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FOREST AND STREAM. 
tjAN, 20j 1900. 
where very large hauls of carp have been made; one in particular 
aggregating thirty thousand pounds, and yet that lake has fur- 
nished the best blaclc bass fishing on the Illinois River. I his in- 
stance is not an exception, but is repeated many timys in greater 
or less degree along the whole length of the river. 
It is significant that a great part of this large amount of 
carp finds a market in Philadelphia, New York and 
Boston, selling here at from 18 to 25 cents a pound. It 
is safe to say that fcAV rivers on the Atlantic slope, from 
Labrador to the Gulf, produce a larger revenue. 
Owing to the lack of proper protection, the shad have 
been destroyed in our rivers so that there is not much of 
value left in them. In view of the results obtained in 
Illinois and elsewhere, the question of stocking our other- 
wise nearly barren rivers with carp is one demandmg 
yerious attention and consideration. By doing this, it is 
probable that the commercial or food-yielding possibilities 
of certain of our streams may be greatly enhanced, while 
a secondary benefit will be derived, namely, the young of 
the carp w'ill furnish an abundant supply of food to any 
game fish that may be in the waters, and to that extent 
make it possible for them to maintain their abundance, 
and even to increase, as similar species have done else- 
where. 
The Commission consists of Joseph W. Collins, Presi- 
dent; Edward A. Brackwell, Secretary, and Elisha D. 
Bufiington, with J, W. Delano, Superintendent of 
Hatcheries. 
The Massachusetts Association. 
Boston, Jan. 11. — Editor Forest and Stream: The 
annual meeting of the Massachusetts Fish and Game 
Protective Association was held at the Copley Square 
Hotel, Wednesday evening, loth inst. There was a good 
attendance, including such well-known friends of fish and 
game protection as ex-President Benj. C. Clark, ex-Presi- 
dent Horace T. Rockwell, John N. Roberts, Charles G. 
Gibson, ex-Senator Robert S. Gray, Ivers W. Adams, Dr. 
John T. Stetson, Charles Stewart, Warren Hapgood, Ed- 
ward E. Small, Dr. George H. Payne, Loring Crocker, 
Dr. E. W. Brannigan, W. B. Hasting, W. C. Prescott, A. 
B. F. Kinney, of Worcester; Edward I. Brown, W. S. 
Hinman, A. C. Risteen, Thomas H. Hall, Richard V, 
Joyce, W. H. Plinney, of Lynn, and others. 
After a social half-hour dinner was served, President 
George W. Wiggin in the chair, with Capt. Collins, the 
new chairman of the State Fish and Game Commission, 
and George H. Palmer, of New Bedford, as the special 
guests. 
Mr, H. H. Kimball, secretary and treasurer, presented 
his annual report, showing the finances in good condition. 
By vote of the Association early in the season the invested 
funds had been drawn upon to pay $250 for the purchase 
and distribution of fifty dozen quail, and $700 had been 
expended for the printing and distribution of a cloth 
printed poster giving information when fish and game 
may and may not be taken, and the penalties for violations 
of the law. These have been placed in all the post- 
offices of the State, by special permission of the de- 
partment. Copies have also been placed in all the stations 
of the New York & New Haven Railroad system, which 
takes in a large section of the State. It was an excellent 
idea, and will do much to educate the people as to what 
the game and fish laws really are. The fund committee 
reported the sum of $2,173.16 invested in various banks 
Jan. 10. 1900. Mr. William R, Randall was elected a 
life member, and Mr. Charles A. Dillon a regular member 
of the Association. Officers were elected for the ensuing 
year as follows : President, Hon. George W. Wiggin, of 
Franklin; Vice-Presidents, Benjamin C. Clark, Robert S. 
Gray, W. S. Hinman, Dr. J. T, Stetson, James R. Reed, 
Dr. Heber Bishop, Horace T. Rockwell, Arthur W. 
Robinson, Edward J. Brown, Dr. B. V. Howe, Henry F. 
Colburn, A. B. F. Kinney, President Worcester County 
Game Protective Association ; H. A. Estabrook, President 
Fitchburg Rifle and Gun Club ; C. H. Moulton, President 
Quacumquasit Fish and Game Club; Secretary and 
Treasurer, Henry H. Kimball; Librarian. Dr. E. W. 
Branigan ; Executive Committee, John N. Roberts, Rollin 
Jones, Charles Stewart, Charles M. Bryant, Dr. George H. 
Payne, Wm. B. Smart, Charles G. Gibson, Loring Crocker, 
Dr. A. R. Brown, Edward E, Small, A. C. Risteen and 
George Loring ; Membership Committee, Thomas H. Hall, 
Waldron B. Hastings and Richard V. Joyce ; Fund Com- 
mittee, W. C. Prescott, George O. Sears and Charles C. 
Williams. 
Mr. Kmney, of Worcester, referred to the recent con- 
ference^ in regard to the better protection of game birds, 
and said that work was being done on the lines laid 
down at that meeting. Action must be taken, and that 
speedily, and he offered a resolution calling upon our 
Senators and Representatives to the Legislature now in 
session to enact such laws as would stop the wholesale 
destruction that had prevailed in past years. Tliis was 
adopted and the meeting was adjourned. 
_ Wm. B. Smart. 
Protective League of Salt-Water Fishermen. 
New York, Jan. 10.— Editor Forest and Stream - Our 
meetings are held every third Monday in each month at 
106 West Thirty-first street, at 8 P, M. ' 
The reel of petitions will be delivered to our Legislature 
Com.mittee, who, in turn, will present it at Albany this 
session. There are over 10,000 names signed to it, which 
make it one continuous length of 350 feet, put on muslin 
and rolled up on a reel. It is the duty of each and every 
fisherman to see, or write to his Assemblyman, and uro-e 
hiin to do all in his power to help pass our just bill when 
It is presented. New applicants for membership always 
^ o , BlEDENGER, Pres. 
E, Fliedner, Rec. Sec y. 
Forest and Stream*' Calendars. 
There are four of them. They measure about 3x6 
inches, and are convenient to hang over a desk. We shall 
be glad to send one of them to any address on request. 
The Forest and Stream is put to press each week 011 Tuesday. 
':orrp-!riondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
' - Mi'i.day and as much eadjei as praelicablc. 
That Broadway Trout. 
I READ wnh much interest Piseco's story of "Catching a 
Trout on Broadway," not that I am an angler, as I 
never caught a trout in my life, and I am almost ashamed 
to acknowledge it; but I am proud to say, that I know 
Piseco probably within a decade after he caught that 
trout. To be correct we will say it was as long ago as 
1854, after he had made his first voyage around the world. 
I little wonder that a man who has passed nearly half a 
century on a war ship, should compare the present high- 
way, i. e., the Hudson River & New York Central Rail- 
road, from New York to Little Falls, to Broadway, as it 
would take his present sea legs nearly as long to walk 
from the Battery to the upper end of Broadway as does 
the Empire State Express to go from the Grand Central 
Station to Little Falls. 
My acquaintance with Piseco was isi short duration, 
but, like his catching his "trout on Broadway," never to 
be forgotten, and I doubt that he will remember me, 
should he see these lines. I also knew all the old anglers 
mentioned by him, especially Bill Skinner, his particular 
friend, who took him piking, and for whotn I cast my first 
A'ote when he was a candidate for village president — 
although he was a Republican and I was a Democrat, and 
it all happened this way : When I was about to hand in 
my ballot, a tall, dark man stepped up and challenged 
me. I asked who he was, and was told "Joe Boyer, 
democratic candidate for president. He knew that Mr. 
Helmer, in whose employ I was, was a Republican, and 
supposed that I was also, and as I had resided there oitly 
long enough to be a voter, Boj'er challenged my vote. I 
crossed off his name and wrote William Skinner over it. 
I do not remember the result of the election, but I learned 
afterward that I voted for the best man, and since then I 
have always tried to do so in local affairs. 
After election I joined a fire company, and the first fire I 
attended was of the barn of Piseco's father (Judge Beards- 
lee). Incidentally, 1 might also mention that it was the 
last time "I run'd wid de old machine," as Mose would 
say. 
Piseco does not mention the boys of about our own 
age, for instance, Watts. Loomis, Al Burch, Ike Rich- 
mond, Charlie Petric and Omrie Robinson, and he has also 
omitted one of the mo.st congenial and best known of the 
older ones, Capt. Tom Scott. 
The last time I saw Piseco was in Utica, later in the 
fifties, but I have watched him from Cadet to Rear- 
Admiral Lester A. Beardslee. J. Lester Davison. 
LocKPORT, N Y., Jan. J3. 
Cayuga Association. 
A NUMBER of persons in the central part of the State of 
New York, who are interested in fish and game, have 
organized a society known as the Fish and Game Associa- 
tion of the Caj'Uga Lake Basin. The sole purpose of 
the Association is to make fish and game more abundant 
in the region named. The chief feature of this work will 
be to establish favorable natural conditions, aid spon- 
taneous development, and attempt proper propagation 
rather than depend solely upon the effects of legal protec- 
tion. This effort and the methods to be pursued are in 
part the results of the professional scientific investigations 
in this region, by Professor Surface. Chairman of the 
Biological Committee of the New York State Fish, Game 
and Forest League. The headquarters of the newly 
organized association are at Ithaca, and the officers are: 
Hon. Bradford Almy, Surrogate Judge, President; Mr. 
L. C. Perry, Secretary, and Hon. Le Roy Van Kirk, 
County Clerk, as Treasurer. 
At the meeting held in Judge Almy's office last week, 
considerable interest was manifested in the proceedings, 
and considerable business of importance was transacted. 
The organization decided to launch an effort to have fish- 
ways constructed in all dams between Cayuga Lake and 
Laice Ontario.. It is thought that the result can best be 
accomplished by special legislative appropriation by having 
the State Fish Commission handle the matter. 
It was also decided that the influence of the Association 
should be (i) in favor of a law prohibiting the sale of 
game birds, including ruft"ed grouse (commonly known 
as partridge here), quail and woodcock, as advocated m 
Forest and Stream. (2) That it would be advisable to 
secure the appointment of a game warden for each county. 
(3) That it is best to lend aid in executing the laws as 
they now exist, but to endeavor to obtain legislation modi- 
fying laws that are found to be undesirable or ineffective, 
repealing some, and enacting others, (4) To effect the 
introduction and winter protection and feeding of the 
English and Chinese pheasants, which are already known 
to breed out of captivity in this region. A committee on 
legislation was appointed, consisting of H. A, Surface, 
Judge Almy and E. H. Bostwick, whose duty it will be to 
make an eft'ort to obtain such legislation as may be deemed 
desirable, not only for this region, but for the whole 
State. 
The Association decided to elect a limited number of 
honorary members in each town in the county and in the 
lake basin in order that they may aid in enforcing the 
laws and in transplanting and looking after introduced 
game and fish. The Association is to have a fish dinner 
on the second Tuesday in June and a game dinner on the 
third Thursday in October. 
The annual meeting will be held on the first Monday in 
November, and regular meetings on the first Monday 
evening of each month in Judge Almy's office. The prin- 
cipal topic for discussion next month will be "What can 
be done to make game birds, and other game than fish, 
more abundant in this region," and "The introduction of 
English and Chinese pheasants." 
As this enthusiastic society is composed mostly of busi- 
ness men who are in earnest, and has the sympathy and 
support of a large community, it is evident that some- 
thing will soon be accomplished in a portion of the State 
of New York where the interests of fish and game have 
apparently been declining during several years. G. 
within twenty or thirty miles of Boston, they would be 
thoroughly patronized. Scarcely a day passes but what 
those most familiar with the spoft and its possibilities are 
asked where to go by t'hose to whom the chances for 
pickerel are still much of a problem. One hates to give 
advice, because the sport is really uncertain, a good deal 
depending on the weather, as well as the waters fished. 
Early last week Mr. C. A. Eldridge and Mr. H. T. 
Bumstead, after several days planning, set out for a 
couple of days' fishing on some ponds in Worcester 
county. They were willing to stay two days, even, if 
fishing was good enough. They tried the pond one day, an 
exceedingly cold one. The next took the train for Boston. 
Now they complain of the fingers nearly frost bitten, cold 
feet and other discomforts they endured. Worst of all. 
they caught only one little pickerel. Northwest wind 
blowing a gale, with the mercury down to zero, hurts any 
new beginner in pickerel ice fishing. There chances are 
good for ice, but poor for pickerel. A Boston salesman 
is just in from a Maine business trip. Stopping at 
Farmington over night, he was invited to go on a fishing 
trip the next day. The temptation was great. His 
friends rigged him out with lumberman's long stockings 
and rubbers, over two pairs of his regular stockings. Ex- 
tra drawers and a fur-lined jacket completed his outfit. 
The next morning he got into the team with the other 
fishermen. A drive of ten or twelve miles to a pond in a 
neighboring town was simply a pleasure excursion. The 
day was a cold one, but they had a good fire on the 
ice, with lean-tos of boughs to break the wind. They 
found plenty of holes ready cut, which they concluded to 
use. While the law in Maine allows of but five lines 
to the fisherman, some extra ones are really used, and if 
anybody is seen approaching that will be likely to "blow," 
the extra tip-ups are taken up or knocked over, so as not 
to excite suspicion. Our drummer friend had a fine time 
and brought home ten handsome pickerel. There was no 
snow on the pond, and some boys skating offered to take 
charge of "some extra lines," and "not care for the 
pickerel." Special. 
The Perfection of Salmon Fishing;. 
Editor Foresi and Stream : 
In your issue of the 2d inst. a correspondent, writ- 
ing from San Francisco, Cal., under date of Nov. 17, states 
that a fresh-run steelhead (Salmo gairdncri) is a more 
sporting fish than the Atlantic salmon {Salmo salar). 
Now as an old salmon fisher — for my experience, though 
limited, extends over some thirty years' time, and to both 
sides of the Atlantic — I should like to ask your corre- 
spondent, Steelhead, whether his opinion is based upon 
actual experience or upon theory. 
The perfection of salmon fishing is on rather small 
rivers that can be fished from the bank or by wading, 
rivers that are swift running with well-defined pools and 
rapids running through them, so that with a longish cast, 
say 20 to 30 odd yards, the water may be fished diagonally 
down stream. When it becomes necessary to use boat or 
canoe, half the fun is lost. Now is the steelhead found 
in such rivers? 
Again, in an average salmon river the fish run up to 
20 odd pounds, and most of those taken are between 10 
and 20 pounds, when fishing early in the season. The 
Atlantic salmon grows to over 50 pounds; indeed, fish-ex- 
ceeding that weight are yearly taken on the fly in Scotland. 
It i.s, however, the average size that is the best criterion , 
putting_ this as low as 12 pounds for Salmo salar, one 
would judge the average size of Salmo gairdneri to be un- 
der 10 pounds, as I understand they do not usually ex- 
ceed 20 pounds. Of course, fresh run salmonidse aver- 
aging say 6 pounds as active as Salmo salar and free 
risers, would be grand fish; but they would not equal real 
salmon. On the other hand, if they average well over 
10 pounds, are equally active and freer risers, then cer- 
tainly they would in my opinion be a more sporting fish. 
It would be interesting to know whether the steelhead 
takes the fly on the surface or under water, as is usually 
but not always the case with the Atlantic salmon. If free 
surface feeders, they could probably be taken after the 
style of chalk stream trout with floating vaselined line 
and dry flies, in such pools as might be favorable for such 
fishing, i. e., glassy pools without broken water. 
Viator. 
Pari§, France, Dec. 20. 
§he fennel 
Fixtures. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Feb. 5.— Greenville, Ala.— Alabama Field Trial Club's fourth 
annual trials. T. H. Spencer, Sec'y. 
Nov. 18.— Newton, N. C— Eastern Field Trial Club's twenty- 
second annual field trials. S. C. Bradley, Sec'y, Greenfield Hill, 
Conn. 
Tinker Bill. 
Mr. Ledyard Bill, of Paxton, Mass., writes: 
■' I inclose herewith a sketch of probably the most re- 
markable fox hound ever known in this country. This 
sketch appeared in 1893, but had such a local circulation 
that few have known of this famous hound. I should! 
like to see it reappear in your widely circulated journal- 
It will prove of interest to thousands of your readers.*" 
It gives us much pleasure to extend the name and 
fame of Tinker Bill. The sketch originally appeared in 
the Springfield Republican. Tinker Bill was killed by 
an electric car in 1893. 
Pickerel Fishingf. 
Piclvcrel fishing tbrough the ice is a popular sport, and 
it 15 plain tliat jf there were ttiore good pickerel waters 
To the few who follow it there is no sport like fox 
hunting. The man who has tramped after the baying 
hounds on a crisp October day, and finally captured 
the brush which has eluded him for long hours in a 
most exasperating fashion, learns the delight of hard- 
earned success. The sport is beset with such hardships 
that only the plucky nian follows it, and when he once 
sxtcceeds he pursues it in a most inveterate fashion. 
There are mail?!' wliu occasionally shoot partridges or 
