Jan. 21, 1911.] 
forest and stream. 
Anglers’ Club of New York. 
The annual meeting and dinner of the Ang¬ 
lers Club of New York was held on the night 
of Jan. 10 at the Hotel Navarre. About 100 
members and their guests sat down to the ban¬ 
quet, which was served under a huge tent lighted 
by 600 electric lights-a feature that surprised 
and delighted the anglers, partly for the reason 
th r at „' t ®. design and equipment were the work 
of William T. Morrison, chairman of the din¬ 
ner committee, assisted by G. M. L. LaBranche, 
C. II. Higby and Edward B. Rice. The menu 
card, the work of Mr. Higby, had on its cover 
a wonderfully realistic scene along a brook, with 
an angler in the act of retrieving a fly. 
Among the speakers were the Rev. Henry Van 
Dyke. William Loeb, Jr., Collector of the Port 
o ew \ork; Commodore J. U. Gregory, Ray¬ 
mond L. Ditmars, Curator of the New York 
Zoological Park; William A. Babson, Robert B 
Lawrence, William T. Morrison, G M L la’ 
Branche, Dr. Robert T. Morris and Robert 
Dav’s. Mr. Ditmars illustrated his talk on 
Snakes Often Met With by Anglers” bv ex¬ 
hibiting a number of live specimens. Dr.' Van 
yke told some pleasing stories and dwelt on 
the benefits and the pleasures of angling. Mr. 
, . r ° rnson illustrated his remarks on “Bass, Mas- 
h-monge and Lake Trout Fishing in Ontario” 
with beautiful lantern slides. 
At the business meeting which preceded 
the dinner, the following officers were elected 
tor the ensuing year: President, G. M L La¬ 
Branche; Vice-President, William N. Hardy 
Secretary, Jason G. Lamison; Treasurer, Ham’ 
N:; dm yVP ,r c eCt0rS ’ in addition t0 the above. 
Nathaniel H. Smith, Harold G. Henderson and 
11 _ Klrk i Committee on Admissions, Wil- 
ham 1. Morrison, E. C. Evans, Perry D 
Frazer, William H. Zabriskie and A. B. Hub- 
101 
The fish wardens made 280 arrests and se¬ 
cured 255 convictions. There were only twenty- 
five acquittals and twenty-three appeals. The 
fines imposed by the magistrates amounted to 
™ 4 of which more than half has been col¬ 
lected and paid into the State treasury. About 
$2,100 were either served by the defendants in 
jail sentences or are held up by appeals. 
Two hundred and thirty-seven industrial es¬ 
tablishments were notified to cease flowing dele¬ 
terious waste into the stream. Of these 105 were 
sawdust; creameries, 16; dye houses, 11; general 
u ion, 33, pumace, 11; gas houses, 7 • tan¬ 
neries, 17; paper mills, 6; salt water, 14; ac id 
10, lime, 2; chemicals, 5. l„ addition to the 
above, one concern having over fifty tanneries 
Wa l glVen notification covering all those plants 
The commissioner in his report recommends' 
an appropriation to start the new Presque Isle 
Hatchery; to establish a water farm on which 
o experiment with aquatic animal life other than 
sh, such as frogs, fresh water terrapin, pearl 
mussel and the like; an appropriation for the 
rebuilding of the Erie Hatchery, and for exten¬ 
sive improvements at the Crawford Hatchery 
and an increased appropriation for the expan- 
Slon »' fidd »ork; also to turn over ,h. De- 
partment of Fisheries for field work purposes 
P ub ' lc fishing certain lakes the title of which 
are held by the Commonwealth, and to permit 
t0 purchase acc ess thereto by 
§ i o rnrnent Domain if necessary; also that 
he Department have the right to purchase cer- 
ain streams in the State for public fishing pur¬ 
poses; and the enactment of a bill for the bet¬ 
ter protection of frogs and terrapin. 
at Los Angeles by J. J. Martin, R. E . Glaze E 
G. Huling, W. Osborne, J. A. Brenner CD 
Sunken and T. C. Horton. 
Cruz“LTv i ”? nC ' haS g0 " e in '° '*«' i" Santa 
county placing a limit of seventy-five on 
he number of clams that may be taken by one 
beeTtaken theSe sheI1 fish ha ve 
taken from the beds by the wagonload. 
A. P. B. 
Pennsylvania Fisheries. 
The Commissioner of Fisheries has handed his 
rep ° r or tbe year 1910 to Governor Stuart. The 
report of the Department is one of the most 
eagerly sought for of all public documents, and 
this for 1910 contains matter of unusual interest 
he output of-fish during the year was 1,078991 - 
o8 0 of which 839,397,700 were chiefly food fishes 
X 239,S ^’ 385 l were exclusively game fishes, 
showing that the Department’s greatest efforts 
wer e towa ,., 1 the increase Qf fish prjndpally used 
2 ^™^ °, f the 2 39 . 593 . 38 S game fish, 
-26.100000 were pickerel. There were 424868- 
yellow perch reared, I43 . 7SOOOO b ,j e 4 pik ;, 
008 3 , 000 lake herring, 92.279,000 pike perch, 
38,2^000 white fish and 19,000,000 shad. The out 
omout Z k L r0Ut WaS I3 ’ 134 ' 90 ’ the greatest 
output in the history of the Department. Of 
e total output 989,512,000 or all but 89.479085 
fish were the direct result of field work or the 
gathering of spawn which would otherwise have 
been destroyed. This work the commissioner in 
his report pronounces the most valuable and im- 
Ihe' Tf { I*? 6 W ° rk ° f tHe yean The e ggs of 
Wuetike l/t b ’ IakC herring ’ Pike Perch and 
ue pike would have all been lost had the De- 
t'he fis e h nt w n h 0t g tePPed in a0d taken the cggs ^om 
the fish which were caught in the nets for the 
market. Most 0 f the eggs of the yellow pemh 
have h XCCPt ab ° Ut 5 Per cent.—would 
nave been devoured by other fishes. 
Fishing Clubs. 
San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 10 -Editor Forest 
and Stream: The California Anglers’ Associa- 
on the largest body of amateur anglers on the 
coast, has at last moved downtown from the 
Geary street quarters taken following the fire 
and is now firmly established in handsome and 
commodious headquarters in the Dunne Build- 
ing a t Ellis and Stockton streets in the heart 
of the city. I he association is already a large 
one and new members are being added at a 
rapid rate. 
Winter fishing in California has not been up 
to the usu al standard this season, especially in 
the vicinity of San Francisco, due largely to the 
ailure of the striped bass to materialize as 
usual But few fish have been taken in the 
sloughs that formerly were favorite fishing 
grounds, and most of those taken have been 
from new grounds at a considerable distance 
good fish' Clt H ^ the vicinit y of Napa some 
good fishing has been enjoyed this season, but 
of late when the San Francisco delegations were 
commencing to make trips there, the sport has 
taken"th * 5 ^ S ° me large fish have be en 
taken there, and even now the chances of taking 
si are better than they are on Wingo or San 
Antonio sloughs. 
st«2h ^ J USsian River some good catches of 
teelheads have been made of late, but the run 
there ,s very erratic. The best fishing of this 
c aracter is to be secured in the tidal waters 
ui the vicinity of Point Reyes. Large fish are 
not often taken there, but a basket of medium 
S ’th °" eS , Can be secured a t almost any time. 
Ihe Fisherman’s Club has been incorporated 
A Ruinous System. 
S%Z ° G IT’r 1 "" Jan ' ^res, and 
from T Commissioner Miller has returned 
near sT r PCCt, ,° n ° f the ° ySter reefs and beds 
the abolition na f and he openly advocates 
ng ha this , , Steam dredging b0at ’ decIa >- 
ng that this dredging system is ruining the 
ys er beds and reefs. Mr. Miller declares that 
ou.smna has 146,500 acres of oyster land near 
St. Bernard parish and as a result of the dredge 
“ f - and ruined. He'S 
locates the leasing system. At the present time 
there are only r ,o88 acres leased. The question 
I' r “s ht More lhe commission”?," 
, h n r hing can be d »”» 
for the dreH K h commiss >on consented 
close of the ga,h " ° y8,ers ™til 
under L j PreS “ t S ' aS °"' 11 is claimed that 
, tbe leasln g system each lessee will seek 
o build up his oyster bed year after year and 
make them productive instead of taking all the 
oysters away each season. 
The moderate weather of the past few days 
has encouraged the fishermen, and several have 
gone over to Lake Catherine, Chef Menteur the 
fair j„ , ck“ d Th ,her t fiShing Pla “ s and ">« with 
successful fishingTt lhe present^ t0 ° f ° r 
redfish and green trout- are being caught 1 It™ 
expected ,ha, fishing wi ,| inlp ro v . 
many visitors will try their luck. F. G. G. 
New York Fishing Club. 
election ^ F '” hi " S C '“ b held its annual 
election for officers on Jan. to, with the fol¬ 
lowing result; President. Frank Wallach; V ce- 
Hassmer'’ ^““t E " gdi J°Gh A. 
Hassmer, Financial Secretary, A. H. Tiemeyer- 
Corresponding Secretary, William C Uhl • 
ouse Committee, Frederick P. Kafka, Charles 
mittee H 1 ' r^' Peterman i Finance Com- 
F Be ~ T ry i A H - W - B0hmfaIk ’ CharJ es 
W F g ’ n ™ Stees ’ Char] es Shortmeier, George 
‘•R Tu HCnry W ’ Mi,Ier ’ J ames E. Engel 
Botamkah.” John H. Loos. 
The club has commodious buildings and ex- 
Hlle Ve Stm° Un ? S , "I Raritan Bay ’ near Totten- 
vil e, Staten Island, and is one of the oldest 
an most successful organizations of its kind 
1 6 greater city- It was chartered in 1883. 
Walter Welch Reinstated. 
Capitola cal, Jan. 9 —Editor Forest and 
earn: At a meeting of the honorable board 
of supervisors of this county, held in the city 
of Santa Cruz, on the 4 th of January, I9 n I 
was reappointed to the office of fish, game and 
fire warden -of Santa Cruz county, California 
Perhaps you will recall that I was removed 
rom said office in May, 1909. without notice 
or any charges having been filed against me, 
and that your valuable paper made mention of 
the fact at the time. Walter R. Welch. 
