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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[June is, 1901. 
From Birch Point, Dr. Bates, of Lowell, has taken a 
salmon of 10 pounds. Mr. Cospray, of New York, has 
taken a salmon of ioj4 pounds at Capt. Billy Soule's 
camps, Cupsuptic Lake. Mell Sampson, of Norway, 
caught a trout at Haines' Landing last week that weighed 
SH pounds. At the same point Mrs. C. F. Wyman, of 
Worcester, took a salmon of pounds. Miss Harriet 
W. Blair, also of Worcester, a salmon of 5 pounds. A 
further salmon record at Rangeley Lake is appended : 
Mrs. S. L. Kenyon, Springfield, Mass.. 3^ pounds; W. 
F. Sturtcvant, Springfield, Mass., an old-time angler at 
the Rangeleys, 4 pounds; B. D. Sweet, Bo.ston, Mass., 6'/4 
pounds; B. F. Greeley, Boston, 3 pounds; C. A. Taft, 
Whitinsville, Mass., 3^ pounds; Mrs. T. O. Bemis. 
Springfield, Mass., 5 pounds. ; W. W. Coolidge. Salem, 
Mass., 3V4 pounds.; G. A. Hale. Peabody, Mass., ^Vz 
pounds ; C. H. Hayes, Boston, 3 pounds ; Miss Ruth 
Smith, Springfield, Mass., yyi pounds; Mrs. A. A. Call, 
Springfield, Mass., four salmon, the largest 7 pounds. 
But the Rangeley record for big landlocked salmon is 
smashed at Lake Auburn. Mr. Bartlett, of Norway, Me., 
has taken one from that lake this spring weighing plump 
II pounds. Later that record has been broken by Mr. 
James Dawes, who has caught a salmon weighing 13;^ 
pounds. Before this the record had been held by Mr, 
Frost, of Portland, with a salmon only an ounce or two 
scant of 13 pounds. The big fish are being taken on the 
Rangeley spinner, which is also true of the fish taken at 
the Rangeleys. Still, Mr. A. S. Woodworth, noted above, 
fished only with the old style of live minnow, put on so 
that it would spin. 
The Board of Fish and Game Commissioners held two 
hearings at Haines' Landing June 6, in response to peti- 
tions from those interested in fish and game. The first 
petition was presented b}^ W. E. Paterson and twenty-four 
others of Rangeley and Franklin county, and asks that 
only 10 pounds of fish be permitted to any one boat at a 
time, on any of the Rangeley -waters. The other petition, 
presented by John B. Marble and fifty-three others, also 
W. H. Ellis and fourteen others, asks that only fly-fishing 
be allowed on the Kennebago Stream, from its source to a 
point opposite the boathouse of the Oquossoc Angling 
Association; also on Rangeley Stream, from its source 
to its junction with the Kenenbago Stream. The petitions 
have caused a good deal of discussion among guides and 
sportsmen who visit the Rangeleys. No decision has yet 
been arrived at, and the matter will come before the 
Bciard of Commissioners at Augusta in a week or two. 
The brook trout fishermen are still at it, and the catches 
have been better since the high water and cold weather 
have been over. Mr. Wesley C. Hemenway, of Boston, 
has been up to Ludlow, Vt., in charge of George L. Arm- 
ington, of that place, and took fifty-three trout. Mr. J. H. 
Jones, of Boston, with a friend, has been up to Tamworth. 
N. H., brook trout fishing. They caught fifty-three trout. 
Asked about the size of the fish, Mr, Jones simply turns 
his head and says, "Don't ask me." . It is simply the old 
story of stripping all the fingerlings out of the Massachu- 
setts, New Hampshire and Vermont streams each year, 
and hence there never are any large trout to catch. 
Mr. Felix Tausig and Leo Pickert, of Boston, are on a 
fishing trip to the preserve of the Laurentian Club, in 
Canada. Mr. E. C. Stevens, of Boston, drove out to a 
trout stream in Bedford the other morning with his 
daughter. He cauglit thirteen trout before breakfast, his 
daughter taking one of 34 pound. Mr. Stevens says that 
he has not begun to fish j^et ; will go later. 
Mr. D. J. Flanders and F. J. Bartlett, of Boston, have 
been on a fishing trip to the Rangeleys. They had good 
success at Haines' Landing and other points along the 
lakes. The F. Y. Fitzpatrick party, of Boston, has re- 
turned from a very successful fashing trip to Moosehead. 
They were quartered at Kineo. The strings of the sev- 
eral individuals of the party were: 23 trout and togue 
weighing 40 pounds; 31, 98 pounds; 39, 80 pounds; 40. 
85 pounds; 51, 100 pounds : 28. 52 pounds. Mr. Fitzpatrick 
caught a salmon weighing 6 pounds, and many large trout. 
The Camp Comfort Club, composed of Boston and Paw- 
tucket sportsmen, have had great success at Moosehead. 
The party, in two weeks' fishing, took over 700 trout and 
togue of good size. The Walter H. Messon party^ of 
^Springfield, at the same lake, took a string of thirty-one 
trout in one forenoon's fly-fishing; average weight, 2i/> 
pounds. To R. E. Ti-aiser, of Boston, is credited a trout 
of 4 pounds — a good one for Moosehead; Geo. A. Fales, 
of Boston, salmon of 4 pounds; A. P. Jaques and C. W. 
Arnold, Haverhill, both trout of 3^^ pounds. 
Good fishing is reported from the Dead River region, 
although the weather has been cold and stormy. The 
abominable little flies that have covered the Rangeley 
waters in windrows, almost, have been found on all the 
ponds in the Dead River section. Even the trout waters 
in Aroostook county have been covered with them. Much 
interest is manifested among sportsmen as to what these 
flies are. They have never been seen before, and will 
tbey ever come again ? There are accounts of many young 
salmon being taken by boys and others trout fishing the 
brooks that empty into the Penobscot at Bangor and above. 
It is believed that these young salmon are those liberated 
in the streams by the Fish Commissioners, hence the boys 
and trout fishermen are undoing the work done by the 
Commissioners. Good bass fishing is already reported 
from the vicinity of Vanceboro, Me. A great bass season 
is promised on all Maine waters. Special. 
Fishing in Greenwood Lake. 
Greenwood Lake is on the line of the Erie Railroad 
just forty-five miles from New York. Perched up among 
the mou.ntains a thousand feet above the level of the 
sea, Greenwood Lake rests like a sapphire gem in a somber 
setting of forest trees which fringe it on all sides. This 
water is one of the best fishing grounds within a day's 
journey of New York. In a couple of hours after leav- 
ing his office in New York the angler can be struggling 
with a mighty bass among the stumps at the head of Big 
Horn Island, and if he be a verj^ ardent disciple of Wal- 
ton he can get up in the morning, catch some fish and 
have them in New York before 10 A. M. During the 
past season we have heard several fishermen declare that 
everything ponnecte4 with th? J^fff fs perfect except the 
railroad transportation, and the only thing necessary to 
make that so would be the addition of a chair car to the 
business men's trains. It is now up to the Erie to try the 
result of a chair car this coming season. Greenwood 
Lake contains the following game fishes : Small-mouth 
black bass, large-mouth black bass, wall-eyed pike, 
pickerel (Eastern Pond), perch, bullheads, etc. 
Large catches of bass and pickerel were constantly 
recorded during the last season, and some enormous speci- 
mens of the large-mouth black bass are often taken. We 
have seen .specimens of io>^, 12^2 and 14% pounds. They 
were weighed on our own scales J(_an6. the-se we can 
guarantee to be correct). 
We give a bird's-eye view map of the lake, which shows 
the general oiiiline and contour of the surrounding coun- 
try. It also shows the location of the principal reefs, bars, 
sunken islands, etc., where fish ^congregate. _ We have 
purposely drawn the lake a little 'wider than it really is. 
We did this to give room to detail the fishing along the 
sides. To explain this map intelligently, we will imagine 
ourselves in a boat, making a circle of the lake and fish- 
ing it as we .go along. We will start toward the head 
from the Greenwood Lake Glens Station. From the Glens 
docks to Stirling Forest dock there is a fine productive 
stretch of water, especially for small-mouth black bass. 
A NEWFOUND LAKE LANDLOCKED SALMON. 
In this stretch there are a few exceptionally good spots. 
One is on the inside of the Cranberry Marsh and around 
it. When trolling this stretch of ground, the first course 
should be taken within 20 feet of the shore, then another 
20 feet further out. If casting, the whole course can be 
covered as you move along by taking the center and cast- 
ing on both sides of the boat. At Storm's Island we firid a 
reef at each end; these reefs ai-e good spots. If trolling, 
work around them once and then in, over and across. If 
casting, keep the boat out in the deep water and cast in 
over them. On the outside of both reefs the water drops 
deep suddenly and forms two good wall-eyed pike holes. 
When still-fishing, anchor the boat on the reef and drop 
the bait out into the deep water. 
Just beyond Sterling Forest Station is Hickory Point, 
about 20 to 30 feet out— a good deep hole for still-fishing. 
There are three reefs running off from this point; the 
water is very deep between them and Al wall-eyed pike 
grounds. From Hickory Point up to the Brandon House 
is all good ground. Keep pretty close to shore. Just 
below the Brandon House Point a big rock will be noticed 
on the shore; a little distance out from this rock is a 
small reef, Ai for bass. On the outside of the reef the 
water is deep and good for wall-eyes. Passing Chapel 
Island we enter the upper right arm of the lake. This is 
good ground everywhere, and is patronized by small- 
mouths, big-mouths, pickerel, etc. Along the reaches in 
front of the Windermere Hotel are first-class bass 
grounds. Directly down from the Windermere dock is a 
reef; it can be located by bringing in line the Brandon 
IJou'sft Point and WfllQW Point, The reef is in ^hovi^ 
10 or 12 feet of water, and generally has some very big 
bass, either on or around it. On the outside toward the 
Brandon House is deep water and good for wall-eyes. 
Continue down the lake and bring in line the Brandon 
House Point and Ferncliff Hotel dock, and here the 
fisherman strikes a sunken island. This is excellent 
trolling and live-bait fishing grounds. All along the shores 
from Ferncliff down to Big Horn Island is first-class 
bass water. Just off the Hohokus Club house and again 
off the big rock just below are reefs. These reefs are 
known as the State Line Reefs, as the boundary line 
between New York and New Jersey crosses them. At 
the head of Big ITorn Island will be found a lot of old 
stumps and a little out beyond them a sunken island. 
These are the spots for the monster big-mouths. All over 
the stretch of water on the inside of Big Horn Island 
are good pickerel and large-mouth bass grounds. On the 
outside of the island and around the rocks at the foot are 
small-mouth grounds. From the head of Big Horn Island 
to the ice house just above the Glens dock in about 10 
feet of water is the old dam ; bass often congregate about 
it. From this old dam down to the bottom of the lake is 
all good water for pickerel, with here and there a stray 
bass, 
The best casting baits for Greenwood Lake are night- 
walkers (worms) and frogs. We ha've found our ordi- 
nary pickerel and bass baits take well in this water. 
James Churchward. 
Newfound Lake Fishing* 
T AM somewhat late in telling the story of our fishing 
trip to Newfound Lake. The ice went out earlier than 
usual. Generally the Hebron end of the lake opens first, 
particularly when there is a west wind. The present 
season the wind held steadily from an easterly direction, 
and the whole lake cleared at about the same time. On 
the morning of April 23 my companion of our successful 
deer and bear hunting trip of last November and I started 
for Rogers' camp, at the head of the bay, a short dis- 
tance from the village of Hebron. On the train we met 
two brother anglers from Exeter, N. H., bound for the 
same place. Rogers met us as hvely as ever at Bristol. 
The following day the sprightly General appeared as he 
always does with the breaking up of the ice. When the 
time comes that he fails to show up, Newfound will have 
lost one of its attractions. 
In nearly all my former hunting and fishing trips I have 
,had pretty good luck. My companion, although quite 
"yoimg, is very successful, and our combined luck held 
good during the few days we fished. We caught six sal- 
mon and five trout, most of them from 4 to 5 pounds, the 
largest weighing 8 pounds. We would have caught more 
if we could; also, we would have been satisfied with less. 
We had all we could use after giving away one-half. The 
best fish taken by any one while we were at the lake was 
caught by the fourteen-year-old son of Col. R, N. Elwell, 
of Exeter. I mail a photograph of the young angler and 
his victim. This salmon was caught on the morning of 
April 27. and weighed at camp 11 pounds. The fish was 
quite a fighter, and his captor handled him very coolly. 
His younger brother, who was in the boat (and who also 
landed two salmon), was awed into silence during the 
contest. 
The General as usual brought his brother to navigate 
the boat. This young man spent a part of last year at 
Cape Nome and" in the Klondike. He overflowed with 
marvelous tales of the Alaskan region, and the General 
called him the K. L. (not meaning a knight, of labor, but 
referring to a certain gentleman who in times past an- 
swered to the name of Anannias). 
There were other attractions at the camp besides the 
fish and the numerous meals which Rogers provided. A 
certain young member of the Rogers family and also a 
schoolmarm who mysteriously appeared, rather diverted 
the attention of the K. L. and my young man from the 
business they were brought up to attend to. The General 
and I had some serious talk about what the former called 
nocturnal rambles on the lake with female companions. 
The (General and I had long since gotten over such foolish 
behavior. Our arguments had no effect. The young folks 
said they went out fishing, and perhaps they did; at any 
rate, they never caught anything, and the only result, as 
far as we could see, of those moonlight wanderings was a 
decided disinclination to respond to our call to get up at 
3 A. M. to take us fishing at daybreak. Well, all of us 
have been younger. Killing a lot of game or catching a 
great many fish is not the only pleasure of an outing 
of the present time. I know we alL enjoyed the days 
spent at Rogers' camp. All regretted leaving ,and hoped 
to meet at the same place when the ice goes out next 
spring. C. M. Stark. 
DUNBARTON, N. H. 
West yitgfinia Pfospects. 
RoMNEi-. W. Va., June 6— Editor Forest and Stream: 
I will endeavor to write you a line or two about our fish- 
ing prospects for this summer and prospects for hunt- 
ing this fall. The South Branch has been high four 
times this spring-, and that cleans out the river arid makes 
fishing better. I think we will have good fishing here 
this summer. Our season opens June 15. A good many 
suckers were caught this spring by local fishermen I 
spent a month this spring in Webster county on the Elk 
River, and that stream is a good bass stream, and if the. 
dynamiting and logging was stopped it would soon be 
full of black bass. T saw a pheasant dusting itself m the 
road two miles out of town the other day. and saw sev- 
eral pairs of partridges. I think the pheasants, quail 
and wild turkeys will be plentiful next fall, as we had 
an open winter and the snow did not destroy them. The 
tanneries are being built on the river above here, and 
that will injure the bass fishing to some extent. Will 
write you if any good catches are made here this season. 
J. B. Brady. 
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