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BOSTON ANGLERS. 
Boston, June 12. — Mr. L. O. Crane is just out from 
Eound Mountain Lake, where he has had good success fly- 
flahiDg, landing over 100 trout. 
The Haskell or Boston Bemld party, to Allerton Lodge, 
Mooseluckmaguntic Lake last wtek found only fair fishing. 
Mr. Chapman is reported to have been the most successful 
fisherman of the party, a 5^1b. salmon falling to his net. 
Mr. Frank Wise is back from his fishing trip to the Tusket 
River, in Nova Scotia. The river is reached by way of 
Yarmouth, twenty-five miles, or by one or two shorter car- 
riage drives. But the Yarmouth road is rather the hesc Mr- 
Wise is so much pleased with his first trip to this river that 
he will go again. An 81b, sea salmon fell to his score, 
while his companion, Charles Boss, caught two salmon. 
They caught an abundance of trout of from -\ to l^lbs. 
Though the water was high, they had excellent sport. 
Mr. Walter L Hill has returned from his anuualtrip to 
Moosehead. He was absent from Boston seven days. He 
saw the sun the day he left, but did not see it again till he 
got back; to the Hub. In spite of this dismal weather, he 
reports excellent trout fishing, including from three to 
twenty a day. He aho took a laker weighing lOlbs, 
Mr. E. C. Stevens and party have returned fiom an enjoy- 
able fishing trip to Lake Dunmore, Saulsbury, Vt. They 
were absent but a few days but took many large pickerel, 
sending out some veiy large strings One big fellow 
weighed 81bs., with others of 3. 4 and'6lbs. They also took 
one or two big lake trout, Mr. Stevens thinks that a good 
deal of sport is promised at Lake Dunmore this season. 
Mr. Mathew Luce is again the champion cod fisherman. 
At his last trip, with his boatman, he took ninety codfish off 
Cohasset. Boston sportsmeq who cannot get away fnr long 
trips to the trout and salmon waters get much satisfaction 
from the salt water, which is near and always at hand. 
Now and then a large salmon is taken at Lake Auburn, 
Me. The other day ftiichael Ready hooked one with nearly 
200ft. of line out. 'The fish made a great play, and it took 
more than a quarter of tin hour to land it. The weight was 
fcf lbs. Some good catches contioue to be reported from the 
Schoodic lakes. The papers sav that Supt. Maloon, of the 
Bangor & Oldtown Electric Railroad, has returned from 
those lakes with a big catch, including two laliers weighing 
24 and Iblbs. respfctively. The largest fish is said to be the 
largest on record from those waters. The big fish was taken 
by trolling, with a double bait of worms and a minnow. It 
took an hour and a half to land him. 
Pretty good fishing continues to be reported at Newfound 
Lake, N. H. Dr. Q. A. Ballou is r'^ported to have recently 
taken a salmon weighing 161bs. H. Crafts and H. Butter- 
worth are also reported to have taken 141b. trout. 
0. W. Varney and son Ralph, of Lynn, have been at 
Bemis, where the boy is credited with having taken two 
trout of Olbs. each. Special. 
ONE MAN I HAVE FISHED WITH. 
Prank G. Beach. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
1 appropriate this caption with due apologies to Fred 
Mather, coupled with the wish that his felicitous pen might 
be enlisted with knowledge of the man, to do proper honor 
to a Waltonian who has made his last cast, and whose kindly 
deeds by flood and field are worthy of perpetuation in your 
columns. 
Mr. Beach's business activities have had to do with the 
telephone, which he fostered in its small beginnings, and 
aided largely in perfecting and developing to its present 
maturity. He held an honorable place in the business world 
as general manager of the Central Union Telephone Co., 
and his untimely death will bear as a personal loss upon 
■ every member of the fraternity. 
It is of the social side of his nature, however— of his 
qualities as sportsman and good comrade, that his intimates 
will dwell upon with loving remembrance, and which fit 
him to his niche with all true disciples of the gentle art. 
The best men are at their best under the leveling influences 
of the camp, when one's cares may be dropped with the 
official harness, and at such times Beach rejuvenated himself 
and appeared as the care-free, wholesome, right-minded boy. 
Belter than the bishop in lull canonicals is the bishop un- 
bent, as I have observed him, when with none to make him 
afraid, he dances a pow wow about his fir.st trout, or takes 
his trick cheerfully in the drudgeries of the camp. 
I had not the good fortune to know Mr. Beach for a long 
period, but sufficiently so to prove the pessimistic libel that 
men make no friendships, but only acquaintances, after the 
meridian of life. With men of Beach's type, to whom youth 
seemed perennial, there is no period of life when one would 
not respond to the charm of his kindly enthusiasm. He 
never grumbled — nor rains, nor the spoiled dinner, nor the 
worst "fisherman's luck" ever pheazed the perfect serenity of 
his temper— and he never spoke ill of men. 
The last time I found him suffering from his malady I per- 
suaded him out of his office and over to the St. Paul train for 
a couple of days on Keesus, a placid little, four-leaved- 
clover shaped lake, near Hartland, meaning to have our din- 
ners h\ fresco, with Louie Kaf meyer as captain and chef, and, 
for that matter, philosopher and friend. To those who 
know Louie and his all-round accomplishments, it will be 
understood that no little pleasure and healing was likely to 
come of it. 
A five-mile drive after Farmer Marshall's spanking bays 
landed us at his modern home, where nothing is left to be 
desired in the way of hospitality or creature comforts. Being 
pretty well-seasoned boys, knowing there are days and days 
to come, we take things leisurely in the morning, and stroll 
down about 9 o'clock to find that our boatman has been 
waiting since sun-up vdth a bucket of minnows thatou sight 
stirs our temperature to fever symptoms. We begin casting 
along the sedgy border of Marshall's Bay, every foot of 
which is likely to harbor a big- mouth, and are rewarded 
from time to lime wilh some inexperisnced seedlings, which 
we throw back for the boys who will follow us, with the 
admonition to "keep in out of the wet." My brother fishes 
as he does all things, with grace and intelligence; his tackle 
is dainty — the rod 5ft. in length, in weight aruounce to the 
foot, the line of braided silk a mere thread, with a single 
hook; and with a turn of the wrist he has delivered a succu- 
lent minnow right in that lair 75ft. away. This far and fair 
cast tails only because Mr Bronzebaeker is elsewhere. Just 
around the turn, and as the bait touched water off the point 
of weeds, he struck the mine; for, like a fuse to powder, the 
explosion followed, the bottom of the lake seemed to blow 
up like a geyser, and a racket began as if he had hooked on 
to a couple of wildcats. He had deluded a mighty bass. It 
ia the mistake of your life to suppose the tackle won't hold — 
Louie and T know better — for ia competent hands it has 
killed its SO pounder. This aside— the fight is on; Beach is 
endeavoring to calm his victim, and remarks incidentally 
while giving it the butt hard, "Oh, come out o' that, old 
mos=y. Here, hert! that won't do," and turning to me, 
"Aiu't that a sky siraper, Mike?" as his game rnako an- 
other furious leap, swearing the while at its captor, who, 
like Grant, is ever 
'•Patient of toil. 
Serene amidst alarms." 
And it is a joy to note the struggle of skill against artifire 
illuminat'^ the weary eye, and send the reviving glow to his 
cheek Alasl the mission of this particular bass was merely 
to point an example of perfect patience in adversity to Louie 
and me, for it broke away, and as it lit out for the brush on 
the opposite shore, Beach quietly mumbled after him, "Just 
tell them that you saw me," while the historian exhibited 
quite a different spirit, and endeavored to kick holes through 
the boat. 
Any one of the thirty lakes in Waukesha and Oconomo- 
woc counties, accessible from Chicago in three hours by this 
road, will yield generously of the big-mouth when catered to 
in this manner; but in still-fishing or trolling the catch is 
likely to be small, fhey did not all get away in Keesus 
that morning, as we counted out twenty-two bass (not at all 
an unusual number) and a lot of pickerel and other odds and 
ends, which do not count. Louie thought we had enough (?) 
for lunch, and as he permits no interference with the culi- 
nary management, we were pleased with the opportunity to 
rest and discuss the cook, as he is not the kind of a cook to 
cuss. He could have cooked for the jubilee to the Queen's 
taste, and he served us in some magical manner at once 
with fish, flesh and potatoes, and possibly the coffee, all hot, 
from the same pan, and preserved the flavor of each. My 
comrade, as usual, sneaked all the tid bits to my side of the 
pan, under cover of some complimentary remarks on what 
the cook had done for him. Stretched on the greensward, 
my friend said, with a gratified sigh: "That's the best din- 
ner T ever surrounded, and Charles Lamb ain't in it with 
me. " It appears that when the booking agent put his head 
in the coach to inquire if they were "all full inside," Lamb 
replied: "Well, that last oyster pattie did the business for 
me." 
We loafed, "invited our souls," and talked of things, and 
as one may on such rare occasions, I was permitted another 
glimpse into an unselfish heart, which, hating shams, held a 
boundless love for all nature and his fellow-men. 
I have been dwelling all winter with delight on the frui- 
tion of plans we had shaped that perfect day for the coming 
season ; my best skill and fraternal regard has been woven 
into a rod which he mercifully believed he would use for 
many a year with returning health; but, alasl poor fellow, 
the fatal summons had then been sped. Happily for those 
who grieve most, his life went out painless, as he would 
have willed it for every living thing. We have laid him to 
rest under the leafy shades of Rose Hill, within sound of 
our beautiful, murmuring inland sea which he loved so well. 
Au revoir, brave comrade, dear friend. McL. 
SMELT ARE NOT A MENACE. 
State op Maxpte, Commissioners of Inland Fisheries 
and Game, Dixfield, Me., .June 11. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
I notice In your paper June 5 an article from Mr. Bainbridge 
Bishop entitled, "Are Smelts a Menace?" The writer, I 
should judge, is not familiar with the habits and character- 
istics of the fresh-water smelt of Maine, which is the variety 
we are introducing into the lakes in Maine. This fish does 
not feed on the young of other fishes. In that respect they 
are as harmless as the sucker. Even if they did, they do not 
come into water where you would find the young trout and 
salmon, i. e , near the shore. This smelt is only found in 
deep water away from the shore, feeding mostly from the 
surface. 
If the gentleman has ever been in Maine, the home of the 
landlocked salmon, and is familiar with their origin, he must 
know that every lake where they are placed by nature abounds 
in smelts. He should also know that we cannot successfully 
raise fine salmon without smelts for food. In every lake in 
Maine where you find the smelt, there you find the finest 
trout, salmon and pickerel, and in greater abundance. In 
every instance where we have introduced the smelt, the 
salmon and trout have at once increased in size and quality 
in a very marked degre. 
- I think the gentleman need borrow no trouble about any 
harm coming to the trout and salmon by the introduction of 
the fresh water smelt. We think so much of them in Maine 
that we are introducing them into every pond adapted to 
them in the State. We don't intend to introduce any English 
sparrows. There is none of that blood in the smelt. 
H. O. Stanley. 
Rhode Island Salt-Water Fishing. 
South Portsmouth, R. I., June 9. — AU fish in this sec- 
tion are much earlier than usual, and it has been an uncom- 
monly cold May. Round mackerel appeared the past week 
off Burton Reef Lightship of very large size, and took the 
hook fairly well, one boat taking three barrels of extra No. 
I's. About 501bs.. were sent to Boston from Block Island 
last week. Nearly all of the mackerel sent into Boston mar- 
Ket last week and this week up to Thursday night, came 
from Block Island and Cape Cod waters, these fish did 
not appear in any numbers last season till late in June. Out- 
side of Sachuest Neck ciuite a number of mackerel were seen 
by me, but refused the hook. A tew warm days will put 
them in biting trim. Tautaug ran fairly well during the 
past week. AVeakfish have just commenced to run, a few 
being taken in the traps, also large catches of sea bass and 
flounders. Bluefish, a few showing of large size. The first 
large striped bass was taken last Monday, weight 41 lbs. 
Wm. M. Hughes. 
NEW JERSEY COAST FISHING. 
ASBTJRY Pakk, N. J., June 12.— Coast fishing is gradu- 
ally taking on its accustomed aspect. Bass are as yet not 
taking the hook as well as anglers could hope for, still 
enough have been taken to keep the ambition up to the ex- 
pectant degree. Moynan is already on the grounds and as 
usual in the lead both in numbers and weight, his heaviest 
so far at this point is 15^ b^ Kmgfish are fairly abundant, 
but seem rather rein eta m about taking the hook, this may 
be due to the prevailing cold weather, as they are much 
more sensitive to water temperature than is the bass. Black 
bass seem voracious and will take greedily apparently any 
bait offered. I saw a string of seven nice ones which was 
taken from one of our nearby lakes this morning. Fishing 
at Anglesea, N. J , is already at its best. I am in receipt of 
a letter from my friend L P. Streeter, who generally keeps 
me pretty well informed as to what is being done in the 
waters which he frequents. The following record, made by 
himself, H. W. Quick and Cyrus S. Detre, of Philadelphia, 
is one I believe which has never been beaten at this season 
of the year, Leonard Hulit. 
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Mr. Streeter's letter was written from Anglesea, June 1, 
and the report runs : I have been spending the past week 
here in quest of drum, and as to day closes our fishing 
I send you an account of our efforts from May 5 to date : 
May 5— H. W. Quick. 1 drum, I8lbs. 
May 13— H. W. Quick, 1 drum, 16ilbs.j C. H. Detre, 3 
drum, 18i, 26 and 541bs. 
May 14— Detre, 2 drum, 23^ and 231b8.; Quick, 3 drum, 
43, 23iand 2 libs. 
May 21— Detre, 2 drum, 25 and 18lbs, 
May 22— Detre, 1 drum 241lbs. 
May 27— L. P. Streeter, 1 arum. 211bs. 
May 29-Detre, 6 drum, 61, 26^, 21, 24, 22, 29ilbs.; 
Quick, 9 dium, 23, 21, 19, 17, 21^, 21, 19, 31 and 19ibs.; L. 
P. Streeter, 3 drum, 22, 21 and ISJlbs. 
May 31— L. P Streeter, 8 drum, 23, 18, 20, 18*, 88. 15, 
32 and 211b3, ; Detre, 25i, 13, 19^, l^, 21, 17i, 18 and 191bs. 
Detre caught 2 channel bass (red drum) while fishing in 
the surf for drum yesterday. May 31, we have never done 
such a thing before in the spring, and it was a great sur- 
prise. 
June 1— Streeter, 4 drum, 23, 19, 16 and 201bs.;"^C, S. 
Detre, 2 drum, 22 and I81bs. 
To date — Detre, 25 black drum, weighing 5651bs., and 
8 channel bass, weighing 35ilbs. ; Quick, 13 black drum, 
weighing 294ilbs. ; Streeter, 16 black drum, weighing 
334ilbs. 
Providence, R. I., June 14. — William Sanderson made a 
fishing trip to Lhe shore a few days ago and hooked a skate, 
which he succeeded in landing after a haid fight. It meas- 
ured 4ft. 3:n in length and 3ft. Sin. across its flippers. The 
fish weighed 721b8. 
Game Warden Fred C. Medbury, of Riverside, enjoyed a 
good afternoon's fishing in Rehobolh recently. ITpon his 
return he displayed a fine string of trout, the largest weigh- 
ing IJlbs. 
.John J. Holmes; of this city, caught a tautog weighing 
lOilba. oft" Allen's Ledge, Nayatt Point, one day last week. 
W. H. M. 
Food for Greenwood Lake Fish. 
From May Report of Protector Shriner, of New Jersey. 
During the past month a number of wardens were employed 
at netting the reservoirs of the East Jersey Water Company 
at Clinton and Oak Ridge. The principal object of the work 
was securing bait fish for Greenwood Lake, the quality of 
the game fish in that water having greatly deteriorated of late 
years, principally, it is believed,;on account of a lack of food. 
Thousands of bait fish were caught, together with consider- 
able quantities of game fish, and these were all taken to 
Greenwood Lake. 
Fortunately an opportunity offered to secure a consign- 
ment of the eggs of fresh water smelts, five boxes, each con- 
taining from 85,(100 to 50,000 eggs being received during the 
early part of the month. The eggs were of both varieties of 
the smelt, the large and the small, the former attaining an 
adult growth of some 5 or 6m., and the latter of 3 or 4in. 
These eggs were distributed as follows: One box to Lake 
Hopatcong; one box to Greenwood Lake; one box to the 
trout streams of Sussex county, emptying into the Delaware 
River, from which it is hoped the latter stream will receive 
a supply; two boxes were divided between Culver's Lake, 
Little and Big Swartswood lakes, Long Pond, Iliff's Pond 
and Struble's Pond, 
The Vermont Pike-Perch Season. 
Ferrisburgh, Vt., June 7 — A few nights since I heard 
the bullfrogs of Little Otter give their first concert of the 
season, or at least the first 1 had heard. I interpreted their 
songs to run, "Come down, come down, now, now," which 
could be nothing but an invitation to fish for pike-perch, but 
the call could only be accepted in violation of a most ab urd 
law which prohibits taking pike-perch m our streams until 
June 15. If any one can give a reason for continuing the 
prohibition two months beyoud the spawning time of these 
fish I would like to know it. AwAusoosE. 
Sullivan County Trout. 
WuRTSBORO, N. Y., Jfine 7. — Our veteran fisherman, 
Jacob Hosier, on Saturday of last week landed seven of the 
finest speckled beauties we have looked at this season; Four 
of them measured l4in. and three about ISio. 
Since the season opened here on May 15, Mr. Hosier has 
shown us many fine catches from Boshas Kill, but says this 
was the best day's sport he has had so far. He frequently 
goes to the mountain brooks and returns with a basiketful, 
but, like all old fishermen, he prefers to hook the big ones, 
and he says that Boshas Kill is where they grow. 
C. B. Newkirk. 
Death of E. M. Copeland. 
Mr. E. M. Copeland, manager of the Mastigouche 
House, on the Mastigouche Fish and Game Club grounds, 
Quebec, died on Tuesday, June 1, aged sixty years. The 
house will now be conducted for members and their guests 
by Mr. L. B. Copeland, a son of the late proprietor. 
WHERE TO GO. 
One imt»orfcaiit, useful and considerable part of the Forest and 
Stream's service to the sportsmen's community is the informauon 
?iven inquirers for shooting and fishing resorts. We make it our 
business to tcnow wliere to send the sportsmen for large or small 
game, or in quest of his favorite fish, and tliis knowledge is freeiy im- 
parted on request. 
On the other hand, we are constantly seetting information of this 
character for the benefit of our patrons, and we invite sportsmen, 
hotel proprietors and others to communicate to us whatever may be 
of advantage to the sportsman tourist. 
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