FOREST AND STREAM 
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Vol. LXXXII. No. 15 
FOREST AND STREAM 
Ionian Instlf. 
Fur, Fin and Feather 
Diversion and Conservation 
By George Wesley Beatty 
Jock and Wellie 
Down the Tomorrow.By O. W. Smith 
Early Spring Trout Fishing.By J. L. B. 
Editorial . 
Fox Hunting on Prince Edward’s Island. 
By Robert J enkins 
Tim Coleman’s Bear (concluded) . . . .By C. A. Bryant 
Trap Shooting 
WHERE CAN I GET GOOD TROUT FISHING 
IN MASSACHUSETTS? 
There seems to be no good reason why the com¬ 
ing season in Massachusetts should not be one of 
the best for trout fishing. The state fish and 
game commission has recently been more active 
than usual in stocking the streams and ponds, and 
many a good supply can now be found where only 
a few years ago fishing was useless, if the size 
of the catch was the criterion of success. Recently 
also the commission has taken to planting not 
only fry and fingerlings, but regular big trout, al¬ 
ready of a size big enough to put up a rattling 
good fight and satisfy a fairly hungry stomach. 
The east branch of the Westfield river has come 
in for its share of these big ones in the towns of 
Cummington and Worthington. More than 1,000 
regular “whoppers” have been planted up there, 
and large quantities of the big fellows have been 
placed in streams near Amherst and in the Swift 
river at Enfield. 
Bray lake, at Mt. Tom, lies along the Hendrick 
road at a point just opposite Smiths Ferry, and 
ordinarily is of fairly good size because of a dam 
at its lower end. Last October the fish and game 
commission planted nearly 2,000 big trout, ranging 
from a half-pound to a pound and a half in this 
pond. Unfortunately the dam proved troublesome 
during the winter, and a section of it crumbled, 
letting out a considerable amount of water. The 
result is that the fish are confined in a rather 
small body of water, although all of them are 
alive and healthy as can be asked. 
The county commissioners intend to repair the 
dam as soon as possible and allow the lake to re¬ 
gain its usual size. When this has been done a 
REPORTS ON SPRING CONDITIONS. 
Canadian correspondents report to 
“Forest and Stream” that the deep snow 
in the Provinces of Quebec and Ontario 
is gone, except in sheltered portions of the 
forests, and that the ice gives signs of 
breaking up. Last year the lakes were 
open in many cases during the first week 
in April, but the season this year will be 
later. The signing of the Jones Bill put 
the trout fishing season in New York for¬ 
ward two weeks, but so far as the Adiron- 
dacks are concerned, nature vetoed the 
operation of the law. From Maine come 
reports of the landing of the first salmon, 
and its shipment by the lucky captor to 
the President of the United States. The 
salmon fishing in Canada is yet two months 
distant, and for that matter the real trout 
season will not open until next month. 
The time is at hand, however, to get 
the spring and summer fishing tackle 
ready, for the weather in the northern 
portion of the United States and the ad¬ 
jacent Dominion provinces is apt to change 
from cold spring to mild summer almost 
over night. Another indication of the 
near approach of the 1914 fishing season 
is the appearance of the catalogues of the 
fishing tackle makers. These books are 
coming out rapidly, and “Forest and 
Stream” readers will find much of interest 
and value in them, if they will take the 
trouble to write “Forest and Stream” ad¬ 
vertisers for them. 
plan will be decided upon between the two county 
boards whereby those receiving permits may fish 
in Bray lake, the catch of each man being strictly 
limited at a certain number to be set. It is be¬ 
lieved that one of the fishing treats of the vicinity 
will be afforded at this place to those who get 
permits and do not abuse the privilege when the 
dam has been repaired. The repair work will be 
begun as soon as the frost is out of the ground. 
Apart from the places mentioned where the 
planting of large fish has opened unusual possi¬ 
bilities there are still all the usual brooks where 
everyone has fished for many years, and where 
the recent plantings of various sized fish gives 
promise of continued good sport and of better 
fishing yet as the ultimate result of careful super¬ 
vision and propagation. 
HENS TO HATCH PHEASANTS. 
Sportsmen in the Orange Lake (N. Y.) Fish 
and Game Association have decided to hatch and 
liberate pheasants in seven of the swamps of 
Orange county. Hundreds of eggs received will 
be placed under domestic hens and the young 
pheasants will be liberated in the swamps as soon 
as possible after they are hatched. 
TO TEST FEDERAL LAW. 
Three men from Hutchinson, Kan., staged a 
duck hunt near Sylvia recently for the purpose 
of testing the validity of the new Federal game 
law. They bagged thirty-eight ducks and, before 
leaving, gave their names and addresses to local 
state game wardens, asking that the matter of 
their prosecution be taken up at once with the 
Federal authorities. 
