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LSept. 8, 1892. 



Greenwood Lake Bass. 



Bass fishing %fc Greenwood Lake seems to be unusually 

 good at present. Last Sunday the writer, in company 

 with his wife, took a boat at the outlet and rowed up to 

 the hpad of the lake, stopping over night at the Roe 

 Cottage and returning the following day. Several catches 

 of fifteen bass and upward to one boat for a half day's 

 fishing were noted. In the live box at the Rje Cottage 

 were two fine bass of 3^ and 3lbs. respectively, that were 

 caught Saturday last by a boy of ten. He had been fish- 

 ing from the island, on which stands the little Episcopal 

 Church, using worms for bait, and had only succeeded in 

 catching euufish. when, becoming discouraged, he had 

 cut oflE the tail of his most recent captive and thro wu him 

 in the water, still attached to bis hook. The fish sank, 

 and the boy tried to pull in his line, but found it fast, to 

 something — the bottom of the lake he thought at first. 

 He soon found out, however, that he had a large fish on 

 his line, and after quite a struggle succeeded in beaching 

 the bass, weighing 3*lbs. His mother wasnear by, and 

 after he had committed his big fish to her safe keeping, 

 he threw in again with another sunfish and caught the 

 3 b. bass. 



At the lower end of the lake, which is the shoalest, the 

 majority of the fiah are caught still-fishing, while at the 

 upper end the most ijopular method just now seems to be 

 casting with a frog from a boat in toward shore at a 

 distance of 60 or 80 ft. The upper end of the lake is an 

 ideal bass water, with sharply shelving shores of shingle, 

 frequently diversified by rocky points and ledges, The 

 scenery at this end is particularly wild and attractive. 



My wife and I amused ourselves on our journey up and 

 down the lake by trolling, and hooked seven fish in all, six 

 bass and one pickerel. Three of the bass succeeded in 

 shaking the spoon from their jaws before they could be 

 boated, and so escaped, but the others were not so 

 fortunate. Our largest weighed an even 21bs. B. 



Buzzard's Bay Fishing. 



Striped bass continue to be taken in small numbers at 

 Woods HoU. During the last week of August the follow- 

 ing captures were made : Oliver G-rinnell 2 weighing Slbs. 

 each, 1 of I4lbs., 1 of lolbs. Charles Grinnell, Jr., 1 

 weighing 81bs.: Frank GifEord took 3 weighing 12. 14 and 

 I4ilb3. respectively. On the morning of Sept. 2 Oliver 

 Grinnell captured a fine 16 pounder by trolling at the sur- 

 face. All of the others were taken by bottom fishing with 

 cut menhaden for bait, on the Pine Island side of the 

 "Hols." Eel-tail, so much i-elied upon heretofore, proved 

 far less killing than the oily and fragrant bonyfisb, usu- 

 ally styled menhaden. Young menhaden are schooling 

 around the shores in vast numbers: they range in length 

 from two to five inches. In Acushnet River, New B?,d 

 ford, the small bluefish are driving them up stream into 

 fresh water in company with small weakfish. Adult 

 menhaden are still remarkably scarce, so much so as 

 almost to stop hook and line fishing. There are plenty of 

 fine sea bass and scup in Vineyard Sound and Buzzard's 

 Bay, not far off. if only the necessary bait could be ob- 

 tained to make their capture possible. Adult bluefish are 

 plentiful, but the absence of bait prevents anglers from 

 taking them.— T. H. B. (Sept. 1.) 



Forest and Stream's 



^1 Fishing Postals. 



"DROP US A LINE" ON A POSTAL CARD. 



Fishing News, Place to Catch Pish, Pish Caught, 

 Fishing Incidents. 



Port Royal, S. C, Sept. 3.— Says the Philosopher to 

 the Scissors Grinder, "Do tell me your little story." Says 

 the Grinder to the Philosopher, "Lord bless you sir, I 

 haven't any story to tell." Says the FoitEsT and Streaji 

 to the once upon a time angler, "Drop us a line and spin 

 us a fish story," Savs the Ancient Angler, "If I do, it 

 will be the first line I've dropped in the cause of fish and 

 fishing for over two years. For there's nothing worthy 

 of the name in this vicinity. In spring there was drum- 

 fishing, which I despise; then come sheep-head and 

 whiting, but you can only fish on turn of tide, and either 

 it is then night or too early in the morning, or if in day- 

 time too hot, and fun is not in it. So unless I draw on 

 memory or imagination, I cannot fill the bill. Piseco. 

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Philadelphia, Sept. 5.— The fishing at the banks, off 

 Anglesea, N, J,, is good at present. Oa Sept, 4 my 

 catch amounted to 301bF, in an hour's fishing, none of 

 the fish weighing under l^Jlbs, and principally sea bass. 

 Porgies were also taken in quantity, and a few flounders. 

 The inside fishing this year has been very poor along the 

 Jersey coast, such places as Corson's and Town sen d's 

 Inlets, which are noted places, yielding but little. Weak- 

 fish are very scarce, W. J, F, 



Hudson, N, Y., Aug. 30.— The catch of black bass and 

 wall-eyed pike at Copake Like has been larger this season 

 than ever before. The local fishermen having been on 

 hand all the time, and among the visitors from abroad 

 was Mr. Stillman, of Hartford, Conn,, who surprise! the 

 natives by the number and size of fish taken One re- 

 marked, "Gee, gosh, all Friday, can't he snake them in!'" 



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West Duluth, Minn., Aug. 30,— On Sept, 19 a party 

 of six from here go to Fleming L\ke, in Aitkin county, 

 for a week's black bass fishing. If "O, O, S." wishes to 

 try his luck with us on this trip he will be made welcome. 

 We expect to take some big fish, and will sro prepared for 

 a good time. Edward J. Luther, 



Salmon Feeding in Fresh Water. 



Office of the Peesident, Lsland Stanford Junior 

 University, Palo Alto, Cal,, Aug. 2d —Editor Forest and 

 Stream: Referring to the question of the salmon feeding 

 when in the fresh-water rivers, I have received the fol- 

 lowing in a private letter from a friend who is a captain 

 in the United States Army, an enthusiastic sportsman, 

 and widely acquainted with the rivers of the West: 



"By the way, I see that all people are not wilUng to 

 believe that salmon discard their haversacks at the mouth 

 of the Columbia, Twenty- five years ago over near the 

 Haholine in Oregon I made as careful an investigation as 

 oDuld be made with a rod and rifle. On a stretch of 

 several hundred yards of the Malhew River the water was 

 almost constantly broken by salmon, as I thought feed- 

 ing. I worked the stream with everything I had in the 

 way of flies, but never got a rise. In the morning I tried 

 with a rifle and very soon succeeded in shooting a fish at 

 least 40in. long. His stomach contained nothing except- 

 ing a little slime. I had just such an experience in 1879 

 in the Lemhi River in Idaho." DA^aD S. Jordan. 



Ltarge Susquehanna Bass. 



Bainbeid&e, Pa,— What was perhaps one of the 

 largest, if not the largest, black bass ever taken in the 

 Susquehanna River, was caught at the Aqueduct. Juni- 

 ata River, two years ago by Mr, Jacob Hess, of Harris- 

 burg, Mr, Hess and another gentleman had been out 

 fishing and had just pulled into the mouth of a small 

 crcpk for the purpose of eating their lunch. They had 

 left the lines trailing out into the water from their boat 

 and had barely gotten ofl: when one of the reels gave 

 warning that a line was running out. Mr, H, hastened 

 to the scene of action and after considerable difficulty 

 succeeded in landing the monster bass. Owing to the 

 wonderful strength of the fish it is doubtful that a cap- 

 ture could have been efl:ected but for the fact that the 

 shore gave the anglers a chance to work him in and 

 strand Mm. Stehman Here. 



Shenandoah Bass. 



CLAitK County, Va,— There is plenty of black bass in 

 the Shenandoah River, Clark county, Va, The fishing 

 here is very good. Very few trout are to be found, 

 although the natural streams are present. The cause of 

 this absence of trout comes from the habit of netting the 

 brooks. The nets are held at the openings of the tem- 

 porary fish dams ann the trout are driven into them and 

 thus destroyed. Gray and fox squirrels are quite plenti- 

 ful, and pai- bridges (quail) afford very good sport in the 

 proper season, Scales. 



The Cascapedia. 



I HAD two very good days fishing on the Grand Casca- 

 pedia this year, and in one afternoon, not fishing the 

 middle of the day, I took 2G tish, 10 of the largest aggre- 

 gating SOlbs. in weight. This was not a bad average. A 

 year ago on the same stream, on Fourth of July morn- 

 ing, I caught a »j.Ubs, trout, and soon after caught two 

 fl'h (as I was fiibing with two fiies) that after a long 

 struggle I brought to the beach and found to weigh 7ilbs., 

 one 8i and the other 41b5, W. B, Mershon. 



Batctaewang; Trout. v 



Sault Ste. Mabie, Mich., Aug. 2(K— Editor Forest 

 and Stream: Ptter Blue, of this place, a youth of 18 

 years, caught a few days ago, while fishing on the north 

 shore of Lake Superior, twelve brook trout that averaged 

 olbs. They were taken in Batchewang River, which 

 empties into the bay of that name, and were doubtless 

 seeking their spawning beds, I hope the merit of the 

 capture of those large and ever beautiful game flsh will 

 not be greatly depreciated when I state they were all 

 taken with the wriggling angle worm. The adolescent 

 angler doubtless had a world of pleasure with these 

 iridescent idols of the crystal stream, but if he ever learns 

 the artistic lesson of the guild, winning his triumphs 

 alone with the alluring fly, he will never, we opine, revert 

 to his present capture of which he is now so very proud. 

 Many an angler would have felt like forfeiting his chance 

 for paradise to have coaxed such scarlet-dyed beauties to 

 a banquet of the flies, for it would have been to him a 

 very heaven of delight, a triumph ever filling him with 

 endless emotions so infinitely pleasurable. 



Alex Starbuck, 



Fishing Near Ballock. 



Hallock, Miim,, Aug, 20. — There has not been the 

 amount of fish caught in the smaller streams of Kittson 

 county for years that there is this season, and the prin- 

 cipal reason is because Dr. H. F. Yorke, the game and 

 fish warden, has invaded upon the nets that have been 

 continually stretched across the rivers at dift'erent points. 

 To day pickerel, pike and an occasional bass are found, 

 and they are large, fine fellows and make a very nice 

 change of diet for our people. The . bass is a new comer 

 since last year. His appearance is unaccountable, as 

 none of his kind have been introduced to this part of the 

 country. — E. H. L. 



Newfoundland Waters. 



Harbor Grack, Newfoundland. Aug. 25. — ^Have just 

 returned from a week's fishing on the Hall's Bay line 

 railway. At Southwest Arm, Clode Sound, had grand 

 sport— trout ranging from 14lbs. to 4Ubs. Any of your 

 friends wanting good sport next year should try New- 

 foundland. There are several grand salmon and trout 

 rivers opened up and are eapy of access now this road is 

 built. Time for catching those large trout is from July 15 

 till Sept, 1, when close season commences. T. R. B. 



AnijUng Talks. By George Daivson. Price 50 cents, Fly- 

 Rods and Fly-TacMe. By H. P. Wells. Price $2.50. Fly- 

 Fishing and Fly-3IaMng for Trout. By J. H. Keene. 

 Price $1.50. American Angler's Book. By Thad. Norris. 



Price Sfj.:'>ii. 



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FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Sept. la to 16.— FoTU-th Annnal Dog Show of the Toronto In- 

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

 Stone, Sec'v. 



Sept. 19 to 23.— Third Annual Dog Show of the Kingston Kennel 

 Club, at Kingston, Canada H. C. Bates, Seti'y. 



Sept. 20 to 23.— Western Michigan Kennel Club, at Grand Rapids 

 Minli. H. Dale Adams, Galesburg. Mich., Superintendent;. 



Sept. 26 to 30.— Rochester Kennel Club, at Rochester, N. Y. Dr. 

 O. S. Bamber, Sec'y. ' 



Sept. 27 to 30.— Dog Show at Ottawa, Can. Alfred Geddes, Ser 'y. 



Oct. 25 to 28.— Omaha Kennel Clab, at Omaha, Neb. E. L. 

 Marston. Sec'y. 



Kov. 23 to 25,— Brooklyn. H. W. Runtington, Sec'y, 148 South 

 Eighth street. 



1893. 



.Jari. n.-Gloversville, N. Y. F. B. Zimmer, Sec'v. 



h 21 to 22.— Westminster Kennel Club, New York city. J as. 

 MoTtlnif^r, Snpt. 

 June 13 to 1",— World's Fair, Chicago. 

 Sept. 7 to 10.— Hamilton, Ontario. A. I). Stewart, Sec'y. 



FIELD TRIALS. 

 Ort. 25.— Third Annual Field Trialis of the National Bengle Club, 

 at Nanupt, N. Y. Bench show of the club Oct. 24. H. V. .Jamie - 

 sen, Sef'y. 



>.ov. 7 -Internationa] Field Trials Club, third annual trials, at 

 Cha'ham, Our,. Amateur Stake, Nov. 7. Open Stalfes, Nov. 8. 

 W. B Wei's Sec'y. 



N V 7.-United States Field Trials at Elizabethtown, Ky. P. 

 T Msd)=oi , Inaianap^]is. Ind. Pec'v. 



Nov. 8.— New Enslaad F -id Trials, at Assonet, Mass. E. 

 Knieht Sperrv. New H'ven. Conn., Sec'y. 



Nov. U.— Fju' th An-UHl Trinis of the Brunswick Fur Club, at 

 Princeton, M.iss. J. H. Ba'rd. Sec'y. 



Nov. 15.— American Field Trial?, at Columbus, Ind. W, J. Beck, 

 Sec'y. 



Nov. 21.— Eastern Field Trial Club Trials, at High Point, N. C. 

 W. A. Coster, Sef.'y. 

 Nov. 28. -Philadelphia Kennel Club Trials, at High Point, N. C. . 



F, G, Taylor, Sec' e. 



Dec. 5.— Central Field Trials, at Lexington, N, C. Col, Ode ]J. 

 Sec'y. 



Dec. 19.— Irish Setter Field Trials, at Lexington, N. C. Dr, G. , 



G. Davis, Philadelphia, Pa., Sec'y. 



1893. 



January.— Pacific Coast Field Trials, at Bakersville, Cal. J. M. 

 Ki'garif. Sec'y. 



Feb 8— Rntithern Field Trials, at New Albany, Miss. T. M.i 

 Brumby, Sec'y. 



THE MANITOBA FIELD TRIALS. 



THE DERBY. 



The trials began on Wednesday, Aug. 31, at Morris, Man., 

 as advertised. Chickens were said to be in such great abun- 

 dance before the trials that hut little searching was required 

 to find them, and that therefore they were too plentiful for 

 a trial; but during the running they were none too plentiful, 

 and it taxed the searching and finding abilities of the dogs 

 to make a good showing. 



The grounds are excellent for the pttrposes of a field trial; 

 the accommodations are comfortably good, and there are 

 plenty of birds for field triol purposes. The town is situated 

 about 28 miles from the boundary line, on the Canadian 

 Pacific and Northern Pacific railroads, on the Red River. It 

 is built on the prairie, so that the shooting begins from the 

 outskirts, and as it is but a small town, the grotmds are but 

 a few hundred yards from the hotel. 



The prairie is interspersed with growths of bushes here 

 and there, varying in width from a mere clump to 100 or 

 more yards in diameter, and they are favorite haunts of the 

 birds during the midday hours. In the morning hours up 

 to 10 or 11 o'clock, and from 4 o'clock till night, they are 

 found on the prairie and wheat fields, some of the latter 1 

 being very large, and afford good feeding grounds for the^ 

 birds. 



Mr. W. Tallman did the judging and gave general satis 

 faction. He managed the running skilfully, and his de- > 

 cisions were well received. ' 



This Derby was a most difficult stake to judge, the work 

 varying from good and bad to indifferent, and many errors i 

 of the dogs added to the complications. Hardly a single') 

 dog in the stake worked with any uniformity. Mr. Tallman i 

 gave them ample time and opportunity to exhibit their < 

 capabilities. He was very painstaking in arriving at correct ( 

 decisions. 



The club held a meeting on the evening of Aug, 31. It has 

 a membership of about 100. Two more, Messrs. G. W. Har- j 

 risen and ,7. W. Robert.-, both of Souris, Man., were elected , 

 to membership. The rules were changed to make them i 

 conform to the requirements of the spotting system, in.stead ; 

 of the heat system, which required but very little change to •< 

 accomplish. 



The Canadian handlers showed excellent skill, and obedi- i 

 ent dogs which ranged with self-confidence. Their quiet I 

 and fair handling was admirable and would be an improving I 

 model for many handlers in the States to copy. , 



It is an utter impo.«sibility for a judge to decide with any i 

 satisfaction on the qualities of half-broken dogs, and such I 

 dogs obstruct the interests of all competitors. 



All field trials rules should give the judge power to with- I 

 bold prizes on account of want of merit. No dog is a high- I 

 class dog which will not take the necessary training, and no : 

 dog is fitted for a competition which cannot be handled in | 

 the usual manner. ^ 



Although the trials were run during the close season, the i 

 club had legal permission to shoot twenty birds by a special i 

 act of Grovernment, as the following will show: j 



PROVINCE OP MANITOBA. j 



GAM^! niCENSE TO THE MANITOBA FIELD TKIAIS CLITB. , 



Under and by virtue of the authority of Section 1 of an act to I 

 amend the Game Protection Act, 18y2,pprmission is hereby granted 

 to the Manitoba Field Trials Club, a limited number of' chickens i 

 to shoot, take, hunt and kill not to exi^eed twenty, witbin the 

 Province of Manitoba, at theiv annual trial for the'year 1892, in 

 conformity with the provisions of the said act. 



Given under my hand at the Department of Agriculture and \ 

 Immigration in the city of Winnipeg, this 29th day of August, i 

 1892. (Signed) Thos Ghbenwat, I 



Minister of Agriculture, Statistics and Health. i 



H. McKell^b, City Clerk. ' 



The high standing and influence of the club can be no ' 

 better evidenced than by such a document. 



The secretary, Mr. A, Hollowav, was absent in consequence i 

 of ill health. Mr. E. D. Adams, of Winnipeg, attended to 

 the details of the office with skill and promptness. , 



The winners of first and third are owned by J. M. Avent ' 

 and Bayard Thayer. The work of both dogs was marred by I 

 nisobedience and unfinished training. Both go with dash | 

 and vim, point well, but they did not always locate their i 

 birds with the best of judgment and made many errors- 

 thtir range also was faulty, being mixed, wide and close, ' 

 rf gardless of the grounds, and often they cast back and , 

 worked behind their handlers. 



The pointer dog Albert;a Joe. winner of second, washy I 

 far tbe best worker in the stake in every res^pect, and really 

 be-it hirasalf in his last bent by jealousy, persistent refusal I 

 to back and errors in work on birds. Taken all in all, [ 

 believe he was the best dog in the stake on the work done ' 

 but there were .so many errors on his part toward the last ' 

 that he c juld with good reas.oa be placed second. On the ' 

 other hand, the others had plenty of error,<« as well. Joe ' 



