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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May 4, 1907. 
Canadian Fish and Fishing. 
Quebec, Canada, April 20,— Editor Forest and 
Stream: Among the many inquiries which have 
reached me, one is from a New \orker who 
desires to visit the region north of Quebec to 
Lake St. John—on a fishing and pleasure trip- 
in company with his cousin and his family. I 
have promised to reply to his inquiry in 
Forest and Stream, for by so doing, I hope 
to be useful to many others. 
■ There are excellent accommodations for ladies 
and children at Lakes Edward and St. John, the 
hotels being near the railway stations. Both 
hotels were built for the special accommoda¬ 
tion of anglers. At Lake Edward the most 
pleasant seasons are in the latter part of May 
and early in June, or before the flies are par¬ 
ticularly bad, and in August and September after 
the worst of them have passed away. The big 
trout of this lake are taken throughout May 
and June, and sometimes through the whole 
season, and when they cease to take very well 
in the lake itself, there are many beautiful sur¬ 
rounding waters to be visited, where the 
anglers’ flies are almost all effective. As the fish¬ 
ing is largely in the lake, upon the shore of 
which the hotel is situated, it is one of its ad¬ 
vantages that anglers may return to the hotel 
every evening, or the ladies and children can 
easily accompany them on their fishing ex¬ 
cursions. The lake is some twenty miles long, 
the mountains surrounding it are wooded down 
to the water’s edge, and it contains a number 
of wooded islands, suitable for picnics or 
camps. On the shores are camps for those who 
prefer them. The big red trout of Lake Ed¬ 
ward run up to six and seven pounds in weight. 
Boats and guides are furnished at the hotel. 
The Hotel Roberval at Lake St. John has 
accommodation for 300 guests and provided with 
every modern convenience. Sometimes ladies 
and children accompany their friends to the 
Island House on the opposite side of the lake, 
and at the head of the Grand Discharge, near 
the best of the ouananiche fishing. A large 
steamer crosses the lake daily between the two 
points. The Island House is comfortable, and 
an hour’s descent of the rapids in canoe and a 
walk over a short portage brings the angler 
from the Island House to the best ouananiche 
pools of the upper Discharge. Canoes, guides 
and camping equipments are furnished at both 
hotels. There are hundreds of canoe routes 
open to the tourist and sportsman from 
Roberval. The hotel at Lake Edward is open 
all the year round, and sometimes the fishing is 
good as early as May 20, though usually it 
opens a few days later. The Hotel Roberval 
opens about June 12. The first ouananiche fish¬ 
ing may be had at Ouiatchouan, at the mouth 
of the Metabetchouan and along the Roberval 
shore, about May 18 or 20, but accommodation 
would have to be sought at this season in one 
of the country hotels at Roberval. The fly¬ 
fishing in the Grand Discharge begins about 
June 10 or 15, according to the season. I have 
found it at its best between June 20 and July 20, 
though it lasts throughout the season. 
Present indications point to a somewhat late 
spring. Trout may be fished for on May 1 in 
Quebec, but in the northern waters there is 
seldom any successful fishing before the third 
or fourth week of the month. 
My information from the provinces down'by 
the sea is to the effect that the early salmon 
fishing has not turned out very satisfactory as 
yet, the season in Nova Scotia being a very 
backward one. There is reason to hope, how¬ 
ever, that the run of salmon will be large 
later on. 
Trout fishing, which opened on April 1 in 
Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, has 
given better results. The Margaree, the 
George’s River, the Tidnish and the Merigo- 
mish are the principal salmon streams of Nova 
Scotia. Trout are abundant. 
The cause of literature as well as that of fish 
and game protection met with a serious loss in 
the death of Dr. William Henry Drummond, of 
Montreal, announced last week in Forest and 
Stream. Whenever the elder Drummond 
could spare time, he was off trout fishing, the 
boy accompanying him. It was amid these wild 
scenes that his intense love of nature was de¬ 
veloped and his fondness for outdoor pleasures 
was imbibed. The same affection is disclosed 
in his poetry. Readers of Forest and Stream 
will doubtless be pleased to read the following 
stanzas of the Habitant’s address in the spring 
time to Little Lac Grenier: 
“Leetle Lac Grenier, I see yoiPnow, 
Onder de roof of spring. 
Ma canoe’s afloat, an’ de robin sing, 
De lily’s beginnin’ her summer dress, 
An’ trout’s wakin’ up from hees long, long res’. 
“Leetle Lac Grenier, I’m happy now, 
Out on de ole canoe. 
For I’m all alone, ma chere, wit’ - you, 
An’ if only a nice light rod I had 
I’d try dat fish near de lily pad.” 
Senator J. P. Allds, of Albany, has just noti¬ 
fied the secretary of his acceptance of the office 
of President of the North American Fish and 
Game Protective Association, to which he was 
THE LATE JULIUS VOM H0FE. 
elected at the recent annual meeting held in 
Quebec. The Senator was not present at the 
time of his election and deemed it prudent to 
consult with several of his friends and of those 
of the cause which he has so much at heart, 
before making up his mind. His acceptance 
has given great satisfaction to the Canadian 
members of the association, and there is little 
doubt that it will prove eciually gratifying to his 
friends in the United States. 
E. T. D. Chambers. 
Julius Vom Hofe. 
Because he was of a quiet, retiring disposi¬ 
tion, few anglers knew the late Julius Vom Hofe 
—whose death was announced in these columns 
last week—but they were all familiar with the 
class of work he put into his fishing reels. Mr. 
Vom Hofe’s fishing reel factory, on South Fifth 
street, near the Brooklyn end of the new Wil¬ 
liamsburg bridge, adjoined his residence in Keap 
street, and he was seldom found far away from 
home or shop. When the fishing was good he 
might be found at his little cottage in Bay Side 
place, Hammels, Rockaway Beach, or in his fish¬ 
ing boat near by. Generally he went out alone, 
and only those in whom he confided knew how 
great was his store of knowledge concerning 
practical fishing as well as reel making. Jamaica 
Bay was as an open book to him, and his special: 
favorite was the striped bass, whose haunts he 
knew intimately. 
Mr. Vom Hofe’s birthplace was Altena, West-! 
phalen, Germany. He came to the United States 
in 1848, in his twelfth year. He began the manu¬ 
facture of fishing reels in 1857, in New York! 
city, and five years later removed to Brooklyn. 
His reels were exhibited at the World’s Fairs ini 
Chicago and St. Louis, at both of which _ the 
highest awards and gold medals were received 
by him. Four years ago his son, Edward, died j 
and since then his health began to fail, the endj 
being due to apoplexy. He is survived by Mrs. 
Vom Hofe, two sons, Julius and Alfred; and 
three daughters. His sons will continue in the 
business in w’hich they w r ere trained by their 
father. « 
Opening Day. 
Sayre, Pa., April 27. —Editor Forest ane. 
Stream: The opening day for the brook trout 
season and all the days since then have been. fai 
from satisfactory in the matter of condition - 
contributing to good fishing. The first day, hot 
only in this locality, but in parts of Pennsylvania 
considerably south of Sayre, snow in numerou; 
instances interfered with the anglers who wen 
abroad. Comparatively few fishermen venturet 
forth upon that day. And, indeed, a majority 
of even the most enthusiastic anglers have since 
elected to remain indoors until more favorabh 
conditions intervene. 
The best catch coming to my knowledge, madt 
bv a local fisherman, consisted of nineteen trou 
of nice size, credited to> C. E. Pieffer. These fisl 
were taken from streams around Richford. ove 
the New York State line. Fishermen invadin'. 
Ihe country of the big and little Shrader, beyom 
Towanda, report cold, disagreeable tramping 
with the Shrader and its tributaries far from fi 
to furnish pleasant sport. 
Friends who have braved the storms and stres 
of weather prevailing in Pike and Monroe coun 
ties advise that despite untoward circumstance 
a good many fine trout have been taken from th 
famous streams of those counties. From Colum 
bia, Centre and Clinton counties friends send 
line of greeting to the effect that prospects hi 
fair for a splendid trout season once the weathe 
assumes a normal spring demeanor. 
Local anglers find their best fishing northwar 
in New York, along streams reached fror 
Speedsville, Slaterville, Richford, Harford Mill: 
McLean, Groton and Cortland. These stream 
are all easily worked out and usually yield som 
good trout, as brook trout run in average water! 
to-day. M. Chill. 
Marking Salmon. 
“The marking of salmon is adding somethin 
to our knowledge of the life-history of this fisl 
although we have yet much to learn,” says th 
Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. “Wh; 
stands in the way of progress in this directio 
is the obstinate refusal of so-called authoritie 
to admit that their old theories were wronj 
One O'f the most remarkable results obtained fror 
marking salmon was the case which occurre 
some four years ago, on the Shannon, at Castl 
Connell. A spent salmon was there caught b 
Mr. S. C. Vansittart, who marked it with a Gen 
eminent label, and returned it to the river. Th 
fish then measured 40 inches long, and weighe 
19 pounds—a lanky, half-starved kelt. Accon 
ing to all the dogmatic theories of our ‘author 
ties,’ that fish should have gone down to the sc 
and remained there at least one or two years t 
recuperate before returning to fresh water. Wh; 
reallv happened was that this same fish—bea 
ing its numbered label—got caught in a net tvd 
miles above Castle Connell five weeks afterbein 
marked by Mr. Vansittart: and within those fh 
weeks this hungry kelt had increased his weigl 
from 19 pounds to 33 pounds. These facts an 
figures were all duly attested by Gentlemen who - 
testimony is unimpeachable. And yet we are stil 
being assured that salmon do not feed in Ires 
water. They have said it so often, and repeatq 
it so persistently, that no facts or figures to th 
contrary can shake their faith in themselves.'’ 
