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members of the middle ground club are Robert Dun, 
Wm. K. Vanderbilt, Attorney Cadwallader and Dr. 
Mitchell, of New York, and Mr. Barnes, of Boston. 
These gentlemen own riparian rights along the river 
front and control many miles of the water, having bought 
out the trap and seine fishermen who in years past have 
hilled off the fish in great quantities for the market. 
Only three members can fish at the same time in the pre- 
serves. There are eight guides, plenty of canoes and lots 
of other necessary paraphernalia. The Grand Cascapedia 
is eighty to ninety miles in length, and no fishing is 
tolerated above certain grounds in the river, this regula- 
tion being necessary to protect the spawning. 
During ten days, covering the period of Mr. Davis's 
record, Mr. Bliven tried his luck along the river outside 
the middle grounds. He visited some splendid pools, and 
Mrs. Davis marked up to his piscatorial skill 3181bs. of 
salmon, the fish weighing as follows: 24, 39, 37, 25, 39, 23, 
34, 38, 14, 36, 14, 17, 371bs. 
TROUT REARING. 
Plymouth, Mass., July 1,— Editor Forest and Stream: 
Referring to an article on the growth of trout fry, by Mr. 
Cheney, in Forest and Stream of June 37, wherein he 
cites the remarkable size of Long Island trout, it would 
certainly seem that they must carry off the palms for 
extraordinary and rapid growth. At all the trout hatch- 
eries we have ever visited in Massachusetts nowhere have 
we seen trout fry even approaching those spoken of by 
Mr. Cheney, and the superiority of our own fry at the 
Nook hatchery at Plymouth led me to send specimens to 
various State commissioners and fishculturists, many of 
whom have replied, complimenting us upon their size. 
Nevertheless we certainly have been outdone at the Long 
Island hatcheries,- and it would be interesting to know 
soniething of the conditions, manner of feeding, etc., 
that bring about such much desired results. The speci- 
mens sent from our hatchery were taken from rearing 
boxes, where the fish were very much crowded, but were 
doing remarkably well, the death rate not being more 
than twenty fish per week per hundred thousand for the 
past three months. From one trough iXSOft. were 
counted 25,000 splendid fry in June. 
From the start and as long as it could be obtained had- 
docl^ spawn was fed to the fry, and a better, more cleanly 
and nutritive food in my opinion would be hard to find. 
It is reasonable to suppose that bad the fish been given 
more space a better average size could have been ob- 
tained, and I for one should be pleased to learn from the 
columns of Forest and Stream something of the range 
and treatment given the brook trout fry at the Gold 
Spring Harbor station on Long Island. 
Such information could not but be of value to all in- 
terested in tishculture, and let us hope that soon we may 
learn something in regard to the matter either from fore- 
man C. H. Walters or from the interesting pen of Mr. 
Cheney. C. C. "Wood 
(Supt. Plymouth Rock Trout Co.). 
A LAKE WINNIPISAUKEE BASS. 
When I took my annual vacation in August last I fully 
intended making a trip into northern New Hampshire to 
fish in the various streams and ponds for trout and black 
bass. I mean by that, I expected to spend at least two 
weeks in the woods. But I find that as I grow older the 
"little folks" have a claim on my time; I must "camp 
out" with them. Long trips with the "older boya" must 
be sacrificed. I had several aays' fair fishing near the "old 
home" and all enjoyed the outings very much. 
One cloudy day we took the steamer at Weir's and went 
across Lake Winnipisaukee to Long Island, where Drs. 
F. E, and J. A. Greene have . summer residences. I car- 
ried my rod with hopes of catching a few bass. Before 
reaching the island the rain began to fall as if it meant 
to continue for the day at least. As we neared the land 
we saw both doctors and several others fishing from the 
wharf. Soon they spied us on the boat and sang out; 
"We are having fun right here, doctor." On reaching 
shore I noticed that they had caught fifteen or twenty 
bass, but they were small. They told me that the fish 
were biting quite well and to prepare to take a hand. 
It did not take me long to comply, and with a lively 
helgramite for bait I cast out. In less than a minute I 
felt a pull at my line, and as I struck the fish leaped out 
of water, and we all saw that it was a big fellow. 
"Heavens, that's a whale!" ejaculated Dr. F. E. 
"How in thunder did you get hold of him so soon?" 
said Dr. J, A. 
But I had no time to explain how I had hooked him. I 
was too busy. All the other fishermen ceased their sport 
to watch the fight. Each offered suggestions, of course. 
One says, "Let him have the line." Another, "Pull 
him in or you will lose him." Dr. J. A. said, "That's your 
tish, jerk bis head off if you want to." 
Meantime the bans and I were having a lively time. 
Once he came straight for the wharf and I felt sure that 
he would escape under it among the piles; but he changed 
his mind, siiddeniy turning round ana putting out as 
though he did not intend to stop until he had reached the 
opposite shore. A steady pressure on him checked his 
flight, and I had him turned again. Three times did he 
leap clear of the water in his efforts to rid himself of the 
hook, but it was too secure. 
At last I had him "winded" and near the wharf, when 
it was discovered that there was no landing net about! 
Dr. F, E. had one at his house, 300yds. away. There was 
nothing to do but hold that fish until some one could bring 
it; and when it came we found that the handle was too 
short to reach to the water. 
By that time the bass had got his "second wind" and 
was fighting for liberty. Dr. J. A. suggested that I swing 
him off to a shallow place to the end of the wharf, and he 
would wade in and secure him. This was done, and after 
twenty minutes of great excitement and anxiety we suc- 
ceeded in landing him. He certainly was a beauty, weigh- 
ing just 5ilbs, 
I received congratulations on all sides. 
"It was skillfully done;" "You certainly did it well;" 
"I fully expected you would lose him when he started 
for the wharf;" "Gee whiz! but didn't he fight!" 
We caught several moire, but not nearly so large. I 
was called the mascot of the party, having landed the 
largest bass that had been taken off the island that season. 
A. J. M. 
Phit.adkt.phta, Pa. 
Texas Tarpon. 
Taylor, Tex., June 33.— iJcittoj' Forest and Stream: I 
have just returned from a two weeks' fishing trip at Ropes- 
ville, Tex., and thinking a few figures showing the results 
might be of interest to some of the readers of Forest and 
Stream, I give below a detailed list of my catch while 
there. The dimensions given in the following were ascer- 
tained by careful measurement. The catches were made 
with rod and reel, using the 36-strand Thomas J. Conroy 
silver king line: 
June 5 — One tarpon, 3ft. long. 
June 6 — One tarpon, 3ft. 6in. 
June 7 — Heavy wind, no fishing. 
June 8 — One tarpon, 5ft. lin. 
June 9— Many strikes, failed to land anything. 
June 10— Three tarpon. One of 5ft. lOin., one of 4ft. 
lOiin., one of 4ft. 8in.; one large jackfish weighing 351bs. 
June 11 — Two tarpon. One of 5f t. llin, , one of 5ft. 9in. ; 
one jackfish, 231bs., and eight large speckled trout. 
June 13 — Thirteen speckled trout in one hour. 
June 13 — Eight speckled trout in one hour; one shark, 
5ft. llin. 
June 14— One tarpon, 4ft. 8in.; one tarpon, 4ft. 7in,; 
Ane tarpon, 5ft. Sin. ; one tarpon, 6ft. 8in,; one shark, 4ft. 
6in.; one jickfish, 30lbs. 
The 6ft. 8in. tarpon had a girth measurement of 3ft. 
3in,, weighed I95lb8., and was landed in one hour with a 
broken rod. 
June 15 — One tarpon, 6ft, 3in. ; one tarpon. 5ft, 2in.; 
one kingfish, 4ft Im. ; two jackfish, 31 and 231bs.; two 
sharks, 4ft. lin,, 5ft. 3in. ' ^ 
June 16 — Did not fish any. 
June 17 — One tarpon, 5ft. 3in. ; one tarpon, 5ft. 4in, ; 
one tarpon, 4ft, 8in. 
June 18 — One tarpon, 5ft. 21n. ; one jewflsh, 4371bs. ; one 
shark, 5ft. llin, 
June 19 — One jackfiish, 301bs.; one jackfish, 40lbs. 
The following named gentlemen from Taylor also spent 
one week tarpon fishing at this place and were quite suc- 
cessful, as the following records will show: 
C H. Booth, six tarpon, 5ift. average; one jewfish, 
3651bs. ; one kingfish, 4ft. long. 
Lawrence Woodward, eight tarpon, 5ft. average, 
J. W. Womack, seven tarpon, 5^ft. average. 
N. F. Saaith, five tarpon, 5^ft. average. 
G. E. King, one tarpon, 5ft, Sin. average, 
M. R. Kennedy, three tarpon, 5Jft. average. 
Col. W, Keliher, four tarpon, SJft, average; one jew- 
fish, 3801bs. 
Besides the above these gentlemen landed numerous 
jackfish, sharks, etc. The Ropesville accommodations 
are fairly good, and the sport will delight the heart of 
any true angler. Bryan Heard. 
Tim, Jim and Jack. 
EusTis, Me,, Camp Jack.— After spending two Weeks 
at Tim Pond, i\ir. Charles Bell and wife, of England, for- 
merly of New York, returned to Camp Jack on June 17; 
Mr. J. L. i'aunce, of Boston, arrived the same day; and 
during the next four days Messrs. Bell and Paunce landed 
twelve trout, largest 3flbs., smallest lilbs., in Little 
Jim Pond, During their visit of nine days Mr, Bell and 
wife, with George Douglas as guide, saw over fifty deer, 
some feeding, some swimming, others splashing water to 
drive away the flies. In all Mr. Bell's sporting Little Jim 
Pond "takes the cake" for deer, Mr. Bell and wife left 
Eustis June 36 for New York for a short visit, thence to 
England. 
l^r. Barrows landed a fine trout in Little Jim, weight 
3-,Vlbs., and saw ten deer at once in the pond. 
Otis Witham. 
Barnegat Bay. 
ASBURY Park. N. J., July 6.— I have spent the last two 
days on famous Barnegat Bay and find the rpports from 
the various fishing points not exaggerated. Fishing one 
tide at niaht in the manner I have previously described 
in Forest and Stream, John F. Seger and myself took 
sixty-two tide runners, in weight 3^ to 4^lbs. It appears 
to be almost useless to attempt to take the large fish dur- 
ing the day. This applies particularly to the upper por- 
tions of the bay from the pier northward. We found the 
water very clear and not in the best condition for fishing, 
still any one who knows the nature of the fish will have 
no difficulty in procuring good sport if the instructions I 
have given are followed out. Leonard Hulit. 
'he MmmL 
Tarpon in New Jersey Waters. 
Bridgeton, N. J., July 6.— A. tarpon 3ift. long was 
taken in the pound net at Stone Harbor Thursday last. 
About the same time another tarpon was taken in the net 
at Atlantic City. An experienced tarpon fisherman who 
saw it estimated its weight at lOOlbs. 
On Wednesday last two boys, who were fishing for 
weakfish at the mouth of Back Creek, Delaware Bay, took 
seventeen drum, the largest weighing 601bs. They lost 
four lines. The next day the same boys, at the same 
place, caught eight drum, the largest weighing 901b8. 
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Up and Down Stream for Trout. 
New York, July 4:.— Editor Forest and Stream: I thank 
you for the exhaustive reply to my question in regard to^ 
the relative merits of up or down stream fishing for trout. 
Unfortunately, though, it leaves it still an open question, 
and I fear I shall not get the box of cigars which I think 
I have won. 
I was brought up in the wilds of western Massachusetts, 
and I can safely say that any man or boy there who 
would fish up a stream for trout would be considered a 
candidate for an idiot asylum. Split Shot. 
Maryland Weakfisb. 
Stockton, Md., June 37.— Trout (weakfish) are biting 
freely now in the bay. They are in much finer condition 
than those taken outside, though not quite so large, run- 
ning from 1 to 41bs, The catch is from ten to sixty or 
more to the man of a morning. O, D. Foulks. 
FIXTURES 
BENCH SHOWS, 
Sept. 7 to 11.— Rhode Island State Fair AsBociation''B fourth annual 
show, Providence, R. I. 
Sept. 7 to 11.— Toronto Exhibition Association's eighth annual show, 
Toronto, Can. C. A. Stone, Sec'y of bench show. 
Sept. I'l to 17.— Montreal Kennel Association's bench show, Montreal. 
G. Lanigan, Sec'y 
Sept. 22 to 24.— Milwaukee Kennel and Pet Stock Association's second 
annual dog show, Milwaukee Louis Steffen, Sec'y. 
Oct. 6 to 8.— Daabury Agricultural Society's show, Danbury, Conn.. 
G. M, Rundle, Sec'y. 
Dec. 15 to 18.— Central Michigan Poultry and Pet Stock Associa- 
tion's show, Lansing, Mich. 0. H. Crane, Sec'y. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Sept. 2.— Morris, Man.— Manitoba Field Trials Club. John Wootttftt, 
Sec'y. 
Sept. 7.— Kennedy, Minn.— Continental Field Trial Gluh's chicken 
trials. Pv T. Madison, Sec'y, Indianapolis, Ind. 
Oct. 9.— Brunswick Fur Club's annual meet. Bradford S. Turpin, 
Sec'y. 
Oct. 26.— Hempstead, L. I.— Natioonal Beagle Club's trials. Geo. 
W. Rogers, Sec'y, 250 W. Twenty-second street, Ifew York. 
Oct. 28.— Greene county. Pa.— The Monongahela Valley Game and 
Fish Protective Association's second annual trials. S. B. Cummin gs 
Sec'y, Pittsburg. 
Nov. S — Bicknell, Ind.— Continental Field Trial Club's quail trials. 
P. T. Madison, Sec'y, 
Nov. 2.— Oxford, Mass.— New England Beagle Club's trials. W. 8. 
Clark, Sec'y, Linden, Mass. 
Nov. 10 —Columbus. Wis.— Northwestern Beagle Club's trials. Louis 
StefCen, Sec'y, Milwaukee 
Nov. 10.— Leamington, Ont.— Peninsular Field Trial Club, Leaming- 
ton, Ont. 
Nov. 10.— Central Beagle Club's trials. L. O. Seidel, Sec'y. 
Nov. 16. -Newton, N. 0.— E. F. T. Club's trials. 8. C. Bradley, Sec'y, 
Greenfield Hill, Conn. 
Nov. 17.— Chatharh, Ont.— International Field Trial Club's trials. 
W. B WeUs, Sec'y, Chatham, Ont. 
Nov. 23.— Newton, N. C— U. S. F. T. Club's fall trials. W. B. Staf- 
ford, Sec'y. 
Dec. 14. — Athens, Ala.— Dixie Red Fox Cluh's second annual trials 
J. H. Wallace, SecV- 
The Snaring- of Foxes. 
Bass at Asbury Park. 
On Tuesiay evening of last week Mr. W. H. Moynan 
landed a 34lb8. bass at Asbury Park, N, J. This was the 
largest caught in several seasons; last summer's record 
fish weighed 211b8, 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
To those not of a sporting disposition it seems strange 
that any person can work, toil and travel for miles in 
order to secure a few shots at wild birds, and spend hours 
to the music of the hounds in pursuit of a fox, but the 
class of people who cannot realize the pleasure of sport 
will never be acquainted with all that makes this world 
fit to live in. 
Here in Prince Edward Island we can perhaps have a 
day's sport with as much advantage as any place in 
Canada. "We have plenty of foxes, mostly red, but there 
is quite a percentage of black ones. When the hounds 
start one a person is always anxious to see whether he is 
black or red, 
I started one bright, calm morning last winter, beforfe 
sunrise, with my good friend Mr, Oulton — as true and 
good a sportsman as ever flashed his eye along the barrel 
of a gun — and crossing Nail Pond to a bunch of woods of 
about fifty acres, we let the dogs loose. They were not 
gone ten minutes when we were greeted by the well- 
known howl, and knew they had found a tresh track. 
The air was clear and the entrancing sound of those dogs 
could be heard many miles as they emerged from thie 
woods out on the ice. After following the trail about half 
a mile along the beach they soon came to where reynard 
had prepared to spend the day among the clumps of icei. 
As we were following along we noticed the fox going 
across the pond like a red streak. His proximity was alsb 
discovered by Bob and Fan. The chase is one not to be 
forgotten. Away they flew through swamps and oyer 
fields to the westward, and we soon came to the conclu- 
sion that the fox did not belong to our locality, and that 
we were in for a long walk. 
After following the almost straight course for about five 
or six miles to Skinner's Pond settlement, we met the 
dogs. We learned afterward that they had been further 
on about five miles and chased the fox back to where we 
met them. We knew at once that they had lost the track, 
and could not account for it till a man told us that he had 
seen the fox take along the road, and before the dogs 
came up several horses had passed over the track. The 
dogs seemed to take ia the situation and began to search 
for the track. They must have scented over forty acres 
of ground when Bob suddenly gave tongue. 
In a short while we got a sight of the fox starting from 
a few low bushes. He seemed to have made up his mind 
to have the chase ended, as he came almost straight in 
Mr. Oulton's direction and passe^l him about BOyds., when 
the report of his No. 8 finished that chase. » 
We then repaired to a friend's dwelling, and after par- 
taking of some refreshments started for another track, it 
being then about 9 o'clock A. M, The dogs soon gave 
tongue again, and after a tight run of about three hours 
we found that the fox had taken to his den> The dogs' 
back track soon brought us to the spot. A. large pine 
stump with a hole underneath told us plainly he was 
there. How to get film out was the puzzle, as the t round 
was frozen hard, and to dig him out would be a day's 
work. My friend conceived the idea to trap him. We 
stopped the hole, went to a house and procured a steel 
trap and a nice cod line. We set a snare in the hole and 
the trap outside, knowing that he had to starve or come 
out of that bole. Well, that fox actually stayed in for 
three days before he made the venture, and then of 
course he could not avoid the snare. The pole must have 
hoisted him just clear of the ground. In his struggles he 
got one of his hindlegs in the steel trap. Poor reynard! 
he must have died hard, caught by both ends. 
Chas. Dalton. 
[Snaring foxes is not a sport, and we give space to otir 
correspondeEt's article to the end that he and others given 
to similar practices may the more emphatically note that 
fact.] 
**Is Death the End J" 
Fountain Point, Mich., June 1.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: I have read "Is Death the Ead?" by E. K. 
Whitehead, in the issue of May 23. That question has 
come to many under like circumstances. This much may 
.be said: Till able to say when,, or where, or how life 
begins, it is at least modest not to assert when, where, 
and how it ends. The burden of proof is with those who 
aver that death mai'ks the end, J, B. Davis. 
