July 12, 1913 
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Fishing in Newfoundland. 
BY W. J. CARROLL. 
Reports from various salmon streams indi¬ 
cate that this season will be a record one for 
fish. There are nearly two hundred streams 
wardened this year, and the run of fish is ex¬ 
pected to be the greatest yet, as the protection 
last year afforded by both the wardens and by 
the flooded condition of the rivers, enabled 
myriads of fish to ascend and spawn undisturbed. 
Many American anglers have arrived and 
are coming every day. Now that the new 
Bruce and Lintrose run alternately to Sydney, 
we have a first class up-to-date daily service. 
The steamers are spoken highly of, for speed 
and comfort, and personally I can bear testi¬ 
mony to the excellent accommodation of the 
Bruce, as I made a couple of very pleasant 
passages on her, and my .experience warrants 
me in saying, that for pleasant sailing qualities, 
superior catering facilities and courteous officers 
from the gallant captain down, the Bruce is 
hard to beat. 
The Game and Fisheries Commission are 
making extra efforts this season to protect the 
well-known rivers, and also to give the un¬ 
frequented streams a better chance. The results 
of their work the last four years, since their 
appointment, are becoming more apparent each 
season. The fish are increasing beyond all ex¬ 
pectations, even the deep-water fishermen now 
notice the difference in the increased catch 
taken in their nets. The Commission contends 
that after a few more years’ protection, New¬ 
foundland will easily lead the world as a salmon 
and sea trout resort. 
To-day we have more salmon rivers than 
any other country of our size; these are breed¬ 
ing places, with such natural advantages for 
spawning purposes, that we need never resort 
to artificial propagation to keep our fishing first 
class. 
We are doing our best to preserve the fish¬ 
ing, and making it such that there will be ample 
fish and fishing for many thousand anglers each 
season for the next century to come, but we 
rely on the assistance of those who benefit by 
our exertions. 
Complaint has been made that certain 
American anglers have been acting in a very 
unsportsmanlike manner, thus prejudicing the 
people against the whole class. 
It is unnecessary to point out that such 
practices are exceedingly unsportsmanlike, and 
for the future, anglers who resort to them will 
find it exceedingly difficult to procure license to 
fish, because the Game Commission will cer¬ 
tainly make drastic regulations to bar out fish- 
hogs and those who appear to lack knowledge 
of the first principles of the ethics of true sport. 
Among the distinguished anglers who visited 
the streams last week was H. R. H. Prince 
Albert, second son of the King. He and the 
officers of the H. M. S. Cumberland had ideal 
weather, and got some good fishing. 
June month has been little backward, but it 
is expected that July and August will repay. 
The fishing will be first class for the next 
two months, and readers of Forest and Stream 
can rest assured that, conditions being favorable, 
they can get the best fishing in the world in 
Newfoundland, where the streams are free to 
all who possess the license to fish. A license 
costs $10. 
If any prospective visitor wants reliable in¬ 
formation as to the best rivers for certain 
months, he should write J. W. Johnstone, N. 
Co., St. Johns, or J. W. Mercer, Secretary Game 
and Inland Fish Commission, St. Johns. 
Fishing in California. 
BY GOLDEN GATE. 
While there is still some splendid steelhead 
fishing to be enjoyed in the coast streams in 
the San Francisco Bay section, the effects of the 
dry season are being felt, and low water is be¬ 
coming the general rule. The rainfall has been 
very light during the past two years, and this 
season many streams promise to be lower than 
ever before. The Paper Mill Creek, Bolinas 
Creek and Lake Laguinitas are still yielding good 
baskets of fish, but the trout are running small 
in size. Fishing on the lake will come to an 
end on June 30. 
From most sections of the Sierras word is 
being received to the effect that trout fishing is 
now at its height, although there are a few 
places where high water is interfering with the 
sport. The writer has just returned from a 
short trip through the Feather River country 
and found fishing conditions there in splendid 
shape. The streams in that section are extreme¬ 
ly low for this season of the year, and are still 
falling fast. There is but little snow in evi¬ 
dence, and by September it is likely that the 
river will show a record low water mark. River 
fishing near Cromberg, on the Middle Fork, is 
better than it has been for several years at this 
season, and some unusually large fish are being 
landed. A few salmon trout are reaching the 
upper stretches of this stream, lending an added 
interest to fishing at the present time. John 
Arndale, of Cromberg, recently landed one of 
these fish that tipped the scale at 8 l / 2 pounds. 
The river is too roily for fly-fishing, and most 
of the fish are being taken with grasshopper and 
sucker bait. 
Limit baskets are being taken regularly on 
Poplar and Long Valley creeks, near Cromberg, 
and these streams are becoming very popular. 
Both of these streams have been stocked during 
the past two years, and better fishing is being 
enjoyed than ever before. Among the anglers 
from the bay region who have been enjoying 
sport on these streams this season are Fred J. 
Goble and wife, Mrs. Chas. H. Patterson, Mrs. 
Thomas Taylor, Clifford and Claude Lane, Mr. 
and Mrs. Taylor and Dan O’Connell, all of 
Berkeley. 
Fishing in the river near Blairsden has not 
been very satisfactory this season up to the pres¬ 
ent time, but some good sport is being enjoyed 
in Smith’s Creek and Gray Eagle Creek nearby. 
Smith’s Lake and Eureka Lake are yielding 
splendid baskets of fish, the latter being alive 
with Eastern brook trout, some of which are 
of large size. The lake country back of Mohawk 
is just being opened for the season, the snow 
having disappeared sufficiently to permit the 
opening of roads. A few fish are being taken 
in Gold Lake, Bear Lake and Long Lake, but 
only with bait. 
The Upper Feather River country has been 
visited by some unusually heavy thunder storms 
of late, and this has interfered with fishing to 
FORKS POOL ON GRAND CODROY, NEWFOUNDLAND. 
