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R. J. HELD CASTING WITH A FIVE-OUNCE FLY-ROD. 
the end of a line, a cusk, thoroughly gashed 
with a knife. This remains there one day and 
tolls a great many whitefish around. They are 
then taken by smallest baits on small hooks.” 
Mr. William Converse Kendall, for some time 
assistant to the United States Fish Commission, 
carefully pointed out that this fish was not to be 
confounded with Coregonus quadr Hater alls, or 
the round whitefish, which is also found in 
Maine. Nor is it Coregonus labradoricus, which 
name it bore for many years, until Dr. Tarle- 
ton H. Bean announced the identity of this sup¬ 
posed species with Coregonus clupeiformis, or 
the common whitefish of the great lakes. Mr. 
Kendall further says: “In the lakes, early in 
the evening and throughout twilight these fishes 
often appear at the surface to feed upon insects 
and their rises may be seen everywhere at some 
distance from the shore. * * * At this time 
it will occasionally take an artificial fly, as also 
sometimes on cloudy days, but the most success¬ 
ful method of angling for it is that described 
by Atkins.” 
It may be pretty safely declared that in more 
southerly or more westerly waters, where the 
temperature of the water is much higher than 
it is in northern Canada and in the northern ex¬ 
tension of Maine, the whitefish does not rise to 
the fly, but this does not by any means justify 
the positive denial so often heard of the fact 
that there are times and places where this fish 
does afford sport to the angler. I have been fre¬ 
quently told most positively that neither the 
lake trout nor the pike-perch will rise to the fly, 
simply because those who make the assertion so 
positively had never known them to do so, though 
there are occasions in early spring when Salve - 
linns namaycush will take the fly, and though it 
is quite an ordinary occurrence to catch pike- 
perch on the fly in the northern lakes of Canada. 
In the Grand Discharge, the whitefish appears 
to school in midsummer with the ouananiche, 
swimming close to the surface round and round 
the eddies and oily-covered pools beneath falls 
or rapids, frequently showing its dorsal fin above 
the scum, and by the similarity of its manner 
often passing, with anglers, for ouananiche. Not 
so with the guides, however, who readily dis¬ 
tinguish between “le saumon” and “la poisson 
blanche.” The latter will occasionally take the 
fly intended for ouananiche; not with the bound, 
however, characteristic of those salmonoids that 
are best known to and most frequently sought 
by sportsmen, but quietly and with steady ten¬ 
sion. Few of the guides appear to know that the 
fish takes the fly at all, and so' do not encourage 
the angler to make any effort to obtain it, though 
its flesh is delicious and very much prized, its 
form symmetrical, almost as that of the salmon 
itself, and its fight for life and liberty exciting 
and obstinate. Of artificial lures it prefers the 
smallest, and these must be dressed on very 
small hooks, and the finest of tackle employed. 
Only one fly, a gnat or something of that kind, 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
T. W. BROTHERTON WINNING THE DRY-FLY EVENT. 
should be employed, and the gut should be dyed 
the color of the water. No little ingenuity is 
required to induce the whitefish to take the fly. 
and to save the fish after he is impaled upon 
the hook. It is not only his shyness that puzzles 
the angler, but there is the impossibility of forc¬ 
ing the fight, not only because of the fineness of 
the tackle and the smallness of the hook that 
should be employed, but also for fear that the 
latter, delicate as it must be, may tear itself out 
from the tender mouth of the fish. I suppose 
that it is because it is so little known, and also 
because there is so much more rapid and more 
exciting sport to be had with the ouananiche 
that the Lake St. John whitefish is not more 
sought for by anglers. 
E. T. D. Chambers. 
Asbury Park Fishermen. 
Asbury Park, N. J., May 9. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: Not in many years have angling 
matters been so completely at a standstill as at 
present. The extreme cold and stormy weather 
have kept the fraternity from brook and lake¬ 
side, except a few hardy spirits to whom but 
small reward has come. 
Trout fishing has been practically a failure, 
owing to high water and inclement weather. A 
il4-pound brook trout was reported a few days 
since from a stream nearby, but I have not been 
able to verify the same. If true, it is a monster 
for our waters and a record fish. The largest 
I have seen in many years was one of a pair 
sent me by a friend, taken from Pine Brook 
some years ago, weighing exactly one pound. 
Ordinarily perch fishing is at its best at this 
period of the year, but those who have tried 
them report them extremely reluctant to take 
the hook. 
A few striped bass are reported as having 
been taken in nets in the Manasquan River, but 
none on the hook. Weakfish and a few kingfish 
have been taken in the pound nets offshore, and 
it is early for these varieties. 
The Asbury Park Fishing Club now has a 
membership of more than 140, and this season 
offers very attractive prizes. As we have many 
members living in New York, Brooklyn and 
Jersey City, I append the list, knowing it will 
be of particular interest to them as none are as 
yet on the ground. 
Prizes for 1907. * 
First Prize—For the largest stript’d bass, a 3-0 Vom 
Hofe switch reel or a Seger split bamboo rod; to be 
optional with the winner as to which he shall take. 
Second Prize—For second largest striped bass, a Seger 
greenheart rod. 
Third Prizt'—For the greatest number of pounds of 
striped bass, 2-0 Vom Ffofe' banded German silver reel. 
Fourth Prize—For the third largest striped bass, a 
tackle book and one-half dozen leaders, two dozen hooks 
and one-half dozen swivels. 
Fifth Prize—For the largest weakfish, a 200-yard 24- 
thread linjf. 
Sixth Prize’—For the largest kingfish, a rod belt. 
Seventh Prize—For the first bass taken, one-half dozen 
leaders, one dozen hooks, one dozen swivels. 
Special Prize—A silver loving cup given by Mr. Matt. 
Stratton for the largest stripe'd bass of the season; 
subject to the club prize-contest rules. 
Special—A choice of one of Seger’s best rods for the 
largest striped bass of the season taken on a Segt'r rod. 
This prize is not limited to club members. 
Committee—Capt. G. W. Fenimore, Chairman; 
Leonard Hulit, W. W. Rowan, W. S Conklin, R H. 
Norris. 
Rules. 
1. All fish must be caught within the territory bounded 
on the north by Broadway, Long Branch, and on the' 
south by the north side of Manasquan Inlet. 
2. All fish must be caught from the shore or some 
structure directly connected with the shore. 
3. All fish must be caught with the usual angler’s 
outfit (rod and reel). 
4. All fish must be' weighed at the club house or at 
J. F. Seger’s store, 703 Cookman avenue, and the weight 
attested by at least one witness, who must also be a 
club member. 
5. A winner must be in good standing in the club at 
the time the 1 prize fish is taken. 
6. A member is entitled to only one club prize; if in 
line for two prizes, he must choose either one or the 
other. 
7. In case of a tie for any prize, slips must be’ drawn 
—No. 1 slip to take prize, and No. 2 slip to take next 
prize, and so on until the tie is run out. 
8. All fish must be caught between May 1 and Oct. 
31, inclusive. _ _ ) 
9. A member to be a prize winner must cast his lint’, 
hook, and land his own fish without any assistance, 
except in beaching the fish. 
10. In the event of a tie for the third prize, slips must 
be drawn—No. 1 slip to take the prize and the’ other 
contestants to drop out. 
11. In the ca'se of the seventh prize, the prize is to 
be awarded as soon as the fish is taken, Rule 6 being 
eliminate’d in this case. 
Leonard Hulit. 
Fish Propagation in Indiana. 
Columbia City, Ind., May 9 .—Editor Forest 
and Stream.' The Whitley County Fish and 
Game Protective Association was organized in 
this city recently, the Hon. Z. T. Sweeney, State 
Fish and Game Commissioner, assisting. Judge 
J. W. Adair presided at the organization meet¬ 
ing. The officers chosen were: A. H. Wood- 
worth, President; Cleon H. Foust, Secretary: 
James Washburn, Treasurer; Mell Miller, W. 
E. Myers, Julius Sanders, J. W. Adams and 
W. W. Williamson were made the members of 
an executive committee to install and operate a 
broodery. James Washburn, A. H. Woodworth 
and Chas. Dew were chosen as members of the 
committee to solicit membership. The member¬ 
ship fees and annual dues were fixed at $1. The 
organization will be known as the “Whitley 
County Fish and Game Protective Association.” 
The object of the association will be the propa¬ 
gation of game fish and stocking the resort lakes 
of the county. The enforcement of the fish and 
game laws will also be looked after and an effort 
made to stop the robbing of the lakes of game 
fish by wholesale netting. There are about forty 
charter members of the association and it is ex¬ 
pected to secure at least 100 more. All persons 
interested in carrying forward the objects of the 
organization are eligible to become members and 
are solicited to join. 
Mr. Sweeney went thoroughly into the broodery 
question. He stated that he had proven by ex¬ 
periment that 95 per cent, of the young bass put 
into a broodery can be matured, while only 5 
per cent, of them will mature if left to take care 
of themselves. A female bass deposits 5,000 eggs 
when she spawns. The young bass from the 
spawn are taken by a net just as they arise from 
the beds, as for the first day or two after aris¬ 
ing they remain together like a swarm of bees. 
The freshly hatched bass are placed in tubs when 
taken and then placed in the broodery to develop. 
After they have reached the size of three to five 
inches in length in the month of October they 
are liberated and allowed to hustle for them¬ 
selves. Mr. Sweeney made the proposition that 
he would supply one-half of the money neces-. 
sary to establish and maintain a fish broodery 
out of State funds, and placed the limit he would 
authorize expended at $200. provided the asso¬ 
ciation will expend a like amount. This makes 
the total amount that can be expended on the 
broodery this year $400. It will cost $50 to con¬ 
struct the broodery and a man to care for it. 
secure and feed the fish during the season will 
require a salary of $50 per month. A broodery 
•site will be selected at the Tri-Lake resort, prob- 
