FOREST AND STREAM 
141 
July 24, 1909.] 
Fishing in Nebraska. 
Omaha, Neb., July 17.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: Recently I received a letter from a 
I Sioux City fisherman just after he had been on 
a trouting expedition at Long Pine Creek, this 
state. He was positive that the present closed 
season for trout, which begins September 30 and 
extends to April 1 following, should be changed, 
and the fishing should close legally on August 1. 
The reason he gave for this was that he was 
on the same creek the third day of August last 
summer and the greater number of the trout he 
caught were filled with spawn. If this reason¬ 
ing holds, the fishing season should close just 
before the last of August. Because trout con¬ 
tain spawn the first half of the month of August, 
it does not follow that they will deposit this 
spawn during the last of the same month. My 
correspondent ceased to fish after he had caught 
about fifty trout, as he did not think it right & to 
catch them while they were in such condition. 
He could have quieted this pricking of con¬ 
science had he known that the trout would not 
have spawned in any event before the second 
week in October in this section. Trout carry un¬ 
developed spawn all summer in these waters but 
do not deposit it until some time after the legal 
closing of the fishing season. 
Dr. Smith and Colonel Humphrey are just 
back from a trip to Minnesota. They were 
north of Park Rapids and were after muskel- 
lunge on the Man Trap lakes. They fished 
three mornings and two evenings, and caught 
fifteen of the prettiest muskellunge I ever saw, 
the famous gray spotted muskies peculiar to 
that region. The largest fish weighed 28 pounds, 
two more reaching nearly that weight and the 
smallest a trifle less than 12. They were all great 
fighters. Man Trap Lake itself is a great habitat 
for these tigers of the water, has 400 miles of 
shore line and is very crooked. It is in the 
heart of the great sportsman’s country and the 
doctor told me that they saw countless part¬ 
ridges, but of course, offered them no molesta¬ 
tion. 
Burke H. Sinclair, one of Omaha’s good all 
around sportsmen, has just returned from a ‘ 
trouting expedition on White River, north of 
Crawford. He had a royal good time catching 
rainbows until he could not rest. His largest 
catch weighed a trifle over two pounds and a 
half, and he had many in his basket that reached 
a pound or more. 
Dr. Lewis Schwartzlander is just back from 
Lake Crystal, Minn., where he had four days’ 
hass fishing, catching the limit each day. The 
,ass are now rising at all the Northern resorts. 
Sandy Griswold. 
Rod and Reel at Catalina. 
Avalon, Cal., July 10.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: The tuna scare of last week evapo- 
iated into thin air when the fish refused to re¬ 
main long enough for someone to land one of 
•heir number. 
At present the best sport has been reported 
from Ship Rock and Bird Island, off the Isth¬ 
mus, some sixteen miles northwest of Avalon. 
Catalina is situated well toward the east end of 
<he larger island, the two joined by a neck of 
land about half a mile wide, forming consider¬ 
able indentations on both the leeward and wind¬ 
ward sides, these bays being much favored of 
laige yellowtail, sea bass and rock’ bass. The 
bay on the lee side of the Isthmus contains two 
islands about a mile and a half apart, between 
which is some of the finest fishing ground 
around Catalina. Two years ago all the big 
yellowtail were taken there that anyone would 
want, and this season seems to be in line. 
those who enjoy watching the movements of 
the quarry on taking the bait find a day spent 
with the big bass around Ship Rock by no means 
wasted. I he clear water shows myriads of 
brilliantly banded rock bass, and all anxious to 
sample the angler’s wares. A fresh sardine is 
Lest. Sometimes 'I make up a three hook gut 
leader, fasten a chunk of bait to each hook 
and cast it over without a sinker, trying to 
hook three bass at once. A few days ago, I 
landed a bass, a whitefish and a sheepshead at 
one lift. 
The professional fishermen who provide bait 
playing a big trout. 
From a photograph made at Cherryfield, Me. 
for the anglers take their reward in the fish 
brought in, which are turned over to them, and 
very few are wasted. These chaps welcome a 
box of rock bass, and the anglers are glad to 
see that they have a plentiful supply of these 
fine food fish, considered the best of their size 
by many connoisseurs. 
One of the boatmen had a pair of tyros out 
with heavy tackle, and one hooked a lusty yel¬ 
lowtail. As soon as the big rod stopped him, 
the boatman threw in his clutch, and put the 
luckless rodster to fighting the propeller as well 
as the kicking, plunging fish. No doubt that 
angler never will forget the tremendous tussle 
put up by his yellowtail, probably the first. He 
was a candidate for the marine hospital when 
the gaff finally sunk home, but never did it 
dawn upon him that a joke had been played. 
The fish weighed 29*4 pounds, and was a fine 
specimen. 
Albacore are biting freely offshore, but seem 
to be in widely scattered schools. Quite a num¬ 
ber of white sea bass can be seen around the 
reefs, but they do not seem to be on the feed. 
Edwin L. Hedderly. 
Anglers’ Casting Club of Chicago. 
Chicago, July 11.— Editor Forest and Stream. 
I he following scores were made at our club 
contest to-day: 
Half-ounce accuracy: 
11. Ilokamp . 
Score. 
.--Re-entries—■. 
97.6 
96.6 
E. M. Town. 
98.1 
97.0 
VV. J. Jamison. 
98.8 
97.9 
C. B. Nordholm . 
.... 97.7 
98.4 
98.1 
1. M. Nordholm. 
.... 96.5 
97.5 
96.9 
J. T. Hartley. 
97.6 
97.2 
M. H. Cooley . 
96.6 
98.0 
C. E. Lingenfelter. 
.... 98.4 
97.2 
98.1 
VV. S. Maloney. 
.... 97.0 
97.2 
97.1 
11. 1. Bowker. 
.... 96.1 
95.9 
96.9 
P. J. Mortell.. 
96.4 
97.0 
Visitors: 
M. T. Bush. 
L. E. De Garmo. 
B. F. Burke. 
R. VV. Crompton. 
.... 97.9 
Agnes Nordholm . 
.... 93.0 
Half-ounce distance: 
H. Hokamp . 
Score. 
.—Re-entries—, 
132 4-5 
136 4-5 
VV. J. Jamison. 
188 1-5 
155 3-5 
1. M. Nordholm. 
. 168 2-5 
ISO 2-5 
176 2-5 
M. H. Coolev. 
99 3-5 
96 2-5 
C. E. Lingenfelter. 
.177 1-5 
149 2-5 
187 1-5 
Visitor: 
L. E. De Garmo. 
. 177 4-5 
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P. J. Mortell, Sec’y. 
Comment. 
. Bethlehem, Pa., July 14.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: Commenting on recent articles let me 
say that in 1904 I saw three leaping tuna in the 
bay at Bay of Islands, Newfoundland. I saw 
them leap at least twenty times and have no 
doubt tuna could be caught at this place at the 
proper time with a good outfit. 
At Kidney Pond, Maine, I saw a tree growing 
on top of a rock at least twenty-eight feet high, 
almost perpendicular, the sides being straight up 
and down, the roots trailed down the side of the 
rock and took root at the base of the rock. The 
diameter of tree as near as I could judge was 
ten to twelve inches. On account of the 
straight sides of the rock I was unable to reach 
the top. M. C. Luckenbach. 
Lake Trout Fishing. 
Norcross, Me., July 15.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: I have just returned from a trip to 
Point Pleasant camp. While there I caught a 
fourteen-pound trout in Third Lake about three- 
quarters of a mile from camp. Last year I 
got an eighteen-pound trout in the same lake. 
The fishing in Third Lake this year is excel¬ 
lent. I. Newton Williams. 
Large Brown Trout. 
It is reported that Emmett C. Loder, of Mid¬ 
dletown, N. Y., killed a brown trout weighing 
6 J 4 pounds in the Neversink River last week. 
The dressed weight is given, hence the trout 
probably weighed close to if not over 7 pounds 
when first taken from the water. 
Big-Mouth Black Bass. 
Mansfield,- Ohio, July 7.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: What was the weight of the largest 
big-mouth bass caught? In 1883 I was one of a 
party that dined on a 121^ pounder that was 
caught in the St. Mary’s reservoir, Ohio. 
R. B. McCrory. 
All the fish laws of the United States and 
Canada, revised to date and now in force, are 
given in the Game Laws in Brief. See adv. 
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