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[JUNfi 17, 1899. 
about, and it does not maintain aquaria or plants for 
aquaria. All the spring spawning fishes hatched by the 
State, such as shad, smelt and pike-perch, are distributed 
and planted as soon as they are hatched and ready to feed, 
and the fall spawning fishes would not live in an aquarium 
without an abundance of cool running water, which an 
ordinary school aquarium would not be likely to furnish. 
The more satisfactory way to establish an aquarium and 
stock it and balance it with plant life to produce oxygen 
which the fishes consume, after which the aquarium re- 
quires no water except to replace what is evaporated, 
would be read the exhaustive article in FoiiEST 
AND Stream, Dec. 25, 1897, and then buy the fish 
and plants of some dealer who advertises in Forest and 
Stream, and if they do not advertise they should, because 
I speak from experience when I sa}' that this season there 
seems to be a boom in aquaria and ac[uaria supplies. 
That is the best that I can do, and I sincerely regret that 
I can do no more to furnish aquaria for school purposes. 
The idea of educating school children to understand 
something of the habits of our fishes is a most commeiad- 
able one, and is in line with the idea of Dr. John D. 
Quackenbos, which he carried out in a school geography 
to teach the cliildren the breeding seasons of all game 
birds and fishes, and as each State in the Union was un- 
der review the fish and game laws of the State were given; 
that as the children were taught that Albany was 
the Capital of New York, and that it was bounded, etc., 
that certain birds and animals could be legally killed 
only at certain times, and that fishes could be legally 
caught with hook and line only at certain seasons, and 
that they must not be caught at other seasons or by other 
means at any time. 
Perch Ovef lOOIfas. in "Weight. 
Mr. Alfred Jardine, the mighty pike fisherman, of Eng- 
land, who, perhaps, has caught more large pike, or, as we 
call the fish, pickerel, than any man since pike fishing 
with fine tackle became one of the higher branches of 
angling, writes in the Gazette of some mammoth perch 
which are to be found in the waters of Australia, and 
there considered the best of the native fishes. Specimens 
weighing from 120 to rsolbs. have been taken, and Frank 
Buckland advocated the introduction of this giant perch 
into the waters of Great Britain. Since Mr. Mygatt re- 
ceived a blow in the neck from the tail of a tarpon which 
rendered him unconscious for three hours, and Mr. 
Holder and two companions were overturned in their 
boat and in deadly peril because a leaping tuna did hot 
take kindly to the gaff when brought alongside, it may not 
be necessary to introduce any more large fish to our 
waters to provide exciting sport for our anglers, but it is 
interesting to know that a member of the perch family 
grows to such great weight, and is entitled to be called the 
largest of all fresh-water fish, as it exceeds in weight the 
great Mahseer of India, which has been compared in its 
fighting qualities to the kingly salmon, although I have 
an idea that the salmon would protest, if it could, at 
being put into a class with this carp. If another reason 
is required why we do not wish to try this big perch in 
our waters, Mr. Jardine gives it when he says: "We 
tried it cooked three ways, viz., baked with savory 
stuffing, fried in fillets, and boiled with sauce of parslejf 
and butter; and it was better than good mullet." 
Once I was asked to a dinner where a fish of German 
origin, w^hich has been landed "in our midst" to increase 
the profanity habit of our people, was the chief item of the 
menu, and it was cooked in red wine and white wine 
(and possibly in blue wine), and with savory stuffing, and 
it was good ; but I am of the opinion that if a nice 
tender bootleg (one of the kind that I had when a 
boy, with red tops and gilt eagle birds on them) had been 
served in those wines and those savory stuffings and 
sauces, it would have' passed and received the same 
verdict as was awarded to the fish, for the diners con- 
sumed more trimming than fish. 
As one of our common people, I think it safe to 
say that we are not suifering for the introduction of any 
more fish into our waters to feed our 70,000,000 of patriotic 
inhabitants, if the fish to be palatable has. to be cooked 
in red, white and blue wine with trimmings, but inside of 
twelve months somebody will wish to try this great perch 
■in our waters and plant it in . some mountain trout 
brook, or else history will not repeat itself. 
Salvclious Marstonii. 
Having had the pleasure of naming tliis fish after Mr. 
Marston, I have ever since been interested in it, and have 
made several inefl^ectual attempts to obtain specimens, 
hoping to send some to Mr. Marston, that he might see 
the fish named after him, but up to this time I have not 
succeeded. The first and only specimens that I have seen 
of the Marston trout come from Lac de Marbre, in 
Ottawa county. Quebec. T saw a notice of this fish in a 
newspaper, and sent it to Mr. Marston, who printed it 
in the Gazette (London), and said: "If some of our 
friends in the Tourilli Club would send me in ice a good 
specimen of Salmo marstonii, I woitld be extremely 
obliged, and will pay all expenses of carriage. For years 
I have been hearing about this game and handsome 
namesake, and should like one stufl^ed in my fishing 
den. If I do not see or catch 5". marstonii before I die, I 
shall begin to think it's 'all my eye.' " The clipping is, I 
assume to be, a printed statement of Dr. Evermann. 
Ichthyologist of the U. S. Fish Commission, and after 
stating that the fish was first described by Prof. Garman. 
of the Museum of Comparative Zoology,, Cambridge, 
says : "This trout belongs to the group of salmonoids 
known in Europe as charrs or saiblings, represented in 
America by a number of species and varieties, most of 
which inhabit arctic regions. Later authorities have con- 
sequently assigned Marston's trout to the genus Sal- 
velinus, of which our brook trout {S. fontinalis) is the 
best known example. * * * Marston's trout is known 
from Lac de Marbre, from which the type came, and from 
Decallones township, seventy miles east and forty miles 
north of Montreal. This fish cannot be mistaken for the 
speckled or brook trout of either sex, except perhaps 
during the parr stage. It differs markedly in color 
and form, having among other distinguishing features a 
plain back, a deeply forked tail and thirteen dorsal and 
twelve or thirteen anal rays, instead of the ten and nine 
traySt respectlvsly, o£ the brook trout.'* About the time of 
the Sportsmen's Show in New York last spring, a gentle- 
man in Canada wrote me that I would probably find at 
the show in the Quebec exhibit a skin of a red trout (the 
male Marston trout is almost as red as a breeding male 
Sunapee saibling), which might prove to be a Marston 
trout. The skin I easily found, but it was of a common 
brook trout in breeding colors, so i was disappointed in 
my quest. 
I think, however, that Mr. Chambers has in Quebec a 
painting of a Marston trout, although that is not what it 
purports to be. Anyway, it is very like a Marston, al- 
though it did not come from waters that are known to 
contain it, though it may be more widely distributed than 
is stated in Dr. Evermann's description. 
I am yet in hopes to obtain a specimen of this fish to 
send to Mr. Marston, and would be very glad of the as- 
sistance of any Canadian friend who will aid me in the 
undertaking. I once made a journey of five days in 
the wilds of Canada in search of a "red trout," only to 
find at the end of it that the fish was nothing more 
than our comnion brook trout, and that it did not have 
the forked tail which the men said it had before I 
started on the trail. It was really the forked tail which 
decided me to make the journey, and when I found the 
tail of the red trout was square, the men said that was 
what they meant all the time, although, when I drew a 
forked tail of a fish on bark before starting, they said 
that was the shape of the tail of the red trout. 
Report from the Restigouche, 
Under date of Runnymede, P. Q., June 7, Mr. Mitchell 
sends me another letter about the salmon fishing in the 
Restigouche River, Canada, from which I quote in part 
for the benefit of Forest and Stream readers : 
"Just a word or two to say that so far we have had a 
very poor season on the Restigouche. Up to this date a 
dozen fish are about all that have been killed by all the fly- 
fishermen on this entire river. They are getting very few 
in the net, and not over four or five have been taken at 
the club." (When a good catch of fish is reported from 
the nets in the tidal portion of the river, the fishermen 
up the river, at the Restigouche Club and above, expect 
to find fish in the pools within from two to three days 
after the run is reported from Campbelltown.) Mr. 
Mott killed his first fish to-day. Mr. Fairchild got one a 
few daj's ago. There are eight rods at Camp Harmony, 
but not a fish yet. One or two of them are here for the 
first time, and I hope they will get some fish before 
long. Archie was fortunate in killing two fine fish on 
May 31 — 24^4, 24^2 lbs. respectively. June i I killed one 
on the Cleveland water weighing 22lbs (the first since I 
bought the water). The logs are running pretty thick 
now, and we cannot fish mucL Mr. Ayer is expected to 
arrive Saturday, the loth. The Alford water is lower now 
than when you and Mr. Burdick left last year. Thirty- 
one fish were killed on it in 'gS, and I hope to kill a few 
when the logs stop running. I went down to Tide Head 
yesterday to fish for sea trout, but it was a disagreeable 
day — cold east wind and occasional showers. Only got 
five trout, largest i^lbs. g P. M. Archie has just re- 
turned from a trouting trip down river with young Mr. 
Mott. They caught forty-eight trout, weighing 40lbs., and 
said thej' had good sport, but the fish are at Dawson's, and 
I have not seen them yet." 
Mr. Fairchild fishes just below Mr. Mitchell's water 
and just above the Golet water. Mr. Jordan L. Mott, Jr., 
fishes the Dawson water, where Billy Florence formerly 
fished, and it is on the opposite side of the river from 
Fairchild and Golet. Camp Harmony is the Dean Sage 
water, now added to the Sweney water, which is opposite 
the Alford water, owned by Mr. Mitchell. Archie is Mr. 
Mitchell's son, and a fine salmon fisherman, as would be 
expected from the son of his father. 
A. N. Cheney. 
Newfound Lake. 
AsHL.^ND, N. H., June 10. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
111 reply to your correspondent from Newfound Lake, who 
.subscribes Landlocked Salmon House instead of his name, 
let me say: The facts in this care are that complaints 
have been made to the Coinmission for the past three years 
of certain parties taking salmon in front of the screen 
with grapple and spear; but we have been unable to secure 
sufficient evidence to convict until May II last. Mr. 
Wentworth and myself were at Newfound Lake for a 
day's fishing, when another complaint was rnJide of a 
party grappling a salmon in front of the screen, Upon 
investigation the party admitted that he did take a salmon 
with a grapple in front of the screen, and took it home, 
dressed it nicely and cooked it. Most people do not cook 
diseased fish "found lying lengthwise against a screen." 
From the man's own evidence we were satisfied that it was 
a case of pure cussedness and fined him as the law directs, 
and he paid the fine before leaving the room without a 
murmur. 
There seen: to be a few people living near this fine lake 
who are determined to deplete the lake all they can ; and 
by grappling and spearing and fishing the small salmon out 
of the breeding brooks, they manage to catch hundreds 
each year, which, if left alone, would materially increase 
the fishing and save them the trouble of grumbling all the 
time about poor fishing. 
It is a fact that more pounds of salmon and lake trout 
are taken from this lake each year than from an}'^ other 
body of water in this State of the size, and I might say 
any one in New England. 
There are taken annually from this lake, under direc- 
tion of the Commission, from 700 to 1,000 parent trout, 
which produce from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 eggs, and in no 
year within my recollection have more than five dead trout 
been found killed by such treatment ; and most of those 
were either diseased or deformed when taken. But judg- 
ing from the story of your correspondent, they might be 
seen in front of the screen at almost any time. 
Last year there were planted in the tributaries of this 
lake 77,000 fine landlocked salmon fry ; and this spring 
large numbers have been seen in the streams, and I am 
told are being caught by the parties who have been so 
sorely persecuted by the closing of the waters in front of 
the screeft. 
There are, I am happy to say, many residents about the 
lake who appreciate what the Commisioners are trying 
to do for the lake, and they deplore wanton destruction 
of the food fish by the miserable poachers. 
At the request of some of the most prominent citizens 
about the lake, we closed a small tract of water between 
the cofferdam and the screen, which wc consider we were 
warranted in doing in the interest of fishing in this lake. 
Now if the poachers and grumblers would turn their at- 
tention to pi'otecting their fish instead of fishing the 
streams all day where the salmon fry have been planted 
and at night carrying their catch home under a lock for 
fear some one would see the short trout and salmon 
taken, they would benefit themselves a hundred times 
more than by the course they are now pursuing. 
If the foregoing statement of fact will clear up any of 
the darkness in the rural district alluded to I am glad ; but 
if it does not, I would advise your correspondent to lay 
the matter before His Excellency the Governor at once. 
F. L. Hughes, 
Sec'y New Hampshire Fish and Game Commission. 
CHICAGO AND THE WEST 
Chicago Fly-Casting Clafa. 
Chicago, 111., June 10. — About a dozen members of the 
Chicago Fly-Casting Club met at the North Lagoon, Gar- 
field Park, this afternoon for the third club series of the 
season. The weather was bright and very fresh, a decided 
change from the torrid weather which prevailed earlier 
in the week, and the afternoon was a very enjoyable one. 
Messrs. Belasco, Greenwood, Hascal, Ludlow, Lippin- 
cott, Newkirk, Peet, Renwick, Salter, Smith and Strell 
took part in the competition, the honorable secretary, Mr. 
George Murrell, being too busy with the records to take a 
hand at the floats. A stiffish wind prevailed, which dur- 
ing the fly-casting quartered from left to right across the 
floats, and during the bait-casting from right to left, the 
driftage for fly of frog being very noticeable. The wind 
lessened toward sundown, while the dry-fly work was 
going on, but was the occasion of a very low set of 
scores. The club progamme is billed to open at i :30 in 
the afternoon, but it was somewhat later than that when 
the work began to-day. In the bait-casting event each 
man is now required to make three casts at each buoy in 
the set of five, of fifteen casts in all, and with eleven 
entries this takes considerable time. It was nearly 7:30 
o'clock when the secretary made his announcements, and 
the cheerful party began to bundle up the rods and set 
forth for home. 
Splendid fellows are these of the Chicago Fly-Casting 
Club, and they well enough understand the use of the fly 
rod or the bait rod. These club contests are purely 
amateur, and are highb^ enjoyable affairs. To-day a num- 
ber of ladies were present with their husbands, Mesdames 
Murrell, Peet, Hascal and Ludlow, these being more or 
less interested spectators, while the nearly invisible work 
of the fly went on. 
The long-distance fly-casting event was won by F. N. 
Peet, who had plenty to spare with his fine record of 
iigft. Distance and accuracy was won by H. G. Hascal, 
89 2-3. Accuracy and delicacy was captured by C. G. 
Ludlow, 96 1-6, and the bait-casting event was won by 
H. A. Newkirk, 94 8-15, close crowded by Hascal, who 
was only 4-15 behind him. The following are the scores 
of the day: 
Long 
Distance 
Accuracy 
Bait 
Distance and Accuracy, 
and Delicacy, 
Casting, 
Fly, Feet. 
Per Cent. 
Per Cent. 
Per Cent. 
J. D. Belasco. . 
8S 
56 2-3 
61 2-3 
H. Greenwood. 
89 
85 1-3 
85 5-6 
91 14-15 
H. G. Hascal . . 
109 
892-3 
94 1-6 
94 4-15 
E. Letterman . . 
qo 8-15 
C. Lippincott. . 
86 1-3 
95 1-3 
85 13-15 
C. G. Ludlow. . 
95 
82 
96 1-6 
89 1-15 
H. Newkirk... 
802-3 
92 1-3 
94 8-is 
F. N. Peet.,.. 
lis 
79 1-3 
94 5-6 
90 8- IS 
E. A. Renwick. 
106 
80 1-3 
82 4-15 
G. W. Salter.. 
75 2-3 
8623 
87 3-5 
A. C. Smith. . . 
106 
82 
93 1-6 
88 1-5 
G. W. Strell.. 
73 2-3 
Holders of Medals. — Long distance Jly, F. N. Peet; dis- 
tance and accuracy, H. G. Hascal ; accuracy and delicacy, 
C. G. Ludlow ; bait-casting, H. A. Newkirk. 
Club Fishing Mecl, 
The fishing meet of the Chicago Fly-Casting Club, held 
at Bass Lake, Ind., last Saturday, was a very successful 
little affair, something like two dozen being on hand. 
They paired oflF and had a very pleasant time, although 
the fishing was not very extraordinarj'. Messrs. Hascal 
and Smith received the souvenir for the most fortunate 
pair. Mr. Murrell caught the biggest bass, 3V2lbs., and 
Mr. Goodwin drew the booby prize. Being well pleased 
with the locality, some of the members contemplate going 
back again before long, among these Mr. Murrell, who 
says he has never seen big-mouth bass fight better than 
they do in that lake. 
A Few Bass. 
A few bass are being taken by our anglers. Mr. H. W. 
Perce is now absent on the Fox River on a floating trip 
from McHenry to Elgin. Mr, E. Wilkinson has been try- 
ing the Fox River near Clintonville, and has one or two 
nice catches. About as good fishing as I have heard of 
this season for bass has been at Corey Lake, Michigan, 
where Mr. H. G, Hascal and three friends took 120 bass 
on their recent trip. At the same water, last week, Mr. 
H. H. Miner caught thirty bass. These fish averaged 
sm.all, and many of them were returned. That ought to be 
a good fly-fishing water, for usually the bass of under a 
pound weight are tfre best for fly-fishin,g. 
Trout. 
Messrs. Newkirk, Peet. Smith, Hascal, Chadwick and 
their friend, Mr. Tinthoff, start next week for Michigan 
for a long session with the rainbow trout. 
Mr. F, B. Orr returned last week from his trouting 
trip at Merrill, Wis., where he had very good fortune and 
enjoyed the benefits of the first flight of mosquitoes. 
Several members of the Gaylord Club will go up next 
week to try the waters of the Pike and other streams in 
that very delectable neighborhood. " 
