Oct. 0, 1906.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
54i 
Fishing Notes. 
' After an earthquake shock on one of the 
Hawaiian islands early this month large num¬ 
bers of. dead fish were thrown up on the beach 
by the surf, some of them appearing to have 
been scalded by steam or hot water. 
Anglers who visited the fishing banks on the 
regular steamboats leaving this city every morn¬ 
ing, have had good success during September, 
their catches running large in size and weight. 
What is claimed to be the record pickerel for 
Indian lake, in the Adirondacks, was caught 
three weeks ago by S. M. Coplan, of Albany, on 
a No. 6 trolling spoon. It weighed 14 pounds. 
In numerous states in the West the complaint 
is heard that trout are rapidly becoming scarce. 
The failure of farmers and fruit raisers to put 
screens in their irrigating ditches accounts 
largely for the scarcity of trout, and unless the 
sportsmen's associations take this question up 
with their lawmakers there will be fewer trout 
every season. 
The fishing in Friends lake, in the Adiron¬ 
dacks, which one of our friends informed us 
had not been very satisfactory in July, improved 
with the cooler weather. Louis Krentzel and 
his wife, from Albany, caught a number of large 
fish, including one 6p2-pound large-mouth black 
bass and several pickerel ranging from 8 pounds 
down. 
The inclination of St. Lawrence river anglers 
to put back all pickerel weighing less than 5 
pounds is worthy, and the practice should be 
inaugurated elsewhere. 
Garret Schenck, of Boston, was among the 
first anglers to catch many bluefish at the com¬ 
mencement of the fall run near Nantucket. 
Fishing from his yacht, Souwanas, he took 
twenty splendid fish in Great Point rip. 
It. is expected that Connecticut’s record for 
fish planting for the present season will total 
about 300,000 fry of all varieties, distributed 
throughout the state. 
The fishing in nearly all Colorado waters dur¬ 
ing the past month has been fair to good, 
with low and clear water in the streams. The 
largest catches were reported from Iola and 
Walcott. At the former an . 8-pound trout— 
evidently a rainbow—was reported. 
The Protective League of Salt-Water Anglers, 
of New York city, has elected the following 
officers for the ensuing year: President, Thomas 
B. Kirby; vice-president. Fred Hochgraef, Sr.; 
secretary, Low H. Johnson; treasurer, Louis 
Berge. The directors are: George M. Watson, 
chairman; Charles Nothern, F. Herb, A 1 Bay- 
wood, John Kelly, Emil Drescher and A. 
Debevoise. 
The Schenectady (N. Y.) County Fish and 
Game Protective Association, an old organiza¬ 
tion which until recently has not been active, is 
waking up, taking in new members and showing 
signs of becoming a useful organization. For 
the month of August eight arrests were made 
and over $200 in fines collected, while 8,000 
brook trout were distributed. The association 
should take up the subject of black bass in the 
Mohawk river and prosecute lawbreakers 
vigorously, in order to make of this beautiful 
and convenient stream a satisfactory water for 
game fish. 
Anglers sojourning at Middle Bass and Put¬ 
in-Bay, Lake Erie, have reported splendid suc¬ 
cess in catching black bass during the past 
month, which will wind up a season of good fish¬ 
ing, which, they say, is due to the enforcement 
of the fishing laws of Ohio. 
Prof. Slocum, of Brown University, caught 
eight striped bass in one day’s fishing at Cutty- 
lnmk, Mass , recently, the weights ranging from 
60 pounds down to 21 pounds, while E. T. Pope, 
of Brockton, caught a 49-pounder. 
In an office in Ansonia, Conn., recently there 
were exhibited five black bass, weighing 12 
pounds, caught in Lake Housatonic by D. B. 
Giddings and C. N. Downs, of that city. In all 
they landed sixteen bass, the largest weighing 
3 pounds 3 ounces. The lake and river still 
contain goodly bass, although it is believed by 
many that they have been depleted of game fish. 
Mark Hargreaves caught an Oswego bass 
weighing 6 pounds 2 ounces in a small stream 
near Hokah, Minn., recently. It was 22 inches 
in length. A taxidermist in La Crosse is 
mounting it, as it is a record fish for the 
locality. 
At French Lake, Minn., a 6-pound pike 
caused a lot of trouble for Messrs. Holstrom 
and Bull, two Delano anglers, who, in landing 
the pike, accidentally turned their boat over and 
became tangled in the line. Assistance was 
quickly rendered and anglers and fish taken 
ashore. 
The life saving crew at the station at Cape 
May picked up a party of anglers from Camden, 
N. J., the night of Sept. 30, and brought them 
ashore safely. They were off Cape May in an 
auxiliary sloop and attempting to make headway 
against the stiff gale then blowing out of the 
northeast when their motor broke down and an 
attempt to rig a stormsail failed through the 
breaking of the boom. When the life savers 
reached them they were in a bad way, as the 
sloop was in the trough of the sea and rolling 
badly. 
Last week the conditions for fishing in the 
Potomac river were good. Judge McComas, of 
Washington, fishing near Williamsport, caught a 
number of nice bass, and six Pennsylvanians who 
were on the river a couple of days averaged over 
forty bass, some of them heavy fish. 
New York Casting Tournament. 
The rules governing the fly- and bait-casting 
tournament to be held on 'Harlem Mere, in 
Central Park, Oct. 12 and 13, by the Anglers’ 
Club of New York, are given herewith in full. 
Preliminary programmes have been sent out to 
all anglers known to the tournament committee, 
and the programmes in full are ready for dis¬ 
tribution. and will be mailed to all persons who 
will send their names to the chairman of the 
committee, G. M. L. La Branche, 30 Broad 
street. New York city. The rules: 
Rule 1. All contests shall be governed by two 
judges and a referee. In case of disagreement 
the referee shall decide. 
Rule 2. No one shall be permitted to enter 
any. contest, except contests “open to all.” who 
has ever taught casting for pay; fished for a 
living; been a guide, or who has been engaged 
in either the manufacture or sale of fishing 
tackle. 
Rule 3. All persons competing shall pay an 
entrance fee of $1 for each event. 
Rule 4. The order in which the contestants 
shall cast shall be determined by lot. The con¬ 
testants must be ready to cast when called upon 
by the judges. Entries may be made any time be¬ 
fore the beginning of a contest, but if made 
after lots have been drawn for place such en¬ 
trants must take precedence, except with con¬ 
sent of all contestants. Places cannot be ex¬ 
changed without the consent of all contestants. 
Rule . 5. The leader and fly or lure in each 
contest must be intact at the time of record by 
the judges, and the length and weight of the rod 
must be recorded. 
Rule 6. Arrangements shall be made by the 
judges to accurately determine the point at 
which the fly or lure falls. 
Rule 7. Contests shall be called promptly at 
time fixed for each event. 
Rule 8. After the contestant has taken his 
place on the stand, which is a platform not 
more than 18 inches above the surface of the 
water, his time shall be counted from the 
moment he says “ready,” and the first cast 
thereafter shall count. The longest cast during 
the eight minutes succeeding the word "ready," 
shall be taken as his record for distance. 
Rule 9. The rod must be held in one hand, 
and no rod shall exceed eleven and one-half 
(n 1 /?) feet in length, excepting when otherwise 
specified. The line must not be weighted. 
Rule 10. The barb and point must be re¬ 
moved from all hooks. 
Rule 11. Trout flies on hooks no smaller 
than No. 12, old scale, shall be used, unless 
otherwise specified. Leaders, which must be of 
single gut, shall not exceed the length of the rod 
by more than 2 feet, unless otherwise specified. 
Rule 12. Time will be allowed in case of acci¬ 
dent, to make repairs, at the discretion of the 
judges. 
Rule 13. The switch style of casting will not 
be allowed except in the class devoted to that 
method. 
Rule 14. All difficulties or disputes arising 
and not provided for in these rules or the rules 
governing each contest, shall be referred t*o the 
judges, whose decision shall be final. 
Rule 15. When the method of casting to be 
employed is specified in the rules governing an 
event, no other style than that designated, will 
be allowed. 
Rule 16. In all events where the weight of 
the rod is limited, an allowance of three-quarters 
of an ounce shall be made for the solid metal 
reel seat, and three-quarters of an ounce for an 
independent handle, providing such handle and 
butt joint of the rod are each made with the 
usual metal ferrule and the rod, exclusive of 
the handle, is made in three pieces joined by 
metal ferrules. 
Rule 17. Whenever a contest combines -both 
distance and accuracy, the competition for ac¬ 
curacy shall precede that for distance. 
Rule 18. The standard for hooks is that of 
Harrison’s Sproat, regular size, .old scale. 
Rule 19. Should a contestant withdraw from 
an event before casting the full time or score, 
his record will not be noted unless he so re¬ 
quests. providing he has not beaten his own or 
any previous record. 
Muncie Casling Club. 
Muncie, Ind., Sept. 29. —Editor Forest and 
Stream: The Muncie Casting Club is the name 
of a new organization in our city. Its object is 
to perfect its members in the drt of bait-casting. 
While we hardly have what would be considered 
even fair fishing at this place, numbers of our 
people go each year to the lakes in the northern 
part of this state for their outings and there get 
interested in fishing. The officers of the club are: 
President, Ed. Bender; vice-president, Claude 
Stephens; treasurer, E. Rosenthal; secretary, 
Chas B. Kirk. During the nice weather yet this 
fall it is the intention to hold practice meetings 
in McCulloch Park, and later in the season to use 
an up-town hall. G. G. Williamson. 
Wholesale Seizure of Illegal Fishnels. 
An important seizure of fish nets was made in 
Autrain Bay, near Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Sept. 
30, by State Fish and Game Warden Charles H. 
Chapman’s deputies. Several thousand dollars 
worth of nets were taken on board the wardens’ 
boat and many others were temporarily and per¬ 
haps permanently lost, as the fishermen who 
owned the nets, on finding the officers at work, 
cut other nets adrift and let them sink, depend¬ 
ing on picking them up later on. None of the 
fishermen were arrested, as they were on steam 
tugs which could not be overhauled by the war¬ 
dens, but some of the fishermen were recognized 
by the officers and they will be arrested. 
“Gentlemen,” he began, “you have all told 
stories of Close calls in the great forests of the 
”orth. but I think my yarn will eclipse them all. 
Would you believe that I was once treed by one 
of the most ferocious bull moose that ever walked 
the woods? Well, gentlemen. I was, and, to make 
matters, worse, my ammunition gave out. As 
I thought of the loved ones at home tears came 
in my eyes, rolled down in the palm of mv hand 
and froze hard as marbles. A happy thought 
flashed through, my mind. Taking the frozen 
tears. I rammed them in my gun, blazed away, 
killed the moose, and then, gentlemen, and then” 
—but just then the picture of-Ananias fell off the 
wall.— Chicago News. 
