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and Game Commission stocked the lake with 
1,000 black bass and 1,500 white perch, and fish¬ 
ermen were invited to “try their luck.” Since 
then the fish have multiplied until the spot is 
now one of the best located within fifty or one 
hundred miles of New York. The lake abounds 
with covers where the black bass thrive. The 
favorite method of catching them is by bait cast¬ 
ing with artificial baits, in the early morning and 
toward evening, and by trolling with night walk¬ 
ers during the day. The perch bite well on 
worms, and as is their habit run in schools. The 
angler may be fortunate to run into one of these 
schools, and his basket is filled within a short 
time. 
For the best interest of all the day’s catch to a 
boat is limited to six black bass. Other fish 
may be caught without limit. Simple rules gov¬ 
ern the lake and these rules are made so that all 
may enjoy a day’s outing and that the game 
fish may be preserved. For the nominal sum a 
boat may be procured, the charge being $1 per 
half day. Bait is kept on hand and the owner¬ 
ship of a rod and reel, while of course an asset, 
is not a necessity, as rod and line can be hired 
at a reasonable price. The boats are in charge 
of men who are courteous in every way and will 
put themselves out to see that a good day’s sport 
is secured. Little tips as to where the fish are 
biting are handed out, and when you push off 
from the boathouse it is with a cheery “good 
luck” from the boathouse keeper. 
Black bass up to five pounds have been caught 
in the lake, and these by anglers who might be 
called novices. Such men as George Swezy, who 
is in charge of the boathouse, rarely fail to bring 
in a good catch. On my last visit to the lake I 
saw one boat, that had been out but a few hours, 
come in and the fisherman brought with him 
forty-two fish, consisting of bass, perch, catfish, 
eels, sunfish and roach. 
The same rules and treatment prevail at 
Branch Brook park lake, which, while younger 
from the fisherman’s point of view, is also plen¬ 
tifully stocked, and one can be assured of getting 
a good catch at this lake as well. 
That the privilege is really a privilege is shown 
by the number of boats that are on the lake at al¬ 
most any time any day. Sunday fishing is taboo, 
but Saturday afternoon sees almost every boat 
anchored to some likely spot, while the disciples 
of Walton are thoroughly enjoying themselves 
at their favorite pastime. Even the fellow who 
likes to sleep late maj. be seen at the lake early 
in the morning, just to get a bass for breakfast 
before going to business. 
The park commissioners should surely be com¬ 
mended for their action in thus providing en¬ 
joyment of a healthy nature for the citizens of 
Newark. The privilege, however, is not confined 
to Newarkers, as visitors come to the lakes from 
points nearby and from distant cities, so well 
known is the fame of these lakes to the fishermen. 
There are many cities that are in a position to 
do exactly what Newark has done. Surely they 
can provide no better amusement or pleasure for 
their citizens than an opportunity to get out in 
the open and spend a day, or part of a day, fish¬ 
ing. The subject is one that could be given seri¬ 
ous consideration by cities throughout the coun¬ 
try, and it is hoped that others may follow 
Newark’s lead. 
SALMON FISHING IN THE LAKES ON CAPE 
COD. 
A large number of people who spend their 
summers on Cape Cod will be interested to 
know, that the Massachusetts Fish and Game 
Commissioners are stocking some of the lakes 
there with Chinook salmon. 
During the past week thousands of salmon 
have been shipped from the new state hatchery 
at Palmer to Wellfleet and Brewster, where they 
have been carefully planted. These fish were 
from four to six inches long, and well able to 
take care of themselves. At Wellfleet the salmon 
were planted in Long pond and at Brewster in 
Cliff pond, both ponds being very deep and 
each containing large numbers of small fish on 
which the salmon could feed. 
Salmon are the most tender fish that we have 
and in transporting them it is necessary to have 
an attendant with them all of the time to keep 
the water well aerated and iced. 
In spite of the fact that these fish were over 
eight hours on the road they reached their des¬ 
tination in splendid condition. The Commis¬ 
sioners believe that inside of two years these 
salmon will grow to good sized fish and that 
the anglers will be catching fish weighing from 
two to four pounds each. This will add much 
to the sport of angling on the Cape as well as 
to furnish a quantity of good food. 
Two years ago the Commissioners planted 
10,000 of these same salmon in Lake Quinsiga- 
mond in Worcester, during last July hundreds 
of these Salmon were taken by the anglers— 
one weighing as high as five and three quarter 
pounds—eighteen months from the time the fish 
were planted. 
These fish were hatched from eggs that came 
from the Columbia River in Oregon where the 
U. S. Government takes millions of them every 
year. Since the Commissioners have seen the 
splendid results at Worcester they have decided 
to plant these salmon in other parts of the state, 
and they have planted them in Pittsfield, Lenox, 
Stockbridge, Sturbridge, Brewster and Well- 
fleet. 
Many people have considered it impossible to 
establish salmon in lakes and ponds which con¬ 
tain pickerel, bass and perch but this has been 
done successfully at Worcester by planting large 
sized fish and screening the outlet to prevent the 
fish from going out. In order to have the fish 
do well the water must have a low temperature 
and contain large numbers of small fish such as 
smelts and shiners on which salmon feed. 
In Worcester the sportsmen are very enthu¬ 
siastic about these salmon and have asked the 
Commissioners to stock their lake each year. 
These fish are caught mostly by trolling and 
still fishing with live bait although a few have 
been taken with a fly. 
SEVEN ONE-HALF POUND SMALL MOUTH. 
■ Hagerstown, Md., November 29.—This fish, a 
black bass of the small mouth variety is the 
largest of its kind caught in this section for the 
past 10 years. The fish weighed 7% pounds, is 
23% inches in length, 7% inches in width and is 
4 inches thick. The big fish was caught in the 
Potomac River, Tuesday, November 17, by Wil¬ 
liam Morin, at Dam No. 4. Morin lives in the 
vicinity of the river and is quite a young fisher¬ 
man. The big bass was landed after a short 
and sluggish struggle. 
Mr. Morin stated that he was surprised with 
the size of the fish when he came to the top of 
the water beside the boat. The water, at this 
time of the year is chilly, the bass are accus¬ 
tomed to lie in the deep holes, but according to 
Morin’s statement, he hooked and landed him in 
the riffles, just below the dam. 
About a decade ago a bass weighing seven 
and three-quarter pounds was caught at Spring 
Culvert, in the Potomac River by a Martinsburg, 
W. Va., fisherman, but since that time a bass 
of this weight has never been seen in this section. 
The fish will probably be sent to the Fish 
Commission of the Government, as it is said 
that a reward is offered for any bass landed in 
this section weighing over 7 pounds. 
J. G. HAGER. 
FOREST AND STREAM FILES. 
Attleboro, Mass., Nov. 18, 1914. 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
In answer to the request for files of Forest 
and Stream in the last issue, would say that I 
have eleven bound volumes, from 1894 to 1904, 
in just as good condition as when they came 
from the binders, and unbound from 1905 to 
date. I am pretty sure there are no missing 
numbers, not more than one any way. I will 
let these go for the price of the binding of the 
eleven volumes, $1.50 each. I hate to part with 
them, as I have had the paper in the family for 
a good many years. My mother used to read 
the stories to me after she had got n to bed at 
night, before I could read mys' u . nere were 
some great stories; would like to read them 
over again. Anyone who has a complete file of 
the papers should prize them more than a J. P. 
Morgan art collection. 
J. T. DAVIS. 
Washington, D. C., Nov. 17, 1914. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Responding to the invitation contained in your 
issue of the 14th instant, I write this to inform 
your that I possess a practically complete file of 
Forest and Stream, 30 volumes of which are 
bound. Probably a few numbers and some of 
the indices are missing, but as I previously re¬ 
marked, the series is practically complete. I 
would be willing to dispose of these volumes 
for a reasonable consideration, but I would not 
be willing to sacrifice them. 
G. A. BRANDT. 
HUNTERS KILL 300 DEER IN EL DORADO. 
Placerville (El Dorado Co.), Calif., Nov. 11. 
—Euell Gray, of Shingle Springs, deputy fish 
and game commissioner for this county, gives an 
estimate of 300 deer killed in this county during 
the season just closed. He bases this estimate 
on reports made to him from the different hunt¬ 
ing parties and believes that it is fairly accu¬ 
rate. During the season of 1913, 225 deer were 
killed, while in 1912 the number was 160 and 
the preceding year of 1900 the number was 120. 
Gray believes that deer were more numerous 
in this county the past season than for many 
years past and says they still abound in consider¬ 
able numbers in higher elevations. Despite the 
increased number of bucks killed the past sea¬ 
son, Gray holds the opinion that they will be 
equally as numerous, if not more so, next year 
than during this year. 
