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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Dec. 16, 1911. 
Fishing in Yellowstone Park 
No longer will the disciple of Izaak Walton 
be allowed to catch fish in Yellowstone Lake and 
immediately cook them in a hot spring. At the 
Fishing Cone, one of the hot springs along the 
shore of Yellowstone Lake, it has been the cus¬ 
tom for visitors to the park to catch a fish and 
immediately drop it into the spring without re¬ 
moving it from the hook. This Cone, which has 
a boiling spring in its center, projects above and 
is surrounded by the cold waters of the lake. 
One of the many stories told by Jim Bridger, 
the trapper, was that he caught fish in deep 
water that was hot near the surface, and that 
the fish was cooked as it was pulled out. Fish¬ 
ing will be allowed as heretofore and the fisher¬ 
man may cook his catch in any way he sees fit, 
but owing to complaints received by the Depart¬ 
ment of the Interior from the American Humane 
Association regarding the cruelty of this 
method of cooking fish, the tourist will 
be compelled to carry a club with him and 
kill his fish by beating it on the head or by stab¬ 
bing it with his knife. The superintendent of 
the park has been instructed to incorporate such 
a regulation in the draft of park rules to be 
issued for the season of 1912. 
Asbury Park (N. J.) Fishing Club. 
The fishing season, recently closed, will long 
be remembered as affording the best channel bass 
fishing ever known. The members of the club 
on their annua! sojourn at Barnegat City cap¬ 
tured 107 weighing from twenty to forty pounds 
each and over fifty were taken at Seaside Park. 
The bluefishing from the beach was the best 
known for years, both for large number and fair 
size, and the remarkable lateness of their de¬ 
parture, for the last one this year was captured 
on Nov. 9. The number of striped bass was up 
to that of previous years, but the average weight 
was less. 
A feature which the club intends to exploit 
more extensively for the season of 1912 is that 
of tuna fishing. For next year a number of ex¬ 
perienced surf men are having boats built ex¬ 
pressly to accommodate those who desire to in¬ 
dulge in this great sport. 
The following is the list of the principal 
awards: 
STRIPED BASS. 
Club prizes: Largest—Horace Dutcher, weight 301bs. 
4oz., 2-0 reel; second largest—Wm. Frederick, weight 
211bs. 4oz., 2-0 reel; third largest—Wm. W. Scheffler, 
weight 181bs. 3oz. 2-0 reel; for largest number taken—Wm. 
H. Schwartz, 5 fish, reel; greatest weight—James A. 
Mackintosh. First taken—Edward J. Waters, tackle 
book and tackle; largest taken. Horace Dutcher, 301bs. 
4oz., silver cup; four largest—Edward J. Waters, 15Ibs., 
tackle book, rod rest and sand spike. 
Ladies’ special prizes: Largest—Mrs. J. A. Mackintosh, 
81bs. 9 oz.,'Japanese fish set; second largest—Mrs. J. A. 
Mackintosh, 21bs. 3oz., knit woolen jacket. 
CHANNEL BASS. 
Largest—Bernard Weisenfeld, 401bs. lloz., 3-0 reel and 
silver cup; second largest—W. C. Glass, 391bs. 9oz., 
greenheart rod. 
Greatest aggregate weight in September—Bernard Weis¬ 
enfeld, 8 fish, weighing 221 Ibs. 2 oz.. reel; third largest— 
Robert Wiechert, 391bs. 3 oz., cigar lighter; fourth largest, 
A. Clavton, 341 bs. 1 oz., sweater; fifth largest—Harry W. 
Metz, 331bs. 4oz., German silver bait box; sixth largest— 
John F. Seger, 331bs., 000ft. line; seventh largest—Fred 
Wilkie, 32!bs., 600ft. line; largest taken in September— 
Bernard Weisenfeld, 401 bs. lloz., dozen socks. 
TUNA. 
Largest taken—Harry H. Maddox, 441bs. 12oz., tackle 
book and tackle; second, Joseph B. Cawthorn, 600ft. line. 
BLUEFISH. 
Largest taken from beach—R. A. Sasseen, 41bs., 600ft. 
line and tackle box; first taken from beach—H. K. 
Satow, tackle book and tackle. 
Largest aggregate of five fish from beach—Jesse T. 
Meeker, 141bs. 10oz., sweater; largest offshore—Harry H. 
Maddox, 91bs., rod. 
KINGFISH. 
Largest—Dr. J. L. Dulaney, 21bs. 4oz., bait box. 
Special ladies’ prize: First taken—Japanese bracelet.. 
WEAKFISH. 
Club prizes: Largest taken from beach—C. M. Wyant, 
4lbs. 4oz., rod and rod belt rest. Largest offshore— 
Henry C. Rydell, 61bs. 7oz., box cigars. 
PLAICE. 
Largest—John Vogler, 61bs. 9oz., sand spike. 
PORGY. 
Largest—Hartie I. Phillips, 12oz., dozen socks. 
SEA BASS. 
Largest—H. H. Maddox, 41bs. 10oz., dozen socks. 
BLACKFISH. 
Largest—Horace Dutcher, 81bs. 8oz., dozen socks. 
Anglers’ Club of New York. 
At the December meeting of this club, held 
on the 5th at the Hotel Navarre, the old consti¬ 
tution was done away with, and the following 
by-laws adopted instead. Befween the lines will 
be found the solution of the so-called profes¬ 
sional question, as viewed by this representative 
angling club: 
ARTICLE I. 
MEMBERS. 
Section i. Candidates for membership must 
be proposed by a member and seconded by an¬ 
other member, both of whom must be personally 
acquainted with the proposed candidate and able 
to vouch for his standing and character as a gen¬ 
tleman and sportsman*; such proposal must be in 
writing, giving the name, residence and occupa¬ 
tion of the person proposed. 
Sec. 2. Applications of candidates for mem¬ 
bership shall be referred to the committee on ad¬ 
missions. This committee shall make careful in¬ 
vestigation with respect to every candidate pro¬ 
posed, and shall send his name, together with 
those of his proposer and seconder, by mail, to 
each member of the club at least ten days be¬ 
fore he shall be balloted for by the committee. 
No candidate for membership shall be dec'ared 
elected except he receive the affirmative vote of 
every member of the committee on admissions, 
and such election by the committee on admis¬ 
sions shall constitute such applicant a member 
of the club. 
Sec. 3. Persons becoming members of this 
club shall pay an initiation fee of $15 and $10 
annual dues in advance, the fiscal year to date 
from the second Tuesday in January, and any 
person elected during the course of the year 
shall pay his dues to the beginning of the next 
fiscal year, proportional to the time elapsed, but 
never for less than one-half year. 
Sec. 4. Every member elect shall, within thirty 
days after the notice of his election, pay his 
initiation fee and dues, or his election shall be 
void. 
Sec. 5. If any member shall neglect to pay 
his dues for a period of three months after the 
beginning of the fiscal year, his name shall be 
dropped from the roll of members and he shall 
forfeit his membership in this club. 
The dropping of a name in the manner above 
set forth shall not cancel any dues accrued, or 
relieve the member so dropped from his obliga¬ 
tion to pay the same. 
Sec. 6. A member may resign from the club 
after payment of all indebtedness by giving writ¬ 
ten notice to the secretary. A member resign¬ 
ing, or in any manner ceasing to be a member 
of the club, shall forfeit all interest in or claim 
to any of the property or privileges of the club. 
Should a resignation not be sent prior to the first 
day of February, a member so resigning shall 
be liable for the dues of the current year. 
Sec. 7. Any person who has resigned his mem¬ 
bership or forfeited the same by non-payment 
of dues may be re-elected to membership with¬ 
out repayment of the initiation fee, provided his 
application is made within two years from the 
date of such resignation or forfeiture of mem¬ 
bership ; and provided, further, that he pay in 
addition to the dues for the current year of his 
election all arrearages charged against him at the 
time of his resignation or forfeiture of mem¬ 
bership. 
Sec. 8. The club may elect as non-resident 
members such persons as it sees fit- Non-resi¬ 
dent members shall pay no initiation fee, but 
shall pay the sum of $3 annual dues. No per¬ 
son shall be elected a non-resident member who 
resides within a radius of fifty miles of the 
city of New York. Non-resident members may 
at any time become active members of the club 
without re-election by paying to the club the 
regular initiation fee of $15 and the regular an¬ 
nual dues for the current year. Any active mem¬ 
ber of the club who removes beyond the fifty- 
mile limit may become a non-resident member 
by notifying the club of such removal, but he 
shall not be entitled to a refund of his initiation 
fee or to any part of his annual dues of the 
current year. Non-resident members shall not 
be elected to any office or be entitled to vote 
at any meeting of the club, and shall not be 
deemed as forming any part of a quorum at any 
meeting. 
Sec. 9. The club may elect to honorary mem¬ 
bership such persons as it sees fit. Honorary 
members shall be exempt from the payment of 
initiation fee and dues, but shall not be elected 
to any office or be entitled to vote at any meet¬ 
ing of the club, and shall not be deemed as 
forming any part of a quorum at any meeting. 
Sec. 10. Any three members of the club may 
present to the board of directors written charges, 
subscribed by themselves, against any member of 
the club for any improper conduct likely to en¬ 
danger the welfare, interests or character of the 
club. Upon receipt of such charges the secre¬ 
tary shall transmit a copy thereof to the mem¬ 
ber against whom they are made, together with 
ten days’ notice in writing of the date of the 
meeting at which the board of directors will 
consider the same. 
At such meeting the accused shall be given 
opportunity to defend himself, and if the board 
of directors then decide that the charges are well 
founded, the name of such member may be drop¬ 
ped from the roll, or he may be discip’ined in 
such other manner as the board may direct. 
(Continued on page 889.) 
