FOREST AND STREAM 
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FISH IN SEASON IN MAY. 
Trout, Saltno/onti nails . Salmon Trout, Sal mo eonjlnis, 
Salmon, Salino talar. Shad, Alima. 
Grayling, Thymmallu* tricolor. Laud-locked Salmon, Satmoaloceri. 
FLIES IN SEASON IN MAY. 
Black May, No. 10.— Body, block ; feet, blaok; wings, grayish 
hyaline. 
Oow Duno, No. 10 and 11.— Body and feet, browniBh yellow ; 
'wings, yellow-gray. 
Great Dun, No. 9 and 8.— Body, purple brown ; feot, gray 
brown ; wings, dark gray hyaline ; sot®, dark brown annulated with 
gray. 
Red Spinner, No. 10 and 9.— Body, bright claret, ribbed with 
gold tinsel; feet, brick color; wings, gray byal; set®, paleine 
-brick color, 
Yellow May, No 10.— Body and feot, pale yellow ; wings, pale 
yellow, mottled with brown -, set®, yellow. 
Coachman.— B ody, peackcock herlj; feet, dark red hackle ; wings, 
white. 
Kino of the Water. — S ame as queen of the water, with soarlet 
body instead of orange. 
Gold Spinner.— B ody, orange, ribbed with gold tinsel; feet, 
pale red hackle ; wings, bright gray. 
Captain. — B ody, posterior half, peacook horl, anterior half, 
gray ; white feet ; red hackle ; wings gray ; set®, soarlet groen 
and wood duok feathers mixed. 
Soldier.— B ody, orimson ; feet, rod haoklo ; wings, gray. 
Kingdom. — B ody, white, ringed with green ; feet, peacock herl, 
and red haoklo ; wings, gray, mottled with brown. 
Black Palmer, Broum Palmer, Bed Palmer and Gray Palmer 
aro made respectively of the different oolorod hackles that dis- 
tinguish them. 
Fish in Market— Retail Prices. — B ass, 20 cents ; blue fish, 
15 ; salmon, E0 to 75 ; mackerel, 18 ; shad, 45 ; weakflsb, 12>£ ; 
white perch, 15 ; Spanish mackerel, 76 ; greoD turtle, 16 ; halibut, 
15 king fish, 15 ; codfish, 8 ; black fish, 10 ; flounders, 8 ; porgies 
8 ; sea bass, 18 ; eelB, 18 ; lobsters, 8 ; sheepshead, 12J^ ; turbot, 
20 ; Long Island brook trout, $1 ; red snapper, 18 ; pompano, 65 ; 
white bait, per pound, $1 ; hard crabs, per 100, ©3 ; soft orabs, 
per dozen, $L50. 
The salmon from the Connecticut during the last week re- 
ceived in New York have been 58; average, 14 pounds. 
Total so far received, 137 ; whole catch possibly twice this 
number. Pompano coming from the Chesapeake with Spanish 
mackerel. The first lot of red snapper ( Lutjanus Blackfordii ) 
ever brought to this market arrived on Monday in the fishing 
smack Isabel from Pensacola. King fish very plenty. Two 
salmon from the Restigouche River arrived last Saturday, and 
in the course of a week or ten days we may expect an abund- 
ant supply of this, the choicest of all salmon. 
Maine — Monson, May 13. — Messrs. H. N. Brooks and W. 
G. Jones have just returned from one day’s brook fishing with 
250 trout. Streams unusually full of trout this season. Several 
have been taken from our ponds weighing three and three and 
a half pounds. E. R. H. 
Princeton, May 16.— Not many sportsmen have got along 
yet. The trout, however, are plenty and waiting. Over one 
hundred salmon trout were taken on the Nth at Grand Lake 
Stream. The fishing never has opened better. The trout aro 
plenty, large, and as gamy as ever. W. P. P. 
Vermont. —T rout captures of note are reported from North 
Dorset, Factory Point, and Greensboro Pond, near Montpelier. 
Lunge, shad, pickerel, perch and pouts are taken at Newport, 
Lake Memphremagog. 
Richmond , Vt., May 17.— A party of sixteen persons, com- 
posed of clergymen, physicians, lawyers, merchants and the 
'upper tens in Montreal, returned, to-day from their nnnual 
fishing excursion to Pottom, Quebec, being out several days 
and enjoying regular camp life. This party has been accus- 
tomed to visit this place annually for fourteen years, and dur- 
ing this time only one person has died from their numbers. 
Massachusetts— New Bedford, May 14.— The trout brooks 
have yielded plentifully the past week. Mr. A. E. Lucas was 
high hook, catching twenty-three fish weighing thirteen and 
one-half pounds. The largest single fish so far weighed one 
and a half pounds. The traps in this vicinity have been well 
filled, and our market abounds with sea bass, bluefish, Bcup, 
tautog and some fine striped bass. Of this latter fish you will 
soon hear reports as the fishing clubs are gathering their 
forces at the islands. The bass are now entering the river. 
Conoha. 
This inf ormation of our correspondent conveys a great deal 
, of meaning to the angler who is au fail in fishing for striped 
bass. When this delicious fish first enters the fresh waters of 
the Eastern rivers he is like a June-run salmon, lithe, clean, 
shapely, and as steel bright as a cuirass. In the salt water ho 
■acquires a coppery complexion and becomes comparatively 
logy. The flavor is somewhat impaired also. Between an 
early salmon and an early striped bass there is little to choose 
for game qualities. There are many expert shore-fishermen, 
like our friend Concha, of New Bedford, who perhaps have 
never been huDg to a salmon, who would doubtless prove as 
skillful as the most experienced in handling a salmon. There 
is a great difference however in the kind of tackle and linos 
used, and in the methods of offering it to these two kinds of 
fish, a difference which enbauces the pleasure of angling in the 
one case or the other alike. Concha has sent us one of these 
twelve-pound striped bass packed on ice, and a more delicious 
fish \vas never served on the table. May joy go with him 
and “ success to his fishing 1” 
May 20.— I hear of some fine catches in the rivers at the 
head of the bay around Pocasset, etc., running from 12 to 10 
pound each. The school of sea bass will reach the Islands 
about June 1 to 10. They are of different appearance, the 
hack of the head irridescent with blue and green like the neck 
of the wood duck. Conclha. 
— The Magdalen Islands fishery is reported to be a failure. 
Connecticut. — We notice in the Windermere Forum thafr a 
black bass, three and one quarter pounds, was caught last 
week in Pestepaugh Pond, Wallingford, Conn. This pond 
was stocked with black bass in 1871 by Mr. T. O. Banks, the 
business manager of this journal. Those skeptical spirits who 
have so lODg scouted the idea that the bass plant would ever 
amount to anything may now swallow that bass. 
New York— Canton, May 13.— Trout fishing not first- 
class yet. Water too high. J. H. R. 
Wyoming, May 17. — Elegant pickerel and bass fishing nt 
Silver Lake. Quite a number of very heavy strings have been 
taken. Clem A. and Mark S. Are champions thus far. Splen- 
did trout fishing at the Wcathersfleld pond and brooks. Ono 
string of 80 ana one of 120 fine speckled beauties were takou 
last week. Attious. 
Greenwood Lake. — May 20. — A large number of anglers 
present to-day to open the baas season. The hotels aro au m 
excellent condition and afford comfortable accommodations. 
This season, with the accommodations and facilities afforded 
by tho St. George— the new hotel— at Cooper, the present ter- 
mination of tho railroad, parties can leave Now York at 4:30 
p. m, arrive at the St. George at 6:45, have from that time till 
7:83 a. m the following morning, und bo back In New York 
by 9:30 a. m. By telegraphing to the St George a few hours 
in advance of arrival, boats, bait and nuido can bo secured 
and in waiting, thus avoiding delay and loss of time. 
Later.— Tho day's catch has scored fifty far private parties, 
one reported to weigh Bjlbs. Messrs. A. Chamberlain and 
H. C. Cook, of the Greenwood Lake Sportsmen's Association, 
took seventy-three black baas. Of the Wa-wa yanda Club, 
W. S. Knapp and H. D. Felter took twenty black bass aud 
five pickerel ; Mr. J. Smith, four Otsego bass, one perch, 
seven sunfiab ; W. C. Conner and J. A. Slack, twelve’ black 
bass and six pickerel ; M. B. Brown and J. J. Kelso, forty- 
one black bass, two pickerel and eight sunflsh ; N. Tappan 
and D. Jackson, nine bass and five pickerel ; II. Felton aud 
J. Smith, fourteen bass ; 8. Knapp, three bass. 
Greenwood. 
Willewbmoo Trout Club. — At tho annual meeting on 
Tuesday, 14th inst., at the office of Mr. George W. Vou 
Siclen, 99 Nassau street, New York, C. Van Brunt was re- 
elected President ; Mr. Ohas. A. Macy, Jr., Vice-President; 
I. 8. Coffin, Secretary and Treasurer ; and Frank Macy, 
Esq., on the Executive Committee. G. W. V. B. 
New Jersey — Kinsey’s, May 18. — Easterly storms of the 
14th and 15th have affected our bluefishing for the pust few 
days. Blackflsh and sea bass are biting freely, and good 
catches reported. Two small boys caught several, runuing 
from 3 to 4 lbs. B. 
Pennsylvania — Erie, May 18. — Muscalonge, pike and bass 
fishing very fine here. The law allows fishing with hook and 
line in the bay at any season. Snipe. 
Erie, May 20. — The sport here is first rate with bass and 
muskalonge, and has been much improved by the removal of 
the nets, which were recently set bo near the mouth of tho 
bay. 
— Pine Creek,* Potter County, is said to afford good trout 
fishing. 
Maryland — Baltimore, May 19. — Messrs. Leonard Levell, 
Leonardus Levering and Frank W. Thomas have just re- 
turned from Cobb’s Island, which is one of the best sports- 
man's resorts on the Maryland coast. They left Baltimore 
about ten days ago, going to Norfolk, thence to Cherrystone, 
Va., where vehicles were procured, and the party drove to 
Cobb’s Landing, where they embarked and crossed the sound 
to the island. The accommodations were found first class. 
Good weather prevailed, but the sport was rather tame. A 
few days’ shooting laid three hundred snipe, which was the 
principal game abounding. The fishing was very good, some 
fine sea trout and mullett being caught, while from forty to 
fifty drum-fish were hooked, ranging all tho way from thirty 
to one hundred pounds. The angling for them was conduct- 
ed by casting long linos out Beyond the surf, and rather 
troublesome and tiresome it was too. Robin breasts had not 
put in an appearance. Some few sharks were being caught, 
but no real fun in the sport, it being too tame yet. The 
shooting is very fine on the island from the 20th July until 
the 1st August. Traymore. 
On Tns Rock Castle. — Those of our angling friends who 
followed the fortunes of the writer of the following on his 
“Trip to the Middle Fork of the Rock Castle,” as set forth in 
our issue of October 25, 1877, will be glad to hear of his fur- 
ther exploits on the same stream : 
"Col. Tom Wallerson and Maj. Duncan were my com- 
panions on my spring trip to Rock Castle this year. Two 
more whole-souled, industrious and accomplished anglers ono 
could not find in a month’s march. We made directly for 
Judge Faubus’, on the Middle Fork, fished there three duys, 
and devoted Thursday and Fnday to running the twenty 
miles from the Judge’s to LivingBton, the railroad terminus. 
Lav. Hale, a Cimmerian representation of the ‘ colored 
brother,’ who knows bettor how to propel a canoe with pole 
aud paddle, and where to round to for a black buss or goggle- 
eye bite than any individual on the Castle, was our factotum; 
and Lav. made things lovely, supplying fine minnows and 
serving feasts upon the river bank. We found the bass and 
goggle-eye in greater abundance, and running heavier than 
any previous year. Captured all that wo could consume with 
aid of the residents with whom we stopped, and killed many 
very large oneB. Maj. Duncan landed the only pike. We 
took a score of salmon, ten inches loDg, which the nutiveB 
unanimously pronounced California, but, as we had never seen 
a specimen of that variety except in fry state, and have never 
taken one of same year's plant from any of our neighboring 
streams, we were incredulous, and neglected sending one to 
to Mr. Wm. Griffith, the President of Kentucky State Fish 
Commission. They ore gamy fellows, and were as much 
alike as so many black-eyed peas. Lav. found a trap in full 
operation as he went up with canoe load of traps and pro- 
visions, and effected its immediate destruction. Having heard 
of three others upon another branch of the river, he gave out 
that he would soon take a party up that stream, and their 
temporary removal at least Is assured. We need but a rigid 
enforcement of our fish law to bring our waters rapidly up to 
to tho old standard which will render it superfluous for Ken- 
tucky sportsmen to seek felicity out of their own State. 
Stanford, Ky„ May 8, 1878. Kentuckian. 
Arkansas— Hot Springs, May 14. — I sec some magnificent 
bass, four and flvo pounders, coming lu hero from the Oua- 
chita and intend to try my hand on them before leaving 
B. H. P. 
Mississippi— Corinth, May 11.— Some good strings of basa 
anil perch aro taken by our fishermen iu the adjacent streams. 
Ine water has been too high until within tho past week to 
fish much. Guyon. 
MicniOAN— Qrand Rapids, May 12.— Hoss Lake, twenly- 
eight miles N. of Grand Knpids, is celebrated for its perch fish- 
ing. Tliero is a prejudice among sorno anglers aguiust this 
tlsh, hut to me they afforded some flno sport, being’ in my cn- 
timatiou nearly equal to trout. Good biters, aud with light 
tackle, a porch of one-half to ono pound, quite common here 
will show himself gamy cuougli to suit almost any person In 
a visit to the lake the other iluy, in three hours my friend and 
myself caught over two hundred, ami they would avorauo 
thirteen inches in length. Michigan is famous for the num- 
ber of small lakes within her borders, and they all contain the 
porch. I have fished many of them, but for the size aud 
beauty of tho fish 1 nover saw any to compare with those of 
Hess Lake. Black bass also abound in goodly weight aud are 
taken freely with minnow or spoon and give lino sport. 
Vai.lby City. 
Missouri— St. Louis.— Tho report of the King’s Lake Fish- 
ing Club for April, shows this total of recorded gome aud tish 
snipe, 425; ducks, 157; croppies, 260; bass, 118. Fishing 
is good and game prospects excolleut. 
Some Rare Fishing in Iowa.— Ool. J. L. I). Morrison, of 
St. Louis, well-known to many of our Western readers, has 
been on a tour of exploration to Northwestern Iowa. Al- 
though we have boforo referred to much of tho ground hero 
described, wc second the laudable ambition of our correspon- 
dent to make known to brother craftsmen the good things to 
to be bad hero. Wo give ft brief abstract of an article con- 
tributed to the 8t. Louis Republican : 
Riding North from Algouu, which is on the Chicago, Mil- 
waukec and St. Paul Railroad, you ontor upon an elevated 
prairio plateau, which ruus wcstwardly to the Sioux River, 
embracing numerous beAutlful lakes, well stocked with every 
variety of fish known to this latitude. The pickerel, wall- 
eyed pike, muskalonge and black mid green bass, and crappy 
dominating. Ten miles from the Iowa line In Minnesota fs 
Fairmont, on the Southern Minnesota Railroad. Fairmont, 475 
miles from St. Louis, presents a most Inviting Held for hunt- 
ing and fishing. It is upon the centre chain lakes; East 
Chain, Centro Chain and West Chain form tho main group of 
lukea bore, with fourteen additional one's within a radius of 
twelve miles from Fairmont. Commencing five miles oust of 
Fairmont tho East Chain, running from north to south Is com- 
posed of thirteen lakes, the most southerly ono of the group 
approaching near the Iowa lino being a deep, clear lake about 
four aud a half miles long by ono anil a half in width,, nnd the 
other lakes extending northward vtirylug in size from one to 
three miles in length. The East Chain has seventeen lnkes 
extending twenty-four miles upon a direct line from north to 
south, their borders covered with lino oak, walnut, sugar 
maple and other timber trees, in the season covered with 
water fowl and filled with tho finest fish, within thirty hours 
of St. Louis by rail. 
Prairie chickens in season are here by the million, wliilo it 
is the great hatching field of the geese, swan, brant, duck und 
crane, which visit us in the fall upon their flight to tho South. 
Many of these lakes the hook of the angler has never disturbed 
while myriads of the finest fresh water fish sport iu their 
limpid waters. A colony of English fanners, some of them, 
I learned, graduates of Oxford, hospitahlo und reflued, have 
located around Fairmont auiluppear to enjoy all the luxuries 
of rural life. They have brought with thorn the English taste 
for field sports, have a kennel of 24 hounds, some line Im- 
ported English hunters, and are always ready for a fox or 
wolf hunt, frequently chusing tho wolves 20 miles before they 
arc captured. They are a jolly set und arc very kindly spoken 
of by all the farmers iu the vicinity. 
Nine miles west of Fairmont is the West Chain, which con- 
tains ten lakes, the largest, “ Okumauapadee,” seven miles 
long aud very deep; the southerly half of the lakes flowing Into 
the Dos Moines aud northerly ones into St. Peter’s River. 
Outside of these chains arc fourteen other lakes equally ns at- 
tractive. 
From Tenhasson, on this chain; we drove westward on the 
same grand and fertile prairie plateau, passing endless beauti- 
ful lakes, and now and then a homestead settlor, for 40 miles, 
when we reached Spirit Lake, iu Dickinson County, Iowa. 
This and the East uuil West ** Okaligi " lakes, all connected 
by outlets, ure growing to be quite u resort for sportsmen and 
anglers from the East, Boston and New York furnishing their 
unnual quota. They are large, clear, beautiful lakes, and 
filled with fish of every variety. I tried my hand at. fishing, 
although tho wind wus blowing a northwest gale. I caught 
32 fine fish from tho bridge between Okaligi ami Spirit lake, 
aggregating over 100 pounds in weight, embracing pickerel, 
wall-eyed pike, muskalonge nnd green buss, the three last 
offering fine sport, as they came to the # shoro with great re- 
luctance. It is no unusual thing in the season to gee a ton of 
fish taken with the hook upon this bridge The Scandinavian 
farmers, who compose a majority of the settlors, salt and dry 
them for summer use. Indeed, if one did not tire of Buoti 
food, fish and wild game, with little labor in taking them, 
could lie made to supply the table all the year round. 
To the sportsmun arid angler I say by ull means visit the 
Chain lakes this fall, und to every one in sourch of invigorat- 
ing, pure, bracing air and consequent health, no better resort 
can be found in the United States, the only drawback being 
suitable accommodation for families. For fishing and hunt- 
ing parties everything is ready, nnd the game laws allow 
chicken shooting after August 15. Every farmer iu the three 
counties 1 have visited will welcome you as a brother, and no 
danger of the Chain lake fiasco being repeated among these 
hospitable frontiersmen, most of whom were eight years ago 
homesteaders. <L L. D. M. 
Utah — Salt Lake City, May 8.— Better Bport for the angler 
can be found nowhere. Trout are both plenty and large. 
Have one fish breeding establishment here and several gun 
clubs. * o. 8. H. 
Movements op Sportsmen.— Uon, Allan Gilmore, of Otta- 
wa, Canada, leaves in a few days in his steam yacht for the 
