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FOREST AND STREAM 
Salmon Fibbing in Quebec. — Since the government of 
the Dominion bare prelected the rivers, preventing netting 
and spearing, except in particular rivers, and adopting the 
plan of leasing them to gentlemen for fly-fishing only, salmon 
have certainly increased nearly fifty per cent, in numbers, and 
are. much larger in form. The best opportunities are allowed 
for our Eastern sportsmen to go there and fish for salmon, at 
au expense of about six dollars per day per rod. Many gen- 
tlemen have taken from one to six fish per day, which sport 
is certainly of the most satisfactory character, especially 
when you take into accoimt the fact that each salmon takes 
from fifteen minutes to one hour to kill. The river, Grand 
Metis, which derives its source from a chain of lakes some 
twenty-five miles long and enters into the Gulf of St. Law- 
rence, about thirty-five miles below Father Point on the south 
shore, is leased by the Hon. A. M. DeLisle, ex-Member of 
Parliament, and fished only by him and our old friend and 
neighbor, Malvin Hard, of 25 Beckman street, New York. 
We have just received word that Mr. Hard has returned 
from the river, where he had unprecedented sport, killing his 
thirty salmon, some weighing as much as 42 pounds. The 
whole thirty fish scaled 702 pounds, making an average of 
23^ pounds for each fish. Mr. Hard found the salmon unu- 
sually strong and gamy. They came this season much earlier 
than in former years, taking the fly with much eagerness. 
Philcsalmo. 
A Canadian Weloomb.— A correspondent who has re- 
cently returned from a fishing expedition to the lakes near St. 
Leon, a Canadian village between Montreal and Three Rivers, 
writes : 
" I must in some way do justice to my old friend, Mr. Win. 
L. Parker, who, being necessarily absent, gave to five of us— 
three total strangers— carU-Uanche in his lodge. And royal 
sport we had, too. Procuring guides, and with Mr. Parker’s 
canoes, we made an expedition to Lac a l isle, carrying over 
several portages. We found excellent sport, though the trout 
were small. Our trip to Lake Souris was similar to that to 
Lac a l’lsle, only the portages were longer and rougher. It 
is really astonishing to see one of those guides travel through 
thick woods with a canoe on his head. ~1 consider myself a 
pretty good walker, but it was all I could do to keep up with 
these men. It must have been 1 p.m. before we pul, a line in 
the water, and we landed at our return (first portage) at six 
o’clock with seventy-two as fine trout as were ever laid in 
green grass, the largest fish, weighing 5$ lbs., caught by Mr. 
FJoyd. These trout are speckled, and the flesh red, and are 
almost as game as a salmon. Mr. Floyd used a rod, trolling 
with a spoon- I have traveled a very great deal, and fished 
in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Maine, and West as far as 
Southern California, and nowhere have I ever seen such 
beautiful lakes and had such good trout fishiDg as in those 
surrounding Mr. Parker’s property. By using portages one 
can go through twelve lakes from my friend's house. Mr. 
Parker has his canoes built at Peterborough, Ontario, and 
they certainty reflect credit on the builder. Should this 
letter be perused by au acquaintance of my friend, and who 
has never visited “ Willie ” at his country home, I advise 
him to fish for an invitation, for never was a gentleman pos- 
sessed of means to entertain his friends who could more 
thoroughly do it than Mr. Wm, H. Parker, of St. Elie 
Lodge. S. C. H. 
Niagara Falls, June, 1878. 
— A. N. She wan, Esq., of Montreal, is in New Brunswick 
to try his practiced hand on the salmoD. 
Massachusetts— New Bedford, July 8. — The quantity of 
bluefish caught is very great. The waters in this vicinity 
seem full of them. Several fine bass have been. caught at 
CuttyhuDk and No Sian's Land. Capt. J. L. Sisson launched 
his new pleasure yacht Metric to-day, and in a few days will 
be ready for fishing parties, and no one knows where to catch 
the large bass or bluefish better than “ Lafayette." 
Conoha. 
Movements of the Fishing Fleet.— The leading feature 
of the fish market the past week has been the large receipts of 
Georges fish, 56 arrivals having been reported, with 1,280,000 
lbs. codfish and 17,000 lbs. halibut ; the scarcity of mackerel 
aloDg this shore keeps a large summer fleet upon Georges, and 
this branch gives better promise of successful operations than 
the mackerel fishery. The receipts of Bank halibut have been 
small, 5 arrivals bringing 175,000 lbs. and prices have ruled 
favorably. 11 mackerel arrivals have been reported for the 
week, but the receipts have not amounted to anything worth 
noticing. Whole number of arrivals for the week, 72. But 
little is known concerning the doiDgs of the Bay fleet, but the 
catch has probably been small so far. One vessel is reported 
to have taken 300 bbls. on the hook, which would indicate a 
good prospect for this fishery.— Cape Ann Advertiser, July 5. 
Salmon in the Connecticut River.— Desirous of learn- 
ing whether salmon were still running in the Connecticut 
River, W. M. Hudson, Esq., Fish Commissioner of the State, 
has kindly sent us the following information : 
“July 2—1 learned to-day that three seines fishing at Glae- 
tonburg and Rocky Hill had taken respectively ten, six and 
four salmon, averaging about twelve pounds each, during the 
season. On the 7th of June a fifteen-pound salmon was 
speared at the foot of the Holyoke dam, and I believe that 
the person at fault has been prosecuted for the offence. On 
the 11th of June a twenty-pound salmon, and on the 17th of 
June a fifteen-pound salmon were hauled in by Chas. C. 
Smith in his seine, at South Hadley Falls, Mass., and when 
near the shore were liberated. These are all, so far as I 
know, that have been seen above the Mass, line.’’ 
New Jerset— Kinzey's Ashley House, Barnegat Inlet, 
June 30.— Sheepshead still biting freely; from 200 to 300 
taken daily. Bluefish plenty, but run small, from twenty to 
forty per boat taken. Blackfish never more plenty. J. 
Reeves caught on the Old Mediutor in four hours over 100 
fish. They run from one pound to 3£. 
Bam/gat House, July 5 — Bluefish are now in the bay in 
large numbers, and biting well. Our yachts came in as fol- 
lows: Captain Wilburt, with Mr. R. L. Newcombe, of New 
York, 40 hluefisb ; Captain Amhony Parker, with Mr. Ed. 
Howell and fri.-nds, of Philadelphia, 56 bluefish ; Captain 
Bui l rcdmore, with Messrs. Worthen and Aldrich, 41 blue- 
n.c'> • I’ur.tliiti f,.l r. T>. ...... >1 .. i t it „ .. 
Forked River, July 2.— Bluefish have been biting well for 
the past week, and some large ones have been caught outside. 
Mr. D. Chamberlain caught a sheepshead weighing 12 lbs. 
Arthur. 
Fishing in Lake Borgnk.— Lake Borgne.La., formed by the 
Gulf of Mexico, offers as fine sport for anglers as any sheet of 
water we have in the South. The fish are not perhaps so 
game as those caught in the colder waters of the North, 
although there arc some few species caught there that, were 
they fished foT with the same tackle as is used for taking the 
striped boss off the New England coast, would require nearly, 
if not quite, as much skill. These are the redfish and 
speckled trout. The best place for taking these fish is close 
to one of the “ coquilles” or shell-banks, of which there are a 
great many scattered over the lake, and which at high tide 
are covered from two to three feet, and which are the chief 
feeding places for these fish. In order to reach these banks a 
sail boat has to be taken from the mainland, and the start 
made to suit the hour when the tide is running in. Once at 
the place and the boat anchored, the flsbiDg begins. The 
mode of catching them down there is to have a large cotton 
line, upon which from two to three large hooks, with brass 
snells attached, are fastened, and on each of these a half of a 
mullet is placed for bait, one end of the line being tied to the 
boat, and the other part thrown out as far as possible, directly 
over the submerged bank. The fish come in schools, and as 
they are very voracious it is not very long before you have a 
bite, sometimes as many ns two or three fish striking at a 
time ; then you have it, making your line whiz through the 
water, aud if your tackle is not stroDg they will get away, 
unless managed with a good deal of skill. I am of the opio- 
ion. from my experience in fishiDg with the above described 
tackle, that it would take a very good fisherman to capture 
a ten-pound redfish with a rod and reel. The trout (as they 
are called there) are very game for a short while, but soon 
tire. In addiiion to the above fish, red snapper, sheepshead 
and au occasional striped bass are caught also, but in different 
localities. Of small fish, the croaker (so called from a pecu- 
liar noise it makes in be'mg taken from the water) is the most 
plentiful. At times they bite very rapidly. As many as a 
hundred can be caught in an hour or two. For this kind of 
fishiug hand-lines are used, and, consequently, but little sport 
in it. J. D. H. 
Michigan — Bay City, July 1. — As the Michigan Central 
R. R. have put a fast train on the J. L. & S. R. R. North, 
four to six hours will put you where all the lovers of Old 
Izaak would like to be, among the famous grayling and trout. 
This famous country for game has been practically closed to 
the sportsman because of trains only running every other 
day, and only freight or logging trains at that. Now they 
run fast trains both ways each day except Sundays This 
gives a man or a party a chance to go in and take grayling for 
supper the first day from Bay City, and to bring out fresh 
fish or game the day it is caught. You that are weary and 
want a few days’ rest and a little sport, and easy access to it, 
can here find it. I do not invite you to come and destroy our 
grayling, but come and help to enjoy them as a true sports- 
man should— live and let live. It has been said to me that you 
do not want people to know where your game is. I do. 
There is uot a tired man on earth whom I would not be glad 
to see and to give cheerfully the directions to go and take our 
game or fish, and more than all else, our pure air and water. 
1 do not want to be called selfish : come and enjoy this great 
luxury with us ; eat, drink aud sleep as you never have since 
you were a boy ; become young again, as you will in thought 
and action. When you return to your labors again, whatever 
they may be, it will be easier, and the memory of any man 
who enjoys the comforts of a week or more in "the Northern 
woods of Michigan will ever turn to it with extreme pleasure; 
but woe be unto the man or men who come to catch game to 
sell ; we cannot bear to thus see our beauties taken from us. 
This invitation is given especially to tired souls who need a 
rest— clergymen, editors, lawyers, merchants, M. D's, etc. I 
believe these beauties are there especially for you who love 
the solemn grandeur of the wilderness and need rest. We 
refer you, by permission, to T. C. Phillips, of Bay City and 
Daily Tribune , either by mail or in person as to the Au Sable, 
Manistee or Cheboygen Rivers and Lakes Higgins, Houghter 
and Otsego. 
Hoggishness.— Not a very refined word that! But one 
must adapt his vocabulary to the subject he is treating, and 
when the topic is an uninviting one, what wonder that im- 
polite language presents itself? Hoggishness is a good old 
English word, signifying, in general, conduct becoming a hog ; 
in particular, the action of sundry trout and grayling fisher- 
men who have been exploiting on the rivers Boyne and 
Manistee, Michigan. Six hundred grayling for three men in 
parts of two days’ fishing is, to be sure, a big score, but if we 
were one of the party we should never tell of it. It is too 
suggestive of the yank-em-out-before-any-one-else-gets-a- 
chance style of doing things. If these Michigan rivers are 
soon as barren of sport as a greedy fisherman’s soul is of 
sportsmanlike sentiments, anglers may thank this display of— 
hoggishness- 
Wisconsin — Neenaft, July 3.— A. J. Cooper, of Milwaukee, 
and his little boy caught, one day this week, forty-two, the 
next day, fifty-three black and silver bass. Weight of the 
fish was l891bs. 8. P. 
Wilderness Wisoonbin.— Wo have several times called 
attention to the locality referred to in the following letter, 
which has been forwarded by Mr. Hallock, of this paper, who 
is now in Wisconsin. This letter is writen by Mr. Pratt, 
Auditor of the Wisconsin Central Railroad, but we hope to 
have another from brother Hallock's own pen : 
June, 28, 1878 —During our tramp in the woods we visited 
two very beauiiful and picturesque falls scarcely Known to 
white men. The whole country about there is wild aud 
broken, the streams run through gorges 75 to 100 feet high 
cut in solid rock The falls are of this height. We went out 
and took a few trout in silver Creek where our car was set, 
but the water had not subsided enough to make good fishing 
aud after a half hour's sport we came in to dinner. We caught 
enough for breakfast, however. The following morning we 
started from the railroad at Trout Brook two and a half miles 
north of Silver Creek, and afiera delightful walk of two miles 
through mostly hard wood timber clear of undergrowth reuched 
Lake Harriet. Fresh deer tracks interested the ladies es- 
pecially, but we did DOt happen to see the deer. Last year at 
Trout Brook, in August, one was attracted by our camp fire 
and his eyes glistened through the foliage until was 
frightened away. 
We reached Lake Harriet at about 11 a. M.,and before 1 ,'ong 
three of us were in the boat owned and paddled by our goiile, 
C. W. Davis, who lives on a homestead at Silver Creek. A s 
the three ladies of our party — the first white women who eve* - 
visited the lake, which itself was discovered last fall— were anx- 
ious to drop a line, the gentlemen were one by one left “ lone 
fishermen” on extempore rafts or logs while the guide returned 
for the fair ones. At 1 o'clock Mr. Davis proceeded to with- 
draw the picquets, as lunch time had arrived and on rallying 
on the reserve it was found we had the following strings of 
black bass: Two ladies, 27; gentlemen, 54 (the subscriber 
taking 30). We did uot think it right to fish longer, but ono 
of the ladies and two gentlemen thought they must catch a 
fewmore and went out for a short lime and returned with 29 
making a total of HO. They ran very even in weight, though 
the largest was but two pounds, but they were very gamy. 
D. M. Bidden, of Milwaukee, an old bass fisherman, was with, 
us, and said he never saw such fishing. We took along min- 
nows, but oue of the parly who was left alone used a frog.. 
We still fished, castiug occasionally, and frequently would, 
have one hooked before the hook was a foot under water. I n 
honor of Mrs. Talbot, who caught 20 fish, we named the lake. 
“ Harriet.” It covers perhaps 90 acres. 
The night we left Milwaukee there was a violent storm at 
Ashland, and consequently the rock fishing was spoiled for 
three days it was so rough. They are taking large ones up 
Fish Creek, and it would seem flsbiug was nevt-r better. I 
would you had been with us, and send this brief account of a 
portion of the trip as it may be of interest. Wish I had time 
to describe the running of the rapids of the Elk and the excur- 
sion to Long Lake below Phillips, but this must suffice. The 
muskalonge (this don’t seem the right orthography, but I must 
follow example of good men) are biting Dicely up in Butternut, 
but we couldn’t do everything, aud left the choice of routes to 
ladies. They are trumps you may be sure or they couldn't, 
have kept with us. 
Yours, hopiDg to see you before winter, Henby Pratt. 
[Mr. Hallock and his wife contemplated being of the party 
named, but untoward circumstances prevented. — E d.] 
Minnesota— Hokah, July 3.— Fishing is first class, and 
bass and trout are being taken in large numbers. One hun 
dred and twenty -seven trout taken by three rods one day last 
week. Fine Shot. 
WANNINISH 
FISHING 
JOHN. 
AT LAKE ST. 
T HE Wanninish or land-locked salmon are found in great 
numbers at the outlet of Lake St. John, situated about 120 
miles by the Government road from Quebec, and 60 miles 
above Chicoutinia, the head of navigation of the Sagueoay 
River. One of the comfortable passenger steamers of the St. 
Lawrence Steam Navigation Company leaves Quebec daily 
during the summer months for Chicoutinia, affording oue 
the most interesting trips on Canadian waters, taking in the 
beautiful scenery of the St. Lawrence to Tadousac, and of 
the incomparable Saguenay* its entire leDgth. The angler 
will find salmon, sea, river, and lake trout, and, last but not 
least, the wanninish fishing in perfection. This word baa 
been spelled by many writets differently, some wininish 
other ounimish. A missionary priest assured me that Wan- 
ninish is the proper way. Certainly it is so pronounced by 
the inhabitants. It was my good fortune to form one of a 
party of four gentlemen who left Old Quebec City on Tues- 
day, the 11th June last, on the steamer St. Lawrence, which 
unmoored from the wbarf, or rather pontoon, at 8 o’clock in 
the morning. The weather was cool and bracing, aud the 
few passengers, including two newly married couples, very 
sociable and gay. At about noon the next day we landed at 
Chicoutinia, where the leader of our party (the Admiral)' 
bad some business matters to transact, which detained us 
until after 3 o’clock in the afternoon, when we found our- 
selves crossing the river in a large skiff called the ferry boat. 
Arrived on the opposite shore, two four-wheeled back board* 
wagons, drawn by hardy Canadian ponies, were obtained to 
convey us, and a horse and cart to convey our provisions 
tents and baggage, about fifteen miles over the very steepest 
hills, to the house of a family named Savard, consisting of 
five sons and a daughter grown up, with their mother. Two 
of the sods are married, and, with their wives and one child 
and six hired men, all live in one house, in fact, one large 
room and loft, the whole forming thq happiest family of the 
size that I ever met. Their usual occupation is driving saw 
logs through the rapids and over slides, and some farming. 
We engaged four of them, with two canoes. After partak- 
ing of a good meal, cleanly cooked and nicely served, and 
spending a pleasant evening, we faent to our clean, comfort- 
able beds, high posted and surrounded with neat printed 
cotton curtains, and early the next morning we arose re- 
freshed and ready to begin a day's journey in bark canoes, 
which were carefully repitched to cover leaks before being put 
in the water. Two of our companions were from New York, 
Messrs. Charles S. Milliken aud Henry 8. Gillespie, who 
were on visits to some of their friends in Quebec ; the others 
being Lieutenant-Colonel Montizembert of the Canadian Ar- 
tillery (B Battery) and myself (styled the Admiral). We 
Canadians each took a New Yorker in our respective canoes- 
With two men and a fair share of the luggage these tiDy crafts 
looked fearfully frail and cranky for such loads, but the 
fishing fever was in us, and although we squatted down 
rather timidly at first, all fear of upset soon left us. We 
were paddled up stream against a stiff current for about four- 
teen miles. When we came to a two-mile portage each man 
shouldered a pack and one carried a canoe on his head, and away 
we marched, under a broiling sun, till we reached the head 
of the rapids, at about half-past five o’clock p.m. Our men 
set to work getting supper and pitching our tents. Milliken 
from off the rocks soon hooked a fine fish of about four 
pounds weight. This so spurred me on that I beckoned two 
of the men to join me for a short trip. VV bile supper was 
cooking we quietly slipped away, and before five minutes 
were over I was last to a five-pounder, and found him the 
liveliest fish I ever played. No flfieen-pound salmon could 
have creaied more excitement ; he dashed off soon as be felt 
the hook, leaping six times in rapid succession high out of 
the water, and then rushing down into the deepest hole, 
tugged away till he was worked up to the surface, when as 
soou as he caught eight of me off be went again like a shot, 
and kept up this kino of work till exhausted, and was landed 
by a hand net, when he had to be struck over the head to be 
made to lie quiet in the canoe. 
I fished with an ordinary trout rod, ash butt, hickory centre 
