FOREST AND STREAM 
Aug. 23, 1913. 
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Are You A Gunner? 
Do you love to follow your good dog over the fields in search of quail or chickens, or to struggle 
through swamp or along thick grown hillside, expecting to hear the roar of the ruffed grouse or 
the twitter of the fall woodcock ? If so, you should have this new book. 
AMERICAN GAME BIRD SHOOTING 
By GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL 
This companion volume to “American Duck Shooting” treats of the upland game which American 
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The first part of the volume is devoted to a description of the various species and their habits—the way 
in which they live their lives. 
The second part of the book is devoted to upland shooting and treats of the methods by which all the 
upland birds are pursued and taken. The chapter “Aids to Shooting” describes the clothing, guns, 
and loads and dogs that the gunner may profitably use; while the last section of the book treats of the 
shooting of the future and the efforts to rear our native quail and grouse in domestication. 
The volume is illustrated by colored plates of ruffed grouse and quail, and 48 full page portraits of 
different game birds and hunting scenes, with a number of cuts in the text. 
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Newfoundland Angling. 
St. John’s, N. F., Aug. 9 .—Editor Forest 
and Stream: Reports from various rivers show 
that the angling this year is above the average. 
The weather is now ideal, but the rivers 
are getting a bit low;, however, a shower of 
rain would freshen them up and make the fish 
more lively. 
The wardens say the salmon are more plen¬ 
tiful on the streams than ever before. 
A New York angler has made a new record 
for the Straits Coast, and is thus described by 
a local paper: 
“The largest salmon ever taken on a rod 
in Northern Newfoundland was caught in the 
Torrent River, Hawk’s Bay, on July 26, by 
Archibald Douglas, a lawyer, of New York. 
This splendid fish was measured and weighed 
by William M. Messervey, of Bay of Islands, 
Supervisor of Wardens, West Coast, who certi¬ 
fied to its weight twelve hours after it was taken 
as thirty-six pounds. Its length was forty-three 
and three-quarter inches, twenty-six and three- 
quarter inches girth, and breadth of tail twelve 
inches. The fish was caught on a No. 6 silver 
doctor fly in rapid water on a single-handed 
hardy greenheart trout rod weighing only ten 
ounces, but having fairly heavy metal trim¬ 
mings would fairly represent an eight-ounce rod. 
The length of the rod was ten feet nine inches. 
The fish was played fully an hour and gaffed 
by Henry Plowman. It was killed unaided by 
Mr. Douglas’ guide, of Port Saunders, N. F. 
On the pool at the time were Julius H. Seymour, 
a lawyer of New York; Frank V. Damored, an 
artist of the same city, and Otto M. Von 
Schroder, of St. Louis. The fish when caught 
probably weighed fully thirty eight to forty 
pounds, and is believed to be the largest fish 
ever taken in Northern Newfoundland and the 
second largest fish ever taken on the island, a 
4i/4-pound fish having been landed in the Little 
Codroy River in 1910.” W. J. Carroll. 
Fishing in California. 
BY GOLDEN GATE. 
Visitors to Fishermen’s Wharf, San Fran¬ 
cisco, recently had the opportunity of inspecting 
three large thrashers, or fox-sharks, that had 
been captured by Italian fishermen in Halfmoon 
Bay. While fishing with nets in the bay six 
sharks were encountered, and after a battle last¬ 
ing over three hours, three of them were clubbed 
to death, but not before fishing gear valued at 
$300 had been carried away. These thrashers 
are not often seen in local waters, but are plen¬ 
tiful in some sections of the coast. Their dis¬ 
tinguishing feature is the peculiar shape and large 
size of the upper lobe of the tail which is often 
equal in length to the body of the shark. The 
largest of the sharks recently captured measured 
sixteen feet in length. 
Another unusual catch made recently by- 
Italian net fishermen is a dozen blackfish, these 
being the first that have been taken in more than 
a year. Most of the fish were of normal size, 
but several weighed over 300 pounds each. 
Deputy Game Warden Ray O’Connor ar¬ 
rested S. M. Lockridge on July 29 for blasting 
fish in Oregon Creek and was fined $250 by 
Judge Fraser, of Camptonville. Being unable to 
pay the fine, he was taken to the county jail at 
Marysville and will serve out a sentence there. 
On the way to the jail he broke away from the 
constable and was recaptured with difficulty. 
A splendid run of salmon is now on in 
Monterey Bay and anglers from all over the 
State are making those waters their objective 
point. August Raht recently landed sixteen fine 
salmon in one day near Santa Cruz, and A. H. 
Lent and Ed. Mocker landed twenty-two on the 
day following. Some of the fish are of large 
size, ranging from thirty to thirty-five pounds in 
weight. 
Several California fishermen are now en¬ 
joying excellent sport on Klamath Lake, and 
some unusual catches of fish are being made 
there. The record catch this season is held by 
J. E. Overholster, of Oroville, Cal. Fishing with 
a six-ounce rod this angler recently landed three 
rainbow trout weighing fourteen and three-quar¬ 
ter pounds, eleven and a half pounds and eight 
pounds respectively. Larger fish have been taken 
this season, but the three taken together estab¬ 
lish a record. The largest rainbow trout taken 
in the Upper Klamath Lake was a twenty-three- 
pound fish, landed in 1906 by J. B. Lippincott, of 
Los Angeles, this catch being made with a spoon. 
Splendid trout fishing is still to be enjoyed 
on the Truckee River, the Feather River and the 
McCloud. Some of the tributaries of these 
streams are now very low, and fishing is being 
confined to the main river. The water in many 
of the shallow lakes is also getting warm, and 
fishing is now being confined to fewer places than 
is usually the case. 
