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might be, for he had played him all the afternoon. The 
sun had set nearly an hotir before. The night hawks were 
swooping low over the darkening waters, relieved here 
and there by the phosp@rescent gleam of bar and rapid. 
For a few minutes we sat resting, enjoying the twilight — 
for what is more pleasant than a summer evening after 
a day of sport? 
But if the light of day was fading, our boat was illumi- 
nated by the flush of the Doctor's cheeks, and his_ smile 
was as happy as that of a child who has just received a 
new toy. 
"Isn't he worth working for a week?" he exclaimed. 
"Did you say he weighed only 28 pounds? Are yoit 
sure the scales are right ? I should have thought he would 
have weighed at least 50. Do you know, I'd give a 
hundred dollars if my wife could have seen me land 
him. When I tell her about it she will think it is just 
another fish story," Norman S. Sterry. 
Still-Fishing, 
Pleasant Lake, in Henrietta township, Jackson coun- 
ty, Michigan, is situated about twelve miles from Jackson 
and nine from Leslie, The lake is about one and a quar- 
ter miles long and one mile wide, fed entirely by springs. 
Toward the northwest end is a very pretty island, which 
the picnickers seem to make the most of. On the south- 
east side is an elegant grove with a small hotel and 
boats, OAvned and run by J. W.. Cowan. Here you will 
find the finest spring of water in the State. At the north- 
east side of the lake is a resort run by E. C. Crumb. Here 
}^ou will find a fair hotel, six or eight cottages and fair- 
sized pavilion; he also owns and runs a small steamer. 
On the southeast side is a resort owned and run by Pat- 
rick Hankerel, with a good hotel, large pavilion and over 
sixty cottages, owned by people of Mason, Leslie and the 
surrounding country. One of the cottages is the Oasis. 
16 by 40. two stories high, five bedrooms upstairs and 
dining room and kitchen below complete, which is owned 
by Wm. Hutchings, A. C. Du Bois, M. L. Campbell, of 
Leslie, and Charles M. Norton, of Lansing, who likes to 
fish. The Oasis has been stocking the lake for the last 
five years with black bass, so in time we expect good 
fishing. At present the fish cauglit are a few perch, plenty of 
bluegills or roach, black bass and a tow pike and pickerel. 
Among those owning cottages at Hankerol's resort is Mr. 
Jam.es Blair, of Leslie, (Tne of the youngest on the 
grounds, although he claims to have seen seventy sum- 
mers ; but we have to take his word for that. 
One evening Mr. Blair and Norton were out fishing. 
On their way home Mr. Blair made the remark that Mrs. 
Blair would like to go fishing with Norton in the morn- 
ing, as she had not been fishing since she was a school 
girl. Norton was pleased to have her go, so next morn- 
ing he rigged her out with an 18- foot rod, 20-foot line and 
Burgess weedless hook, with pork rind for bait. Off they 
started trolling. Norton picked up a couple of bass, and 
as he was reeling in the last one Mrs. Blair made the 
remark that she would like to get one like that. Inside 
of five minutes she had a strike; at first she thought that 
she had the bottom of the lake, but in a moment she 
realized that there was something alive on the end of her 
line, and called to Norton to take the rod, but he simply 
said, "No," as the worst cursing he ever got was for 
touching another man's line when out in a boat with 
friends, for he knew nothing about fishing at that time. 
So he quietly rowed along, and finally Mrs. Blair landed 
a 2-pound bass, and a more pleased woman you never saw. 
She did not hesitate to let the campers know that she 
caught the bass. The next day she went home to Leslie, 
and when she was telling of her success, one of the gentle- 
men asked her if she caught it "still-fishing." She an- 
swered, "Yes ; I think so ; we were not saying a word." 
Julian. 
Restocking Ontario Bass Waters. 
Owing to the thousands of tourists and anglers who 
each year make the districts of northern Ontario their 
summer resort, the fish in several of the lakes have 
suffered to some extent; and to obviate any depletion or 
extermination the Ontario Government, in conjunction 
with the Grand Trunk Railway, has formulated a scheme 
for restocking many of the waters in the Highlands of 
Ontario, not by depositing eggs, fry or fingerlings, but 
by transplanting the parent fish early in the spring, in time 
to take advantage of the spawning season. With this end 
in view the Grand Trunk Railway system had built in its 
bhops at Point St. Charles a special car for the transporta- 
tion of these fish from the place of their capture to the 
•different lakes which are being stocked. 
Heretofore the stocking of the lakes has been hampered 
for the want of the proper means for the transportation of 
the fish. Young fish, fry and fingerlings, were carried by 
messengers in baggage cars on regular passenger trains. ^ 
This method was inadequate and the Grand Trunk recog- 
nized the fact that a fish car would have to be put in 
service to transport fish in large numbers. A car was 
therefore constructed specially adapted for the distribu- 
tion of live fish, the- requirements of such a car being 
conipartments for carrying fish in which an even tempera- 
ture could be maintained, proper circulation of water and 
air in the tanks containing the fish and sleeping and living 
accommodations for the attendants. The interior of the 
car is arranged with a series of galvanized iron tanks to 
hold from 1,000 to 1,500 fish. At one end of the car is 
an upper and lower berth, like those in a Pullman car, to 
accommodate two men. The ice for keeping the water 
at a certain temperature is carried in two compartments 
built for this purpose and holding about one ton each. 
Arrangements have been made for replenishing the water 
in the tanks en route, which will be done by attaching a 
hose, provided with a coupling, to any of the hydrants at 
stations on the Grand Trunk. 
The Ontario Government has already contracted for 
10,000 parent bass. The first shipment has been planted in 
the waters known as the Lake of Bays, situated in north- 
ern Ontario, about 145 miles from Toronto. The fish now 
being transplanted are what are known as the small- 
mouth black bass, one of the gamiest species of the 
finny kingdom, and are being caught at St. Williams, on 
T n1-p "Fi-ip Thoce which have been captured and trans- 
planted are considered by experts as an exceptiofially fine 
lot of fish, not one out of all that were loaded on the 
first shipment being less than a foot in length and many 
weighing three to four pounds. Another carload has 
been forwarded to the Muskoka lakes, and the fish have 
been deposited in Lake Rosseait This work will be con- 
tinued, until the lakes in the northern districts are 
thoroughly stocked. 
The other lakes which will he restocked are Lakes 
Joseph, Muskoka, Couchiching, Simcoe and the Kawar- 
tha lakes. Though the fishing in all these waters has 
been good in the past, the lover of the rod and the amateur 
angler will be assured now of unlimited sport in any of 
these districts. 
Canadian Angling Notes. 
Trout fishing in this Province is described as excep- 
tionally good this season, and much better sport is re- 
ported than was enjoyed at the same time last year. The 
knowledge of this fact is accountable for quite a rush of 
visiting anglers, and though there are still many parties 
at uTOst of the club houses in the Lake St. John and St. 
Maurice districts, every train is now taktng more sports- 
men into those sections of the country. 
Messrs. Frank H. Hiscock, A. F. Hiscock, E. C. Stearns 
and R. S. Bowen, of Syracuse, N. Y., passed through 
Quebec to-day on their way to the limits of the Triton 
Club, of which they are members. Mr. J. H. Barclay, of 
New York, with a party of friends, has gone to the No- 
nantum Club's preserve, and W. M. Peelsham and party 
to the Laurentides. 
W. C. Bryant, of Bridgeport, will be here with friends 
early next week, on his way to fish the Metabetchouan 
Club's limits. Mr. Folhurst, of Troy, who had ex- 
cellent sport with the trout in the Laurentides, had also a 
painful experience before returning. His guide, a Lorette 
man named Gagne, was seized with an epileptic fit while 
in the boat with him, and his contortions caused its up- 
•setting. Mr. Folhurst, being a good swimmer, was able 
to save himself. The guide sank in 20 feet of water, and 
his body was only recovered some days later. 
Mr. Palmer, of Middlctown, Conn., arrived here yes- 
terday and left with his friend, Mr. G. M. Fairchild, Jr,, 
of Quebec, for the camp of the Tourilli Fish and Game 
Club, in whose waters good catches of trout are reported 
■ this spring. 
Dr. Zimmerman and party are expected next week at 
Lake Edward. A number of very heavy fish have already 
been taken out of this lake within the last fortnight. 
All the Quebec men who have been fishing up along 
the line of the Quebec & Lake St. John Railway report 
good sport this year. Among their numbers have been 
Hon. Messrs. Dechene and Turgeon, of the local Govern- 
ment. 
Messrs. Samuel Dodd and Wm. F. Hall, of Meriden, 
and C. B. Peet, of New Haven, returned home yester- 
daj' from a very successful fishing trip tO' their preserves 
on the Metabetchouan Club limits, carrying with them 
some pretty specimens of Salvelmus fontinalis. 
Fortunately for the preservation of this beautiful fish in 
Canadian waters, the efforts of the Sportsmen's Fish and 
Game Protective Association of the Province of Quebec 
to stop the export of trout have been crowned with suc- 
cess. A delegation of the Association, justly alarmed at 
the enormous export of this fish last season to the United 
States, waited upon the Hon. S. N. Parent some time 
ago and urged that it be made illegal. Mr. Parent pointed 
out that it was the Federal and not the Provincial Gov- 
ernment that regulated the export of fish, but promised to 
urge the prohibition of the destructive industry upon the 
Federal authorities. Mr. Parent acted in this matter 
with his usual promptness, and the result is seen in the 
passage of an order-in-council by the Dominion Govern- • 
ment, putting in force the following regulations : 
"No one shall receive, ship, transport or have in pos- 
session for the purpose of shipping or transporting out of 
the Dominion of Canada any speckled trout, river trout 
or sea trout taken or caught in the Provinces of Ontario. 
Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia or Prince Edward 
Island ; provided, any person who may so ship such trout 
caught by him for sport, to the extent of 25 pounds in 
weight, if the shipment is accompanied by a certificate to 
that effect from either the local fishery officer in whose 
district the fish were caught, or from the local station 
agent adjacent to the locality in which they were caught, 
or accompanied hy copy of "the official license or permit 
issued to the person making the shipment. No '•single 
package of such trout shall exceed 25 pounds in weight, 
nor shall any person be permitted to ship more than one 
package during the season." 
E. T. D. CHAilBERS. 
Quebec, May 25. 
"Killing" Fish. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
I don't like the use of the words "I killed" in referring 
to the number of fish caught and "killed" in referring to 
a spoon, etc., for catching fish It is improper. The mode 
or manner of obtaining a fish is by catching. You get 
possession of a bird or animal by killing, but a fish by 
catching. Saying I killed so many fish does not neces- 
sarily mean 3'-ou caught them. You might have killed the 
fish your friend caught. 
Again, the word "catch" implies skill and strateg_v. The 
word kill implies murder. To speak of killing a trout 
grates on my ears. It's harsh, and implies an absence 
of an effort, resistance or art. 
Summer before last (in Maine) I was fishing from a 
raft made of three logs, on which was the guide and 
myself. To keep the fish from floundering off as I 
caught them, I would take them from the hook and hand 
them to the guide, who broke their necks. He could truth- 
fully have said, "I killed forty trout," although he caught 
none. He did not even have a rod. It would be very 
unsportsmanlike to fish with a spoon or other appliance 
that killed your fish instead of catching them. 
Catching is the sport in fishing. It's the chance, the 
art. the be all in fishing. Let us hear no more about 
killing — or killers — unless you are using a rifle and 
gmokeless powder. Terry Smith. 
New York Citv. 
A Member of the Ananias Club. 
A man up our way went fishing- — trout fishing — and 
when he came home said that he had caught in one day 
700 trout. This-fish story went unchallenged — in fact, un- 
heeded by every man in town, save the game warden. He 
took down the stfitutes and therefrom learned that the 
legal limit was just fifty trout. Then doing some figuring 
he arrived at the conclusion that Jtherc was due the State 
from this over-zealous fisherman just $6,500, being 650 
trout at $to each. Now the trout were not in evidence, 
and the game warden was acting upon the admission of 
the fisherman, in which he pleaded guilty and made him- 
self amenable to the law. 
The matter assuming a serious shape, the fisherman ex- 
plained that the fish were caught in a stream on the 
boundary of Canada. But the game warden would not 
stand for this, and to his own knowledge denied the 
existence of any trout in the stream mentioned. 
Then the fisherman became hazy as to just how a trout 
looked, was quite certain these trout had no spots — in 
fact, was not sure they were trout — and when he came to 
think over the matter, was quite convinced that they were 
not trout at all but smelts. The plea that he had caught 
trout was changed to one wherein he admitted that they 
were smelts, and the game warden having no evidence 
to the contrary, was obliged to let the man go. 
From the above one might judge that it was not either 
proper or safe to tell the truth at all times, this holding 
especially good when one has returned from a fishing trip. 
It is generally to be regretted that the warden did not 
cinch this boaster and force him to go down into his 
breeches pocket and yank up 6,500 plunks. It would 
have proved a lesson in morality and veracity to the 
fishermen of the country. The fish story of the future 
would have been tame in matters of numbers and would be 
confined strictly to size and weight and the hours of fight 
the fish put up before coming to the net. 
There is a latent idea that this fisherman caught neither 
smelt nor trout — in fact, caught nothing, and having to 
tell the boys something in doing his little story, got be- 
yond his depth and consequently into trouble. 
This is the nearest I have ever known a fisherman to 
come to paying $6,500 just because he stretched matters 
a little. _ / 
If the recital of this episode tends toward making some 
people a little more careful in future around the camp- 
fire, I will not have written in vain. Reader. 
Sr. Paul, Miiiu. 
Maine Waters. 
Upper Dam^ Me., May 26, — The fishing season is at its 
height. Sportsmen are in the land of realization instead 
of expectation. One not an angler is likely to catch the' 
spirit, if he sits by the giant fireplace here for a single 
CA'ening and listens to the recital of capture. Some of the 
more noted trout fishermen of the coimtry are here, or 
have just gone home with pretty well filled creels. Anglers 
of many seasons declare that the fishing has never been 
better in Mooselucmaguntic, and good in Richardson Lake, 
Where so many trout come from is the wonder. /Another 
remarkable feature is the fact that almost as many sal- 
mon are being taken as trout from the waters here, the 
natural home of the big salmo fontinalis of the world. 
This is a result of restocking. While the supply of trout 
has scarcely lost anything, a supply of landlocked salmon 
has been added. T. B. Stewart, of New York, who has 
spent so many seasons here, an enthusiast on -the sub- 
ject of trout, believes that the salmon are an added charm. 
Mr. Frank P. Waterhouse, of Boston, with Mr. S. Henry 
Emery, caught a salmon weighing 5 pounds in Richard- 
son Lake a day or two ago. Mr. Freeland Howe, of Nor- 
Avay, Me., brought in a couple of good ones the other 
day, an every-day occurrence with him. A. C. INIanson, of 
Boston, and son, H. C. Manson, are just in. C. A. 
Stearns, of Boston, is up and at it. State of Maine fisher- 
jnen are numerous here. Lewaston and Auburn have 
been particularly well represented, and the anglers have 
taken home a great many fish. If angling enthusiasm 
continues to increase as fast among Maine people as it 
has been doing for two or three years, this great State of 
tremendous woods and waters will soon have room only 
for her own lovers of the rod and reel. 
At the Bemis end of the Rangeley waters angling ex- 
citement has run to a great height. It is certain that 
more trout have been taken at that point than ever before 
and a great manjr salmon. A. S. Woodworth, of Boston, 
went up to the Birches Friday. He will try the fishing all 
round. D. J. Flanders, of the B. & M., has gone to 
Haines' Landing. At Billy Soule's the fishing has been 
great, and sportsmen go up there every day from the other 
points along the lakes. At Mountain View they have 
taken many good fish, as well as at Haines' Landing. H. 
W. Clark, of Boston, one of the veteran anglers, is at the 
Mountain View for his season there of more than a score. 
At the Narrows, Richardson Lake, the fishing has been 
pleasing — fully as good as former seasons, if not rather 
better. Mr. Frank H. Stevens, of Boston, is home again 
from his fishing trip to Vine Vale camps. He caught a 
good many good fish. E. J. Shattuck, of Boston, and of 
the same camp party, had good fishing. He is an angler 
of the right sort. Having all the dead fish in his creel 
that he cared for, he turned a 6-pound trout loose, after 
weighing and admiring him, "for the good he would do 
some other fellow." 
"Mr. Shattuck and Mt. Stevens were treated to a rare 
sight when out fishing one day. The steamer Minnie 
French was coming down from the Upper Dam. They 
noticed that she had a batteau in tow. Suddenly there 
was a cry of "Fire! Fire!" The batteau was jerked up 
to the steamer's stern and one man clambered quickly 
from the batteau on board; another jumped overboard. 
Smoke was rising from the batteau. Suddenly there was 
a tremendous explosion. Mr. Stevens' says that it seemed 
as though the whole earth had opened. The batteau car- 
ried 150 pounds of dynamite in a gunny bag. In the 
same bag were caps for exploding it. It belonged to Jack 
Lary's drive of logs. The two men were in the batteau 
to watch it. They fell asleep, evidently, and the gunny 
bag caught fire from the steamer's sparks. Alarmed by 
the cry of fire, the men saved their lives by getting out. 
