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Barnegat Fishing. 
Barnegat City, N. J., Aug. 20. — When the bluefish are 
about, few sportsmen spend much time on any other kind 
ot fishing. There is an exhilaration about hauling in 
bluefish from a fast moving boat, with the swirl and 
break of the waters on the shoals all about you in the 
narrow inlet, the dart and plunge of the gamy fish, the 
roll of the yacht, the salt spray in your nostrils, even 
the pair of fingers torn and cut by the friction of the 
swift-moving , stout squid line, that captures alike the 
novice and the old-time sportsman. 
For a fortnight past the blues have been in the inlet 
occasionally, and for the past few days all the time. It is 
a sight to be remembered to see twenty or thirty yachts 
sailing about the bar, their white sails gleaming in the 
bright sun one moment, and purple or orange in the shade 
as they go about on the other tack. While thej'- have not 
caught bluefish in such large numbers as often happens, 
still nearly every yacht has gotten its share. Captain 
Joel Ridgway, for many years keeper of the Life-Saving 
Station here, but who was retired by a grateful Govern- 
ment last year because of advancing years, has been 
showing that he is still good for something when he has 
salt water under him, by sailing fishing parties this 
summer. On Friday he had out Mr. W. C. Mackie, of 
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, and they made a catch of 
forty-five bluefish. Some of these were as heavy as 7 
pounds. On Saturday and Sunday the catches ran 
smaller in numbers, but were well distributed among 
the various boats. 
Kingfish, or barb, which many sportsmen consider one 
of the gamiest of inlet fish, have been biting finely of 
late. Mr. E. G. Chandlee, of Philadelphia, was out Sat- 
nrday with Capt. Al Sprague, who seems to have an in- 
stinctive knowledge of where fish should be found, and 
returned with forty-eight barb. Ex-Senator John Taylor 
has also been here from Trenton, trying the barb, and has 
been very successful in attempts. 
The catch which excited the most comment on Sun- 
day was of four big black drum, caught by Dr. Wal- 
hauser, of Newark, who was out in the yacht Olive, Cap- 
tain Henry Brown, of Forked River. These big fish- 
were brought in to the dock and were admired by every- 
body. Two of them weighed from 50 to 60 pounds each ; 
the other two were 20-pounders. The fishermen had 
caught a few bluefish, but had anchored and were chum- 
ming for sea bass and porgies, when the drum happened 
along. There were more in the school, but it isn't every 
one who can land a 50-pound drum, and so some of them 
escaped. 
Sheepshead are always one of the most desired of all 
fish by the anglers, who boast as much over a 12-pound 
weakfish as they would over one of those 50-pound drum. 
Messrs. G. W. Savage, of New York, and V. H. Skirm, of 
Trenton, have been among the most successful sheeps- 
head fishermen this week. Their catches ran up to 10 
and 8 pounds to a fish. 
Mr. T. W. Synnott, of Glassboro, N. J., has been 
having fine sport fishing, and so has General Superin- 
tendent Frank Sheppard, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, 
who has had his sail and power yacht Sculpin. 
Revolver. 
CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 
"Western Salmon Fishers. 
Chicago, 111., Aug. 19.— Mr. W. B. Mershon and 
friends, of Saginaw, Mich., are back from his salmon 
water on the Cascapedia. The party was made up of Mr. 
and Mrs. Mershon, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Harvey, Mr. 
and Mrs. Geo. Morley an,d Mrs. Jack Morley, Avith a 
boy or so, nine of the party in all. They had a fine 
time, and though late for the salmon, were lucky enough 
to get some anyhow. Mr. Geo. Morley killed three, his 
bast one of 31 pounds, and his first salmon. Mrs. Harvey 
killed one of 29 pounds, and Mr. Mershon one of 23 
pounds, which, added to his fine take on his earlier trip, 
surely gives him a nice season to remember. Of trout, 
Mr. Harvey took one of 4^2 pounds, one of 3^ pounds. 
Others were taken of 2^ pounds, etc. The trip was most 
delightful for all, and the ladies return exceedingly well 
pleased with the experience. 
On the York. 
R.ev. C. A. Lippincott, of this city, is one of our best 
known fly-fishers, and his name figures prominently in 
the annals of the Chicag-o Fly-Casting Club. Mr. Lip- 
pincott is lately back from a most pleasant visit on the 
York River, of Quebec, where he fished three weeks as 
the guest of Mr. Reid Murdock, of Chicago, who con- 
trols that entire river. Mr. Murdock has been on this 
stream for twenty years or so. and has bought thirty 
miles outright and" leased the balance of the fishing waters, 
so that he ha* a grand property, with three lodges and 
several guardians. Mr. Lippincott had never before killed 
a salmon, and his luck was most gratifying, He killed 
twenty fish in all, his heaviest 30 pounds, and on the day 
he got this biggest fish he also had fish of 26, 20, 11 and 10 
pounds. His average for the stay was 16 7-9 pounds. A 
salmon of 37 pounds is the record on the York, where 
the fish ordinarily do not reach the great weights. The 
experience was one which deeply delighted Mr. Lippin- 
cott, and he speaks in greatest admiration of that region. 
From the Rockies. 
Mr. Leonard Goodwin, of this city, has returned from 
his angling trip in the Rockies. Most of his fishing was 
done near St. Anthony's Falls. Idaho. He had grand 
sport, and is in love with the Rockies. Fish (mountain 
trout) of 3 pounds they had in abundance, and Mr. 
Goodwin says he could ask no better sport. 
E. Hough. 
Hartford Building, Chicago, III. 
Bigf Bass in Brome Lake. 
Sutton Junction', P. Q.— Among the many beautiful 
lakes for which the Province of Quebec is noted, Brome 
may be mentioned as one of the best knoAvn and most 
centrally located. It is situated sixty miles from Mont- 
fcal and fgrtj miles ffoni Sherhrooke; and extending as 
it does from Knowlton to Foster, it taps the branch and 
main lines of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The former 
crosses an arm of tlie lake about two miles out from 
Knowlton, thus rendering Wah Wah's dream of ''Bass 
Fishing from the Car VVindow" a practical possibility, 
as the railwaj' bridge is one of the best known locations 
for pickerel and powt, with an occasional bass. 
In Brome Lake fishing is always good, but this year it 
is better, pi'obably due to better protection during the 
spawning season. The citizens of Knowlton, alive to the 
interests of their toAvn, subscribed liberally toward the 
maintenance of special wardens during the months of 
April and May. In the early part of the season many 
fine strings of pickerel Avere taken, but the month of 
August has been a record breaker for large bass, one 
man taking thirteen, which wciglicd 60 pounds, and a few 
days later he again landed twenty, ten of which tipped the 
beam at 50 pounds after they were taken ashore. Another 
party landed 100 pounds in a day, and still another cap- 
tured an 8-pounder, Avhich, I belicA^e, is the record for 
the lake. Such sport as this is hard to find, and the man 
Avho could not appreciate it would be content Avith little 
short of .pie three times per day and ice cream Sundays. 
A. W. Westover. 
San Ftancisco Fly-Casting: Club. 
Medal contests, series 1900, Saturday, contest No. 11, 
held at Stow Lake, Aug. 11. Wind, light west; weather, 
windjf : 
Event Event Event 
No. a. No. 2, No. 4, 
Distance, Accuracy, Event No. 8, , Lure 
Feet Per cent. Acc i Del. ^ Net % Casting^ 
BatUi 87 .93.8 91 70 80.6 
Brotherton .... ]16 SB. 4 91 73.4 &2.2 
Brooks 103 73 86. 8 70 78.4 
Edwards 100 84.4 90.4 7.5.10 SS.l 
Hiller 83 84.8 77.8 . 64.2 70.11 
Wuikr m 95 78 76.8 77.4 
Reed 106 92.8 86.8 73.4 80 
Young 98.6 93.4 94 73.4 83.8 
Judges, Battu and Young; Referee. MiiUer; Clerk, 
Smyth. 
Medal contests, series 1900, Sunday, contest No. 11, 
held at Stow Lake, Aug. 12. Wind, light Avest; weather, 
foggy ; ' * 
Battu an 85.8 90 70.10 80. .5 
Brotherton ... 120 84.4 91.4 80.10 86.1 
Brooks 02 8.5.4 84 68 76.4 
Everett 105 
Daverkosen ... 114 82.8 90.8 73.4 82 
FouIk,s 90 85 79.4 73.4 76.2 
Hiller 74 77 70.10 73.11 
Mullor 100 89 86.4 81,8 84 
Young 96 88.4 8S 77.6 82.9 
Keed 105 95 S6.4 75 80.8 
Judges, FonJks and Everett; Referee, Battu; Clerk, 
Smyth. 
Lake Aobofn. 
Boston, Aug. 18. — Salmon fishing at Lake Auburn. 
Me., has held out well into the hot Aveather. It has not 
been particularly brilliant at any time this year, only an 
occasional fish being taken. But the catch has been 
sufficient to keep up the interest. Avith a great many 
boats out. Last Aveek Dr. Jenkins, of Philadelphia, caught 
a salmon of OA^er 4 pounds, and a few days before a 
citizen of Auburn got one of 6-pounds. Noav the alarm 
begins to be spread that the Avaters of that lake are being 
contaminated by fishing, and particularly by the fact that 
a number of summer cottages are located along its shores. 
Both LcAviston and Auburn draw their Avater supply from 
Lake Auburn. Prominent citizens haA'c come out in 
neAVSpaper articles claiming that the drinking Avater of 
the two cities should not thus be polluted. They would 
ask that all fishing be stopped, and that all the cottages 
be torn down. Fish Commissioner Henry O. Stanley has 
been called upon for his opinion. He ridicules the idea 
of contamination liy Avhat fishing there is done on the 
lake, and by the few cottages along the shores. He 
regrets that the fishing has held out so well. He Avould 
have preferred it to have stopped short off at about the 
same time as on other seasons ; so late and successful fi.sh- 
ing draws hard on the supply, Special. 
The Black Bass Record* 
The record weights for black loass so far as ktiown to 
us are as follows: 
Small-Mooth, JO Pounds. 
This fish Avas caught in Round Lake, Warren county. 
New York. Tt Avas weighed and the weight vouched for 
by Mr. A. N. Cheney. 
Small-Moutfa, J IX Pouncls. 
Another fish, caught in Glen Lake, Warren county, 
N. Y., Vyras reported to have weighed 11 J4 pounds; and 
Mr. Cheney believes the record to haA^e been authentic. 
Large-Mouth, 23^4 Pounds. 
Caught in Florida and recorded in Forest and Stream. 
The head is preserved in this office. 
Tile Salmon Rivers. 
BosTONj Aug. 18. — The salmon fishermen are return- 
ing, and the general report is that the catch has not 
been as good as usual. The Ristigouche fishermen are 
not generally Avell satisfied, so far as heard from, while 
fishing in the Tobique has not been satisfactory. Dr. 
John Bryant, the Avell-knoAvn yachtsman, has returned 
Avith his boys from the Tobique. He found the fishing 
A-ery poor. Still, there are some exceptions to the re- 
ports of poor luck. Mr. D. H. Blanchard has returned 
from his river, the Southeast Branch of the St. Mar- 
gueritte, and had good sport. He took about thirty 
salmon, some of them up to over 30 pounds. Mr. Walter 
M. Brackett, the salmon painter, has returned from the 
same river. Mr. Brackett's portion of the riA'er is a little 
further doAvn, or below Mr. Blanchard's. He has taken a 
salmon of 41 pounds, a very fine fish, with scA'eral others. 
On the other hand. Mr. Blanchard's partner in the salmon 
river, a Philadelphia gentleman, fished the pools of their 
river before Mr. Blanchard got there, \vith the result 
pf scarcely a salnioti. ■ Special. 
The Salt WaterlLeague. 
The regular monthly meeting of the Protective League 
of Salt Water Fishermen was held at Wall's Hotel, in 
this city, on Monday evening, Aug. 20, President Theo- 
dore Biedinger presiding. The reports of the Secretary 
and Treasurer showed a flourishing condition of affairs 
in the League, and much enthusiasm was manifested by 
the members present. 
President Biedinger announced that an agreement had 
been reached Avith the Hudson River Netters' Organiza- 
tion Avhereby the latter Avill co-operate Avith the League 
in its efforts to have a law enacted obliging the netters 
to raise their nets three days of each Aveek. and thus 
give the fish a chance to go up the river. The League 
introduced a measure at the last session of the Legisla-, 
ture to this effect, but it was vigorously opposed by the 
Netters' Organization, and was defeated. The informa- 
tion that the netters are now supporting the League in 
its efforts to pass the bill is very encouraging. 
The League Avill also introduce a measure at the next 
session of the Legislature prohibiting the menhaden fisher- 
men from netting within five miles of the shore. Senator 
Depew, one of the directors of the American Fisheries 
Company, who operate the menhaden nets, has promised 
to support the bill. 
Mr. F. Felger, of NeAvark, N. J., informed the mem- 
bers that he has organized an association to aid the 
League in its fight by having laws enacted to protect the 
Jersey shore from netters. This association already has a 
membership of seventy-fiA-e. 
A letter was read from Col. Milliken, of the Board of 
Directors of the League, to the Forest, Fish and Game 
Commission, requesting that, inasmuch as the League has 
done more to protect the salt water fish than anv other 
organization, it be consulted in the matter of appointments 
of game wardens. The reply of the Commission was . 
that the protectors appointed by the old Commission are 
protected by the Civil Service laAV and cannot be rc- 
moA^ed Avithout cause. As there are no charges against 
these protectors, there are now no appointments to be 
made, but the request of the League would be placed nn 
file and receive proper consideration. 
Mr. L. H. Johnson, of Asbury Park, N. J., spoke of 
the conditions confronting the fishermen of the Jersey 
shore. He recounted some of his experiences in. the 
good old days before the shore A\^as lined Avith nets, when 
lo-pound bluefish caught on hook and line Avere not 
scarce, and Avhen one could get a good catch of AA'eakfish 
in places Avhcrc there are noAV none to be had. Mr. 
Johnson attributes the change- in affairs to the net fish- 
ing. Formerl}^ he said, one could see hundreds of 
pounds of menhaden on the shore, Avhence they had been^ 
driven by the bluefish, which came in close to the shore. 
Now these menhaden are caught in nets 1,800 feet long, 
and, there being nothing for the bluefish to feed on, they 
no longer come Avithin reach of the surf fishermen. At 
Seabright there are two nets each about half a mile 
long, and CA^ery morning from four to six tons of fish are 
taken from the nets. These fish bring two cents per 
pound in the New York market. In ansAver to the con- 
tention of the netters that the League is attempting to 
deprive honest men of a means of earning a liying, Mr. 
Johnson said that before netting was carried on to its 
present extent the Jersey coast was alive with small boat 
fishermen, fishing with hook and line for the market. 
These men greatly outnumbered the netters of to-day, 
but they have been driven out of business by the ad- 
vent of the nets, and have been obliged to seek other 
means of employment. Mr. Johnson advises the use of 
the sea clam for bait for striped bass in preference to 
the shedder crab and blood worm so commonly used. 
President Biedinger said that enormous loads of fish 
are sent each day to Barren Island to be converted into 
fertilizer. Many cases of good fish, packed in ice, just 
as they Avere received from the Jersey coast, are sent 
down each day, because the marketmen cannot get their 
prices for them from the peddlers. Tt is this wanton waste 
of fish that the League is working so hard to preA^ent. 
The next meeting of the League will be held at Wall's 
Hotel. t6o West Thirty-first street, Ncav York, on Mon- 
day, Sept. 17. 
Tarpon and Remora in Rhode Island Waters. 
Providence, R. L, Aug. 11. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
If for nothing else, Narragansett Pier will become noted 
this season for the capture of fish rare in these Avaters. 
The latest acquisition is a remora or sea sucker, Avhose 
home is in the waters of the China Sea and the east coast 
of Africa. The specimen was caught on Tuesday even- 
ing off Billingston's dock by Frank Chase and Fred 
Whitford. This inhabitant of far-aAvay Avaters is of 
peculiar formation, with a body similar to that of an 
eel, Avhile one side of the head is round and the other 
flat. The one caught is only 14 inches in length. An- 
other tarpon has also been secured in the same trap in 
which the first one Avas caught at the Pier some two 
weeks ago. The last specimen is almost' identical in size 
with the first fish caught, being about 5 feet in length 
and Aveigliing some 55 pounds. 
Large catches of squiteague continue to be reported 
from all parts of Narragansett Bay, though the individ- 
ual fish are somewhat smaller than those of last season. 
W. H._ M. 
[There is one remora (Remora remora) whicli is 
found in Atlantic waters north to the latitude of New 
York; and another (R. brachyplera) which extends to 
Cape Cod.] 
A Bigf Brook Trottt. 
Ellenville, N. Y. — A brook trout caught by DcAvitt 
LoAv in feeder of the LackaAvack Stream, near here, 
Aveighed 6^4 pounds, and measured 26 inches. R. L. C. 
Wisconsin Fishing^. 
Good reports of muscallonge fishing come from Rhine- 
lander and ManitOAvish, Wis., AA'ith pike and bass fur 
variety. 
S(?e the list of gooi filings in Woodcraft in'gur (|#, ^ok, 
