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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[JUNE 1, 1895. 
S:earns, the truest lover of the gentle Izaak in the party, 
was called to go to Montana, after having made every 
arrangement for his fishing trip. He is the owner of a 
number of editions of Izaak Walton, and finds the true 
angler's comfort in them. Special. 
HUB RETURNS AND DEPARTURES. 
Boston.— W. S. Greenough, Joseph Guild, F. J. Baker 
and Isaac Colburu, all of Boston, leave in a few days for 
a two weeks' trip to fish a few choice ponds in the vicinity 
of Moosehead Lake. Messrs. Guild and Greenough have 
visited this country each season for some years, and came 
back each time well satisfied with results. 
E. C. Fitch, President of the American Waltham Co., 
A. K. Sloan, of New York city, and Dr. Brown and J. D. 
Edmahds, of Boston, will shortly leave for Quebec, 
whence they expect to sail about June 15, on their own 
yacht, for the river Romaine, on the north shore of Que- 
bec province. This river is classed in England as one of 
the three best salmon rivers in Canada. The salmon are 
large in size and fight desperately from the moment they 
are hooked. All of the party are expert salmon anglers 
and without doubt will land many fish before their re- 
turn on August 1. Dr. Brown's experience in salmon 
fishing is not confined to this country alone. He is a 
great traveler and has just returned from a trip around 
the world. In Japan he had the novel experience of 
fishing for salmon with native tackle, the line being the 
smallest possible size, and the rod of green bamboo that 
would almost bend double. 
W. B. Farmer, of Boston, has just returned from a ten 
days' trip to the Eangelays. He stopped at the Mooseluc- 
meguntic House, and had Ed. Lowell for guide. His 
score is the best I have seen this season to date, being 100 
fish. The largest trout taken weighed 5flbs., and the 
largest salmon 6 Albs. The greatest catch for one day was 
on May 11, when he landed twenty-one fish (two salmon 
and nineteen trout), the largest weighing 5 Jibs. The 
weather was terribly cold and disagreeable most of the 
time. All of his fish were taken by trolling. 
Mr. Fred Winch has just returned from the Englewood 
Club Preserve. He had good fishing and great luck with 
the Stanley smelt. 
E. W. La Croix and A. F. Marston, of Lynn, have just 
returned from Billy Soule's Pleasant Island camps. They 
are well satisfied with the fishing, but have nothing to 
say in praise of the weather, which they pronounce as 
awful. The three largest fish taken weighed 4£, 4£ and 
3£l bs. respectively. 
The Moose River Total Abstinence Club. When I first 
heard the name I was under the impression that a branch 
lodge of the Sons of Temperance had in some way strayed 
up into the Moose River country and started in to do mis- 
sionary work with visiting sportsmen and guides. Care- 
ful inquiry, however, revealed the fact that such was not 
the case. A fishing club is the owner of this high-sound- 
ing title, and jolly good fellows they are, too. Why the 
word "abstinence'' is inserted I cannot say; possibly it 
refers to temperance in eating, catching fish, etc. Who 
knows? The members of this club are Com. L. E. Pierce, 
who has been fourteen years with the same party ; George 
A. Fales, the Boston commission merchant; James Davis, 
the soap manufacturer; Dr. L. T. Foss, the dentist, and a 
Mr. Smith, who presents the remarkable record of forty- 
nine successive years at Moosehead fishing. This last- 
named gentleman killed a bear on the present site of the 
Kineo House yeax-s ago, and is the patriarch of the party. 
The club has just returned from a week's fishing at the 
lake, and had a grand time. They made their headquar- 
ters on the steamer Louise. A number of guests accom- 
panied them, and they had guides and canoes in plenty to 
enable them to reach all the best fishing points. During 
the trip Dr. Foss presented a fine rod to the Commodore, 
ma'de by J. Will B.irney. While at the lake a 16f-pound 
laker was taken in trolling by a member of the Camp 
Comfort Club. 
E. Billings and friend, of Boston, will leave on May 29 
for the Bonney River country. They expect to put in a 
month's time fishing the waters of this region, most of 
which Mr. Billings is well acquainted with, having been 
there several times before. They will stop at the camps 
of Tom Sullivan. 
Quite a number of striped bass from 3 to 12Ibs. in 
weight are being taken in the weirs of fishermen in the 
Exeter River, N. H. A large tautog was lately caught in 
the same manner in this stream twenty-seven miles from 
the ocean. 
Geo. W. Tenney and party recently returned from Daw 
Hole Pond, N. H, report good salmon fishing and a grand 
time during their week's visit. One salmon was taken 
which weighed 191bs. It was an immense fish, and gave 
its captors a great fight. Six other salmon weighing to- 
gether 601bs., were takpn by the same party. One fish of 
such a large size goes far toward satisfying the most ex- 
acting angler, and Dan Hole Pond has pleased not a few 
in this respect since the ice left. 
The Brackett and Clark party have returned from the 
Upper Dam, Rangeley Lakes. Two 71b. fish were the 
largest weights taken, but a sufficient number of smaller 
size were caught to make the trip a success. Mr. Brackett 
had some fair fly-fishing in streams nearby. The party 
experienced terrible weather, the worst seen in many 
years' visits to the Rangeleys. 
A. G. Weeks, Jr., Herbert Austin, Henry H. Carter and 
Asa Bond, all of Boston, will leave on May 30 for Grand 
Lake, Me. They will be away two or three weeks and 
will spend the time fishing for salmon. Mr. Weeks is 
particularly expert at this sport, and in the past has made 
some very good scores. He never gets tired, but stays 
right with it, and this is what counts after all. 
J. Stewart and H. B. Read, of South Weymouth, left on 
Friday last for Haines Landing and Camp Bjmis, Range- 
ley Lakes. They will stay about ten days and will devote 
the entire time to fishing. Hackle. 
> Red Drum Ashore. 
Morristown, N. J., May 21.— I have just returned from 
North Carolina, driven home by the cold and boisterous 
weather. The red drum (channel bass) lay on the beach 
at Body's Island by hundreds, the supposition being that 
the cold killed them. It is a curious fact, however, that 
they were all large ones, from 20 to 401bs. Where were 
the small ones? It was reported on good authority that on 
Hatteras Beach they lay in windrows. Big Reel. 
SOME FISHING NOTES. 
Here are various notes of various fishing by various 
anglers for various fish in various waters: 
Trenton, N. J, — Mr, Kimball took a 9Albs. striped bass 
May 16, and Mr. Seichnor brought in one of 19^lbs. 
C. E. P. 
Woodbourne, N. Y. — Some recent catches of trout in 
the Neversink have been: Mr. S. H. Palmer, of New 
Jersey — three brown trout, which weighed 6ilbs. in all, 
one weighing 3£lbs. and measuring 22in. He caught forty 
smaller brook trout in same catch. The fishing in this 
vicinity is the best for several seasons. A big catch was 
made by James P. Hall, of Jersey City, stopping at 
Woodbourne, taking in all about 400 fish from the Never- 
sink River, in a distance of ten miles from Hall's Mills to 
Woodbourne. He says he only stopped because he couldn't 
carry any more home. L L. Waldorf, 
Old Forge, Fulton Chain, Adirondacks.— Some May 
catches have been: By H. J. Mowery (Syracuse), eighty- 
nine speckled trout, weighing 43lbs. ; five salmon, weight 
181bs. By Charles Newman (Newport), two days' catch, 
sixty trout, weight 341bs. By Dr. Rasbach ( Mohawk), 
forty-eight trout, weight 201bs.; one salmon of 141bs. 
W. A, Briggs. 
Harrisvjlle, N. Y., May 20.— Trout fishing is excellent 
this season at and in the vicinity of Forest Home. Large 
catches are being made almost daily. During last week 
about 300 trout were caught near there. One party of 
two caught thirty-five in one day, averaging about lib. 
each. Another party of three caught hfty in one day, 
weighing about fib. each. Now is the time to catch them. 
Humes Bros. 
Adirondacks, Old Forge, N. Y,, May 25.— Dr. A. B. 
Stevens, of Watertown, on May 20 took fifteen speckled 
trout, weighing 8 Jibs ; Geo. B. Davison, of Utica, forty- 
two, weighing 26 Lbs. ; Dr. Chas. E. Douglass, of Lowville, 
fourteen, weighing 91bs. A. J. Smith and J. R. Daven- 
durf, of Herkimer, on May 21 took thirty-one, weighing 
171bs. The prospects are good f or the season. 
N. A. Briggs. 
Weld, Me.— Among May fi-shermen at Pine Point 
Camps have been Fish Commissioner H, O. Stanley, who 
took both trout and salmon; ex-Gov. Marble, who scored 
a 2£lbs. trout and another of ljlb3. The fishing is good 
this season and promises to hold, W. K. Chase. 
Three Lakes, Wis. — Lunge, pike and bass fishing will 
be good by June 1. The prospects look very good. Tne 
season is two weeks earlier than if was last year. 
T. R. French. 
Syracuse. — The water in Saneca River is very low and 
large quantities of pickerel have been taken with a spoon 
at Montezuma marshes and Port Byron. A 5Jlbs. Cali- 
fornia trout was taken from Onondaga Lake early in the 
month by a small boy, who sold it to E. Loden for $1 50; 
the fish measured 23 in. long. K. 
Dingmans Ferry, Pike County, Pa.— Dingman's Ferry 
still continues its reputation for fishing, and many well- 
known anglers have visited it during the present month. 
One of the guests of the High Falls Hotel brought in 
from this morning's fishing twenty-seven very fine trout 
from Dingman Creek. P. F. Fulmer, 
The annual contest of the Honeoye Falls (tt. Y.) Anglers' 
Association will take place June 12. There are fifty-three 
subscribed prizes from local business men. 
We fished the Neversink from Hall's Mills to Big Bend 
with Willie Dean; caught 123; weighed 24Jlbs. O a an- 
other day fished the Neversink from Hall's Mills to Conk- 
lin's Brook and took 84; weighed 151bs. We stopped at 
H. W. Dean's, Neversink. W. A. and L. C. K, 
Striped Bass. 
Jersey City, N. J.— Editor Forest and Stream: I send 
you a photo of live handsome striped bass caught by Mr. 
A. P. Beck, of Jersey City. They were taken along the 
Jersey coast with rod and reel and still fishing on Nov. 12, 
1894. One weighed lOlbs., the other 71b3. He also caught 
another weighing 12^1bs. a week later, but the negative 
was not very good. He also caught one in the spring 
weighing 11 lbs. Wm, Beck, Jk. 
The bass are now running in the Hudson, the East 
River and other waters about New York, and good catches 
are reported. A writer in the Sun says: -'What is con- 
sidered to be the best fishing ground along the Hudson is 
the shallow water that covers the level bottoms at the 
mouth of the Croton River. These shallows are very ex- 
tensive, so that one angler might fish there all day with- 
out getting a strike, while another angler, choosing a dif- 
ferent position, would make a large catch. It is, there- 
fore, advisable when fishing over these grounds to change 
from one place to another until the bass make their pres- 
ence known. The incoming tide is invariably the best, 
fpr as the water deepens ovw the bottoms the fish come 
in to feed. It is also advisable to take along several kinds 
of bait, such as sand worms, white worms and shrimp, 
for striped bass have remarkably fickle appetites, and 
though they may take white worms greedily on one day, 
they will touch nothing but shrimp on another." 
Six-Inch Justice. 
Rochester, N. Y.— Editor Forest and Stream: I en- 
close you a clipping from the Rochester Post Express, de- 
scriptive of an incident which happened during one of 
my recent trout fishing expeditions, which may be of in- 
terest to you and your readers. While the proceedings 
narrated might not have been strictly legal, they were 
nevertheless exceedingly eilective. Frank L. Dodgson. 
On May 1. under the law, the season for trout fishing 
opened in Wyoming county. F. L. Dodgson, of this city, 
was among those who availed themselves of the privilege 
of enjoying the sport in that county. He related to a Post 
Express reporter this morning the novel method he wit- 
nessed of bringing illegal fishermen to task there. 
He said: "On Wednesday, when the season opened, 
there were a large number of people who availed them- 
selves of the opportunity of enjoying the sport. The game 
and fish protector was on hand with assistants to see that 
law was not violated. The law requires among other 
things that no fish under six inches long be taken from 
the streams. The game protector had a little tin box 
just six inches long with which to measure the fish. He 
had the court with him — that is, he was accompanied by 
the deputv sheriff, and the justice of the peace of the 
county. The three men stopped all the fishermen they 
saw and examined their catches. They went to the 
hotels and wherever they could catch fishermen. They 
examined each fish individually, measured it by the little 
tin box and saw that the law was not violated in any 
other particular. One man had a fish under the regulation 
size in his basket. The game protector measured it, and 
on ascertaining that it was less than six inches in length 
summoned the justice of the peace, who immediately held 
court and fined the law breaker $10. It was the most 
summary dispensation of justice I had ever seen and struck 
me as being worthy of emulation in other places. If 
there were more such wide-awake game protectors and 
ubiquitous justices of the peace there would be less vio- 
lations of the fish and game laws of the State, and their 
result would accrue to the advantage of all." 
What Colors the Flesh of the Salmon? 
I see the question asked in some issues of Forest and 
Stream, and authorities are quoted asserting that it is 
owing to their food at sea, being principally eggs of other 
fish and crustaceans. 
Having drawn the stomachs from 1,000 salmon caught 
on the sea coast, before reaching the brackish water, I 
only found in them three Varieties of food— the caplin, 
herring and mackerel, with not a sign of shrimp, sand, 
eel or egg. 
Are you aware that some rivers have fish much more 
highly colored than others? Those of the Metapedia 
River (a branch of the Restigouche) have very light- 
colored flesh, so much so that the Billingsgate dealers in 
1880 declared them bull trout. Many are not aware that 
as the gravid stage approaches the flesh loses its color, 
becoming a dirty lightish pink. 
Again, take a fish that has passed the winter in the 
river and is on his way to sea in June. He looks bright 
and clean outside, and has lost all the red spots which he 
bore in October. Of course he is not filled out in body 
like a fresh-run fish, but deceives many an angler. Cut 
into that fish. His flesh is nearly white. It may be the 
food at sea that does it. My own opinion is that it is the 
salt water more than the food. 
Again, take the Eraser River spring salmon, fine fat 
fellows, 18 and 20-pounders; one-balf of the catch is 
white fleshed, and he must be an expert who can tell the 
difference without cutting into the fish. Those fish are 
all the one family running in from sea together. It is 
just possible that they may have been on different feeding 
grounds. You may make any supposition you choose, 
and you may tell me, if sea water does it to one why not 
to all. It is one of those conundrums hard to solve. 
John Mowat, 
Bass Fishing- About Fut-in-Bay. 
• Toledo, O. , May 25 — Editor Forest and Stream: Speak- 
ing about bass fishing, this year's experience around the 
Bass Islands at the western end of Lake Erie will go into 
history as exceptional in more respects than one. To 
bpgin with, the spring at the head of the lake had been 
an unusually dry on", and the streams which in April and 
May are usually pouring out a great volume of muddy 
water into the lake from the plowed farms and big ditches 
of Ohio and Indiana, were this year uncommonly low and 
clear, and the lake water was consequently in as fine a 
condition as it ordinarily is in September and October. 
The first two or three days of the month (May) were 
pleasant, the 4th was warm, the thermometer hanging 
about 85; the 5th was warmer, and then the fishing began? 
From the 5th to the 10th, both inclusive, those who were 
fortunate enough to be on the ground at Put-in-Bay or 
Middle Bass duly equipped and provided, enjoyed such a 
run of sport as the old inhabitants of the islands love to 
tell about, but which very few have had the good fortune 
to experience. Everybody got fish who knew how to 
handle a rod (and some who did not), the catches in some 
cases running as high as 100 bass in a single day to a boat 
with two fishermen. The fish ran larger than usual at 
this season of the year, and the great majority of those 
taken were males. This, however, is generally true of the 
opening of the spring fishing. The night of the 10th was 
the precursor of the cold snap which swept the entire 
country, and since that the fishing has been light. 
Jay Beebe. 
