JUTIE'29, 1898.J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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honest men must submit to some trouble or submit to the 

 rascals. Mr. Hampton will have to comply with the law 

 until it is repealed. Tlie penalty is gi-aduated— f rom the 

 penitentiary not exceeding two years or county jail not 

 less than thirty days, or by fine not less than $100, or by 

 both such fine and imprisonment. Each seller of explo- 

 sives pays 25 cents for his permit— Sec. 5,086g. The 

 buyer can swear for 5 cents, not 50— Acts 1891, Sec. 5,005, 

 p. 151. I consider this a good law. It is at least the best 

 we have, and the law until repealed. As far as I have 

 learned, it is sustained by public sentiment and will be 

 enforced. Mr. Hampton's cartridge "went oflf" a little 

 prematurely. I think he wrote without mature consid- 

 eration. The details of its execution are not complicated, 

 but simple. H. Clay Ewing. 



St. Lawrence Bass and Pickerel. 



Clatton, N. Y., June 21.— Editor Forest and Stream: 

 Eoving about through the best fishing points of this 

 vicinity, I am led to ask the indulgence of your columns 

 for a little of my experience at places where are found 

 bass, pickerel and muscallonge. 



Beginning at Henderson. Harbor I found plenty of 

 black bass, and although they are not of the largest size 

 they occur in goodly numbers. The same can be said of 

 Sacketfs Harbor a-nd Cape Vincent. After enjoying the 

 fish at these places I came to the quaint old town of Clay- 

 ton, a very busy place during the stimmer season. Here, 

 after a look at the incomparable St. Lawi-ence River, and 

 having taken from its clear waters a surfeit of fish, a 

 pecuUar restful feeling generally follows, and happy is 

 the man with plenty of time at his disposal to enjoy it. 

 The hotels here are excellent, and in nearby waters' the 

 fishing is the best. All points within the Thousand 

 Island district can be easily reached within a radius of 

 twelve miles. Steamers run frequently and aU stop here. 

 In Eel Bay, which is directly in front of the Canoe Asso- 

 ciation's former encajnpments, bass, pickerel and an 

 occasional muscallonge are taken. One recently caught; 

 weighed 251bs, 



Last year a young lady nineteen years old cauglit 

 and landed one here that weighed 471bs. Grand View 

 Park, located on this bay, has a good hotel, with numerous 

 cottages, and although a little outside the regular route 

 for steamers, is connected by ferry from Thousand Island 

 Park, and here you find a transformation from winter to 

 summer that is wonderful. The immense hotel has an 

 enormous patronage, and with the hundreds or cottages 

 which surround it claims a summer population of 6,000. 

 A mile beyond is Fine View, with good hotel and cottages. 

 Six miles further away Alexandria Bay is reached, a well 

 known and noted fishing resort. It is directly on the 

 river and affords all the accommodations that can be 

 found anywhere. While there yesterday I saw two mus- 

 callonge brought in as the result of a few hours' fishing; 

 weight 23 and 181bs. The two were caught by one man 

 and he an amateur. 



I have simply attempted to describe the river from a ' 

 fisherman's standpoint, and will add that it is hardly 

 necessary to go a mile away from any place mentioned ' 

 for tlie best results. ' 



The description of a sail down the St. Lawrence has 

 often been written, but with its constantly changing 

 views, dotted as it is with little islands and handsome 

 residences, it affords a beauty and variety of scenery that 

 needs to be seen to appreciate it. J. 



Fly-Casting Imbroglio. 



June Last week I said that Mr, Elmer Wilkinson 

 won botli the fly and bait medals in the second competi- 

 tion of Chicago's fly-casting club. This was hearsay, and 

 was. incorrect. Mr. Isgrigg, of Montgomery Ward & Co.'s, 

 won the fly -casting medal at that time. Dissensions in the 

 club seem, evident from this morning's city press reports 

 of the third club contest, held yesterday, which read as 

 follows: 



"The regular weekly meeting of the Chicago Fly-Casting 

 Club was held yesterday afternoon in LTnion Park. The 

 features of the event was the excellent bait-casting by 

 Wilkinson, the fly-casting by Johnson, and the inability 

 of the judges to similarly interpret the rules adopted by 

 the club. This misunderstanding led to considerable use- 

 less discussion, which tended to delay the events and to 

 arouse temporary antagonism between some of the mem- 

 bers present. In the bait-casting there were four contest- 

 ants, and by the average given in the long distance and 

 accuracy bait-casting the final averages are deduced: 

 Davidson, 182 4-5f t. ; E. Wilkinson, l8i£t. ; Babcock, 148ft. ; Isgrigg, 109ft. 



Wilkinson was awarded the two standing medals for 

 long distance and accuracy bait-casting and for the long- 

 distance fly-casting event. 



In the accuracy fly-casting event Johnson was easily 

 the winner. The following were the records made by 

 each caster: 



Johnson, 33ft. ; -Isgrigg, 33ft. 5in. ; Babcock, 42ft. 9in. ; Davidson, rOf t. 



The most interesting event of the day ^vas the long- 

 distance fly-casting, with five entries. The contest was 

 between Isgrigg, the holder of the medal, and Wilkinson, 

 the winner. The following distances were given out as 

 oiflcial by the judges: 



Wilkinson, 64ft.; Johnson, 63£t. 6in.; Isgrigg, 61ft. : Babcock, 60ft. : 

 Clark, nm. 



The next meeting will be held in Unioii Park, Thurs- 

 day, June 39. This meeting promises to be a highly inter- 

 esting one, owing to the rivalry existing between the 

 contestants, Wilkinson and Isgrigg, for the long-distance 

 fly-casting medal." E. HouGH. 



909 Security Buildino, Chicago. 



Trout at Castalia. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Some httle time since you noted the capture at Castalia 

 of a brown trout weighing 41bs. 2oz., by ]\Ir. John Sweeny, 

 of Detroit. About three weeks since, another fine speci- 

 men of the same variety was taken in the same stream, 

 weighing 51bs. 12oz. , and this fish was kept in a live box 

 to adorn the World's Fair aquarium, but an enthusiastic 

 fisherman having imdertaken to exhibit the captive to a 

 friend, his majesty took German leave, and the showman 

 and his guest were left lamenting. Now the record is 

 again broken by Andrew Engiert, the club's keeper, who 

 on the evening of the 16th rust, took with a 7oz. rod on 

 a Jock-Scott fly, a German trout weighing Tibs. 6oz, The 



fish is now in the hands of a Toledo taxidermist, and wUl 

 be set up in the finest style of the art for permanent pre- 

 servation at the club house. The coloring of this parti- 

 cular specimen is simply magnificent, and its display of 

 vermilion and dark carmine is richer and more vivid than 

 on our own Salmo fontinalis. 



The German trout were introduced into the Castalia 

 Stream seven years ago, and the recent captures show 

 that tliey have found it a more than congenial habitation. 



This club, by tlie way, has already sent about 100 five 

 specimens of the Rangeley, German and brook trout, 

 ranging from | to ?.lbs. in weight, to the Fisheries Exhibit 

 at the Fair. Jay Beebe. 



Toledo, O., June 23. 



Denver Notes. 



State Fish and Game Warden Callicotte has been in- 

 vestigating the number of fish in the State hatcheries. 

 According to the report of ex-AVarden Land there should 

 be at least 800,000 fry in the Denver hatchery, but Mr. 

 Callicotte can only find about 100,000. 



It is said that large numbers of fish have been put in 

 private ponds instead of in the public streams, and that 

 25,000 fry that were taken from the Twin Lakes hatchery 

 to go to the Denver hatchery never reached Denver, but 

 were put in a lake near Buffalo. Warden Callicotte will 

 make a thorough investigation and ascertain in regard to 

 the truth of the above. 



The following gentlemen have organised the Denyer 

 Fishing Club: Ex-City Attorney Fred Williams, B. E. 

 Quentin, Milw^ard Hewitt, J. L, Jerome, L. B. France, C. 

 Kunsemiller, S. F. Rathvon, F. E. Edbrooke, A. F. Vick 

 Roy, B. E. Shear, I. L. Johnson, W. P. Thompson, D. C. 

 Chesebro, J. S. Temple, D. D. Seerie, P. O'Brian, W. A. 

 Marean, Bradbury Clawson, Manahan and J. Bagley. 

 The club owns five acres of land at Vala, where they will 

 erect a club house, etc. It is a fine game country as well 

 as an excellent fishing jjoint. The membership of the 

 club is limited to one hundred. Teseeby. 



A Yellowstone Trout. 



The largest trout that has been caught in the State, 

 within our knowledge, was taken from the waters of the, 

 upper Yellowstone, in Yankee Jim's Canon last Thurs- 

 day, It weighed 81bs. 9oz., and measured 29in. in length 

 and I7in. in circumference. "Specimen" Schmidt is ac- 

 credited with having made this remarkable catch, 

 although Conductor Ed. Winston, who exhibited the 

 speckled beauty at the depot Thursday evening, blush- 

 ingly replied in the affirmative when asked by a number 

 of ladies in the depot if he had caught "that lovely fish?" 

 However, it matters not who caught the trout or to 

 whom it belongs. It is sufficient to know that the 

 specimen has been stuffed and mounted for County Com- 

 missioner Hoppe, who will take it with him when he goes 

 to the World's Fair next month. — Livingston (Mont.) 

 Post. 



A Tautog Tandem. 



James and Thomas Berry of this city went fishing off 

 Nayatt the other day, and returned with about 1201bs. of 

 tautog, as the result of their day's sport. James pulled 

 in two fish at one time, one on each hook, and on ex- 

 amining them, found that these same two fish had once 

 before bitten two hooks attached to the same line. Each 

 had another hook in its mouth attached to a snell, and the 

 two snells were attached to a small portion of line. 



Delaware River Salmon. 



We learn from Pish Commissioner Ford that six At- 

 lantic salmon, taken from the Delaware River during the 

 spring, were sold to a single dealer in Philadelphia 

 market. They ranged in Aveight from 11 to 231bs. It is 

 known that salmon were caught at Marcus Hook, Red 

 Bank, Lambertville and Delaware Water Gap. Doubt- 

 less many more were captured, but the stringent laws 

 prevent their getting into the records. 



In Canadian Wilds. 



KiTTANNiNG, Pa., June 19. — I found Forest and Stream 

 in the far Canadian wilds the other day. , We were up for 

 the early trout fishing, had a delightful time and landed 

 some of those noble big fellows which figure so largely in 

 the sportsman's imagination. Two-and-a-half and three- 

 pounders on 6oz. fly-rods in reality will remain a cherished 

 memory. J. H. LaR. 



A Plaint from the Post Office. 



Post Office, New York, N. Y., Office nf the Assistant Postmaster, 

 May 18, 1893.— Forest and Streaoa Publishing Co.: Gentleraen-The 

 copy of Forest and Stream which you are so kind as to send me 

 reaches this office bearing two addresses— one that of a gentleman in 

 Wall street, whose surname also begins with a "G.," the other mine. 

 As his name appears first (and for other obvious reasons) he has the 

 prior claim, and the paper is sent to him, leaving me Fokest and 

 SxREAM-less— a most unhappy plight for one who takes so much com- 

 fort in perusing it, and whose acquaintance with forest and stream is 

 thus limited to the distant view of the Jersey woods and the Hudson 

 River, which he obtains from his office window. Would you mind re- 

 adjusting your cutting machine? Very truly yours, 



J. Gayleh, Asst. P. M. 



A Tough Turtle. 



Is October last Mr. Benson ^Vambolt, whUe on the .shore of Silver 

 Lake (a tributary to the Rossieuol), captured a turtle, and cut its 

 head off with an axe. The body was left lying on a loe. Twenty-one 

 days afterward Mr. Wambolt and Mr. N. F. Douglas had occasion to 

 visit the place. The body had fallen into the water. Mr. AVarabolt, 

 having heard that a tm'tle would hve for some time after the head had 

 been severed, remarked to Mr. D. that they would see how this fellow 

 was progressing. They then took the body from the water and laid it 

 on the same log, and it immediately began to move itself along with 

 its legs. Four days afterward (tbe 25th day) Mr. W. again visited the 

 place, and found, to his astonishment, there w^as hfe stSl remaining in 

 the tiu-tle. This is a genuine fish story, and can be attested to,— Nova 

 Scotia Gold Hunter. 



A Stray Shinplaster 



Comes to us once in a while for a copy 

 of "Game Laws in -Brief;" but shin= 

 plasters nowadays are scarcer than Moose 

 in New York; and 25 cents in postage 

 stamps will do just as well. 



"FOREST AND STREAM'' PISHIITG POSTALS 



Hend us a postal card report of your own luck, your partner^s luck, 

 your neighbor\'i luck, your father-in4aiti\H luck. And — ^her luck. 



BabnegatBay, Waretown, N. J., June 20. — ^Weakfish 

 have just appeared in Barnegat Bay. I saw one boat 

 yesterday which had caught six that would average 2i to 

 31bs. each. They were taken on the rod at the entrance 

 of Oyster Creek channel. Sheepshead are reported as 

 biting well. 



Neversink (Fallsburgh), N. Y., June 19.— Fishing 

 good, stream just about right. Wm, Dean and J. M. 

 Freer made a nice catch on Saturday, fish running of 

 nice size. Prospects good. Fkank Freeb. 



Clayton, N. Y., June 20.— After two and one-half 

 hours' fishing I brought in twenty bass and two pickerel. 

 Coming as I have from Texas, this being my first trip to 

 the St. Lawrence, I thought it worth mentioning. 



Jack Gordon. 



Taylor's-on-Schroon Lake, N. Y., June 23.— Messrs. 

 Knox and Benjamin caught last week five lake trout in 

 front of the Taylor House weighing 91bs. The fishing at 

 present is excellent, and prospects for bass very good. 

 This is a particularly good point for deer and partridge 

 shooting in the fall. J. B. Bubnham. 



Loch Sheldrake (Hurleyvflle), N. Y., June 20.— There 

 were caught 'on above date at Loch Sheldrake by Mr. 

 Hoberg and Mr. Rockenbach, of the Clyde S. S. Co., 

 twenty very fine pickerel, running from lib. up, the 

 largest weighing 61bs. 14oz. Ed. Misner. 



Thousand Islajs^d Pabk, Clayton, N. Y., Juine 24.— Mr. 

 Spencer Beard and wife, of Syracuse, caught 15 very fine 

 black bass at Thousand Island Park, from the old bridge, 

 with rod and line in three hours on Friday last. Now is a 

 good time to go a-fishing. O. P. Hadcock. 



Thbee Lakes, Wis,, June 13.— Last week Mr. Chas. 

 French caught 489 black bass at Butternut Lake; largest, 

 G^lbs. Butternut excels the early days of Gogebic for 

 bass fishing. Write to F, R. French for information. Mr. 

 L. G. Wells, Miss Wells, Miss Clark, caught in one day's 

 fishing 48 pike, largest 61bs. ; 7 pickerel, 2 largest 10 and 

 lllbs. ; 4 bass, largest 51bs.; 2 muskallonge, largest 261bs. ; 

 total 1491bs. Fishing is good. Thbee Lakes, 



Kennebago Lake, Me,, June 24.— Trout fishing at Ken- 

 nebago has been good; large catches have been made. 

 Thursday, June 22, E. A. Belding caught 99; Friday, June 

 23, E. A. Belding caught 110; Thursday, June 22, E. Beld- 

 ing caught 75; Friday, June 23, E. Belding caught 65: the 

 party is from Springfield, Mass. Messrs. Whitney and 

 Whitcomb from Troy, N. H., caught 300 in four days 

 ending June 24. The catches this spring range from ^ to 

 41bs. G. A. Royal. 



Greenwood Lake (Lakeside), N. J., June 22.— W. F. 

 Ryerson, Newark, N. J.; one day's fishing, 12 bass, one 

 51bs., one 31bs. and balance average 21bs. All caught 

 casting frog. Herr L. Rosenfeld, of "Liliputian Co.," 

 New York city, caught 15 bass, largest Bibs. — to-day. 



R. L. Patterson. 



ASBURY Park, N. J., June 24.— The past week has 

 been one of joy to the anglers hereabout, more striped 

 bass being taken than has been the case for a number of 

 years. Dr. G. B. Herbert, Monday evening, took two 

 weighing and 23^1bs. respectively, and Tuesday even- 

 ing one of 16ilbs. All these were caught at Manasquan 

 Inlet. William Brumaker, familiarly known as the 

 Veteran, has landed four ranging in weight from 8 to 

 201bs. each on our own beach. Besides at least a dozen 

 have been caught, the particulars of which 1 could not 

 ascertain. Weakfish and kingfish are abundant, but the 

 pomids take them all. Pickerel and white perch are bit- 

 ing freely in Deal Lake. Leonard Hulit. 



Chester (Riverside), N. Y., June 22.— On June 19, E. 

 Bibby caught a brook trout weighing 31bs. , and only 100ft. 

 from the hotel. That is only one of many caught in the 

 same brook. Joh n B. Wells. 



Moose River. 



Attean Lake Sporting Camps, Moose River, Me., June 

 28. — ^Up to date the season has been very backward and 

 we have been troubled with high water, but some very 

 fine trout have been taken and all that I report are regu- 

 lar square-tail speckled trout. Very few sportsmen have 

 been up this way this season so far, so it will be all the 

 better for those who come later. The trout are now ris- 

 ing finely to the fly and plenty of them, and the prospect 

 is good for fall sport, as deer are very plenty, and there 

 are also a good many signs of moose and caribou. 



The following is a list of a few who have taken trout on 

 Attean Reserve and their weights: 



G. K. Putnam, Vermont, 22 trout; largest weighed 8f lbs. 

 12 trout weighed 201bs. 



C. C. Bancroft, Vermont, 18 trout; largest one 51bs. 

 Ed Cook, Massachusetts, 5 trout, 151bs. 



D. C. Perce, several trout; largest, olbs. 



Dr. N. B Russell and J. S. Crose, Massachusetts, good 

 success, average 21bs. 



Ruel Holden, Maine, 5 trout, average over lib. each. 



John Smith, Maine, 11 trout; largest 21bs. ooz. 



D. Hancock, Maine, 15 trout; largest 31bs, Ooz, 



Dr. Murphy, Maine, several; largest 21bs. 6oz. 



The water has fallen rapidly the past few days and there 

 is sure sport for any one who comes into this region from 

 this time on. Ithamar Howe. 



The archer-fish, of which but two species are known, 

 is said to have the remarkable power of spurting water so 

 as to bring down insects. Another fish, called the chseto- 

 don, continues this habit even in captivity, and is much 

 prized as a household pet by the Japanese, who amuse 

 themselves by holding a fly toward it on a slender rod 

 and seeing the finny archer shoot a drop of water at it 

 with such accuracy as to bring it down. . Fishy. 



The Best Line to Denver 



From either Chicago or St. Louis is the Burlington route. Only one 

 night on the road. Daily vestibuled trains, with Pullman sleepers, re- 

 clining chair cars Cseats free) and Burlington route dining cukV&.—Adv 



