Aug. 10, 1901.3 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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JTenthJDay — Boxon Harbor. 
After fishing the reef at the head of Sir John's, we can 
go up to Knapp's Point and stay the night there, with 
fair recommendation, go ovei"'to Harris' with but poor 
accommodation, but close to our ground, or go back 
to Fole3''s and make an early start in the morning fpr 
Boxon Harbor, the old stand-b}^ for muscallonge. The 
principal grounds in Boxon Harbor are just above Hai'- 
ris'. known to the guides as '"off the dining grounds." 
There is quite a large weed bed running from shore out 
to the channel; it is around and across this weed bed 
that the bulk of the muscallonge are taken. At the end 
of the dining grounds is a picket fence. In a direct line 
with this fence, about looyds. out, is a deep hole, the 
bottom of which is covered with boulders and weeds. 
This hole is the best spot in Boxon Harbor. Another 
good spot is at the upper end, around two clumps of 
weeds. Bring the barn on the shore in line with the 
point, and row out half a mile: yo-u will then strike the 
first clump of weeds: the second lies a couple of hundred 
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yards further on and a little to the right. These clumps 
ot weeds are great spots for muscallonge. We have men- 
tioned two spots in Boxon Harbor, but that does not 
take in all the fishing;. in fact, muscallonge are aimualljr 
taken rI\ over the bay; but most come from the places 
mentioned. As a bass ground Boxon Harbor has but 
few equals. Commencing in under Knapp's Point, along 
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the clay banks, and all the way down to Harris', is ex- 
cellent ground. Just inside Oak Point, alongside the 
neck of land, is a long, wide reef in about 8 to loft. of 
water. When the bass are on the feed no one needs to 
go any further than this reef for all the bass he wants 
to catch. But it is quite a common thing on this reef 
to have a muscallonge dispute your right to tlie game 
even after you have hooked it. The largest muscallonge 
we ever got hold of in Boxon Harbor was in this way: 
We were trolling along the reef when a bass took the 
spoon; when within 15ft. of the boat the muskey took 
the bass. We let him have it and after 15 minutes gave 
him a good, rattling strike. This bait weighed close on 
Eleventh Day — Abraham's Bay and Sorroundings. 
In this day's fishing we haye some thoroughly good 
bits of water and a great deal only medium. We will 
gpiTinienpe at Holliday's Upper Bay, directly on the Other 
side of Oak Point. From the point a Tcef runs down. 
At the point of the reef is a bit of muscallonge water. 
On the inside of this reef, and all along the shore, is a 
bit of good bass ground. Some distance on there is a 
barn to be seen; take this barn as a starting point and 
bring in line the little hut showing amongst the trees 
on Holliday's Point. This run is the only bit of good 
muscallonge water in the bay, although they are occa- 
sionally taken on the outside of this line. 
We will now go back to Oak Point and troll down 
along the shore of Sir John's; it is good pickerel ground 
all the way. Just opposite Holliday's Point is the cele- 
brated water known as Abraham's Bay. It is only a 
small place, but has produced a vast number of mtiscal- 
longe, and some bouncers at that. There are two runs 
in this bay: 
First — From the upper point along the shore down to 
the cheescry; the boat should run about 6oft. from shore, 
just where the weeds join the bouldery bottom. Most of 
the big fish come from this run. 
Second — Take the little white hut on the lower point 
and bring in line the upper point. Just about the center 
of the mouth of the bay is a large, deep weed bed. This 
is the spot where you may expect to find them. It is as 
well to try all the way out to the channel from the mouth 
of the bay. as often a big fellow is found lurking around 
outside of the weed bed. 
Twelfth Day— Foot of Long Island. 
From Abraham's Bay we will cross the channel and 
strike Long Island again. About a couple of miles down 
is Joy's Bay. a deep piece of water. From the upper 
point, where there is a farm house, a large reef runs out. 
All around the point of this reef is muscallonge ground, 
and many a fine one has been carried home to Clayton 
from here. The bay itself is full of large pickerel. About 
a mile below Joy's Bay is McFadden's Bay. At the lower 
point a reef runs up all around, and inside of this reef 
is A I bass grounds. Outside of the reef is a fiat in 70 
to 75ft. of water. It is always questionable what you 
will get from this flat. We have taken a couple of 35- 
pounders from it one day; 14 pickerel another, every one 
over 10 pounds and the largest 16 pounds; again we have 
trolled it without getting a strike of any description. 
This flat continues in alongside the upper shores and 20 
feet from shore it is 50 feet deep. One of the largest 
muscaflonge ever taken at the Thousand Islands was taken 
in the corner of the bay, 50 feet from the barn; it went 
something over 60 pounds, as well as we can recollect. 
At the foot of the island there is good pickerel fishing 
among the old piers. At the Light House point there 
is always the possibility of a muscallonge. 
We have now given twelve charts and twelve days" 
fishing, but two months could be well spent at these 
grounds. 
We have given them as following each other; but cir- 
cumstances might suggest alterations in the rotation of 
fishing. For instance, if a nice southerly breeze were 
blowing on the second or third day we would hoist sail 
and make either Boxon Harbor, Abraham's Bay or back 
of Sir John's. As winds are variable, we should avail 
ourself of the wind, and take the ground it would carry 
us to. You would then arrive with a guide fresh and ready 
for work, instead of one who has spent half a day's energy 
in setting there. J. Churchward. 
-Cocagne River Trout. 
MoxcTON. N. B. — Editor Forest and Stream: We 
have in our neighborhood a stream known as the 
Cocagne River, emptying into the Straits of Northum- 
berland. Years ago this was a famous sea trout river, 
but the erection of a saw mill and dam at the tideway 
prevented the trout from ascending the stream; but 
quantities are still to be caught at the foot of the dam 
as large as two pounds in weight, and there are plenty 
of small trout to be caught on any part of the stream 
above the dam, but these rarely exceed half a pound in 
weight, the greater number being mere fingerlings. 
The river is some twenty mils in length and is well 
shaded, running almost its entire length through un- 
settled land. Within twelve miles of the city there is a 
stretch of natural meadow of two or three miles through 
which the river flows, forming splendid pools and still- 
waters of an average depth of 4 feet, and in the deeper 
holes perhaps 8 feet of water may be found. Most of 
these pools are well shaded with alders and birch. I 
understand that it was at this meadow that the best 
fishing was to be had fifty years ago, before the dam was 
erected. 
The distance from this point to the head of the tide 
where the saw mill is situated is about ten or twelve 
miles. A year or two ago a driving dam was put in a 
short distance below the meadow referred to, and helps 
to deepen the water at this point. 
The dam is only used in the spring to assist in 
driving the lumber, and this lumber is always out long 
before the sea trout strike in. There is no sawdust in 
the stream or tideway. The mill at tideway is the only 
one on the river, and of late years has been run by 
steam power, the dam being only used to form a pond 
for log booming purposes. 
The height of the saw mill dam is about 15 feet, and 
the driving dam is some 8 feet high. We are thinking 
of putting fishways in both of these dams, and I shall 
be obliged for your opinion as to the best fishway for 
our purpose, and also whether j'ou think the fish will 
return to their old haunts if thus enabled to do so. If 
sea trout spawn were put in the stream at the meadow 
referred to do you think the fish will return to this por- 
tion of the stream after they have visited the salt water? 
The small trout in the stream are apparentl}- the same 
stock as the sea trout. Do they go over the dams and 
are unable to return, or will they not grow any larger 
than the size mentioned, say half pound in these waters? 
J. W. Y. S. 
To begin with, the ordinary sea trout of Canada is the 
common brook trout (fontinalis). which has acquired a 
seagoing habit, and while at sea and on its return journe}^ 
to fresh water has a silvery livery overlying its spots and 
spangles, but this silvery ^Q^t wesrs 9ft' after the fish h^s 
been for a time in fresh water again. This fi.sh has a 
square tail, whether it is for a time sea trout or common 
brook trout. There is another sea trout, also a char, 
found in the Trinity and other rivers, which has no 
spots, and has a slightly forked caudal fin. This may be 
the Greenland char (Stagnates), or the Arctic char 
(S. alpimts arcturus), but in all probability the sea trout 
of the Cocagne River is the common brook trout that 
has been to sea for change of food. The building of fish- 
ways in the dams that have shut the trout out of their 
original habitat ■ will without doubt retsore the fish to 
their accustomed haunts and breeding places, and it will 
not be necessary to plant the sea trout above the dams 
after the fishways are constructed, for they will very 
naturally seek the upper waters of the stream through 
the fishways. 
The Rogers fishway is a most excellent fishway, and 
it accomplishes its purpose. In fact, the most timid of 
fishes, the shad, will pass through a Rogers fishway, and 
where a shad will go any fish will go. The Rogers fish- 
way would cost, approximately, $3,500 in a dam 15 feet 
high, but specifications might change these figures some- 
what. Tthe improved Cail fishway is of a different con- 
struction, and costs less for its erection. The improve- 
ments are those made by the engineer of the U. S. Fish 
Commission, Mr. Von Bayer. The State of New York is 
now erecting Cail fishways in the Salmon River for the 
passage of salmon, and when thev are completed I will 
say more about them. A, N. C. 
Boston Anglers. 
B0.STON. Aug. 5.— An Allen's Mills, Me., report gives' 
the taking of a salmon of 12 pounds weight. The fish 
was 30 inches long, and was taken by Mr. F. B. Morgan, 
of East Orange, N. J. This is a remarkable fish for 
Clearwather Pond, considering that these waters have 
been stocked with landlocked salmon only a few years. 
The Megantic Preserve management is after the per- 
son or persons guilty of killing a deer on their lands 
this summer; also a moose, that has been found dead in 
the woods. A reward of $50 is offered, L. O. Crane, 
who is still summering there, with Mrs. Crane, writes 
that the fishing is holding out remarkably well in Big 
Island and other ponds. Salmon fishing is promising 
great things, the way restocking and protection is being 
carried out. The recent cooler weather has helped the 
fiy-fishing at Moosehead Lake. Good black bass and 
white perch fishing are still reported from Lake Pushaw. 
near Bangor. At Sebasticook, near Newport, Me., great 
bass fishing is reported. The biggest landlocked salmon 
ever taken at Green Lake was brought down to Bangor 
the other day by William Givern. It was 29 inches long 
and weighed 13 pounds. 
The Massachusetts Fish and Game Commission has 
just issued the following order in regard to Sunday fish- 
ing. The order is especially addressed to the wardens 
and deputies: 
"By order of the board, it is not deemed incumbent 
upon the commission to attempt the enforcement of the 
Sunday fishing law, and prosecutions under this law now 
pending will be withdrawn. This is not to be understood 
as preventing the arrest of parties fishing on Sunday in 
ponds closed to fishing on that day under chapter '20S. 
Acts of 1897, or in brooks wherein fishing is prohibited 
on Sundays under chapter 284, Acts of 1900. Until 
otherwise ordered, the deputies of this commission will 
not attempt to prevent trout fishing during August in 
any part of the commonwealth. Deputies are earnestly 
enjoined to carefully observe this order." 
The trouble about enforcing the Sunday fishing law 
seems to have largely grown out of the persistency with 
which harbor and other coast line salt water fishing has 
been indulged in on Sunday. Parties go out every Sun- 
day when the weather permits, and during the smelt 
fishing season persons boldly went out with their tackle; 
taking tlie South Shore trains and electric cars. Now 
this fishing can be followed on Sunday without fear of 
arrest. 
Mr. Ward O. Perkins, of Boston, summering at Camp- 
ton, N. H., is reporting a good trout record, taking 
22 one day and 29 another. ,^ Special. 
Rangeley Lake Fishing. 
Boston, Aug. 3.— Mr. T. J. Z^IcDonald, of Lowell, 
has just returned from a trip of eight days to his new 
camp at Black Point, Mooseluckmaguntic Lake, Me. He 
was accompanied by a brother-in-law. They fished in 
deep water, and besides all the trout they wanted for thq 
table, they took twenty-two good ones to bring home. 
From Smithfield. Me., ponds I have reports of white 
perch biting very well, indeed. At Nortlr Pond recently 
Frank Cotton, a local fisherman, made a catch of a 12- 
quart pail full of perch in less than half a day. At Lake 
Auburn they continue fishing, and a salmon of 4 pounds 
and one of 3 pounds were reported taken last week. 
Now the Rangeley guides, the hotel keepers, and the 
old-time sportsmen are in somewhat of a wrangle. The 
Fish and Game Commission has been petitioned to stop 
all fishing in Rangeley Lake, with bait or spinners — all 
trolling and "plug fishing," alter July i. In other words, 
no fishing is to be done on that lake, except with arti- 
ficial flies, after July i of each year. Meetings are being 
held, and the discussion is warm. The advocates of the 
request say that the fishing in Rangeley Lake is rapidly 
■'playing out" ; whereas, if only fly-fishing wer« allowed 
after July i, the fish would increase and the sport be 
much greater. On the other hand, the friends of trolling 
and bait fishing say that the trollers and bait fishers pay 
them a great deal of monej^, both as guides and hotel 
and camp keepers, and to stop this fishing altogether, 
even after July i. would mean a great loss to them, and 
a loss of pleasure to the fisherman. They say that it 
would be particularly hard on women and old men. The 
women hardly take kindly to fly-fishing; some of them 
never can learn. .\ number of old fishermen, who have 
visited Rangeley Lake for years, for the sake of trolling 
and bait-fishing, say that they can never learn fly-fishing. 
The petition also calls for the screening of the outlet ot 
Rangeley Lake, to prevent the fish from running down 
into the lakes below. This is likely to meet with a good 
deal of opposition from guide§ ati4 camp owners inter- 
este4 in the lakes below. _ gy^ciAj;., 
