FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Sept. 6, 1902. 
numbers. We ask the readers of Forest and Stream 
is there a remedy? Is there any way the fish can be de- 
stroyed? They are working their way slowly but surely 
to every part of the river, and it is only a question of 
time when they alone will be the sole occupants of one of 
the best bass waters in this section. We have called the 
attention of the State Fish Commission to the facts as 
stated here, and I have on my desk a letter from the 
secretary, saying that the matter will be brought before 
the board for their action at the very first meeting of that 
body. And we would also be glad of aay information or 
suggestions from your thousands of readers, 
A. T, England. 
Bass in Rideau Waters* 
Editor Falsest and Stream: 
A short sketch of a black bass fishing trip Upon the 
Rideau waters, in eastern Ontario, may be of interest to 
your readers. 
The Rideau waters run from Kingston, Ontario, lying 
at the western end of the St. Lawrence River, north- 
easterly to Ottawa, a distance of about 125 miles. It is 
3 navigable waterway, chiefly natural, but with six locks 
along its length built by the British military authorities 
in 1830. These waters abound in salmon, pike and vari- 
ous kinds of bass, according to locality, and a real angler's 
paradise not as ^yet very well known to the outside public. 
On Monday afternoon, the 29th ult., a party of five 
of us. Rev. D." Strachan, Dr. W. Brace, Editor A. T. Wil- 
grcss, Mr. E. A. Geiger and myself, set out from Brock- 
ville, Ontario, a fine town lying at the end of the 
Thousand Islands, to go over the Brockville, Westport & 
Sault Ste. Marie Railway to the town of Westport, forty- 
five miles away on the banks of the Rideau. We reached 
there about 7 P. M., took tea at the hotel and then drove 
to our destination at Wolfe Lake — or West Rideau, as it- 
is also called — some three miles distant. Wolfe Lake is 
one of the many subsidiary waters of the Rideau, and 
affords very fine black bass fishing. There are also a few 
pike and rock bass, but no salmon or large-mouthed 
(Oswego) bass. The country is somewhat rough and 
rocky in this section, with a good amount of second 
growth spruce and poplar scrub, bvtt a number of fine 
farms run down to the shores of the lake. F. E. Pollard, 
one of these farmers, has a little shanty built on his 
shore line, about half a mile from his house^ and this 
•shant3' we rented at a small cost per day. Pollard met us 
at Westport Station and drove us to camp. He also sup- 
plied us with ice. milk, eggs, vegetables, etc. At West- 
port we procured a guide, James Conley, who provided 
the tw'O boats necessary, and cooked for us, so that we 
were in comfortable circumstances. 
The weather during our stay there, from Monday to 
Thursday night, was fine and hot. We fished from about 
7 to II in the morning, went to camp for dinner, loafed in 
the shade until 4, then went out again fishing until night 
fell about 8:30 o'clock. 
The bait used by local fishermen was a wooden minnow 
bristling with five sets of triple gangs. It was taken 
readily by the fish, but we found that it not only hooked 
the fish in the jaw and side, thus preventing them from 
having free play, but also got sadly riiixed up in the land- 
ing net. We therefore discarded the wooden minnow 
with its array of hooks and used a somewhat small-sized 
Cinciimati bass hook with a live minnow, meeting with 
good success, beside giving the fish a chance and having 
more real sport out of it. The rods we used were split 
bamboo (Sfi ounces), Bristol steel and lancewood rods, 
v.-ith braided silk lines and three-foot double gut leaders. 
The black bass we found were in the deep water out- 
side the shoals — say from fifteen to thirty feet deep. Dur- 
ing our three days' fishing we killed about seventy good 
black bass, beside several pike. Beside this we hooked 
many small black bass and rock bass, which we returned 
to the water. The black bass we killed ran from a pound 
weight to three and three-quarter pounds, and were as 
gamy as possible, fighting from five to fifteen minutes. 
Directly tfiej^ struck they leaped into the air and gave a 
desperate twist to break free, and in this way we lost 
some especially fine fish. 
In this lake there have been some splendid bass killed. 
Last summer George B. Reeve, late general manager of 
the Grand Trunk Railway, fished there for a week and 
said he never, in a wide experience, had had better sport. 
His largest black bass weighed four and three-quarter 
pounds. Superintendent Geiger, of the Brockville & 
Westport Railway, and A. Thomas, of Atlanta, Ga., also 
caught black bass weighing as much, while the local fish- 
ermen claim to have beaten these records. 
The Rideau waters are very easy of access. A fisher- 
man can leave New York at 10:30 P. M., reach Brock- 
ville, Ontario, over the New York Central via Morris- 
town, N. Y.. by II A. M. next day. He could then take 
the Brockville & Westport road at 4 P. M. and be in camp 
at Wolfe Lake, for instance, by 8 P. M. Of course Wolfe 
Lake is but one of the many fishing grounds of the 
Rideau. The Brockville & Westport touches half a dozen 
at least where bass, salmon and pike are to be caught in 
plenty. Charleston Lake. Beverley, Lyndhurst and the 
Openicon, Sand, Clear, Newboro, Upper Rideau, Lower 
Rideau, of the Rideau chain — any of these waters will 
afford the fisherman all the sport he can desire and at a 
very small cost. The hotels charge from one to two dol- 
lars per day, and the oarsmen, who supply boat, bait and 
guidance, charge two or two and a half a day. Add rail- 
vyay fare and mcidentals according to means or inclina- 
tion, and there you are. Camping out is much cheaper for 
the experienced, R. N. Hokton. 
Hrockvilie, Out , Aug. 12. 
Black Bass in Lake Mahopac, N, Y. 
A Mr. Bartlett. an old-time resident of the vicinity, 
caught a 6-]4-pound large-mouth black bass on Labor Dav, 
Sept. I. The fishing has been beloAV par all the season, 
but this phenomenal catch, which is reported to be the 
record fish, has sent Lake Mahopac fishing stock up with 
a rush. Mr. Bartlett was fishing with a chub. I saw the 
bass; it was a fine, fat, very deep specimen. The fishing 
in this charming lake, I think, could be much improved by 
judicious stocking, as the food seems plentiful and condi- 
tions favorable for black bass and perhaps landlocked 
s>uhimh " c, L. S, 
Near New York. 
The trout season of 1902 in New York and Pennsyl- 
vania has, in some respects, been an unusually good one. 
Particularly as regards the summer months. Anglers 
had not been particularly sanguine, as there had been 
much snow, away from the coast, and heavy floods dur- 
ing the winter and spring were reported to have done 
much damage in many localities, entirely changing the 
courses of the streams. It was supposed that many trout 
had been killed, but when fishing began they appeared 
in fair numbers, in fact, it seemed to us that there were 
more than usual, but that- the average size was less. The 
weather was warm for a time in May, and in the lower 
portions of the large streams the water became quite 
heated, but this state of affairs was of short duration. 
Sooti after the first of June conditions became unusually 
favorable, copious rains purified and swelled the brooks, 
and the temperature thereafter was never high for manj- 
days consecutively. All the well-known tributaries of the 
Delaware and Hudson rivers fished well and the water 
has been cool all summer, even in the lower reaches. 
There had been many freshets, and anglers who were 
'fortunate enough to be on the water at the right time 
had excellent sport. In fact, there were not inany days when 
trout could not be caught by the exercise of a little skill 
and patience. There was a good deal also in the choice 
of fly, as the trout were as usual somewhat whimsical 
and hard to please. Some one has said that fly-fishing 
affords an endless field for study, experiment and specu- 
lation, and this is quite true. Certainly no sport takes 
a stronger grip upon those who have once become inter- 
ested in it. 
We can have no drouth this year and prospects for 
next season should be bright. The year 1900 was a dis- 
astrous one, as after splendid fishing in the early months, 
and with fish of unusually large average size, there be- 
gan, in June, a drouth such as had never been experienced 
by the well-known "oldest inhabitant." It lasted right 
through the summer and autumn months and caused 
great destruction of fish life. Many of the tributary 
streams dried up entirely and larger ones were reduced 
to mere streaks of silver. From what we have seen this 
year we believe that the trout have recovered from the 
losses then incurred. The stock of fish is large, and with 
modern fishculture to assist nature, we need have no 
fears as to the future. If we can have an abundance of 
pure cold water in our streams we can be sure of good 
fishing. We have said that the average size was not 
large, yet many fine fish have been taken this season, 
running from 2 pounds up to over 5 pounds, in the 
tributaries of the Delaware in Pennsylvania and New 
York, and of the Hudson in Ulster County, N. Y. These 
streams have been resorted to by countless anglers for 
many j^ears and probabl}'- afford better fishing to-day 
than they did to ottr grandfathers half a century ago. 
Theodore Gordon, 
San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. 
Medal contests, series 1901, Sunday contest No. 8, held 
at Stow Lake Aug. 24, Wind, west; weather, fair: 
Event 
Event 
Event 
No. 1. 
No. 2. 
No. 4, 
Distance, Accuracy, 
. Event No. 8 
Lure 
Feet. 
Per cent. 
Acc. % 
Del. % 
Net % Casting % 
c. 
G. Young... 
. 110 
89.4 
84 
80.10 
82.5 
F. 
IL- Muller.. 
. 110 
S9.8 
87 
80.10 
83.11 
Dr. W. Brooks. 
. 113 
90.8 
75.8 
79.2 
77.5 
W. 
D. Mansfield . . . 
91.4 
91 
88.4 
89.8 
94.2 
T. 
W. Brotherton 1.31 
93 
74 
81.8 
77.10 
94.5 
c. 
98 
90.8 
74.8 
70.10 
72.9 
T. 
C. Kierulff.. 
. 93 
89 
78.4 
77.6 
77.11 
C. 
R. Kennili... 
. 112 
90.4 
77 
80.10 
78.11 
98 
J. 
B. Kennifi... 
..1.33 
87.4 
89.4 
85 
87.2 
88.6 
H. 
C. Golcher.. 
. 128 
93 
89 
75.10 
82.5 
A, 
M. Blade... 
. 90 
82.8 
74.8 
75 
74.10 
F. 
H. Reed, ,, 
, 100 
85.8 
85 
85.10 
85.5 
H. 
Battu 
99 
S8.8 
83 
76.8 
79.10 
89.3 
F. 
Daverkoscn . 
. 112 
92.8 
92.4 
80.10 
86.7 
Judges, Kierulff and Reed; referee, Daverkosen; clerk, 
Brotherton. 
Saturday contest No. 8, held at Stow Lake Aug. 23. 
Wind, west; weather, cloudy: 
C. G. Young 
92.4 
92.4 
86.8 
89.4 
Dr. W. Brooks.. 113 
94.8 
86.8 
74.2 
80.5 
G. C. Edwards.. 102 
96.4 
93 
84.2 
88.7 
90.5 
FI. F. Muller.... 104 
94 
91 
82 
85.6 
H. Brown 91 
84.8 
92.4 
74.2 
83.3 
9i.6 
T. W. Brotherton 125 
93 
91.8 
85 
88.4 
97 
W. D. Mansfield ... 
94.8 
93.4 
90 
91.8 
98.2 
H. C. Golcher.... 134 
92.4 
92.4 
77.6 
84.11 
T. C. Kierulff... 98 
89.8 
85 
SO 
82.6 
F. H. Reed 105 
87.4 
91 
85 
88 
H. E. Skinner 
92 
89.8 
80 
84.10 
Judges, Muller and Mansfield; referee, Kierulff; clerk, 
Brotherton, 
Camping on Toddy Pond. 
Ea.st Orland, Me. — Editor Forest and Str-eam: I ar- 
rived here last week from my home, Macomb, 111. I am 
in camp and having a good time and living on the "fat 
of the land." Our camp is alongside of Toddy Pond, a 
beautiful sheet of water nine miles long. There is any 
quantity of landlocked salmon ia this pond, put in here 
by the Government, These salmon are now weighing 
from ij^ to 4 pounds. Rev. Mr. Raferty and Mr, Bell, 
of Portland, Conn., caught a string of fifteen with a fly 
last week. There have been over a hundred caught in 
the last week, and the sport is still going on. I have 
the fortune to own a tract of timber bordering on this 
lake, where the salmon aje taken out. There is a muddy 
bottom, with deep water, and the fresh-water smelt is 
found here, and the salmon come here to feed on the 
smelt. 
Last week a bear and two cubs w'cre seen on my tract 
of land. The partridges here are very plenty, and there 
will be fine shooting this fall. I saw one within five 
rods of Mr. Bell's camp yesterday. 
Dr. Brainard, of Hartford, Conn., is here in camp 
with his family. He has the finest camp in this section, 
one which cost $3,000. 
Rev. Roberts preached in the old school house last 
Sunday where I used to go to school fifty-five years 
ago, and where I attended church fifty-three jears ago. 
There are quite a number of camps here, mostly occu- 
pied by CoTinecticiit: people, an4 thp people here yvill be 
sorry to have them return to their homes after the season 
is over. 
Dr. W. S, Blaisdell and family, of Punxsutawney, Pa., 
is here in camp, and Charles Huckins and family, ai 
Bangor, Me., are here. All are having a good time. 
W. O. Blaisdell, 
^he Rennet 
Fixtafcs. 
BENCH SHOWS. 
Sept. 8-11. — Toronto, Can. — Twelfth annual show of the Toronto 
Industrial Exposition. Fred Tacobi, Sec'y- 
Oct. 7-9. — Danbury, Conn. — Danbury Agricultural Society's show. 
John W. Bacon. Treas. 
Oct. 21-21.— Frederick, Md. — Frederick County Agricultural So- 
ciety's annual bench show. J. Roger McSherry, Supt. 
Oct. 21-24. — New York.— Ladies' Kennel Association of America's 
show. Miss M. K. Bird, Westbury, L. I., Hon. Sec'y- 
Nov. 26-29.— Philadelphia.— Philadelphia Dog Show Association's 
show. M. A. Viti, Sec'y. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Sept. 4. — Carman, Man. — Sixteenth annual trials of the Manitoba 
Field Trials Club. Eric Hambcr, Sec'y, Winnipeg, 
Sept. 11. , Man.— Fifth annual trials of the Brandon Kennel 
Club. Dr. H. James Elliott, Sec'y, Brandon, Man. 
Sept. 11.— O'Neill, Neb.— Nebraska Field Trial Association's 
inaugural chicken trials. M. H. McCarthy, Sec'y. 
Oct. — . — Drakes Branch, Va, — Inaugural trials of the Virginia 
Field Trial Association. C. B. Cooke, Sec'y. 
Oct. — .■ — Independence, la. — Eastern Iowa Field Trial Associa- 
tion's inaugural trials. J. G. Burk. Sec'y. 
Oct. 20. , . — Western Field Trial Association's second 
annual trials. C. W. Buttles, Sec'y, Kansas City. 
Oct. 27.-^Paris, Mo. — Missouri Field Trial Association's (member 
of the American Championship Club), sixth annual trials. L. S. 
Eddins, Sec'y, Sedalia, Mo. 
Oct. 27.— Washington C. O., Ohio.— Monongahela Field Trial 
Club's field trials. A. C. Peterson, Sec'y. 
Oct. 28.— Whitby Island. Wash.— Pacific Northwest Field Trials 
F. R. Atkins, Sec'y. Seattle, Wash. 
Nov. 3. — Robinson, 111. — Illinois Field Trial Association's (mem- 
ber of the American Championship Club) fourth annual trials. W. 
R. Green, Sec'y, Marshall, 111. 
Nov. 3. — ^Thirteenth annual field trials of the National Beagle 
Club of America. Charles R. Stevenson, Sec'y, 106 Market street, 
Csmden, N. J. 
Nov. 3.— Lake View. Mich.— Michigan Field Trial Association's 
(member of the American Championship Club) fifth annual trials. 
C. D. Stuart. Sec'y, Benton Harbor, Mich. 
Nov. 4. — Washington C. H., Ohio. — Ohio Field Trial Associa- 
tion's (member of the American Championship Club) fifth annual 
trials. C. E. Baughn. Sec'y. 
Nov. 7-8.— Robinson, Til. — Western Irish Setter Club's inaugural 
trials. T. L. Fenn, Secy. 
Nov. 17. — Glasgow, Ky. — ^Third annual trials of the Kentucky 
Field Trial Club. S. B. Hays, Sec'y. 
Nov. 10. — Bicknell, Ind. — Independent Field Trial Club's (mem- 
ber of the American Championship Club) fourth annual trials. 
H. S. Humphrey, Sec'y, Indianapolis, Ind. 
Nov. 11. — Hampton, Conn. — Connecticut Field Trial Club's trials. 
F. W. Smith, Sec'y, New Haven. 
Nov. 10. — Ruthven, Ont — North American Field Trial Associa- 
tion's (member of the American Championship Club) fourth 
annual trials. Richard Bangham, Sec'y, Windsor, Ont. 
Nov. 11. — St. Joachim, Ont.— International Field Trial Club's 
fourteenth annual trials. W. B. Wells. Hon. Sec'y. 
Nov. 17.— Glascow, Ky.— Kentucky Field Trial Club's (mem- 
ber of the American Championship Club) third annual trials. F. 
W. Samuel, Sec'v. Louisville. Ky. 
Nov. IS. — Ruthven, Ont. — Fourth annual trials of the North 
American Field Trial Club. Alfred Wigle, §ec'y, Windsor, Ont. 
Nov. 20._— Manor. L._ I. — Pointer Club of America's (member of 
the American Championship Club) second annual trials. R. E. 
Westlake, Sec'y, Scranton, Pa. 
Dec. 1. — ^^Vashington C. H., Ohio. — ^American Championship 
Field Trial Club's second annual trials. Chas. B. Cooke, Sec'y, 
Richmond, Va. 
Dec. 1.— , . — Interstate Championship Field Trial 
Association's second annual trials. C. D. Cooke, Sec'y. 
Dec. 15. — Huntsville, Ala. — Alabama Field Trial Club's (member 
of the American Championship Club) third annual trials. John 
F. Fletcher, Sec'y, Birmingham, Ala. 
National Beagle Club of America. 
In order to facilitate the arrangement for the ship- 
ment of dogs to the field trials of the National Beagle 
Club, which will commence on Nov. 3 next, a committee 
was appointed for the purpose of ascertaining the ex- 
press rates from the various express companies and 
the rules and regulations governing the shipment of dogs 
so that the members of the club should be advised upon 
this subject. 
It has occurred to the club that the information con- 
tained in the report of the committee might be of some 
interest, not only to beagle men, but to all breeders or 
owners of all breeds of dogs, who exhibit the same, and 
who are obliged to make use of the express companies. 
The following is a copy of the report: 
Report of Special Committee on Express Rates. 
N. B. C. A., Feb. 19, 1902. 
The regulations as applied to the shipments of dogs, 
adopted by the Adams, Adirondack, American, Denver 
& Rio Grande, Dominion, Earle & Prew, Great North- 
ern, Long Island, National, New York and Boston 
Despatch, Northern Pacific, Pacific, Canadian Southern, 
United States, Wells, Fargo and Western express com 
panics are as follows: 
On execution of express companies live stock contract 
and payment of double merchandise rates, dogs will be 
accepted for shipment if boxed or crated, but to a point 
where the merchandise rate is $2 or more per 100 pounds 
single merchandise rate will be charged with a mini- 
mum of $1, unless the charges at double merchandise 
'rate is less, in which case the latter will be charged. 
The charge between points where the merchandise 
rate is less than $2 per 100 pounds, must not be more 
than the charge at $2 per 100 pounds. 
When shipments pass over the lines of two or more 
compatiies and the shipping or destination point is an 
exclusive office, each company's charge will be separately 
assessed and not on the through rate made by combin- 
ing the local rates. 
Carload shipments are estimated at 10,000 pounds and 
two attendants will be carried free in car with the dogs. 
Dogs boxed or crated on which have been paid double 
merchandise rate to fan's or expositions, may be returned 
free if accompanied by a certificate from the secretary 
that they are being returned to the original owner. 
Dogs for service may be returned free when double 
rates were paid going; in such cases the forwarding 
agent will note on -vvay-bill "Sent for Service — to be 
l-eturned free"; upp;i Receipt of y^Vv^h the destinat-iOR 
