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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[June 30, 1894. 



invigorating tonic. A glance at the sky, which was steely 

 and ©old-eyed, satisfied us that we were soon to have a 

 very radical change in the weather. Determining to go, 

 rain or shine, storm or calm, the order was given for an 

 immediate departure after breakfast. The boatmen were 

 not pleased with our determination to leave, as they were 

 fearful of a rough time. Not liking to be cowed by land- 

 lubbers, they, nevertheless, moved around quite lively and 

 soon had our breakfast served. The meal over we lent 

 the boys a helping hand and soon had the boat loaded 

 and were off with a fair breeze filling our sails. 



In a very brief time the elements took on an exceedingly 

 serious aspect. The sun, which had a foreboding look at 

 the start, had now completely deserted us; clouds edged 

 with an indigo blue were fast appearing and driving 

 swiftly along, while the wind came with a sad moan that 

 told of a troubled sea. The boatmen displayed an anxious 

 look at this rapid change in the elements, and earnestly 

 scanned the horizon for indications of the weather, but 

 stolidly remained quiet as to their conclusions. The mast 

 now began to bend and creak, the cordage and sails to 

 rattle and the billows to raise high their curving crests 

 with snowy froth. Along sped the stanch and plunging 

 little boat, cleaving the waters as if she rejoiced at their 

 turbulence, and tossing high in air the columned spray 

 from the big combers, It was really a delight to thus 

 glide over the heaving plains, passing in review the bold 

 cliffs that looked down with dark and sullen frown, the 

 great forests of spruce and pine, and the towering moun- 

 tains around whose pinnacles the vapor clouds were fast 

 forming. 



Thus we went dancing along for about six miles, with 

 the music of tho sea ever in our ear, and the breeze 

 steadily on the increase. At last the half-breeds spoke up, 

 stating that the wind was changing and bade fair to soon 

 blow over our bow with a fierceness and rage that would 

 evidently puzzle us to find a safe retreat. As Montreal 

 River was about three miles ahead, we instructed the boys 

 to hold her direct for that desired port. It was a wild 

 chase over a wild sea for the coveted haven. We did not 

 reach it, however, with our sails, for about a half a mile 

 this side of the stream the wind struck us square in the 

 face and then it was down with the canvas and in with 

 the oars, and a vigorous and steady pull against heavy and 

 vicious seas that constantly dashed over our bows until we 

 shot into the mouth of the dark river. 



We were all glad to make the cheerful harbor, for the 

 boys declared it would have been impossible to have 

 pulled much longer against such a heavy wind which was 

 fast approaching a gale. I suggested a tack at the time, 

 but the half-breeds would have none of it, so we permitted 

 them to have their own way about it. How I would liked 

 to have had one of those Nantucket skippers aboard then. 

 He would have given these timid half-breeds a lesson in 

 navigation that perhaps would have availed them in just 

 such a case as this if they would only take on a little 

 more daring. 



The heavens had now become enshrouded in one vast 

 funereal pall, a rippling thunder like the roll of a drum 

 was heard, a sharp flash of red light imprinted itself on a 

 black cloud and then came a sprinkle of rain, a mere 

 preface to some grand battle in the rolling clouds that 



WUUIU euuuL lxia.Ro 10a fwuc folt wkcn it reached tko 



parched earth. 



No time was lost in erecting our tents, as both master 

 and man went to work with willing hands, and in a brief 

 time the canvas was flapping in the wind and the pro- 

 visions well under cover. After all this hasty preparation 

 it showered but little, though the gloomy clouds still held 

 sway in the celestial canopy as if they would at any 

 moment give us 



"A storm with rival fury heaving, 

 From land to sea, from sea to land." 



Alex Starbuck. 

 [to be continued.] 



BOSTON ANGLERS. 



The later returns indicate excellent fishing at Moose- 

 head Lake. Several Boston fishermen have lately re- 

 turned, and generally they admit that they have had 

 the best fishing for a long time. ' Mr. and Mrs. Frank 

 W. Wise, with Mr. J. P. Woodbury, of Boston, accom- 



gmied by his son and his son's wife, were quartered at 

 eer Island, a rather new fishing resort on, that cele- 

 brated lake and nearer the lower end. Mr. Wise expresses 

 himself as never more pleased with his spring trip. Mrs. 

 Wise, still somewhat of a novice in trout fishing, had ex- 

 cellent luck, landing a five-pound brook trout, a large 

 fish of that class for Moosehead, and several lakers of 

 good size. The Woodburys had excellent sport also, and 

 were charmed with the trip. 



The Harry B. Moore party, of the Inglewood Club, had 

 good fishing at that resort. The scenery was fine, but the 

 fishing was not what it would have been had the water 

 been lower and the season later. Messrs. S. G. Moore 

 George C. C. Moore, John F. Nickerson, J. Walter San- 

 born, Dr. J. C. French of Boston were also quartered at 

 Deer Island a part of the time. Harry Moore expresses 

 himself as greatly pleased with the fishing, and more 

 than pleased with the fishing of his father. That gentle- 

 man renewed his boyhood and caught trout again. 

 Hiverybody was pleased with his enthusiasm. At last he 

 got hooked on to a big trout. He had a good rod. but in 

 his excitement he forgot to use it properly. The fish 

 would suddenly take out a great deal of line, and even 

 when running Mr. Moore would suddenly snub him by 

 holding on to the singing reel— a great strain on the 

 tackle. He would work his trout up to the boat, when it 

 would take out oOft. of line or would dart downward, and 

 the rod would be stood up on the pointed end, down into 

 the water, with the big fish sulking at the end. Soon the 

 fish wrenched the rod under the boat, or somehow, when 

 it was snapped in several places, and the tip ran down on 

 the fine to see what the trout was up to. All this time 

 Harry kept in the boat with his father, lest the old gentle- 

 man, in his excitement, should get overboard, as he did a 

 couple of years ago-the son was laughing at the perform- 

 «? S % m 'f\ and th 1 troufc - Finally the trout gave up 

 the fight, and he was drawn in with the line haild over 

 hand, since the rod was broken and the reel would not 

 work The fish weighed nearly olbs. Luckily he was 

 very firmly hooked. . 

 owT ° f £ he b L ack . bass fish ermen are also returning. 

 wE&f aVe it 611 ha V ng great B P° rt at the Belgrade and 

 Wmthrop, Me., ponds, notwithstanding there has been a 



good deal of broiling sun, as well as days of tremendous 

 thunder showers. Col. H. T. Rockwell, of the Rockwell 

 part to Belgrade Mills, reports excellent bass fishing, and 

 all with the fly. The only drawback to these trout fisher- 

 men when they catch black bass is what to do with the 

 bass. Unlike the trout, they are good for nothing to the 

 lovers of trout. Still there are a few anglers who go to 

 these ponds who profess to love the muddy taste of a 

 black bass, and who do have them cooked. These fish 

 have held their own in the Maine ponds that have been 

 stocked with them, and they are proving a drawing card 

 to the railroads and hotels. 



Mr J. Walter Sanborn also had excellent fishing at 

 Moosehead. The weather was rather warm, and the sun 

 was severe enough to blister his hands and arms to some 

 extent. One gentleman , who has fished the Rangeleys 

 for years, says that he has never found anything equal to 

 a pair of old stocking legs for the hands and arms. These 

 can be drawn well up under the coat, and with the feet 

 cut off to let the fingers through, a good sun glove for 

 fishing is formed. If the sun is very hot, the hands and 

 arms may occasionally be dipped in the water, with sooth- 

 ing effect, the stocking legs retaining the moisture for 

 some time. A silk handkerchief should be used to keep 

 the sun off the neck, tied well up under the hat. The 

 brim of the hat should be wide enough to protect the 

 nose. 



Mr. Henry J. Thayer, well-known in Massachusetts fish 

 and game circles for his efforts in restoring the game 

 covers of this State, while a member of the restocking 

 committee of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protec- 

 tive Association, has just brought out a novel trolling 

 spoon for bass and other fish. It has a remarkable 

 feature in that it catches the fish, but does not catch 

 grass and weeds, though armed with several hooks. The 

 hooks are put on exactly the reverse of the usual form. 



Special. 



NEWS FROM THE FISHING WATERS. 



Fox Lake, 111., June 16.— C. G. Akam and Robert 

 Berger, Jr., started from the Howard House this morn- 

 ing at 10 o'clock with about 50 minnows and returned at 

 12 o'clock with the following fish in their boat: 22 black 

 bass, 36lbs. ; 3 wall-eyed pike, 8Jlbs. ; 1 pickerel, 7^1bs. ; 

 3 pickerel 121bs. ; 3 silver bass and 1 rock bass, 31bs. ; a total 

 of 66f lbs. Ed. C. Howard. 



June 17. — If Chicago anglers want good sport and lots 

 of it now is the time to get it up here. Black bass have 

 been taken all last week trolling in deep water along the 

 edge of weeds in the channel connecting Fox Lake and 

 Grass Lake. The labor of casting with frogs in the 

 weeds, however, has not been as well rewarded on this 

 lake as on other lakes very near here and very conven- 

 ient to get at. Boats may be carted from this point to 

 good bass grounds in less than three-quarters of an hour. 

 One member of the Fox Lake Club, C. F. Hills, brought 

 in a string of 21 black bass last night. The largest 

 weighed about 41bs. His catch Friday tallied up 31 black 

 bass. 



Pickerel are very hard biters now on almost any bait. 

 I caught a good string Friday casting from an anchored 

 boat and using the tail end of aunfish. Yesterday I had 

 even better luck, casting 4£ Skinner spoon bait from boat 

 anchored within 300yds. of this hotel. In less than two 

 hours I landed 20 good-sized pickerel, largest 5|-lbs., and 

 lost 10 more, being in no hurry to land any of the fish. 

 All were caught on a light split bamboo 8£ft bait-rod. 



C. H. Keogh. 



Cranberry Lake Hotel, Cranberry Lake, St. Lawrence 

 county, N. Y., June 18.— A. B. Blair, of Srranton, Pa., 

 caught a lOlbs. basket of trout in Cranberry Lake June 

 12 of good size, the largest weighiag a|lbs, Fishing is 

 excellent, and the trout are taking the fly in nice shape. 

 All game seems to be plenty. Deer are more numerous 

 than for years, while bruin is still on the increase, and 

 many are seen on the borders of this lake every week. 

 Four bears were recently killed, and many more are to be 

 reported later on. Ava J. Moore. 



Twin Lakes, Wis., June 18.— Very fine strings of fish 

 are being caught here of black bass, pickerel, pike, etc. 

 Mr. E. D. Kohn of Chicago caught yesterday a pickerel 

 41in. long, weight 14^1bs., and a pike of 5*lbs 



C. H. Paine. 



Ray Brook, Essex county, N. Y., June 19.— The honors 

 of the season so far belong to George Wingfield,' of Moat- 

 clair, N. J. , he having taken a brook trout one day last 

 week weighing 2ibs. 2oz. from Ray Brook. Mr. Wingfield 

 showed his skill as a fisherman by safely landing his 

 beauty in about 20 minutes; he was using a 5oz. fly-rod. 



Duncan Cameron. 



TuCkerton, N. J., June 25.— George Burton caught 10 

 weakfish with hook and line weighing 301bs., in one hour. 

 S. B. Shourds caught on Wednesday 61 weakfish with 

 hook and line, weighing 2801bs. Capt. J. Shourds and 

 party caught on Saturday, June 23, 2001bs. weakfish. 



J. W. Lee. 



Foxcroet, Me., June 22.— The landlocked salmon fish- 

 ing has been very good at Sebec Lake the past week. 

 Steamer Frolic with a party took two salmon June 14, 

 weight 3 and Tilbs. ; June 16, 4 salmon of 51, 3, 2| and 

 lilbs.; June 17, 4 salmon of 5±, 5J, 2 and Ulbs.; June 21, 

 5 salmon of 3, 2, 2, 1£ and lllbs Any one wishing 

 information regarding Sebec Lake fishing will receive 

 prompt reply by addressing C. E Pendleton. 



Lakota Fishing Grounds, Lakota. Eagle River P. O., 

 Wis., June 22.— Mr. Louis F. Swift and Mr. Samuel Coz- 

 zens, of Chicago, caught on June 16 here 2 muskallonge. 

 Mr. Swift's weighing 301bs. and Mr. Cozzen's 291bs. They 

 also caught 50 fine pike the same morning, averaging 3 to 

 61bs. each. Mr. D. G. Grey, of Chicago, caught 35 pike 

 single-handed the same morning, also Mr. James Cozzens 

 and Mr. F. W. Bipper caught 57 wall-eyed pike the same 

 morning. Harvey L. Goodall. 



Greenwood Lake, N. Y., June 23.— During last week 

 a party of four, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Magovern, Wm. 

 Magovern and J. Magovern, in three days landed 114 bass 

 —the largest 31bs. Hoz., the smallest Ulbs. Mr. F Pull- 

 man, one day, 27; Mr. F. N. White. Wo days, 43; Mr. R. 

 H.,Moses, two days, 51; Mr. E. Moses, two days, 51. The 



Moses Brothers caught each the first day 25, the next each 

 26— not one fish difference. Mr. P. M. Wilson in one-half 

 day 14. No fish weighing less than lilbs. brought in. 

 Mr. William Retsert, brother of Alex. Retsert, the only un- 

 lucky fisherman at the Windermere, in two days only 

 landed four fish. a. Gilon. 



A Bass with Coal Oil Flavor. 



Atlantic City, N. J.— Last Saturday afternoon, among 

 the lot of fish taken in the pound connected with Young 

 & McSbea's ocean pier, there was a beautiful striped bass 

 weighing say lOlbs. This fish was taken home by a gentle- 

 man and a portion of it was cooked for supper, which 

 meal was served within three hours of the time the fish 

 was taken from the ocean. 



Now comes the strange part of the story. When the 

 cooked portion of the fish was being served, an odor of 

 coal oil was noticed, and when the family attempted to eat 

 it the fish was found to taste so strongly of coal oil, that 

 it could not be eaten. 



On the day following, the remaining portion was pre- 

 pared for dinner by boiling, the lady of the house taking 

 the precaution to change the water twice during the pro- 

 cess of boiling. In spite of the precaution, however, the 

 fish was still so heavily impregnated with the taste and 

 smell of the oil, that he needs must be consigned to the 

 garbage barrel. 



The object of this note is to ask if you can give any ex- 

 planation of the fish being in this condition. Is it not a 

 rare occurrence? I may add that the gentleman in whose 

 house the fish was cleaned and cooked assures me that 

 there is no coal oil used or kept about the premises. 



R. M. M. 



Delaware River Bass. 



Ding-man's Ferry, Pa.— Frank Childs, a guest of the 

 High Falls Hotel, caught in one hour in the Delaware 

 River seven bass, heaviest 2 J lbs., lightest lib.; also a sun 

 fish weighing lib. The bass fishing in the Delaware here 

 promises better than ever. Our trout streams also are 

 doing splendidly. Philip F. Fuluer. 



The Problem of "Good Riddance." 



Oneonta, N. Y.— Editor Forest and Stream: It has been 

 proposed by parties here to stock a lake near by with trout. 

 This lake now contains pickerel, perch, bullhead, suckers 

 and eels. Of course they would have to be exterminated 

 before the lake could be stocked. 



We would like your opinion as to the feasibility of cleaning 

 out or killing the fish that inhabit the lake. It is impossible 

 to drain the lake. Dynamite has been proposed, but none of 

 our members have had any experience in this work, and some 

 express doubts as to the possibility of thoroughly cleaning 

 out the fish with explosives. There are about 100 acres in the 

 lake and the water is from 10 to 60ft. in depth. If any of 

 your readers have had any experience in ridding such waters 

 of undesirable fish, we would be glad to hear from them 

 through the columns of Forest and Stream or pfcherwisp. 

 The lake would be owned by the local association, but there 

 has been some doubt expressed as to the right, legally, to use 

 explosives for clearing out the fish , even then. Any assistance 

 or advice you can give us upon this point will be gratefully 

 received. Oneonta Fish and Game Association. 



The New York law forbids the use of dynamite. We have 

 no information of any practicable expedient for accomplish- 

 ing the desired end. We referred the problem to U. S. Com- 

 missioner Marshall McDonald, who writes: "There is no 

 method of fishing known to this office that would entirely 

 exterminate the fishes you mention. I would advise drawing 

 off the lake, but that is impractical in a lake of the size and 

 depth referred to. Should an attempt be made to stock it in 

 its present condition it would require a very large number of 

 yearling trout, and even then theresults would bedoubtful." 



PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT. 



For many years the Dame Cotton has been inseparably con 

 nected with good maps in this country, and within a year or two we 

 have called attention to a series of new county maps on a large scale 

 published by the house of Q. W. & C. B. Colton & Co , 312 Broadway. 

 The latest issues of this series are maps of Rockland county, New 

 York and of Sussex county, New Jersey, which are drawn on a 

 uniform scale of two inches to the mile, and therefore give a great 

 amount of detail useful to the traveler, whether he goes on horse 

 back, in a wagon or by bicycle. They should also be of great value to 

 the angler and to the canoeist. In these maps, which are printed in 

 colors, the roads are red; the water courses, ponds and their names 

 in blue, while the other geography, names of towns, villages, hotels, 

 railroads and so on are in black. Some striking features of the 

 topography are shown. The maps are put up in neat cases for pocket 

 use, and are sold at 50 cents each. Among those already issued are 

 maps of Dutchess, Putnam, Westchester, Staten Island, Long Island, 

 Kings, Queens and Delaware counties, all of New York. There are 

 ten maps of portions of New Jersey and one of the western counties 

 of Connecticut. These will be found very useful to those who hare 

 occasion to travel through any portions of the country in the neigh- 

 borhood of New York. Most of these maps seli at 50 cents each.— 

 Advt. 



ietmel. 



All those who love a dog- because it is a dog 

 and not merely a medium for the accumulation of 

 dollars and cents, are invited by the editor to con- 

 sider this department as one in which they can 

 discuss amicably any subject that is of interest 

 to the canine fancy, without fear of their commu- 

 nications being subjected to personal comment 

 or ridicule. 



FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



Sept. 4 to 7.— Des Moines Kennel Club, at Des Moines, Iowa. M 

 Bruce, Sec'y. 



Sept. 10 to 14.— Toronto Industrial Exhibition Association, at 

 Toronto. C. A. Stone, Sec'y. 



Sept. 18 to 21.— Rhode Island State Fair Association, at Cranston, R, 

 I. W. w. Dexter, Sec'y. 



FIELD flRIALS. 



Sept. 5.— Manitoba Field Trials Club, at Morris, Man. E. J. Gallaug 

 her, Winnipeg, Sec'y. 



Nov. 6.— United States Field Trial Club, at Bicknell, Ind. P. T, 

 Madison, Indianapolis, Itid., Sec'y. 



Nov. 6.— International Field Trials, at Chatham, Out. W. B. Wells. 

 Sec'y. 



Nov. 33.— Eastern Field Trials Club, at Newton, N. C. W. A. Coster, 

 Saratoga, N. Y., Sec'y. 



