USkMT 0. OF L SSSAHA-CSASPAISH 
the close of the month I was alone, the hotel 
proprietor and sole boarder, cook, dish washer 
and chambermaid combined, but I enjoyed it 
nevertheless. General McKee, from Indian¬ 
apolis, and Mr. Kirkham and family were the 
only cottagers left and would occasionally drop 
in during the evenings for a game of pinochle 
or sixty-six, so that I was never lonely, for 
when alone I could read Forest and Stream 
or some books taken along and the time quickly 
passed. E. S. W hitaker. 
Fishing Near San Francisco. 
San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 13. — Editor Forest 
and Stream: The trout season in California 
may be regarded as being at an end now, as 
far as the taking of fish is concerned, for re¬ 
ports are coming from all of the streams that 
high water has put an end to the sport. Snow 
has been falling in the sierras and heavy rains 
have been the rule along the coast. Ihe season 
has been an unusually fine one, for the moun¬ 
tain streams have held out remarkably well, and 
until a few days ago fine fishing was to be had. 
The Eel River has been furnishing fine sport 
of late, some fine catches of steelhead trout as 
well as salmon having been made. Some of the 
latter fish have weighed as much as fifty pounds. 
In a short time attention must be turned to 
steelhead fishing in tidewater only and to the 
taking of striped bass. So far this season there 
has been but little good sport with the latter 
fish, but conditions are rapidly' becoming better 
and the clam slingers will soon be out in full 
force. The best sport so far has been had at 
Rodeo, but the fish taken there have been rather 
small in size. That there are large fish to be 
had, however, can be judged from the fact that 
the market fishermen have been landing some 
unusually large ones of late. A week ago one 
was exhibited in the California market that 
weighed sixty-four pounds. This was taken in 
the vicinity of San Pablo. 
The stocking of trout streams throughout the 
State is still going on and the fish car is being 
kept busy taking fry from the Sisson hatchery 
to various distributing points. Charles F. Brei- 
denstein recently placed 45,000 steelhead fry and 
5,000 silverside salmon in Lagunitas Creek for 
the California Anglers’ Association. The silver- 
side salmon have been hatched at the Brookdale 
hatchery and much is expected from this fine 
fish. The first planting in this State was made 
in the San Lorenzo River and a number have 
been taken this fall making a run up that stream. 
Tulare and Fresno counties have been receiving 
some large shipments of trout fry, and in San 
Bernardino county twenty creeks will be stocked. 
A. P. B. 
low and clear, and in these and in the ponds 
there has been good black bass fishing. In New 
River, in Onslow county, which ordinarily is 
fresh water most of the distance to the sea, 
there has been so little fresh water that the 
bass have been driven far up into the small 
streams, while salt water fish have come where 
usually the water is fresh and have been taken 
in large numbers. 
1 have referred to the delightful opportunities 
which New River affords for shooting and fish¬ 
ing. This stream is entirely in Onslow county 
and is only thirty miles long, but there is an¬ 
other New River which is an estuary of Pam¬ 
lico Sound. This sound is on the line of the 
great inland waterway which is now being so 
rapidly provided for. It is in a subtropical re¬ 
gion where winter life is delightful to the last 
degree. Fred A. Olds. 
Milwaukee Casting Club. 
Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 19. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: Following are the averages of the 
twelve members who qualified for M. C. C. but¬ 
tons this season. Members will receive buttons 
within the next few weeks: 
1909 AVERAGE. 
M. A. Beck. 
A. L. Stolz . 
A. F. Bingenheimen_ 
II. C. Mullen. ?7-94 
Alb. Lahmann. .. 
C. A. Rhine. 
P. W. Lange.... 
W. C. Wegner. 
Gus Schoenlaub . 97.09 
C. M. Vandenberg... 96.50 
C. L. Tolfson. 90.18 
II. IJ. Loes. 95.32 
General. % 
-ounce. 
14-ounce. 
9 S .15 
98.25 
98.05 
98.14 
98.07 
98.20 
98.06 
97.87 
98.25 
97.94 
97.96 
97.91 
. 97.71 
97.53 
97.89 
97.69 
97.60 
97.78 
97.50 
97.69 
. 97.49 
97 . 3 S 
97.60 
. 97.09 
97.09 
, 96.56 
96.90 
96.23 
. 94.18 
96.18 
. 95.32 
95.49 
95.15 
ie season 
won 
by M. A. 
Beck; second,; A. L. Stolz; third, A. F. Bingen- 
heimer. 
Half-ounce average won by M. A. Beck; sec¬ 
ond, A. L. Stolz; third, H. C. Mullen. 
Quarter-ounce average won by A. F. Bingen- 
heimer; second, A. L. Stolz; third, M. A. Beck. 
A. L. Stolz, Sec’y. 
Winter B ass Fishing. 
Raleigh, N. C., Nov. 13. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: The fishing on the North Carolina 
coast and in the sounds continues to be very 
fine, indeed. Record catches of certain kinds 
of fish have been made at Beaufort, where fish¬ 
ing will go on throughout the winter. The mul¬ 
lets and fatbacks, or menhaden, have been more 
abundant there than ever before since fishing on 
any extensive scale has been carried on, and 
enormous quantities of Spanish mackerel and 
trout have been shipped north. In most of the 
up-country the streams have been continuously 
is credited with having invented it. All of which 
proves that bona fide fish yarns and recitals of 
facts concerning some fishes may well be given 
collectively under one cover, for as its authors 
say, truth regarding some of the fishes is 
stranger than fiction. 
Some of the chapters originally appeared in 
Forest and Stream. The illustrations are ex¬ 
cellent. -Some are in colors, others are from 
photographs. 
Sea Trout. 
St. John’s, N. F., Nov. 16.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: The following advertisement is, I 
imagine, uncommon; probably nowhere else in 
the world is such a thing possible. • The Har¬ 
mony brings them from the Moravian settle¬ 
ment and they are sold for the benefit of the 
mission: 
AUCTION 
TO-MORROW, WEDNESDAY, 
the 29th inst., at 12 o’clock, 
at the Premises of 
Messrs. C. F. Bennett & Co. 
330 BARRELS RED TROUT. 
217 BARRELS RED AND WHITE TROUT. 
155 BARRELS WHITE TROUT. 
54 BARRELS SMALL TROUT. 
756 BARRELS TROUT. 
400 PAIRS SKIN BOOTS. 
Landed ex SS. ^Harmony/’ from the Moravian 
Settlements. 
A. S. RENDELL & CO., Brokers. 
The ship has made another trip since, but I 
regret that I have mislaid the auction notice. A, 
large lot of trout were advertised on the sec¬ 
ond, but not as great as the one I send herewith. 
W. J. Carroll. 
The Fisherman’s Dream. 
Recent Publications. 
Fish Stories, by Charles F. Holder and David 
Starr Jordan. Cloth, 336 pages; illustrated, 
$1.75 net. New York, Henry Holt & Co. 
Partly scientific, partly humorous, wholly 
amusing, this effort of two of our most famous 
anglers is worthy of a place on the shelf of every 
fisher, though that shelf be less than five feet 
wide. Prof. Holder we know as a writer of 
both fiction and fact; Prof. Jordan we think of 
as one who has added a vast store to our knowl¬ 
edge of the fishes, therefore, when two such 
minds are united in the production of a book, 
it is worth while. 
There is an ancient yarn that two scientists, 
walking along the Potomac, found an old darky 
fishing and engaged in conversation with him. 
One of them told him of a curious nest¬ 
building fish of a foreign land, and he, believ¬ 
ing his reputation was at stake, related a mar¬ 
velous tale of a catfish he said he had trained 
to live ashore. The scientist then told of still 
more remarkable habits of certain tree-climbing 
fishes, whereupon the old man, outdone, picked 
up half-a-brick and threatened bodily injury to 
the man if they “pestered him” further. To¬ 
day that catfish story, adapted to the trout and 
the locality, is told by a Maine boniface, who 
Under a bank where the alder dips 
Daintily into the river, 
Deep and cool is an amber pool. 
Where the sunbeams glint and quiver. 
Above the swirl is a mossy stone, 
With a little calm below it, 
Where, many a fly goes sailing by 
And all the troutlets know it. 
And many another beautiful thing, 
To human ken a mystery, 
Whose ways unclose not even to those 
Who write on natural history. 
Here let us watch. What a haunted spot 
For a poet or for a dreamer!—a 
Lover of things with scales or wings, 
From fario down to ephemera. 
What is this dancing over the fern, 
Delicate, light and airy? 
Is it a willow-down, or a young March-brown, 
Or a real live water fairy? 
Poising a moment on gossamer wings, 
Floating out over the river, 
Till she reaches the cool and amber pool 
Where the sunbeams glint and quiver— 
Fluttering softly down like bloom 
From the thorn when the breezes blow it, 
She touches the curl of the water swirl, 
And floats to the calm below it. 
A splash!—She is gone!—and the water breaks 
In silver rings around her. 
And you rub your eyes—“What a splendid rise. 
I'll bet he's a good two-pounder!” 
—W. E. Frost in the Scottish Field. 
