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a series of lakes which were formerly good for muscal- 
lunge and now produce abundance of wall-eyed pike and 
black bass. Still another delightful trip would be to go 
to Alexandria, Minn., and fish the chain of lakes there for 
black bass exclusively. These black bass are the genuine 
small-mouths, and have a more than local reputation for 
game qualities. 
As to the season of the year to go, anywhere is better 
than the city at this season, but by all odds the most 
pleasant and successful time for camping and fishing trip 
is in fall, say from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. The woods are 
then at their best, the nights are cool and the mosquitoes 
are gone. The mosquitoes do not bother much in the 
pine woods of Wisconsin and Michigan after the first two 
weeks in August, and indeed the last week in July sees 
them beginning to lessen. 
A Plague of Bullheads. 
The veracity of that piscatorial saga, the Kekpskee bull- 
head story, receives the most comprehensive proof in the 
reports which come to hand this week from Waterville, 
Minn. In short, Waterville is , having a touch of Ke- 
koskee all over again, and is suffering from a redundancy 
of that affable fish, the bullhead. The town has seen 
fit to appeal to Governor Van Sant for relief. There 
are two large lakes and several little ones near Water- 
ville. The State Fish Commission has ruled that ' the 
bullhead is entitled to the protection of the law the same 
as his nobler cousins, and under this ruling the bullheads 
have increased to such an extent that they are prac- 
tically taking the country. Last spring the local Board 
of Health scooped out and buried 25 tons of bullheads, and 
now they are obliged to do something further, as the dead 
fish have accumulated in such numbers that life in Water- 
ville is not what it should be. The president of the local 
Board of Health says that the State must do something to 
improve' the sanitary conditions of the town. 
It was forfnerly the custom of the citizens of this village 
to ship bullheads all over the United States, and since the 
State Fish Commission has abridged this industry the 
erstwhile fishermen are disgusted with the Commission 
and everything else. They request that the Attorney-Gen- 
eral pass a dictum that bullheads are neither "game nor 
food fish," in spite of the fact that they formerly sold 
them in such quantities for food. In this way they hope 
to be allowed again to seine and sell as food the fish which 
they want the Attorney-General to declare are not food. 
Anyhow, although the logic of Waterville seems to be 
)nixed, these citizens seem to be in possession of abundant 
proof that protection does protect, and that bullheads are 
strictly Biblical in their multiplication. 
Fox's Fly Dope. 
The recipe is here reprinted with the admonition to all 
readers of Forest and Stream to cut it out and paste it 
either in their fly-books or tackle boxes. It is as follows: 
Oil pennyroyal, oil peppermint, oil bergamot, oil cedar, 
F. E. quassia aa zi ; gum camphor ziv, vaseline yellow zii 
M. S. Dissolve camphor in vaseline by heat; when cold 
add remainder. E. Hough. 
Hartford Building, Chicago, III. , _ 
Canadian Angling Notes. 
It may be of some assistance to those who intend fishing 
the waters of the Grande Decharge of Lake St. John in 
the latter part of July and the early days of August to 
quote what I have already said in the "Anglers' Guide to 
Eastern Canada," respecting the artificial, lures that will 
be found most useful there at this particular season: 
"The Jock-Scot, silvef-doctor, green-drake, grizzly- 
king, Seth-Green, professor and coachman, which are used 
in such large sizes for this earliest fishing, must be gradu- 
ally reduced in bulk, even in the early part of July, as 
the water grows clearer and lower, and the temperature 
both of the air and of the water becomes higher. In the 
latter part of July the ouanatiiche in the pools of the 
Grande Decharge has become an epicure. He wants the 
daintiest of flies, and wants them in small sizes, too. If a 
couple of flies are used, the tail one may be a _silver-doctor 
or Jock-Scot tied on a No. 8 hook. The dropper may be 
an equally small professor, queen-of-the-water, Reuben- 
Wood or hare's-ear, or better still, perhaps, a B.-A.-Scott 
or General-Hooker," 
There are some grand spots for camping out on the 
islands of the Grande Decharge, a few miles below the 
Island House, far from the ordinary haunts of men. One 
of the most picturesque of these is the Isle Maligue. The 
rapids around the island and the whirlpool at its head 
make its approach an exciting piece of canoeing, but the 
guides thoroughly know and understand these waters in 
all their wild and variable moods. The fishing is good 
throughout the summ_er, both at the head of the island and 
also along its southerly shore, the ouananiche generally 
abounding in the pools which there alternate with the 
rapids. There are also several other good pools before 
Isle Maligue is reached, while between it and the Vaclie 
Caille, and again in the Gerv'ais Rapids, some miles below, 
the angler can usually count upon good sport. 
July and August are good months in which to make 
the trip to Lake Tschotagama. The waters of the Peri- 
bonca are lower and less violent than in the spring of the 
year, and the poling up the rapids is consequently less 
difficult, while the lake is so little fished that it yields 
good creels to the troller and fly-fisherman alike. 
Ouananiche have been taken on the fly here up to 8 pounds 
in weight, and on the troll very heavy lake trout and 
monster pike may be secured. 
Among the latest arrivals on the ouananiche fishing 
grounds at the Grande Decharge are Messrs. Kingsland 
Jones and Alfred N. Fuller, both of New York. After ^ 
some weeks' stay at Lake St. John these gentlemen pro- 
pose to spend some time at Lake Edward. 
I hear that Mr. J. J. Hill and his guests, Grover Cleve- 
land, D. Lamopt apd others, had very good sport this 
season on the St. John, and Mr. levers W. Adams, of 
Boston, and party, have fione ejfceedingly well on the 
Moisie. E. T. D. Chambers, 
pjEBEC, July 20. ^ 
Two Weeks Among the Thousand 
Islands. — I. 
Few spots on earth offer so great an attraction to the 
angler as that part of the St.' Lawrence River known as 
the Thousand Islands. It has always been, and will ever 
remain, one of the waters where a good catch of fish can 
be depended on, or rather it will remain so as long as 
Lake Ontario exists to feed k. It naturally follows that 
the best fishing grounds are up toward the head of the 
islands near the lake, so we shall confine our articles to 
this section. Here we find the mighty muscallonge, the 
gamy bass and the greedy pickerel, or rather pike (Lucius 
luctus) . There are two modes of fishing — trolling and live- 
bait fishing. When trolling for muscallonge and pickerel 
two set poles are used with heavy lines. These are sup- 
plied by. the guide, and spoons as well, such as they are. 
Artificial baits are used when trolling for bass, but so 
small that a light rod is quite stiff enough for them. 
Tackle. 
Muscallonge. — Rod, a good, reliable lo-ounce bait-rod; 
reel and line, A 3" multiplying reel with 100 yards of 12- 
thread cuddehunk line; hooks, a large Archer spinner for 
bait; spoons. Skinner's Nos. 8 and 9, copper, silver and 
brass. 
Pickerel. — ^An ordinary bait rod, with the same reel 
Richelieu & Ontario steamboats. Clayton is the natural 
gateway to all points of the Thousand Islands, for from 
its docks steamboats leave regularly for all points and 
hotels among the islands. 
We have made for the benefit of anglers charts, showing 
where each day can be profitably spent. On these charts 
grounds are marked showing where each variety of fish 
can be located, so that the angler can go at once to the 
right ground for the kind of fish he wishes to catch. As a 
matter of fact, a day can be well spent in any one of the 
many bays, and a single chart gives ground enough for a 
week's fishing, if the angler does not care for varied 
scenery. We will give twelve charts for the twelve days' 
fishing, each day taking the angler to new ground, with 
added charms to that which he has already seen. 
Muscallonge grounds are marked thus: ? 9 9 9 
Pickerel: ■ 
Bass: x x x x 
As we cannot say whether our angling friends will troll 
or fish with live bait, we will simply go over the chart and 
state as we move along what fish we expect to get from 
each reef, flat or bay. It will be noticed that we avoid 
the channels at all times. 
Chaff I.— First Day— Cfayton and Sorroondings. 
Arriving in Clayton in the early morning the angler has 
to go to his hotel, unpack, hire his guide if not already 
done by letter, and make sundry preparations, so that 
and line as for muscallonge ; leaders, double or treble 
gut, one yard long; hooks, Nos. 4°, 5° and 6° on heavy 
gimp snelling; sinkers, a few swivel sinkers, ^ ounce, 
^ ounce, I ounce, 2 ounces, 3 ounces ; spoons for trolling, 
skinner's Nos. 6 and 8, copper, silver and brass. 
Bass.— A light bait-rod about 7>4 feet long, S or 6 
ounces in weight ; a multiplying reel carr3'ing 100 yards 
G. silk enameled line ; leaders, 3-foot single gut (salmon) ; 
hooks, Nos. 1° and 2°, on either strong single gut or 
double gut snellings; sinkers, -}i and ounce swivel 
sinkers. 
Trolling Baits — Out and out the best trolling bait for 
the Thousand Islands is the Delaware-belle. We con- 
sider it better than the best of minnows. The dark-belle 
and Johnny-Wright' s'-fanc}-^ make good seconds. Half a 
dozen No. 2 Skinner silver casting spoons should also 
be taken, as they are great killers in front of a minnow. 
The above selection of tackle, with a good reliable gaff 
and landing net, makes a pretty complete outfit for the 
Thousand Islands. 
We will make the village of Clayton our headquarters, 
as' it is the most convenient spot from which to reach 
the best grounds. The town is plentifully supplied with 
good hotels and boarding houses, while the Clayton guides 
are the best and most reliable on the river. Qayton is 
reached from the East, West and South by the New York 
Central & Hudsori Riyer Railroad. From Canada by the 
an hour or two is spent before he can make a start, so 
that to get as much time fishing as possible, we will make 
it the home day and commence fishing as we leave the 
dock. Strange as it may seem, some of the best fishing in 
the river is within a couple of miles of Clayton, notwith- 
standing the amount of steamboat traffic constantly passing 
up and down. 
On leaving the Clayton dock we head our boat up stream 
and pass through Clayton Upper Bay, which is Ai pickerel 
water. Around Bartlett Point we strike the bass along 
shore, then pass out into Colan's Flats, which is a first- 
class pickerel water, with an occasional muscallonge. 
Across the channel from Bartlett Point we strike Gov- 
ernor's Island.. A fine reef a mile long runs out and up 
stream from the head of this island. On the channel side 
of this reef a muscallonge may be picked up. while on 
the inside will be found good bass grounds. Just across 
from the point of this reef is a clump of rocks called the 
Eagle's Wings. It is good bass fishing among and around 
them. Going back to Governor's Island, we shall find a 
very deep hole close to the shore on the Clayton side. 
This hole owes the writer two large fish, or one twice 
over, we can't say which. We dallied with two there for 
nearly half an hour, resulting in at last their getting away. 
What they were we cannot say, as they both kept well 
down all the time, This hole is a good one for large live 
bait, 
