FOREST AND STREAM. 



[May 26, 1894. 



ON THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR. 



^Continued from Page ASS.) 

 After dinner had been served we sent the boys to the 



and flashing like blinding stars as they mellowed to the 

 surface in our wake. There was just force enough in the 

 air to sway the branches of the dark pines and sunshine 

 PTimio-h to mint their tops in golden hues, while the aroma 



man Dood, interested me for quite a while, it being a pic- 

 ture of the country and its people. The authoress had a 

 clever appreciation of the French character and tempera- 

 ment and a broad, tolerant view of the social and moral 

 questions of the period. In one place she speaks of a 

 young factory girl who "had been singing songs of ques- 

 tionable taste in a voice of such contralto sweetness as to 

 have touched the heart of a Bishop." On the whole, the 

 book is a vivacious and thoroughly charming volume of 

 travels. Its individuality and freshness were deliciously 

 delightful. . ■ 



Ned's mind being of a somewhat practical k turn, and 

 doubtless looking for some new ideas in the contemplative 

 man's recreation, took to Kit Clarke's last work, "The 

 Practical Angler." He soon came to the conclusion that 

 the author knew a thing or two about the gentle art. 

 After he had gleaned the information that big trout could 

 be taken by hooking a field mouse through the ear or tail 

 and then letting it swim around where the "big fellows" 

 lie, he was soon on the lookout for the little rodent, but 

 his search that time completely failed him. I was posi- 

 tive he would now order out the entire camp for a grand 

 hunt for the mischievous little pests, but other important 

 matters crowding on his mind it was forgotten, and the 

 boys thereby saved from the troublous scouring of grass- 

 grown fields. 



About 5 o'clock the half-breeds returned with a bucket 

 of blueberries and then a proposition was made for an 

 hour or two's trouting over the same grounds we had vis- 

 ited in the morning. The boat being put in readiness 

 without delay we all boarded her and went along the pic- 

 turesque shore with the mountains wrapped in violet haze 

 and the savage cliffs burning in regal splendor, while the 

 rosy light shooting through the branches of the green 

 foliage fell upon the gray rocks that lined the shore with 

 a strange golden glory. It was a condition tbat we were 

 sure would find the carmined beauties in sportive play and 

 eager to pounce upon what fell within their range. As 

 I nave said before, the cover here for trout in shelving 

 ledges, deep chasms, huge rocks and the like, was unsur- 

 passed. Ned, eager for the quarry, was soon at work, 

 while I chose to await arrival at the "big rocks." 



Corning to an abrupt crag that was in alternate lines of 

 sunshine and shade, Ned made his first cast and quiver, 

 but no red-coated or freckle-sided Salvelinus sprang upon 

 either of the deceits. Again they were elevated and 

 again fell and fluttered with the same result. This de- 

 lightful and hopeful work he kept up till he was satisfied 

 that the place was either untenanted or that the tinted 

 Ilebes were not to be coaxed to the surface. The boat is 

 ordered onward to another tempting spot where the shore 



" bristling fierce with towers, 



Turrets and batilements of warlike powers — 

 Jagged and priestly pinnacles and spires— 

 And crowned with domes, that glitter in the fires 

 Of the slant sun, like smithied silver bright. 1 ' 



Here, amid all the grandeur of cliff and mountain beauty, 

 flushed with every tint and hue imaginable, must dwell 

 the courtly beauty of the ruby's gleam and the pearl's pale 

 shade. 



Ned was positive of arousing some of the dwellers in 

 this castellated retreat, and so he sent his avant courriers, 

 the scarlet-ibis and the yellow-belle, on the mission. They 

 went time and again, and finally reported the place de- 

 serted. He wanted a victim badly and was sorely disap- 

 pointed at the failure. On the warpath he went once 

 more, and this time he stopped in front of a savage ravine 

 radiant with the glowing light pouring through it, and 

 grimly fortified at the top with a forest of black pines that 

 stood like dark sentinels against a crimsoned sky. Here, 

 after divers efforts at recognition, he secured a victim 

 superlatively beautiful in charming tints of violet, orange 

 and gold. Satisfied with the trophy he had snatched from 

 the chasm at this wild spot, we hasten along until we 

 reach a great, sloping plain, ridged and seamed, that ran 

 in strange confusion to the lake, and then dropped per- 

 pendicularly with a ragged face to the waters below, dis- 

 closing ledge upon ledge that years of grinding ice and 

 battling waves had formed. Here was a haunt fit for the 

 home of a Naiad or a trout, and as the latter was our 

 special admiration and object, the illusive flies danced 

 gracefully over the caverned retreats. At last Ned's cun- 

 ning efforts were rewarded, but it was in such an infin- 

 itesimal manner that he declined the reward, indignantly 

 tossing back the little nursling that it perchance might be 

 returned to him or some other fortunate angler in the 

 future, in pounds instead of ounces. This prompted him 

 to move without further halt to the "big rocks." Reach- 

 ing this place, we promptly stepped ashore, Ned rapidly 

 making for the upper end of the flinty islet, for such it 

 really was, while I remained at the lower and put my 

 title Chubb rod into immediate service. 



Ou the second cast, my stretcher, a red hackle, was 

 gobbled, and then after a vigorous fight, a lovely darling 

 of the Salvelinus family that was a trifle over 31bs., was 

 repenting his fatal curiosity in a deep depression on the 

 gleaming rock. It was really a treat to see how that little 

 7oz. rod with cork handle worked. Its bend was the very 

 perfection of grace, while its recovery was immediate 

 without halt or drag. And then so wonderfully balanced 

 and vigorous its strength, that I would have trusted it to 

 hang and kill a muscallonge of 20 or 301bs. With perfect 

 confidence in this rod you can give "the butt" in turning 

 a fish from tangled drifts or sharp-edged rocks, for it is as 

 tough as hickory and as truo as steel. I never knew what 

 comfort and ease in casting were till I began to use the 

 Chubb split-bamboo with cork grip and aluminum reel. 

 To use a hackneyed phrase, "it is a thing of beauty and a 

 joy forever," and therefore a delight to me to make note 

 of a rod that reflects so much credit upon its artistic maker. 



have three of these rods and they all show perfection in 

 workmanship. 



Med, who had been persistently flogging the waters 

 around his end of the rock without further success, joined 

 me and expressed a desire to return to camp. Being in full 

 accord with his wishes we called our half-breeds, who 

 were after berries among the bushes near by, and then 

 boarding the Mackinac were soon off and driving along 

 with little rolls of snow-white foam dropping from the bow 



we progressed with a heart fairly overflowing. Song 

 after song and jest after jest were constantly rolling from 

 his lively tongue, until finally taking to the sentimental, 

 which occasionally strikes him, gave poem after poem of 

 his favorite Bobby Burns. The half-breeds always en- 

 ioyed such occasions and listened with wondering eyes 

 and gaping mouths. Kenosh, who was carried away this 

 time, said to Peter in low tones: "Great man; know heap; 

 sin °* biff.'* 



'■Yes," said I, moved with the spirit of fun; "he's a 

 great man, know heap, sing big, but he can't tie a fly a 

 little bit." 



This created an outburst with the half-breeds, some- 

 what to Ned's astonishment, who at once dropped his 

 Bobby Burns and asked: 

 "What's that about flies?" 

 "I said there were no flies on you." 

 "Oh." he replied, and went on again with his favorite 

 poet as if be had received adulation, while the boys roared 

 louder than ever at my equivocation. 



Ned got somewhat confused again about the matter and 

 could not comprehend why the laughter still prevailed. 

 The sweet pathos of the Scottish bard should bring tears 

 rather than laughter, he thought, and so he withdrew his 

 author, but the smiles of his auditors broadened and 

 broadened till the boat struck the sandy beach at our 

 quarters, and then the tawny Kenosh, as he stepped out, 

 with the humorous spirit of the occasion still within him, 

 said, "No flies on him," and at this the laugh became 

 louder than ever; but poor Ned was sorely puzzled over it 

 and I presume he is to this day. Ales. Starbuck. 



[TO BE CONTINUED.] 



longe weighing from 4 to 121bs. Mr. Joseph. Downey of 

 Chicago caught to day 2k salmon trout, one weighing 

 16ibs. John B. Mann. 



Mr. Wallace Durand, of Newark, N. J., the enthusiastic 

 and successful angler, left New York on Thursday for 

 Canada on his annual fishing and hunting trip. He will 

 go to his club, 160 miles north of Quebec and in the heart 

 of the wilderness, where in company with a party of 

 friends he expects to fish for the salmon of the Lac 

 Bouchette region. . 



Newport, Vt., May 19.— One of our local anglers is just 

 in from a two days' fishing trip down the lake. He 

 brought in eleven lake trout weighing from 6 to 14|lbs. 

 each. He calls the 6 and 81b. ones "little ones." Eob. 



NEWS FROM FISHING WATERS. 



Warren, Pa., May 15.— Trout fishing here is about u 

 to the standard this spring. Some of the best catches 

 have heard of are as follows: Mr. John Shultz 90; Mr. 

 Acy Philepps 83; Mr. J. H. Zittle 50; Mr. Geo. Hedges 36; 

 Mr. Isaac Hare 68; and many other large catches were 

 made in a day's fishing. 



The trout run small, generally averaging about 7in. in 

 length. The best creels were secured the first two weeks 

 of the open season. At the present time it is hard to se- 

 cure a good number of trout without going 17 or 18 miles 

 from town, as all the nearby streams have been fished 

 about out. Good fishing is to be had by going to Sheffield, 

 a small town about 16 miles south of here, and fishing in 

 any of the small streams which flow into the head of 

 Tionesta Creek near that place. W. 



Fallsburgh, N. Y., May 18. — The best catch of the 

 season was made this week by Jas. P. Hall, of Jersey 

 City, 300 in number, on the Neversink River; second best 

 catch by Frank Freer, of Neversink, 225 in number, aver- 

 age size from ilb. to lib. The biggest trout was caught 

 this week by O. Barber, Woodbourne, weight 2ilb. brook 

 trout. L- L- Waldorf. 



Asbury Park, N. J., May 18.— This week has witnessed 

 the first of bass fishing in this locality ; fish have been 

 taken in Manasquan Inlet, SJ, 4 and 12lbs. respectively 

 Excellent white perch fishing is to be had in the same 

 river about two miles from the mouth. They are running 

 unusually large this season, l^lbs. specimens being fre 

 quent. A quarter mile walk from Allenwood Statiou. 

 P. R. E., lands one directly at the point. Taken with 

 lightest of tackle these fish afford Al sport, as they are as 

 full of game as black bass of equal weight. Taken with 

 trout tackle a Hlbs. fish will keep the angler and his rod 

 both busy, if they want to stand at the head of the class 

 when the lesson is over. 



Yesterday morning I succeeded in landing a heavy- 

 weight from our fishing pier. After two hours of patient 

 waiting I was rewarded with a vigorous strike, instantly 

 followed by a lightning-like rush of about 200ft. seaward. 

 Realizing that the quarry was well hooked I gave him 

 good, free play with moderately taut line and about 

 twenty minutes after he made first show at the surface, 

 lashing the water into foam. He immediately made 

 another dive and rush but with much less vigor. Feeling 

 that my time had now come I snubbed him hard and had 

 the satisfaction of seeing him break clear of the water; but 

 instead of the anticipated bass I had a 4ft. shark. I have 

 never caught muscalonge nor tarpon, but if either of 

 them, weight considered, can beat this shark at swift 

 rushes, headlong plunges and cunning resistance in gen^ 

 eral, I would like to try conclusions with him. 



Leonard Hoxit. 



Three Lakes, Wis., May 14. — Joe Swedesky and the 

 writer caught last week 426 pike, largest 9Jlbs"; 29 bass, 

 one 4|lbs. ; 57 pickerel, one 141bs. ; 2 muscallonge, one 

 24ilbs. The prospects look good, the water is low, and the 

 season is much earlier than usual. F. R. French. 



Adirondack Preserve Association, Essex County, N. 

 Y., May 18. — Editor Forest and Stream: The season in 

 this section ha*s opened very pleasantly. The weather has 

 been bright and clear, but a trifle too blustery for con- 

 tinual fly-fishing, although we have had a sufficient num- 

 ber of still days to have good fishing. Trout seemed to 

 have wintered well, and their excellent flavor this season 

 is a cause of remark by all of our members who have 

 partaken of them. The fishing generally has been good, 

 some of our members having several times been obliged 

 to take rods apart and leave our lakes on account of reach- 

 ing the number of trout named in our rules. The large 

 number of small trout seen in our lakes is marvelous, and 

 not only encouraging for future sport but for a continu- 

 ation of our rules, which seem to preserve and increase 

 the number yearly. 



Deer are more plentiful than ever, and are getting so 

 numerous that they are almost daily seen from our club 

 house windows. 



Partridge have not shown up in any numbers as yet, 

 but as the winter was a fairly mild one, they will prob- 

 ably be seen in greater numbers later on. E. W. A, 



Reynolds, via Woodruff, Wis., May 15.— Mr. G. 

 Henry High of Chicago caught in Trout Lake, May 14, 

 12 landlocked salmon, averaging 3 to 6ibs. May 15, caught 



5 muskallonge weighing from 5 to 201bs. May 16, Mr. J . 



Frank Lawrence of Chicago caught tn-day 8 muskallonge 

 and a 91bs. bass; muskallonge weighed from o to 12lbs. 

 Mr. Robinson of Savanna, 111 , caught to-day 24 muskal- 



M EM PH REM AGOG LAKE TROUT. 



Newport, Vt., May 18. — Editor Forest and Stream: 

 There are doubtless many of your readers who at some 

 time have visited Newport and Lake Memphremagog, 

 have taken a trip down the lake forty miles and return, 

 enjoyed the beautiful scenery of wooded hills and shores, 

 the lake itself with its many islands scattered here and 

 there, and grand old "Owl's Head" standing sentinel over 

 the neighboring mountains of lesser heights, and may be 

 their minds had been so engrossed by all these attractions 

 that they had forgotten to inquire what were the possi- 

 bilities in the way of attractions for the angler; for, be it 

 known, there is to be had some really good fishing in 

 Lake Memphremagog and the streams emptying into it. 

 Of course, we do not boast of large catches of speckled 

 trout, land-locked salmon and such, though of the former 

 there are some fine catches brought in here from near-by 

 waters every season. The fishing I most wish to speak of 

 at this time is for the lake trout which at this time and 

 from now until mid-summer is really fine, the fish run 

 larger in size than in any other waters in New England, 

 with possibly one or two exceptions; but few are taken of 

 less than 3 lbs., and I think the average weight may be 

 safely set at from 5 to 8lbs. each. The same methods are 

 employed here for their capture that are in "common 

 use" elsewhere, i. e., trolling, early in the season, and the 

 use of live bait later on when the water begins to get 

 warm. Already several good catches have been brought 

 in by our local anglers, the largest three thus far reported 

 to me were 12, 12| and 141bs., respectively. 



This is not all the fishing to be had in the lake, how- 

 ever, for after the season opens, June 15, we can offer to 

 the bass fisherman as good black bass fishing as there is 

 in the State, and lots of it too. 



I do not write this as anything in the way of a new 'and 

 important discovery, neither do I expect a great rush of 

 anglers in this direction, but simply because I have often 

 wondered why, among so many summer visitors who 

 annually come here, there were not more fishermen, for 

 I know positively of many who go to other places for 

 fishing where they cannot get half the sport that is to be 

 had here, and simply because the other place is adver- 

 tised as a "fishing resort." 



I hope, with the permission of the editor, to report oc- 

 casionally some of the catches some of our local anglers 

 bring in this season, and if any of your readers chance to 

 come this way this summer, and enjoy fishing (as of 

 course they do if they read Forest and Stream), don't 

 let them forget to take along their "tackle," for they may 

 strike bptter fishing in Lake Memphremagog than they 

 have found in other and more noted fishing grounds. 



Rob. 



Salt Water Fishing at Morehead City. 



Morehead City, N. C , May 17. — There has been an i 

 extraordinary run of Spanish mackerel off Bogue Inlet 

 for two weeks past, and trollers have had great sport. 

 Besides Spanish mackerel there are bluefish and cero out- 

 side, and hogfish, spots, croakers, sea mullets and trout 

 or weakfish inside the bar. Sheepshead will soon be due. 

 The Atlantic Hotel at Morehead has been opened since 

 May 7, and parties run down from Newbern by railroad 

 for two nights and a day and enjoy a famous outing. 

 There is no such fishing, boating and bathing elsewhere 

 on the Atlantic coast, and rates for sailboat and skipper 

 are only $3 a trip. 



Beaufort and Morehead are headquarters for extensive 

 fish and oyster interests. Quantities of packages are I 

 shipped to New York every day on ice. At low tide . 

 thousands of acres of oysters are uncovered, and millions 

 of fiddler crabs run over the sand. A wagon driving 

 over the beach will crush scores of them. Seines are sq 

 generally in vogue that bait is little used. Expert hand- 

 liners who will come down here and try among the 

 wrecks and reefs will have rare sport. Hotel accommo- 

 dations are complete and fully up with the times. Those 

 who want a quiet place, run over to the Davis House at 1 

 Beaufort. The Atlantic, at Morehead, has 300 rooms and 

 is lively — filled all summer long with excursion parties, 

 military encampments, church picnics, teachers' associa- 

 tions and the like. This week there were three events. 

 At the annual teachers' assembly in June nearly a thousand 

 persons come together. Rates are $35 to $40 per month 

 each person^ It is a pity that such an incomparable re- 

 sort were not better known outside the State. For salt 

 water fishing there is none like it, and it costs only about 

 $12 to get down here from New York by steamer. 



President Cleveland was out trolling on Thursday, the ; 

 17th, with Capt. R. D. Evans, in the Violet. It was 

 almost too rough for sport. 



Charles Hallock. 



Needham Rod and Gun Club. 



Needham, Mass., May 14 — At a meeting of gentlemen 

 interested in shooting and fishing, an association was 

 formed, to b^ known as the Needham Rod and Gun Club, 

 with the following officers: Pres., Dr. F. P. Hudnut; 

 Vice-Pres., W. H. Cook; Treas., Geo. H. Hassam; Secy, 

 C. W. Hedenberg; Directors, J. N. Bethel. J. W. Jones. 

 The club starts with sixteen members. 



C. W. Hedenberg, Sec'y. 



