Am. i9, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



BOSTON AND MAINE. 



Boston, Aug. 14.— It is not veryiDleasingtothe genuine 

 fisherman, the angler who loves angling in re&Uty, to re- 

 flect that his favorite trout waters are to-day the lounging 

 place of the vacationist, the daAvcUing fisherman, who 

 fishes only because it is fashionable. But such is the case. 

 Nearly all of the celebrated trout waters of Maine and 

 the Provinces, not under the control of anglers' clubs, are 

 to-day overloaded with vacationists and would-be sports- 

 men. This sort of vacation is becoming more pojjular 

 every year. Even the more distant and inaccessible re- 

 sorts are crowded with visitors of the vacation stamp this 

 year. They fish a lil tie because it is the thing to do. The 

 most of the men are armed with rifles and shotgims, and 

 alas for the fate of some of the game birds and game 

 animals! There is far too much shooting out of season. 

 The hotel and camp keepers wink at this. Their guests 

 shoot, and because they are their guests they are not com- 

 plained of. The guides make no complaint, if they are 

 employed, and it is only by the employing of guides 

 that these vacation sportsmen can mjure the game 

 much. Deer are moi-e plenty than ever in Maine 

 this year, but it is a fact that they are not 

 as jilenty around these resorts even though in the 

 depths of the forests and far from settleuaents, as 

 they are nearer the settlements, and in localities 

 where these vacationists do not go. Deer are being 

 seen in the fields and in the near vicinity of settlements 

 to a most remarkable extent this season. The only condi- 

 tions seem to be that there are woods and mountains in 

 the near vicinity, and that the residents have not killed 

 them off or dogged them out of the country. The usual 

 silly items are beginning to appear in the Maine papers, 

 about Mr, So-and-So's beans being destroyed by deer, or 

 that the oats of Mr. Thus-and-So are all eaten up by deer. 

 Usually these items are followed by the suggestion that 

 the local game warden be called upon to take care of liis 

 deer. Such nonsense does not have much weight, be- 

 yond the showing of the sentiment that jDrevails against 

 one of the most wonderful game supplies that exists in the 

 world — wonderful because it has sprung up where there 

 was next to nothing only a few years ago, for the simple 

 reason that dogging and crusting and shooting in the 

 midst of the breeding has been partially stoioped by a code 

 of wholesome game laws. 



Ex-Governor John D. Long.of Massachusetts, and party 

 is at the Rangeleys for a short vacation. The G-overnor 

 was reared in Oxford county, in that State, and the love 

 of the line and rod was a part of his early education. He 

 takes a fishing trip or two every year. Governor Russell, 

 of Massachusetts has been taking a yachting trip with 

 Mr. Bayard Thayer, the owner of the beautiful Birch 

 Lodge camps at the liead of Richardson Lake, in Maine. 

 Mr. Thayer has been in Japan all of the season till of 

 late. Doubtless he, with his friends, the Governor and 

 Mr. Herbert Leeds, will make a faU trip to the old sport- 

 ing grounds. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Kennard, Master Ralph 

 Kenna,rd and Miss Edith Kennard, with Mrs. Col. Mat- 

 thews, all of Boston, are on a trip to Eustis, Me., where 

 they wUl take in Tim Pond and Round Mountain Lake. 

 Mr. and Mi-s. F. S. Dexter and Miss Addie Schirmer are about 

 starting on their annual trip to Kennebago. They have spent 

 several weeks of August and September at that lake for a 

 number of years, ilr. Dexter is now a resident of Dix- 

 field. Me., but was formerly well known in the paint and 

 oil trade of Boston. Mr. Hal. Haskell, son of E. B. Has- 

 kell, one of the senior proprietors of tlie Boston Herald, 

 with some of his friends will soon start on a trip of some 

 weeks to Camp AUerton Lodge, on Mooselucmaguntic 

 Lake. 



A funny story of a big trout comes from the Maine 

 papers, and whether true or not, it is too good for the 

 FoKEST AND STREAM to lose. It is about a Canadian 

 Frenchman who has lately taken a big trout at the Upper 

 Darn. In telling the story the Frenchman said: "O 

 sacre! He was a dinger. When me cut his head out and 

 his gut off, and throwed the rest away, he weighed lOlbs. 

 and 13in. He'll nearly broke me back off!" Special. 



and silver seen for a single instant as the whirling waters are cut by 

 one of these trout as he makes a rush from his lurking place for some 

 chance morsel which is being borne past him. The western trout are 

 rai-ely as shy as their relati': es of eastern waters, and because of their 

 numbers and the consequent scarcity of food are apt to be less fas- 

 tidious; yet, even when most abundant, due caution must be used if 

 one would be successful, and not every one can catch trout, even in 

 the west. With the proper care in concealing one's self, a pool may 

 be almost decimated ere the alarm will be taken, and I have seen 

 fifteen fair-sized trout taken from a single small pool in quick 

 succession. 



Spokane Waters. 



Spokane, Wash., Aug. 4. — Some of our fishermen, 

 notably among them Mr. V. H. Brown, make good catches. 



The Spokane River has been, and is now, a splendid 

 stream for what is known in this section as rainbow trout. 

 In fact I have never seen any other of the trout species 

 caught in the river above Spokane, trout weighing 12 and 

 141bs. are frequently taken, while those from 1 to 51bs. 

 are of common occurrence. The great mystery is how it 

 is possible that a stream fished so thoroughly could have 

 so many big fish. One theory is that it is supplied from 

 Lake Coeur d'Alene, about 30 miles above Spokane, but 

 this can hardly be the fact, as they must come over Post 

 Falls, which is about 30ft. high. The fishing in Lake CcBur 

 d'Alene is good at all times, and the tributaries of the 

 lake, St. Joe River and the Coeur d'Alene River afford 

 splendid sport. Below Spokane salmon are taken; early 

 in the season they rim up the small tributaries to the 

 springs. I have seen them in shoal water so they could 

 be shot with a rifle At the mouth of the Little Spokane 

 they will rise to a spoon hook, 15 and 201bs. fellows. 



The lakes within a short distance of Spokane, Fish 

 Lake, Hay den Lake, Lake Pend d'OreiUe, etc., offer 

 sport which cannot be equalled for those fond of lishing. 



A. B. Keeler. 



Given A Niche. 



This note, with the sketch, was sent 

 to us by the late Dr. E. Sterling, of 

 Cleveland : 



Looking over an old scrap-book 

 to-day I came across the inclosed 

 character, having varied it a little 

 by adding to the creel and "string" 

 a few more fingerlings and placing 

 our hero in a niche. It is the work 

 of some correspondent of a New 

 York daily, who, as a tenderfoor, 

 undoubtedly was describing for his 

 paper what to him was a veritable 

 "Leather Stocking" of the trout 

 streams, lauding him for skill in 

 these words: "This evening I no- 

 ticed his stalwart form as he passed 

 the veranda of the hotel. Going up 

 to him we carefully examined his 

 outfit, which was truly original, but 

 more particularly did we regard the 

 large string of speckled beauties 

 that hung by his side and filled his 

 basket, making, as he informed us, 

 the last of his catch of fourteen 

 hundred within the last two weeks. 

 We immediately hu-ed him as our 

 g-uide for the next day," 



NEW CALIFORNIA FISHES. 



A SPINY box fish was captured near San Pedro and has 

 been described by Prof. Carl H. Eigenmann in the Ameri- 

 can Naturalist, and afterward, in the Proceedings of the 

 National Museum. The specimen is now preserved in 

 W ashington. 



Dr. Jordan has described in the Proceedings mentioned, 

 a new variety of the red-throated trout which he calls 

 Saliiio inykiss aguu-bunita, tlie golden trout of Kern 

 River. The name agiia-honita is derived from that of the 

 Agua Bonita Falls, near which the tyjie sjiecimens were 

 found. 



The golden ti-out is a very handsome black-spotted form 

 with a broad scarlet band along the side, the back olive, 

 and the belly light golden. There is no crimson blotch 

 between the branches of the lower Jaw as in other varie- 

 ties of the rcd-tliroated trout. The dark spots are limited 

 cliiefly to the tail and the hinder part of the body. 



Dr. Jordan believes this is the same trout described by 

 Mr-. Henshaw in the following extract: 



This is the common "brook trout" of the small mountain streams 

 of the Pacific slope, and up to an altitude of 9,0U0ft. it is the rare ex- 

 ception to find a suitable stream that is not well stocked with it. Upon 

 many of them, as the tributaries of the South Fork of the Kern River, 

 these trout are found in very great abundance, each pool and rapid 

 numbering its finny denizens by the score. They may be taken in any 

 sort of weather, at any hour of the day, by almost any kind of bait. 

 During the heat of the day they frequent almost entirely the deeper 

 pools, lying under overshadowing rocks or in the shade of some con- 

 venient log. Id early morning or late afternoon they come out and 

 run more into the shallows and rapids, under which circumstances 

 they bite best and furnish the finest sport. Like the average brook 



kmd, and has been w ell called the "Golden Trout." In this respect, 

 however, it is subject to the usual variations obtaining in the family, 

 the change of color notonly accompanying a difference in locality, 

 but being plamly discernible in individuals taken in different parts of 

 the same stream not far distant. In fact, as a specific character, 

 color in this family seeius to be at its lowest value. The character of 

 the bottom and water itself has much to do with this, and 1 remem- 

 ber to have fished in a small rivulet on one ot the subalpine 

 meadows not far from Mount AVhiluey, whose sluggish waters flowed 

 over a bottom of dark mud, in which the color ol: the trout simulated 

 very closely its hue; they had lost nearly all the Hashing iridescent 

 lints characterizing, the same species caught hut a re\\' hoius before 

 in another stream, and had ijecome dull aud sorubre hiicJ. Accom- 

 panying tliis change of color uasa correspdiidirigly noticeable differ- 

 ence in habit s and motions, and the several dozen tr.;.ut can gbi that 

 - evening for supper were taken out w uh tiie huoU with the display of 

 very little more gameuess lUan u ould be noticed in so many horne^ 

 pout. On the contrary, Ld ilic clear rapid current of the iuoimtai" 

 Stream, a dash of suuhght is seai cels qmcker than the gleam of goP 



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DEDICATEB TO THE 

 FHATEHNITY OP 



"TROUT HOGS." 



Cleaning Out Skaneateles Lake. 



Special State Game Protector E. D. Crossley, of Scott, 

 and his assistant, Jeff J. Brown, of Glen Haven, made a 

 trip down the Skaneateles Lake, Tuesday. Within two 

 miles of Glen Haven, on the east shore, they captured 

 two square dii) nets; at Pray's Point they found a sum- 

 mer sojourner, whose home is in IMichigan, shooting bass; 

 at Mandana, a new 25-rod gill-net was captured, which 

 was burned by Brown when' the men arrived in this vil- 

 lege. Crossley and Brown also allege that at the Skane- 

 ateles end of the lake they found two parties catching 

 perch, suckers and other fish with nets, contrary to law. 

 Warrants were sworn out agiiinst all the parties found 

 fishing illegally, and suits for penalties will follow. Two 

 villagers against whom charges are made say they_ were 

 only catching bait, which they claim they have a right to 

 do. — Skaneateles (iV. Y.) Free Press, Aug. 4. 



Namingf tbe Day. 



Omaha, Neb., Aug. 2. — A man who loves the sport of 

 fishing, has the means of reaching in one night the 

 "happy fishing groimds" of four States and has his busi- 

 ness in such shape that he cannot leave, is not to be 

 blamed if semi-occasionally he loses conti-ol of himself 

 and declares life to be a delusion and work abominable, 

 prefixing and affixing to these declarations sundry words 

 not used in polite society or a first-class journal like ours. 



From the 15th of May up to the present time, various 

 dates have been fixed for our start, but as the time has 



CHAINED TO BUSINESS? 

 Can't go fishing? Do the next best thing. Read about it In th 

 " Forest and Stream." 



drawn near we have been compelled to lay aside all hope 

 of being in readiness, until at last the partner|of our hopes 

 and joys, and likewise our outing trips, had packed tackle 

 boxes, rods, nets and all the other impedimenta imder a 

 lot of winter underclothing in the bottom of the deepest 

 chest. 



E. Hough's letter of July 11 (may he enjoy many, many 

 more such camps and write of them) when read to the 

 mistress must have touched her, for I f oimd the chest un- 

 locked and a sightly little split-bamboo where it could 

 easily be reached. Perhaps a box of toothsome pike 

 shipped by express from Spirit Lake had a httle to do 

 with it; at any rate my trusty lancewood is where I can 

 see it a dozen times a day; and it is a fact that another 

 date is actually set. 



Our ten-yeax-old, under the guidance and tuition of his 

 grandsire, is finding a goodly number of the largest pike 

 in Spirit Lake, and his letters setting forth his achieve- 

 ments are — well, I am happy to say he will make a first- 

 rate fisherman if he keeps on. 



Three in a boat one day last week, on the north shore of 

 Spirit Lake, in pa,rt of the forenoon hooked 50 large fish, 

 mostly pike, but with a sprinkling of croppy, rock and 

 silver bass, and one or two nice pickerel; and the 

 beauty of it is that a catch of this kind can be .taken to 

 the lodge and not a bone wasted, all being prepared for 

 the table or shipped to distant friends. 



Such tales from our friends there and in FOKEST AND 

 Stream set us to dreaming and yoit may say wailing, for 

 this wail is from the heart of one who longs to leave 

 sooty, dusty air and hot, paved streets for the crisp, brac- 

 ing wind froQi ten miles of water and a soft rocking in a 

 good cedar boat, with an occasional, only an occasional, 

 bite, just to remind him that his hooks are outboard — and 

 he is pretty near heavenly bhss. John Peabody. 



Washington Notes. 



A SUNFISH, or mola, has attracted much attention^in 

 Center Market. It was shipped from Washington, North 

 Carolina, by Mr. J. D. Cordon, who, in announcing its 

 capture, described it as having the appearance of a black 

 bear. The specimen measures 3ft. lOin. in length, and 

 probably weighs more than 1501bs. Mola is from the 

 latin, meaning millstone. Headfish is another name 

 appilied to the species in allusion to the all-head appear- 

 ance of the creature. 



The ocean sunfish is found in aU temperate and^tropical 

 seas, and takes this last name from its habit of coming to 

 the surface of the sea in calm weather, lying there on one 

 side, sleeping or basking in the sun, and lazily floating 

 with the tide. Dr. Goode observes that they feed upon 

 jelly-fish or sun-squalls found floating at the surface. 

 The flesh of the mola is not used as food, but an oil, good 

 for sprains and bruises, is extracted from it. The fish is 

 easily approached and many are harpooned by the 

 fishermen on our East Atlantic coast in summer, when 

 they appear more or less numerouslj^ The size attamed 

 by the mola is something enormous. About one year ago 

 one was received at the National Museum, from the New 

 Jersey coast, which weighed f uUy 4:001bs. , and more have 

 been frequently recorded. The skeleton of the mola is 

 composed of non-ossified bone, which is soft like cartilage, 

 making it one of the most difficult subjects for the 

 osteologist. 



Mr. C. C. Nutting of the Iowa State University, with a 

 party of students recently passed through Washington on 

 their way to Iowa City. Mr. Nutting and a party had a 

 three months cruise in the West Indies, sailing from 

 Baltimore, where they made collections in natural 

 history. An unusually pleasant time was had and many 

 interesting forms of marine animals were secured for the 

 museum. 



Several members of the Washington Anglers' Club 

 have been catching bass. Frogs, small ones, are the baiit 

 used. The fish will not look at a minnow. Lots of bass 

 are to be seen in the river and good sport is predicted for 

 September. Bart, 



Long Island Bluefish. 



Large schools of bluefish are reported off Eockaway 

 and Fire Island Beach. A boat from Sayville caught 64 

 on Saturday troUing. Weight from (3 to lOlbs. each. 



"POEEST AND STEEAM" FISHING POSTALS 



Send us a postal card report of your oion luck, your partiier's luck, 

 your neighbor's luck, your father-in-law's luck. And— her luck. 



On THE Al Foster.— New York, Aug. 12.— All this 

 week passengers on steamer Al Foster and Angler caught 

 plenty of large flukes, 1 to iilbs. , sea bass from ^ to 71bs. ; 

 many individual catches of 20 to 30. 



Catt. Al Foster. 



Staten Island.— Tottenville, N, Y., Aug. 12,— No fish 

 to be reported, except at Sandy Hook, where fluke and 

 bluefish are taken in large quantities by casting from the 

 beach. John T, Hawkins. 



East Branch, N. Y., Aug. 11.— Trout fishing in this 

 vicinity very poor, but the bass fishing is very good. Mr. 

 Frank Hermes caught six this morning in two hours 

 fishing, the average weight being l:J:lbs. 



John E. O'Mara. 



Washington, Aug. 11.— The weakfish, or salt water 

 trout, are biting splendidly now in the lower Potomac 

 and Chesapeake Bay. Some good strings have been 

 caught. Several camping parties from Washington and 

 Baltimore are at Point Lookout, Md., taking advantage 

 of the fine sport. E. O. D. 



Greenwood Lake (Lakeside Hotel), N. J., Aug. 11. — 

 Fishing has been fine this last week. Dr. E. Vanden- 

 henden caught an Oswego bass on the 9th that weighed 

 6.Hbs. heavy, besides bringing in 4 or 5 others. Mr. 

 Harry Barry, of Passaic, N. J., caught k!3 bass, casting a 

 frog, on the night of Aug. 9, largest weighing 4Hbs., 

 average 24-lbs. Messrs. Eogers, Dmkleberg and Foi-bes 

 have also made some fine catches. E, L, Patterson. 



Florissant, Col., Aug. 10.— Sheriff" BeU and Conductor 

 J. J. Wilber, of this jjlace, have arrived home from a 

 three days' fishing trip on Goose Creek. They brought in 

 512 fine trout. S. T. 8. 



