodward, July 35. 1 salmon, Sibs. 



Sidney Bickford, July 1(1, 1 salmon, 91bs, 



Walter Aikpu, July 18, 1 salmon, 9]bs, 



Mr. Goodwin. July 15, 1 trout, 2J^lbs. 



George Woodward, July 16, 1 trout, iibs. 



George Woodward, July 16, 1 trout, 'Slhs. 



Walter Aiken. July 18, 1 trout, 2}^lbs, 



Jacob Hutchron, July 18, l trout. .Oiba. 



Buzzard's Bay Bluefish.— Boston, Aug. 3.— Ex-Pres- 

 ident Cleveland presided to-night at a meeting In the 

 little town of Bourne for the preservation of the fishing 

 in Buzzard's Bay, which is rapidly becoming completely 

 destroyed by the working of seines, pounds and weirs on 

 the line of the Bay. Briefly alluding to the purpose of 

 the meeting Mr. Cleveland said that the fish should be 

 protected because it was conceded that Buzzard's Bay 

 was a spawning ground, and such protection was in ac- 

 cordance with the enlightened procedm-e of every State. 

 It was not, he said, a question of sport, but of indiistry. 

 Though personally enjoying fishing as a recreation, he 

 had never yet been willing to catch fish for sport and 

 have them wasted. Every one on the shores of the bay 

 was at least entitled to the right to secure all the fish re- 

 quired for food. Moreover, an element of equality and 

 equity entered into the question. By law in various parts 

 of the bay fishing with seines and weirs was prohibited. 

 This same rule should apply to all places on the bay, 

 Chas. F, Chamberlin, who was secretary of the meeting, 

 then spoke at length on the objects of {the meeting, and 

 offered resolutions looking to cooperation with neighbor- 

 ing towns to prohibit fishing by seines and weirs. The 

 resolutions were unanimously adopted, and a committee 

 of seven, among whom was Joseph Jefferson, was ap- 

 pointed to forward the objects proposed.— 7Ve?w York 

 Times. 



Tbout in Evergreen Lakes. — Washington, D. C— My 

 attention has been attracted to the letter of Mr. William 

 R. Scott, of Denver, in Forest and Stream, of July 23, 

 in which he speaks of the successful introduction of rain- 

 bow trout into Nay lor Lake, Clear Creek county, Colo., 

 several years ago at an elevation of nearly 11,000ft. above 

 tide water, and in commenting on it mention is made of 

 the red-throated trout {purpuratus) being found at a 

 height of between 8,000 and 9,000f t. in the Sierre Madre, 

 Mexico. The red-throated trout occurs in the Arkansas 

 River and its Lake Fork near Leadville; these streams 

 are ideal trout brooks, with temperature of about 62°, in 

 which trout are fairly abundant. Three miles west of 

 the Arkansas and six miles distant from Leadville the 

 Evergreen Lakes are situated at an elevation of about 

 10,000ft, These lakes are fed by cold streams from the 

 flanks of Mount Massive, one of these streams having its 

 rise in the largest permanent snow field in Colorado. 

 These three lakes are a series of trout ponds, partly arti- 

 ficial, in which brook trout have been successfully jDrop- 

 agated for several years. This, probably, is the highest 

 point on the continent where this variety of salmon 

 exists.— John Gay. 



Connecticut Fish and Gajie.— The protection of its 

 fish and game is not accomplished at the expense of the 

 State of Connecticut, but by means of private funds and 

 individual exertion. During the past three years the 

 Connecticut Fish and Game Association, whose president 

 is Mr, A. C, Collins, has spent $1,400 in the prosecution 

 of 70 violators of tha fish and game laws. Sportsmen owe 

 Mr. Collins and the association a debt of gratitude, which 

 they will cheerfully acknowledge; let us hope that they 

 will also cooperate with the association in its beneficent 

 work. 



Menhaden Fishing,— Casco Bay has been invaded by 

 menhaden steamers from New York, Connecticut, Rhode 

 Island and Virginia, and it is claimed that some of them 

 drew their seines in prohibited territory near Chebeague 

 Bar. Fish Warden A. W. Barbour, of Portland, has en- 

 gaged counsel to prosecute the cases, which will involve 

 forfeiture of the vessels found liable. 



Some Giant Shad.— Washington, D. C— In Forest 

 AND Stream of July 23 reference is made to a shad 

 caught June 25, in the Andi-oscoggin River, at Topsham, 

 Maine, weighing Slbs. , which is spoken of as a shad of 

 unusually large size, and perhaps it is in Maine waters; 

 but shad weighing from 7 to Slbs. are not by any means 

 rare in the Delaware River during the fishing season. 

 Last year a O^lbs. shad was caught some distance beiow 

 Philadelphia, and I believe was sent to President Harri- 

 son; but it was beaten by the 10-pounder caught in 

 Thompson's seine off Gloucester City. N. J., April 20, 

 1890, and presented by Mr, Thompson to Governor Leon 

 Abbett. Both these giants of the species were, of course, 

 roe fish, but they were fairly indicative of the size gen- 

 erally of the shad last year. It is said that a shad weigh- 

 ing ISJlbs. was caught near Lambertville last year. In 

 May last William Pustill, of New Castle, Del., was 

 credited with catching a shad weighing 941bs., and on 

 May 25 one of lOJlbs. was taken near Billingsport, as 

 vouched for by Mr. H. L. Preston and several other per- 

 sona who were present when it was weighed,— John Gay. 



Landlocked Salmon in Moosehead.— Another big 

 landlocked salmon has just been taken at Moosehead 

 Lake, Maine. It will be remembered by the readers of 

 the Forest and Stream that until this season no results 

 of repeated stocking of that lake with landlocked salmon 

 fry had been achieved, and even the State Fish Commis- 

 sioners had begun to think that Moosehead was not de- 

 signed to become celebrated for its landlocked salmon. 

 But already one salmon has been taken, of which this 

 paper has had an account, and now a letter from Kineo, 

 of Monday the 27th, says that Mrs. J. F. Hildreth has 

 just taken a landlocked salmon from that lake weighing 

 ^^\hs,. The fish was taken while trolling. There are now 

 about 100 people at Kineo, generally quartered at the 

 Kineo House, and more are expected next week. Capt. 

 C. A. J. Farrar, so well known as the founder of steam- 

 boat transportation at the Rangeleys, has been stopping 

 at Kineo, but has just left for Richardson Lake.— Special. 



Canadian Customs.— Chicago, July 2a.— Editor For- 

 est and Stream: As there has been considerable inquiry 

 concerning the tax upon tourists in Canada, it may be as 

 well for your readers to understand more of the situa- 

 tion. Canada has for sevei'al years presented a Chinese 

 wall against tourists' belongings. Rod, gun and camera 

 have been levied upon for duty (and heavily at that), and 

 there are few cases indeed where the duty has been re- 

 funded, because the time, expense and trouble make it of 

 doubtful advantage. A small camera that had been car- 

 ried all over Europe and Egypt, without annoyance to 

 the possessor, was on reaching Canada heavily taxed. 

 It will be more satisfactory for those visiting Canada to 

 either buy their outfit there, or dispense with it altogether. 

 The latter would in most cases prove the least satisfac- 

 tory. Persons visiting old Mexico are not subjected to 

 this abomination. — Free Trade. 



Ottawa, Kansas, July 31.— So much rain has fallen 

 here this summer that I don't know whether we are going 

 to have much fishing or not. It seems as if the streams 

 rise suddenly every time we get ready to go fishing, and 

 we can only wait for the water to go down again. One 

 thing the high water does, however, is a benefit to us, or 

 will be, that is, to tear out the dam in the Marias des 

 Cygnes at this place. This dam is about 10ft. in height, 

 and keeps fish from ascending the river except in high 

 water, but it will not last much longer. A fishway was 

 built in this dam several years ago, but never did any 

 good, because all the water leaked through the dam in 

 low water season, instead of running over the fishway. 

 When a free passage is made for fish to go up stream at 

 all times there will undoubtedly be better fishing, for 

 most of our fish come up from the Missouri.— F. B. 



The Best is Angling.— Salamon in his parablys sayth 

 that a good spyryte makyth a flourynge aege, that is a 

 fayre aege and a longe. And syth it is soo: I aske this 

 questyon, Whiche ben the meanes and the causes that 

 enduce a man into a mery spyryte? Truly to my beste 

 dyscrecion it semeth good dysportes and honest gamys 

 in whom a man toyeth without ony repentance after. 

 Thenne folowyth it, ye gods, dysportes and honest games 

 ben cause of mannys fayr aege and longe life, Andther- 

 for now woll I chose of foure good dysportes and honest 

 gamys, that is to wyte: of huntynge: hawkynge: fyssh- 

 ynge: and foulynge. The best to my symple dyscrecion 

 why then is fysshynge callyd anglynge wyth a rodde, and 

 a lyne and a hoke.— Dame Jtdiana Berners {I4S6). 



Bluefish,- Raritan Bay has seen bluefish in plenty of 

 late. Block Island, too, is having its share of sport in 

 catching these ocean bloodhounds, and at Centerville, on 

 Cape Cod, a fisherman caught nearly 1,000 in a week. 

 Buzzard's Bay and the Maine coast are, up to now, given 

 a wide berth. "No politics in mine," says the bluefish. 



Tarpon in Connecticut. — A silver king, or tarpon, 

 weighing 85ibs., was caught at Mumford's Cove July 24. 

 This renowned game fish has gone as far North as Cape 

 Cod. Occasionally one was seen at Wood's Holl several 

 years ago. In the Chesapeake it is not uncommon late 

 in the spring. 



"Forest and Stream" Nursery Rhymes. 



(Sv^gested by the lines in Forest and Stream, July S3.) 

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An angler went out to flsh, 



A trout came along with a swish, 



A brilliant red hackle 



And other tine tackle 

 Went ofE. The owner said "pish." 

 Utica, July 27. Portsa. 



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A codfish, which bad swallowed a small bottle of brandy, was 

 one of the flsb caught during a rpcent excursion of a Maine branch 

 of tbe Y. M. O. A.— Boston Herald. 



A young man from Maine 

 Had a terrible pain. 



And no "patent medicine" handy; 

 He flsbed in the sea, 

 Caught a big C O D, 



And brought up a bottle of brandy. 

 Wood's Holl, Mass. B. 



