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hatched out in the spring of 1900, went into 
the sea in 1902, when a smolt, and make its first 
return to fresh water as a summer fish in 1904, 
when four and a half years old. In other words, 
it is an example of the fish which pass through 
their grilse stage in the sea. In the autumn of 
1904 it spawned, and, as we know, was first 
marked when caught on the rod and as a kelt 
in February, 1905. It was then five and a 
quarter years old. After a visit to the sea, 
where it remained all summer, winter, and the 
following spring, it again entered the river in 
the summer of 1906, when six and a half years 
old. It was netted in September and kept in a 
pond till November, when it was, after being 
stripped, re-marked and again liberated. When 
it dropped back into the sea as a kelt in the 
spring of 1907 it was seven and a quarter years 
old. Again it adopted the long period of mi¬ 
gration, but it re-entered the river very early in 
1908, and, so far as we know, remained all sea¬ 
son there. In the autumn it was again caught 
and stripped, re-marked, and returned to the 
river. It was then eight and three-quarter years 
old, and may be regarded as a fish which has 
completed its reproductive function. I do not 
expect to see it again, but it has yielded us 
some interesting information in the course of 
its life, and has reproduced its species on two 
occasions. 
“The case of this twice re-caught fish is also 
of interest as an example of a consistent return 
to the original river. I have mentioned before 
now that various indications are not wanting 
to suggest that transference from one river to 
another is made by fish under certain conditions 
as yet little understood. It is remarkable that 
certain rivers seldom hold large fish, while 
other rivers commonly do so. From the 
Helmsdale also not a few fish have migrated 
southward past the Brora and past the entrance 
to the Dornoch Firth, and have been re-caught 
south of Tarbet Ness. I regard it as unlikely 
that such fish would ever return to the Helms¬ 
dale. Deveron fish, in the same way, have been 
repeatedly taken south of the Moray Firth, on 
the coast of Aberdeenshire, and in one case as 
far south as the Firth of Forth. The thrice- 
caught Helmsdale fish shows clearly, however, 
that other fish will return to their native river 
with constancy. It is more than likely that this 
is the most usual condition. Our coastal re¬ 
captures point only to a comparatively small 
percentage of traveling fish—thirty-one in¬ 
stances. The point of interest is that one direc¬ 
tion of travel predominates.” 
Newark Bait- and Fly-Casting Club. 
Newark, N. J., Oct. 10.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: At last we had a perfect day and 
finished up the last of the series of ten contests, 
the final club contest for the season. The scores 
made follow: 
%oz. Acc’y. 
Mapes . 97 13-15 
Neu . 97 11-15 
Darling . 97 11-15 
Doughty . 97 9-15 
Champion. 97 4-15 
Eichlin . 96 11-15 
Endersby.... 96 7-15 
Muldown .... 96 2-15 
acobus . 95 6-15 
larsh . 98 12-15 
)z. Dist. 
Dist. fly. 
Acc’v fly 
162.4 
93 
95.5 
135.3 
64 
95.5 
137.1 
97 
99.1 
128.3 
83 
9S.10 
w 
86 
97.2 
w 
69 
94.7 
98.5 
80.6 
103.4 
139.1 
9L7 
The winners of trophy cups will be announced 
as soon as committee can verify the total scores. 
Fred T. Mapes, Sec’y. 
Possible Use for the Gar. 
New Orleans, La., Oct. 15 .—Editor Forest 
and Stream: One of the most novel suggestions 
in some time comes from Commissioner Miller, 
who has probably found a use for the hated 
gar fish. He suggests that the skins of these 
so-called useless finny tribe be tanned and the 
leather utilized in making grips and satchels. 
This experiment was tried some time ago by 
an enterprising man and worked successfully. 
He secured leather for a number of fair-sized 
articles used by both men and women. This 
may be a solution of the problem of what to 
do with the old gars in the waters of Louisiana. 
There are countless thousands of them, and 
they are very destructive, devouring the food 
fish and doing a great deal of harm, while they 
themselves are unfit for human consumption. 
It is believed thousands of them could be 
caught in the salt waters with very little effort, 
and if a cheap way could be found to tan the 
skins, it would mean a great industry and a 
great deal of money for some enterprising firm 
and a decided resource for this State. 
The fishing season was given a decided set¬ 
back by the recent storm, but it will open again 
shortly; in fact, quite a few of those who like 
this sport have gone out in boats to various 
resorts and have brought back many strings of 
red snappers, sheepshead, speckled trout and 
other fish. The Louisiville and Nashville road 
will be operating regularly again the latter part 
of this week, and it is expected large numbers 
will go out with rod and reel and other equip¬ 
ment. Fish of the salt waters bite well here, 
until decided cold weather, which comes about 
the last of November. F. G. G. 
Fishing in California. 
San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 12. — Editor Forest 
and Stream: The salmon season closed on Sept. 
17 and will remain closed until Oct. 23, but very 
little fishing is expected to be enjoyed when the 
open season is on again, as the run of quinnat 
salmon is now about at an end. The season 
opened very late this year and anglers enjoyed 
but a few weeks of the sport, but for a while 
the fishing was very fine and some large catches 
were made. From the mountain districts comes 
the news that trout fishing there is still very 
fine in almost all sections, but that few city ang¬ 
lers are enjoying the sport there, the vacation 
period being about at an end. 
The season opened rather late, owing to high 
water, but it is rarely the case that good fishing 
can be had in October in many of the streams. 
Steelhead fishing in many of the coast streams 
is also good and some nice fish are being sent 
to San Francisco by the enthusiastic anglers who 
have been able to get away to enjoy the sport. 
This is especially true of the Eel River. Good 
fishing is also to be had on the Klamath River, 
but the latest reports from the Rogue River in¬ 
dicate that poor sport is to be had there. Re¬ 
ports had been brought down that a fine run 
of fish had set in, but when some of the local 
anglers visited this section they found but few 
fish and conditions decidedly unsatisfactory. 
In the vicinity of San Francisco striped bass 
are now occupying the attention of many of the 
angling fraternity and some fair sized catches 
have been made. The fish are rather scarce yet, 
however, and the condition of the tide has not 
been favorable of late for fishermen. The largest 
fish taken so far this season was taken in San 
Antone slough a short time ago by Prof. W. R. 
MacFarlane. This fish weighed thirty-five 
pounds. Most of the catch to date has been 
along the line of small fish. 
Black bass are commencing to make their ap¬ 
pearance again in large numbers and some ex¬ 
cellent sport is anticipated in the near future. 
The fish planting committee of the California 
Anglers’ Association has been very busy of late 
and many hundred thousands of fry have been 
liberated in the coast streams, most of these 
being steelheads. A. P. B. 
Autumn Fishing. 
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 17. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: Several good catches of bass have 
been made at Lake Nokoma, a suburban resort, 
during the past week. At Manawa, across the 
river, the fish have been rising with voracity 
Joe Glenn, a crack frog-caster, landed fourteen 
fine big-mouths off the Heads there yesterday 
morning, the biggest weighing nearly six 
pounds. Crappie, too, are much in evidence 
again in these waters, and fine baskets are of 
daily occurrence. The open season in Nebraska 
closes Nov. 30, but all through this closing fall 
month the bass casting is best out here. 
Sandy Griswold. 
English Angling Championship. 
The Field says that 216 anglers competed at 
Newark for the English Angling Champion¬ 
ship under the auspices of the National Federa¬ 
tion of Anglers. The competitors fished from 
each bank of the river, from the Devon mouth 
at Newark to Averham Weir. The catches of 
the first three teams were as follows: Leeds 
Asociation (eleven anglers), 7 pounds 5(4 
ounces; Derby Anglers’ Association (ten ang¬ 
lers), 4 pounds 1 6(4 ounces; Sheffield Amalga¬ 
mated (ten anglers), 3 pounds 13 ounces. The 
winning team benefited by relatively large 
catches made by J. H. R. Bazley, 2 pounds 2(4 
ounces; T. Hayes, 2 pounds 2(4 ounces, and J. 
Pickersgill, 1 pound 4(4 ounces. 
Anglers’ Club of Massachusetts. 
Boston, Mass., Oct. 9. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: The club held its final contest for the 
season to-day. The event was one of a series 
of handicap distance fly, in which few partici¬ 
pated. None of the contestants improved on 
their old record, except the winner. The scores 
are as follows: 
Longest Cast. Allowance. Total. 
H B Lawrence. 71 31 102 
Miss G E Ferry. 75 33.6 108.6 
T H Hoey.— 71 44 115 
C J McCarthy. Ill 0 111 
The annual dinner of the club will be given 
Wednesday, Oct. 20. at the Parker House. 
Call J. McCarthy, Sec’y. 
As Neismuk Wrote. 
“There comes a month in every year, 
A month of leisure and peaceful rest; 
When the ripe leaves fall, and the air is clear, 
October, the brown, the crisp, the blest.” 
J. L. D. 
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