FOREST AND STREAM. 
[March 31, igon 
two dorsals. Again, the pectoral fin of the sand smelt is 
placed high up on the median line (the line the corre- 
spondent mentions) and the pectoral of the Eastern smelt 
is low, below the point of the gill cover, but the presence 
or absence of the adipose or fatty fin, peculiar to. all the 
salmon tribe, will determine the species, the fatty fin 
marking the Eastern smelt every time, 
Mykhs. 
Mr. Marston in reviewing the Third Annual Report of 
the Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission of the State 
of New York, in his paper, the Fishing Gazette, London, 
has delved into his imagination to account for the specific 
name of the black spotted trout Salmo mykiss, and says: 
"Mr. A. Nelson Cheney quotes Jordan and Evermann, 
'It. is not unlikely that when the waters of the Northern 
Hemisphere are fully explored, it will be found that the 
black spotted trout of America, Europe and Asia are 
forms of one species, for the oldest name is Salmo trutfas, 
Lin.' Mr. Cheney adds, 'Salmo trutta is the sea trout or 
salmon trout of Europe, and as I was instrumental in 
bringing the first of them to this country, and the State 
of New York has planted some under the name of Scotch 
sea trout, I hope it has not made trouble for the ichthy- 
ologists.' " 
The black spotted trout has got many more romantic 
names, one of them being Salmo mykiss virginalis. My- 
Iciss.is of Indian origin, and there is a very pretty tradi- 
tion that the fish got its name when a gay young redskin 
warrior sent a brace he had shot with his "steelhead" ar- 
row to his sweetheart, saying the hundreds of pretty 
black spots on thfem were "my kisses." 
"If Mr. Cheney has not heard of this derivation before 
he will thank me for it, and put a picture of that fabulous 
— I mean fabulously beautiful— trout he so kindly got 
called after me in his next report. I am beginning to 
think it was only a dodge of his to get me to go out to 
fish for it." 
No, Brother Marston, that was a square deal anent the 
Sahelinus marstoni, and I expect you will yet see it in all 
its beauty of coloring from the brush of the artist Denton, 
■ for some specimens have been promised to me in a condi- 
'tion to be used for models by the artist. When you see 
the fish that has been named for you I am sure you will 
be seized with the desire to cross the sea to seek it in its 
native lair, and then you may see the duskj' Indian maiden 
in the far West as I have seen her, and then, if from a 
white man's.' view point, you do not revise your kissing 
explanation of the name of the black-spotted trout, I will 
try and find another fish to be named after you. The 
trouble is, ypu have been thinking of Cooper's Indian 
maiden, while I have in mind the real thing, untutored and 
unwashed— not the Indian maiden of the books in London, 
but the Indian maiden of the plains in the flesh as she 
appeared to me thirty years ago, when, I'll swear, I would 
not have sent her any trout, vi'hatever an Indian might 
have done. 
Fish at the Sportsmen's Shows. 
A friend, an old salmon fisherman, writes me : "I spent 
two hours at Madison Square Garden last Friday and 
enjoyed it. It is doubtful if I will get down again. I also 
attended the Boston show a week ago. I thought the fish 
on exhibition, although there was not as many of them, 
were in better condition than those at Boston. Many of 
the latter had fungus on them, which I suppose indicates 
an unhealthy condition." It is almost impossible to trans- 
port large fish and confine them in small space, as is neces- 
sary in a fish car. and in the tanks at the exhibitions, and 
not have the fish suffer more or less from bruises, and 
fungus follows wherever the skin is abraded, but it does 
not follow from this condition that the general health of 
the fish is bad, and fungus can be cured and is cured. To 
move a lot of large fish of the salmon family a consider- 
able distance and keep them in good condition at a show 
is more of an undertaking than is apparent to the casual 
^observer of the fish in the show tanks, for the ordinary ap- 
jpliances of a State Commission are not planned for mov- 
ing very large breeding fish. The United States Fish 
Commission cars are fitted with pumps for circulating 
water and pumping air, and receptacles for large fish can 
be put into the cars if necessary, but a State Commission 
to move the large fish must, .frqm necessity, use the 
ordinary round shouldered cans such as are made for 
transporting fish fry, fingerlings and yearlings, as that is 
all they are called upon to do in the ordinary service of 
the Commission- In the most careful of handling the fish 
may be bruised, or they will bruise themselves, 
so that often their noses will, give one the im- 
pression that they are in a w?)rse condition than 
they are, but they recover their normal condition as a 
rule when they are returned to the stock ponds from 
which they >yere taken, and the interest the people take in 
a fish exhibit warrants more trouble and more expense 
than the Commission or fish breeder is put to in making 
the exhibit, and this interest is growing each year, as any 
one may observe who has followed the exhibitions since 
the first one and witnessed the crowds constantly about 
the fish tanks at the State and other fairs. That such ex- 
hibitions of fish and the methods of propagating fish pi'op- 
erly displayed are educational there can be no doubt what- 
ever, and it is to be hoped that they will be continued on 
an enlarged scale to show more ftilly the processes of 
fish hatching and rearing. A. N. CheneV. 
The Big Bass of Pumpkin Hollow, 
Bass are often caught which are said to weigh from 
7 to 8 pounds, but which are seldom placed upon the 
scales. When they are, it is often the case that they do 
not tip the beam at either of the above notches. 
I have often noticed, too, how very few of these extra 
large beauties are taken by men who are true fishermen 
who use tackle carefully selected and prepared, and are 
always anxious lest their line, rod or snell may not stand 
the terrible strain of a battle with a 6-pounder. 
I have devoted the most of my spare time for the past 
Uventy years to catching and studying the habits of the 
bass of Cumberland River, so that it is hard to find a 
place for twenty-five miles along the banks of this truly 
beautiful stream' with which I am not thoroughly ac- 
quainted. During one of my tramps in August, when the 
water was clear as crystal, I saw some very fine bass at a 
place called Pumpkin Hollow, and as the spot had been 
specially blessed by the hand of nature with cool springs, 
delight! ul shade and other attractive surroundings, I de- 
cided that this should be our camping ground for October 
fishing. 
On the morning of Oct. i2 a jovial party, composed of 
Mr. Thos. Reed, of Rushville, Ind. ; Messrs. J. M. 
Richardson, C. V. Mallory, T. Z. Morrow, Jr., and my- 
self, of Somerset, Ky., drove over one of the worst roads 
in the State of Kentucky, with tents and full equipment 
for a week's outing. After a drive of four hours, we 
covered the terrible ten miles of bad road and reached the 
blufifs of the majestic Cumberland. The view which 
greeted us was simply magnificent; looking down from 
the summit of a cliff, many hundred feet in height, we 
beheld our goal, where, like a silver thread, the rippling 
waters crept through the dense foliage on its route to the 
Gulf. After feasting our eyes for awhile on the em- 
bellishments of nature, which were here conspicuous on 
every, hand, we proceeded to get closer and into camp. 
After dinner all appeared enthusiastic and anxious for 
the sport, which, notwithstanding the fact that an un- 
pleasantly cool wind was blowing, was good, as twenty- 
three bass were taken, four of which weighed 3 pounds 
each, six pounds each and others down to i pound— it 
having been agreed to throw all . bass back into the 
stream which would weigh less than a fbund. 
After a good night's rest and a hearty breakfast, every 
one was ready for the day's sport. When Reed, Mallory 
and myself went down to the river, we found our boat- 
man. Bill Meece, ready and waiting for us. Slowly 
trolling up stream, we soon arrived at the place v^^here I 
had seen those big fellows last August. Bill cast anchor 
at the proper place. Putting on good, fresh minnows, we 
now began casting. The boat was in eddy water with 
swift running water on either side. 
My first cast was rewarded with a beautiful "hang" on 
some rocks, as I had miscalculated the depth of the 
water. However, after some little trouble I succeeded in 
gettmg loose, and after pointing my hook and moving 
cork down, out went my red belly chub again, and to my 
dismay only to hang in the same place. What do you 
generally say under such circumstances? Well, I said it, 
and probably put a little more emphasis on the expression 
than was necessary. After a hard pull my good Pinnell 
hook and red belly chub were still under the rock. By this 
tune Reed a-nd Mallory had each taken a 3-pounder and 
lost one strike. I was soon with them again, and still 
lowermg my cork I cast out in the same place as be- 
fore. When my cork reached the place where I had first 
got fast, it went down as on previous trials, and of course 
I thought it was only another "hang," and I was more 
emphatically annoyed than before, but ray surprise may be 
imagined when on giving a light pull my line went out 
at a terrific rate. 
Out, out and out went the line, and I soon saw it would 
aU be gone when I told Bill to raise anchor and follow 
him. It was done in a minute, arid the boat was going 
down stream when he stopped. He now had 45 yards 
of line and had traveled from right of boat to left in eddy 
water, with line bagging through the SAvift current. To 
hook him thus would be folly, so 1 told Bill to follow him 
again and I reeled up until only about 15 yards were out. 
I gave it to him and out he came with mouth wide open, 
rushing wildly up stream, breaking water again and again, 
and .jumping at least 2 feet. Back and forth he sailed, 
lashing the water into foam, several times exhausting 
nearly every foot of line. After a battle royal of twenty- 
two minutes he was taken in. He was certainly a beauty, 
laymg m the bottom of the boat working his gills, but 
otherwise thoroughly exhausted. We immediately pulled 
up stream to camp to show our priJie. We placed the 
beauty upon the scales, and to the astonishment of all he 
weighed 7^ pounds. This was something unusual, and 
wexould hardly believe our e^^es. It was at once decided 
to break camp and get to town as quickly as possible with 
our prize alive, which we accomplished by a fast drive of 
three hours and the aid of fresh water from four creeks 
we had to cross. On arriving in town he was again 
weighed on Fairbanks' scales, and tipped the beam at 
7 pounds 2 ounces, having lost 6 ounces on the trip. 
The monster bass was soon thoroughly revived and 
placed in a large tank, where he lived for six days, and 
would have lived much longer, but some one, not con- 
tent with looking at him in the tank, took him out and 
let him fall, and soon afterward he died. I immediately 
sent my prize to the Cuvier Club, of Cincinnati, and he is 
now properly mounted and on exhibition in their museum. 
I have caught a great many bass weighing from 4 to S 
pounds, and have always contended that a bass of 3 or 33/^ 
pounds was gamer than the heavier ones, and that after 
they reach the weight of 4 pounds or over they are more 
or less sluggish and will not break water as freely as the 
smaller ones, but this monster was the gamest fish I ever 
tackled, breaking water seven times. 
R. H. Bartells. 
Sunday Laws in New England. 
Boston, March 26.— Fishing is going to be very late this 
year, unless the weather makes a sudden change to much 
warmer and stays so for at least one week. Ice is still 
forming every night in the" vicinity of Boston, while a 
little further from- the sea coast there is yet a good deal 
of snow on the ground, with frozen streams and ponds. 
As for Maine and New Hampshire, it looks 9s though 
one month could hardly begin to remove the vast volume 
of snow, to say nothing of clearing the ice from the 
lakes, ponds and streams. It will be remembered that 
the Maine Legislature, at its"' last session, one year ago, 
made, the open season on landlocked salmon and trout to 
begin on the going out of the ice from each body of 
water. April i opens the season on trout and landlocked 
salmon in this State, but that is Sunday this year, a 
legal close day on all fishing and shooting. Several 
owner.s of streams and preserves on the Cape, and in 
other southerly sections of the State, propose to go down 
to camp on Saturday night next. Some of them do not 
say that they intend to fish on Sunday, while they do not 
want their names in the papers. Others boldly declare 
that they intend to fish on the opening day of the season 
if the weather is warm enough to move the ice. 
The matter of clianging this Sunday law has been pro- 
posed to tlie present Massachusetts Legislature, but so far 
it has met only a storm of resistance from Sabbatarians. 
. 
with the argument proposed that busy men who desire ti 
fish and shoot should be willing to lose their time an« 
hunt or fish week days. To change the law so as to allov 
of fishing and shooting on Sundays they say will let loosi 
a horde of foreigners, who have to work on week dayal 
but love to fish and shoot. This will result in great d& 
struction to the fish and game, as well as song and in- 
sectiverous birds. They urge hunters and fishermen tc 
consent willingly to the Sunday close time, in order tc 
keep this foreign element, that is already causing a gool 
deal of trouble to farmers afid country pieople, undet: 
control. 
Even in Maine this Sunday shooting by Italian laborers; 
working week days on railroads and buildings, has come 
to be a terrible nuisance, if not a decided menace to game 
as well as song birds, with even the farmer's sheep and 
cattle not always safe. In Maine they hunt in gangs every' 
Sunday, paying no regard whatever to close seasons or 
any other seasons. Oflficials mention that while their 
depredations are generally limited to robins and small 
birds, they do not hesitate to -shoot almost anything they.! 
find. To attempt to arrest them is to find that whole 1 
gangs are concerned in the shooting, dozens of men who 
cannot speak a word of English, and who all look alike « 
and have no money to pay fines. Farmers say that ' 
only attention they pay to being driven off is to inin 
diately appear again in .some other locality. Farmers who 
have had anytliing to do with this foreign shooting ele- . 
ment do not want any open Sundays to either fishing or 
shooting. A gentleman from Maine tells me that in the 
vicinity of where a gang of Italian laborers were at work ■ 
on a large public building last season, there is not a robin 
to be found, or was not before the season of migration . 
last fall. These laborers shot every Sunday, and the 
authorities were unable to stop them. 
Special. 
CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 
Toetle Lake Trout Tttp, 
Chicago, 111., March 24.— It would seem that Turtle 
Lake Club, of Michigan, expects every man to do his duty 
on May i. Earlier mention has been made of the party 
which will be headed on opening day by Mr. J. D. Hawks, 
of Detroit, It now appears that the following will com- 
prise Mr. Hawks' party, as cast at this date : Messrs. 
J. C. Hutchins, G. B. Barbour, F. B. Dickerson, Fish 
Commissioner; C. A. Rathbone, E. G. Nicols, Battle 
Creek; John Nicols, W. W. Churchill, New York; Mar- 
shall Whitaiker, ex-Fish Commissioner; John S. Sweeney, 
Burke M. Graham, Bryant Walker, A. H. Sibley, E. 
Hough, Chicago; W. H. Boardman, New York. 
To these the following words of advice are sent by Mr. 
Hawks: 
"The procession moves at 6:io P. M,, April 
29, from Fort Street Depot, Detroit, for the happy hunt- 
ing grounds at lurtle Lake. You are expected to get 
yourselves as far as Bay City on the Pere Marquette 
Railroad (probably on 'hunters' tickets'), and I will take 
care of the rest. The trout fishing is fly fishing, and 
wading boots (hip boots) will be required. If you have 
a favorite rod bring it along with your pet suit of old 
clothes. If you are shy on rods, I have plent}', and 
plenty of flies. Worm fishing is not barred — just looked 
down upon. If you are not up on fly fishing, do not be 
afraid to come, as the trout are anxious to be caught by as 
good looking a crowd as you are, and then there are 
other attractions. 
"This is a preliminary letter to enable you to fix your 
business matters (if you have any) so as to take a week 
or ten days off. Please keep me posted as to prospects 
of your going. If you cannot go, it is one on you, as the 
crowd will go without you and will not wait for you. If 
you come in a day or two later, it will be another one on 
you, as you will have to hire a team to take you from 
Alpena to Turtle Lake, at an expense of $S, and foot the 
bill yourself." 
Mr. Hawks adds the following in a personal letter ; 
"Some years ago you went with Mr. Geo. Alexander 
to the Fontinalis Club. I am, a member of that club; in 
fact, I originated it. 
"Our trout fishing at Tiirtle Lake is done mostly in 
the South Branch of the Thtinder Bay River. This stream 
is just right for fly fishing, larger than Fontinalis, and 
smaller than the Au Sable. Just right for wading, and 
just right every way. We will have a nice party and a 
good time. 
"One advantage of the Turtle Lake Club is that when 
the day comes (April 29, 6 P. M.), the procession moves 
and waits for no man. If any one fails to show up, we 
grieve, and let it go at that, and hope he may get along a 
day or two or three later. This, you see, prevents any- 
one from feeling that he is putting other persons out if he 
does not find it convenient to go. The latch string is 
always out at the club house, summer and winter, I am 
going up the last of the week to see about some new 
buildings we are to put up this spring. We have a keeper 
I want you to see ; as a newspaper man, if you cannot get 
more items from him than from a dozen ordinary men, I 
lose my guess. His name is Buck, for short, and he is a 
character and no mistake. Now come along if you can.. 
There are plenty of trout, plenty of bass and pike in the 
lake, but We do not do much with them in May. The 
trailing arbutus is worth going that far to sec. Your 
fishing days and mine are short, so do not waste any of 
them." . . 
No\V...that .Mr. Hawks mentions it. I beheve I ain 
feeling just a leetle peaked, and about May 1 I fear I shall 
be feeling peakeder, so that a trip .such as that above 
suggested would be almost a necessity. I don't know 
why it is. but I am often taken that way, along at the first 
of the different seasons. ' E. Hough. 
300 BoYCE Building, Chicago, III. 
1 
New York Game ao<i Fish Legislation* 
Albany, March 26.— (Special.)— In the Senate, last 
Thursday, the consideration of the Willis bill to preveni 
the further pollution of streams inhabited by fish by the 
dumping of refuse and deleterious products from manu- 
factories operated upon the banks of such streams pro- 
voked a heated debate between Senator Brown and Sena- 
tor Brackett- Senator Brackett said it had come to a 
