FOREST J AND J STREAM. 
by the Eureka aud Triton clubs, of which Mr. George 0. Mil 
ler is chairman. He will give all information to applicants 
who address him at No. 703 Broad street, Newark N J 
The City Council has offered their meeting room to the Com- 
mittee of the National Association, and from our information 
to hand, the event promises to eclipse all similur ones held 
previously, and will go far to establish permanently the favor- 
able hold the National Association has upon public sentiment 
Entries close August C, and should be made to Henry w’ 
Garfield, Esq., Secretary Regatta Committee N. A A. O Ah 
bany, N. Y. Entrance fees: Fours, $15; doubles, $10- 
pairs, $10 ; singles, $5. 
Down the Housatonic in a Canoe— New York, July 30.— 
Editor Forest and Stream: The Housatonic is certainly an 
eccentric stream, for, while it is deep for the first fifty miles 
of its course, it suddenly becomes shallow nud virtually un- 
canoeable a few miles below Fulls Village. The trouble is 
that it attempts to spread itself out and rival larger rivers in 
breadth. It follows as a necessary result that it has not water 
enough to cover the nakedness of its stones, aud its rapids be- 
come too shallow to be shot except when the water is un- 
usually high. 
From West Cornwall to Cornwall Bridge is a continuous 
succession of rapids. The water is usually about a foot deep, 
but the rocks aud stones are so numerous that a canoe cannot 
float a rod without striking. There is an old dam and a rather 
formidable looking rapid below it at Cornwall Bridge, but it 
can be run by keeping close to the right bank. From thence 
to Kent are about half a dozen more rapids, all of which must 
be waded. Now, to wade rapids under a July sun, when the 
bottom is composed of round stones that make the footing ex- 
tremely precarious, is not an unalloyed pleasure. In fact two 
duys of it are all that any rational man can require. For my 
part I became entirely satiated with the rapids below West 
Cornwall, aud as the river from Kent to New Milford is but a 
repetition of the shallow rapids between West Cornwall and 
Kent, I prevailed on my companion— who would gladly have 
waded for the next six years sooner than abandon a cruise— 
to make the rest of ^the cruise to Bridgeport on an express 
train. 
Let me repeat that the upper Housatonic from Pittsfield to 
Falls Village is the best canoeing river in the world— even in 
spite of dams. From Falls Villuge to New Milford it is one 
of the most tiresome streams the canoeist can possibly find, 
unless indeed the trip is made when the river is high. Six 
inches more water than we had would have covered most of 
the rocks in the shallow rapids. W. L. Alden. 
Jfj and §ivci[ fishing. 
FISH IN SEASON IN AUGUST. 
FRESH WATER, 
Tront, Salmo/ontinalis. 
Salmon, Salmo ealar. 
Salmon Trout, Salmo ctmfinis. 
Land-locked Salmon, Salmo gltneri. 
Grayling, Thymallus tricolor. 
Black Busa, Sticroptcrus aalnwidcs ; 
St. nigricans. 
Mu&kalonge, Rsox nobillor. 
Pike or Pickerel, Bsox lucius. 
Yellow Percli, Perea tlavescens. 
SALT WATER. 
Sea Bass, Scicenops ocellatus. 
Sbeepsbead, Archosargus probato . 
ctphalus. 
Striped Bass, Boccus Unnsatus. 
White Perch, Storonc amerricana. 
Weakflsh, Cynoscion regalis. 
BlueUsh, Pomatomus saltatrix. 
Spanish Mackerel, Cybiurn macula- 
turn. 
Cero, Cybium regal*. 
Bonlto, Santa pclamys. 
Klughflh, Stenticirrus nebulosus. 
Fish in Market— Retail Prices.— Bass, 20 cents ; bluefish, 
8 ; salmon, 25 ; weak lisb, 10 ; Spanish mackerel, 20; green turtle, 
10 ; halibut, 15 ; haddock, 6 ; king dub. 20 black fish, 12‘<( ; floun- 
ders, S ; porgies, 6 ; sea bass, IS ; eels, 18 ; lobsters, 10 ; sheeps - 
bead, 20; Canada brook trout, 40 ; pompano, 25 cents ; smoked 
salmon, 18 ; dry cod, 7 ; bard crabs, per 100, $3 00 ; soft orabs 
per dozen, $1 50. 
Fish of all kind9 very scarce, and prices have advanced 
materially. During the past week four specimens of the 
tarpum have been taken off Long Island, one of them, weigh- 
ing 75 pounds, taken in Gravesend Bay. 
Canada — Matapedia, July 24. — Good fishing here for the 
last few days. The recent heavy rains have caused the rivers 
to rise nearly two feet, and fresh-run salmon are taken every 
day, averaging all the way from twelve to thirty pounds. I 
took four fish yesterday aud the day before, that weighed 24, 
10, 14, and 12 pounds each. S. H. K. 
Canada Salmon Streams.— Mr. Thomas J. Havemeyer, of 
New York, was salmon fishing on the Lower St. Lawrence 
last month, accompanied during the last few days by R. W. 
Cameron. Between June 11 and July 2 Mr. Havemeyer had 
thirteen days’ fishing, excluding three Sundays and six days 
when it rained or the water was too muddy, iu which time he 
took seventy-six fish, weighing 1,599 pounds and averaging 
twenty-one pounds. There was one salmon of thirty pounds 
and one of thirty-two ; the best day’s sport was Friday, June 
28, when he landed fourteen salmon weighing 313 pounds. 
Mr. Cameron fished six days, landing twelve salmon, weigh- 
ing 233 pounds and averaging nineteen and a half. 
Massachusetts — Bromjicld House, Boston, July 20. — There 
has been a good deal of black bass talk here since the season 
opened, and ns my party was said to have the best basket ever 
taken in one day from Massapoag Lake, Sharon, Mass., I give 
the score - ; One three-pounder, one two and a half, two of two 
pounds each, five of one pound each, and nine half-pounders. 
Smaller than that don’t count. Our friend Morse, of Medford, 
took one last week of four aud a half pounds from the same lake. 
Fishing parties who may visit the lake will find Capt. Thomas 
Decatur, of the Massapoag House, ready to furnish any infor- 
mation wanted. The number of Bojournere at this delightful 
summer resort is daily increasing, and if Boston people gene- 
rally knew of the attractions to be found on and about Mas- 
sapoag Lake, Capt. Decatur’s well kept hostelry would not 
be large enough to hold a respectable minority of the visitors 
during the vacation season. 
Nantucket, July 27.— Bluefish plenty, but the wind has been 
so strong that the boats could not go outside. Next week 
there will be splendid sport, as the wind has driven the fish 
inshore. Sharks quite plenty : the catch as follows : Vesta 3 
UntUne, 1 ; Norcross Brothers, 5 ; Yesterday a party brought 
in a ball fish about five feet long, which they caught while 
sword fishing. Jaok Curlew. 
New Bank, July 27.— A party chartered the yacht Hetrick 
yesterday, and on the south side ot Nashawena Island encoun- 
tered a fine school of bass, taking 25, the largest weighing 44 
pounds. Charles 8. Randall, Esq., caught one weighing 33 
pounds-at Cuttyhunk, this week; in fact, the south side of 
the islands are literally alive with bass and bluefish The 
school of bass usually stay until the last of August. 
Concha. 
415 BaUk n’ With 220, 000! ba. of codfish and 
and 5 ftC rhA fr0 ', n ^ 0rges ’ witb 675,00011)8. codfish, 
, m , *?h‘ >re mackereling trips, with about 400 bills 
2SSS,°* !“ feri . or H ua lity- Mackerel have made their an 
hai^ lakin thlS H C,nily ’ und the boat and dor y fishermen 
fo.InfWnnS small quantities, while amateur fishermen have 
l u “ ( i g n d sp , ort in their “Pture. The receipts of We 
mackerel have been confined to about 20 bbls.from Block 
Y lth tlie ex ception of these and a few small lots 
^encoaftod to tinker,-^ 
Rhode Island— Block Island, July 20.— Three 50 round 
bass were caught by Dr. Voris yesterday ifternSL. ^ 
r, r A. D. D. 
I AsquE Island Ci.mt— Basque Island, R. I., July 21 —Mr 
^uce °u r club opened, June 25, fishing has been ex-’ 
spin™! The 8tnped basa bave been more abundant than foi 
pa8L 1 he largest so far taken being 30 ami 
wh? wn?L nvalr y among tbe members as tc 
£ * dl 1 c the fortunate one to take the largest bass, and 
thus gam the prize at the end of the season offered by the 
fi? hflss°wmH 8 i tlent i a , n i ded 1 large black fisb white fishing 
mJmS5.Tin b t T ed 16 8CaleS at 13 ‘^ P° uut,s - 0ne of Out 
nin^m.n f l i . ? l arRe bttS3 a week a go that made one straight 
run untd he hail taken out all the line on the reel (900 feet 
and then broke away. It was impossible to hold or turn him'. 
We nave all been conjecturing as to his possible weight. The 
writer has been here a week aud has taken 117 pounds, the 
largest two weighing 24 and 25 pounds respectively. 
July 25.— The writer had the pleasure aud sport to-day of 
taking with rod and reel a striped bass weighing 60* pounds. 
Labkax Linlatcs. 
^ Ew YoKK-BaldwinMillc, July 24. -Jack’s Reef. Seneca 
River, at the mouth of the Big Ditch on Eel Wicr Point seven 
miles from here, is one of the best fishing points in this 
vicinity Black and Oswego bass, catfish, etc., afford abund- 
ance and variety of sport. There are a number of camps there 
now, and success attends them all. g KLa 
Adirondack Trout.-Mf. W. E. Webb, of this city, caught 
in Meachams Lake (Adirondacks), three of the largest 
speckled trout which have been captured in those waters for 
several years. They weighed five, three and two and a half 
pounds, aud were sent to Vice President Wheeler. The rod 
used was a Holberton split bamboo, weighing a little over 
seven ounces. 
A Good Bass Country.— When our angling friends start 
out to renew the summer campaign on their old tenting 
grounds, or to discover new fields of conquest and renown, 
we make it a point, as a matter of duty toward our readers! 
to hint that loyalty to the craft calls for a record of the trip 
for these columns. In response to such an exhortation, a 
correspondent writes thus enthusiastically of the piscatorial 
attractions of Greenwich, N. Y., udder date of July 21 : 
I find myself in the heart of a magnificent bass country 
Within a mile of where I am writing you can kill as tine a 
string of fish in a couple of hours, either with the fly or dob- 
son, us one need care for. Go north eight or ten miles and 
you strike Gifford's Lake, where are caught bass ranging 
from three-quarters of a pound up to three and a half, four, 
and four aud a half pounds in weight. Further to the east 
Lake Cossayuna contains bass weighing from two to four 
pounds, and pickerel or muscallonge (whichever they may be 
is not fully decided as yet) running up as high as sixteen 
pounds. Then running across to Lake MacDougidl you again 
find bass in abundance. Several New York and Troy par- 
ties have already been here, and they are still coming. 
Sportsmen should make Greenwich their base of operations, 
and thence branch out to the various points specified. Par- 
ties coming here can receive the best of accommodations, at 
most reasonable terms, by stopping with Mr. D. W. Mandel), 
a gentleman and sportsman— one of the Adirondack pioneers, 
and to whom one may upply for all information. In this 
quiet household one finds a home where his outgoings and in- 
comings are governed by his own whim. My camp-meeting 
experiences recur to me, and I can now sing, with ( entre 
nous) perhaps a greater appreciation of my blessings than then : 
" This la the place I long have sought, 
And wept because I round It not." H. 
New Jersey— Forked River, July 25. — Weakfisli and barb 
biting well. Some of our boats to-day took as high as 100. 
No large bluefish for some time past, but plenty of small ones, 
runuiDg from 1 to 3 pounds. Some fine large sbeepsbead 
have been taken during the week. Arthur. 
Pennsylvania — Bradford, July 22. — That most delectable 
little fish, the trout, seems to make every little stream in this 
lively country his special home and delight. And no wonder. 
Water cold as ice, full of deep pools and sparkling ripples, 
shady banks and an abundance of food. What could a trout 
ask more? The Kinzua especially i9 worthy of notice for its 
trout, and, being little fished over, the sport to be had there is 
very good. Tuna. 
White Perch at Tolohester Beaoh, Md. —Baltimore, J uly 
23. — Mr. Editor : The steamer Pilot Boy is now making two 
trips a day to the celebrated beach of Tolchester, which has 
lately become as famous for its fishing grounds as years ago was 
the well-known Gersham Hall of our fathers, and during the 
w'arm weather the disciples of Izaak Waltou are making daily 
visits, and are being well remunerated with magnificent 
catches of the finest perch of the Chesapeake- The fishiDg 
grounds are nearly opposite Gersham Hall, a few miles from 
Tolchester Beach, and are more commonly known as the deep 
shoals of Tolchester, and consist of a bar covered with oyster 
beds. Visitors to Tolchester can bo accommodated with boats 
covered with awnings and accompanied with skippers, who 
have a thorough knowledge of the fishing grounds. During 
last week several well-known fishermen visited these sho ds, 
and the catches of fish have been much greater than in former 
years. On Thursday last three different parties went aboard 
the Pilot Boy. and after two and a quarter pleasant hours' 
ride on the Chesapeake lauded at Tolchester, and took sail- 
boats for the shoals, in order to enjoy a few hours’ sport. 
One of the boats returned with fifty dozen white perch ; the 
second boat, containing the party of Mr. Clarke, were com- 
pensated with seventy-five dozen, while the third party, which 
consisted of 8. M. Webb and five other well-known fisher- 
men, caught over one hundred dozen fine black backed perch, 
and brought them alive in a box in fine condition to shore. 
This is extraordinary fishing, and considering tho poor sport 
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of last season seems almost incredible. The fish are caught 
with hook and line in twenty-five feet of water, while feeding 
on tne oyster beds, and are far superior to the fish generally 
brought to market. I was one of Mr. Webbs party, and 
wuile catching the perch, two and three at a haul, I was re- 
mmaedof “ Artemus Ward's experience when in Salt Lake 
™y. , was asked by a half dozen young widows to marry 
tnem, and when he respectfully declined the honor, they ex- 
claimed with one voice. “ It Is too much." He thought it 
was the muchness of the thing ho did not like. So, with the 
catching of perch on the above occasion, it was too much. 
E. B. N. 
VnunN ik— Bath Alum, July 20. -Trout fishing is excellent 
in the mountain streams near Bath Alum Springs. The fish 
are largo and of fine flavor. 
~ £ blLS3 weighing 0 pounds, caught In 
the Shenandoah by Mr. Leo P. Wheat, was brought to Win- 
chester this week. It was the largest ever seen there. 
West Virginia Angling. — A bass weighing 6^ pounds was 
captured by Charles Harmison, of Romney, West V., last 
week. Mr. Harmison was crossing the South Brunch on 
Horseback and discovered the bass in very low water, alighted 
from his horse and killed it with a stone. 
Mississippi— Paulding, July 20.— If fish would only bite 
wlmt a nice thing it would be to sit in the shade of some fine 
bay or magnolia and lure them with dainty bait this hot 
weather; but alas! joys come singly. We have bass (called 
trout here), bream, and perch for game fish, and I may add 
eels, catfish, buffalo, drum, etc., are al9o found here. There 
are no creels taken of consequonce at present, owing to intense 
heat. * y AL> 
Wisconsin — Ashland, July 21. — The continued heated 
weather has driven visitors here from every quarter. No less 
than fifteen different States are represented on tho pages of 
tho Chcquamegon Hotel register for the past four weeks, 
showing that the attractions of this delightful resort are 
already popularly known. Guests are here from Massachu- 
setts, Alabama and Colorado— east, south and west. Among 
them are many distinguished name9. New York and vicinity 
is abundantly represented. RoV. Chua. Hall Everest and 
family, formerly of Puritan Church, Brooklyn, now of 
Chicago, are in town. Everybody goes fishing. Bass, pike 
and muscallunge are found in tho lakes near by, and a dozen 
trout streams empty into tho bay. The intense heat has in- 
terfered with anglers ; nevertheless hundreds of pounds have 
been caught on favorable days. The weather is cool now, 
and hopes deferred are revived. Steam and sail yachts en- 
liven the bay. The scenery is beautiful. No summer trip 
from the east can be more enjoyable than that by the great 
lakes, arriving either by the north or south shore and return- 
ing by the other. Visitors from sections not so accessible 
find the Wisconsin Central Railroad a comfortable route of 
access. Ashland is twenty-four hours from Chicago. 
Hal. 
The Labrador and Columbia River Fisheries.— We are 
only too glad to learn from an interesting letter in the New 
York Sun that the reports of a bad catch in Labrador are un- 
founded. Quite to the contrary, the fishery on Labrador is 
pronounced very successful this season. 
All the fleet is well supplied, and the weather has proved 
uncommonly propitious. The Newfoundlanders, however, 
still neglect to follow the advice of Prof. Hind, an attache of 
the Colonial Government, who, in his extensive researches 
throughout the island and its dependency, Labrador, found 
that in the northernmost parts of the latter, which are never 
frequented by fishing vessels, cod, salmon, mackerel and 
herring abound iu seemingly inexhaustible quantities." 
From the same enterprising newspaper we have interesting 
data from the pacific coast. Last year the catch of salmon 
reached 1,250,000 fish, averaging 23 pounds, caught in some 
45 miles of nets, set out every night. The 28 canneries on 
the river put up 450,000 cases containing 11,600,000 pounds of 
salmon last season, and about the same quantity may he ex- 
pected this year. Fish cost now something like 50 cents. In 
former days, when canneries were not so numerous, they were 
worth 10 cents. In British Columbia and Alaska 5 cents is 
the price. 
Fisherman’s Philosophy.— What cares the angler so long 
os the fish bite ? A Philadelphia manufacturer was blueflah- 
ing at Bamegat the other day, when a telegram came, saying 
that his factory was burning up. The immediate reply was : 
“Building and stock fully insured. Bluefish taking the 
squid beautifully. Will return in course of a week.” 
§<ime atul §mu 
GAME IN SEASON FOR AUGUST. 
Woodcock, Philohela minor. 
Black-bellled plover, ox-eye, Squa- 
tter ota Helvetica. 
Riug plover, JEgialitis semi pabna- 
tue. 
Still, or long-shanks, stmanuput 
nigrioollts. 
Red-breusied snipe, or dowltohor, 
StacrorHamphus griteue. 
Rod-backcd sandpiper, or ox-blrd, 
Vringa amcricana. 
Great maroled godwlc, or marlin, 
Limita feOoa. 
Wlllot, Totanus ermipalmatus. 
Tattler, Totanus melanoleucus. 
Yellow-shanks, Totanus JUxvtpu. 
Bay birds” generally, Including various species of plover, sand 
piper, snipe, curlew, oyster-catcher, surf birds, ptialurooes, avocets, 
eto.. coming under the group Limacoltr or Shore Birds. Many States 
permit prairie fowl (pluuatea grouse) shooting after August 15. 
Opening of tub Season.— The silence of field and copse 
was this morning broken by the opening shots of the cam- 
paign. To-day the patient-waiting and law-abiding sport*, 
man may reap to the full the reward of his discretion. From 
the scores of reports sent to us from different parts of the 
country and published from time to time in our game columns, 
we may infer an unusual amount of good sport this season. 
