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FOREST AND STREAM 
Aug. 9, 1913- 
Fishing in Wisconsin. 
Bass, mascalonge and trout fishing continues 
good in the northern lakes of Wisconsin, and 
this, together with the call of the great North 
Woods, has led many to spend their vacations 
there away from the city's noises, enjoying 
nature's quietude, broken only by the splash and 
tug of the gamy bass or vicious lunge of the 
muskie. 
The following reports were received re¬ 
cently : 
Birchwood, Wis.—From July 9 to July 13 
at Chetah Lake, W. A. Huyssin, of Pittsburgh, 
caught two pickerel and nineteen pike, weigh¬ 
ing about 104 pounds; F. H. Harwood, of Chi¬ 
cago, caught eleven bass, weighing about twenty- 
seven pounds; J. M. King, of Chicago, caught 
fourteen bass, weighing about fifty-seven pounds 
at Birch Lake; Wm. Kincannan and C. C. Hin- 
man caught ninety trout, weighing about 134 
pounds at Crystal Creek. 
Devil’s Lake, Wis.—From July 15 to the 226, 
Wm. O’Brien, of Baraboo, caught six bass 
weighing forty-two pounds; J. Williamson, of 
New York, caught seven red-eyed bass, weigh¬ 
ing one and one-half pounds each; Al. Page, of 
Baraboo, caught three red-eyed bass, weighing- 
two pounds each. 
Hayward, Wis.—From July 8 to the nth, 
C. Oneror, of Baraboo, caught fifteen bass weigh¬ 
ing about twenty pounds at Grind Stone Lake; 
at Teal Lake, F. E. White, of Chicago, caught 
one muskie weighing ten pounds; Ed. Tobar, of 
Independence, la., caught two muskies weighing 
about twenty pounds, and Geo. W. Moore, of 
Chicago, caught two muskies weighing about 
thirty pounds; A. L. Spolswood, of Lexington, 
Ky., caught twelve bass weighing- about eighteen 
pounds at Rain Lake; and E. W. Wright, of 
Baraboo, caught six bass weighing about eigh¬ 
teen pounds at Rain Lake; Miss Mary Garbes, 
of Milwaukee, caught a muskie weighing- fifteen 
pounds, and H. W. McNair, of Milwaukee, 
caught one weighing five pounds at Ghost Lake. 
Phelps, Wis.—At Long Lake, F. S. Boggs, 
of Urbana, Ill., caught fifteen pike weighing 
about twenty pounds; Lewis T. Gregory, of Wil¬ 
mette, Ill., caught twelve pike weighing about 
twenty pounds; at Little Twin, C. O. Wilbur, of 
Chicago, caught one muskie and four bass weigh¬ 
ing about nineteen and one-half pounds; at Big- 
Sand Lake, Arthur Phelps and Ed. Patnade, of 
Phelps, caught twenty-three pike and two pick¬ 
erel weighing about forty pounds; at Big Twin, 
Henry Jacob, of Milwaukee, caught fifteen pike 
and one perch weighing about twenty pounds; 
at Lake Vieux Desart, W. T. Scudder, of Chi¬ 
cago, caught ten pike and two pickerel weighing 
about nineteen pounds; and Robbins L. Conn, 
of Kansasville, Wis., caught one pickerel weigh¬ 
ing five pounds and four pike weighing six 
pounds. 
Rhinelander, Wis.—Dr. Murphy caught two 
muskies weighing about thirty-eight pounds at 
Moon’s Lake; J. Segistrom caught three bass 
and four pike weighing about twenty-four 
pounds in the Wisconsin River. 
Watersmeet, Mich.—At Ontpnagon River, 
B. H. Darling, on July 20, caught twenty-six 
brook trout weighing from one to two pounds; 
L. Taylor caught thirty-seven brook trout, and 
B. H. Darling again on the 23d of July caught 
forty-two brook trout; J. F. Kelly caught 
twenty-seven green bass at Crooked Lake weigh¬ 
ing from two to five pounds each; A. C. Brow- 
mel caught eighteen brook trout weighing from 
one to two pounds each. 
Stocking of Coast Streams With Fry. 
BY GOLDEN GATE. 
The task of stocking the streams of Cali¬ 
fornia and other coast States with fry is now 
under way, and it is expected that more fish 
will be planted this season than ever before. 
For a time it was feared that the usual supply 
of trout could not be secured in California, but 
the late take of eggs was heavy, and there will 
be plenty of fry to meet all requirements. The 
scarcity, in reality, is not of young fish, but of 
water in which to plant them. The last two 
extremely dry seasons has played havoc with 
California streams, and many which have for¬ 
merly had a good volume of water in them at 
this time of the year are now absolutely dry. 
This is especially true of the coast streams, but 
those in the sierras are also very low. 
The fish-distributing car of the California 
Fish and Game Commission, in charge of Frank 
McCrea and three assistants, recently returned 
from a trip into Mendocino county, the first 
trip ever made there, this being made possible 
by the completion of a long section of railroad 
by the Northwestern Pacific. A quarter of a 
million steelhead fry were liberated in the Noyo 
River and its tributaries, and large plantings 
were also made in the San Francisco Bay dis¬ 
trict, and as soon as this work is completed, at¬ 
tention will be turned to the distribution of rain¬ 
bow, Loch Leven and Eastern brook trout in 
the sierras. The California Anglers’ Association 
is assisting the commission greatly in its work 
of fish planting, and has made application for 
400,000 trout fry to be distributed in Mill Valley 
Creek, Fairfax Creek, San Geronimo Creek, 
Lagunitas Creek, Olema Creek, Paper Mill 
Creek, Sonoma Creek, Hooker Creek, Austin and 
Ward creeks, the Russian River, Big Sulphur 
Creek and Alameda Creek, streams located but 
a short distance from San Francisco. The mem¬ 
bers of the club attend personally to the plant¬ 
ing, and this is done in a most thorough manner. 
Among the streams in Santa Cruz county 
and vicinity that have been stocked already this 
year by Superintendent F. A. Shebley are the 
San Lorenzo River, Soquel Creek, Boulder 
Creek, Aptos Creek, Branciforte Creek, Bear 
Creek, Fall Creek, Zayante Creek and Scott 
Creek, the plantings in these stream amounting 
to about 200.000 fry from the Brookdale 
hatchery. 
The task of transplanting golden trout from 
the waters of Whitney Creek will be continued 
this season under the direction of Andy Fergu¬ 
son, of Fresno, who has charge of the San 
Joaquin district for the Fish and Game Commis¬ 
sion. These beautiful fish, whose wonderful 
coloring has been the topic of so much specu¬ 
lation among anglers who have been fortunate 
enough to see them, seem to thrive well in 
streams other than their parent one, and it is 
believed that by planting them in favorable loca¬ 
tions they can be quite widely distributed. 
Deputy Ferguson will be assisted in this work 
by Game Warden F. A. Bullard, of Dunlap. 
The Oregon State Fish and Game Commis¬ 
sion now has a first class fish car in service, 
this being similar to the one maintained in Cali¬ 
fornia. The car was built by the Oregon-Wash- 
ington Railroad and Navigation Co. at a cost 
of $7,000, and has a capacity of more than 180,- 
000 trout fry. Fish are now being planted in 
the streams of Oregon, and about six million 
fry will be distributed during the present sum¬ 
mer. 
Fishing in California. 
BY GOLDEN GATE. 
Stevenson’s Creek, near Mountain View, 
went dry recently for the first time in its his¬ 
tory, and forty thousand out of fifty thousand 
trout, owned by a private hatchery, perished be¬ 
fore the fish could be removed to the Crystal 
Springs lakes. 
Commencing Aug. 11 a number of important 
changes will be made in the bag limits on fish 
taken in this State with hook and line. The 
limit on steelhead trout will be the same as on 
other varieties of trout, fifty fish per day, but 
a fisherman will be allowed to have thirty pounds 
of fish in his possession instead of ten pounds 
and one fish. A limit of twenty fish in a day 
has been placed on Tahoe or black-spotted trout, 
and the limit on black bass has been reduced 
to twenty-five. In district No. 4 the sale of 
black bass, crappie, Sacramento perch or blue 
gill sunfish is prohibited. 
Trout fishing on the Truckee River is the 
best in years, and some very large fish are being 
taken there. Conditions are just right for fly¬ 
fishing, and full baskets are being secured with¬ 
out any difficulty. 
Similar conditions are reported from points 
on the Feather River, notably in the Shady Rest 
district. The water in some of the small streams 
is now quite low, and fishing is confined largely 
to the main river. 
Although there are State regulations in re¬ 
gard to the installation and maintenance of fish¬ 
ways around dams and other obstructions in 
streams, these are not being observed generally, 
as the Fish and Game Commission has not a 
sufficient force of men at its command to visit 
the various streams and see what is needed. 
A. E. Doney, assistant inspector of fishways and 
screens, recently made an inspection of the dams 
