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[June 13, 1908. 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
New England Angling. 
Boston, Mass., June 6. —Editor Forest and 
Stream: A record year for both angler and 
fish—such is the verdict everywhere in New 
England. Remarkably warm and bright weather 
—unusual in Boston so early—seems to have 
brought the angling germ to life and action, and 
every man with a spark of the fishing spirit has 
been inoculated. Not in years have so many 
outfitted for the woods and streams, and most 
of them have made good. 
At quite all of the lakes the quantity and size 
of trout and salmon taken are represented by 
large figures. Good weather and good fishing 
has been the general report of the returned 
ones, the result being that even the half warm 
have been fired into action and gone to spend 
a week or two in camp. 
Robert Murray is again to try the Newfound¬ 
land salmon. He leaves June 12 for a five 
weeks' season on the Grand Codroy, the scene 
of many hard fought battles in other years. 
The trout streams and salmon pools of Nova 
Scotia are taking many anglers from other re¬ 
sorts. Edmund Billings left on May 29 for a 
month on the Tusket waters. R. C. Storey is 
fishing the Liverpool for salmon. 
Last season many Southerners visited Nova 
Scotia and came back charmed with its many 
attractions. A few are even now coming North, 
intending to make the present season a long 
one. 
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Wardwell, of Haverhill, 
will leave next week for a stay of several weeks 
in Newfoundland. Encouraged by their success 
with the salmon last season they are returning 
this year. 
Dr. Frank M. Johnson, president of the newly 
organized Anglers’ Club of Massachusetts, left 
a few days ago bound for Grand Lake stream 
to be away two weeks. He fishes with the fly 
only and makes it a rule to put back in the 
water all of the fish not too seriously injured. 
Mr. A. A. Green, of Providence, made his first 
trip to Grand Lake last year. He was so suc¬ 
cessful that he appeared in Boston a few days 
ago en route to the same waters. This time 
he has induced a friend to go along. 
A. T. Clark, of Newton, left a few days ago 
for Jo. Mary Lake. This section of Maine is 
noted for its big-game hunting, the excellence 
of which has overshadowed the fishing. Mr. 
Clark has lately had news of big trout to be 
found there. 
C. W. Forbes and William Kakas will leave 
in a few days on rather a novel trip. Going 
first to Quebec they will sail in their own vessel 
for the coast of Labrador and ascend one of 
the rivers forty miles. Their present plans are 
to camp for a month devoting the time to sal¬ 
mon fishing and trading with the Indians. Mr. 
Kakas has made the trip several times and 
knows the locality very well. 
Charles and C. W. Epting. of Philadelphia, 
passed through Boston a few days ago en route 
to Maine. They will camp for four or five 
months at Mosquito Cove on Moxie Lake. As 
regularly as the seasons roll around father and 
son enter the Maine woods, passing the summer 
in fishing. Last season was spent at Pierce 
Pond, and many large salmon and trout fell 
victims to their lures. Moxie Pond has an es¬ 
tablished reputation for good fishing. 
Last season A. S. Foster visited Newfound¬ 
land after salmon. As a preliminary to a sec¬ 
ond trip to the island he determined to try some 
of the big landlockers and trout at Pierce Pond 
in Maine. Accompanied by his old fishing com¬ 
panion, A. C. Anderson, he will spend ten days 
at Spaulding’s camps. 
Paradoxical as it may seem, there are anglers 
who fish not at all. Others who fish just a 
little bit, and still another class who fish every 
moment they are near the water. One of the 
latter class is F. H. Talcott, of Holbrook, Mass. 
Year after year he has visited Maine, going each 
•season to different waters. Carry Pond is se- 
DR. AND MRS. DETWEILER ON THE AU SABLE. 
lected this time, and in a few days—with a 
friend whom he has agreed to initiate—he will 
leave for two weeks more of strenuous fly-cast¬ 
ing. 
Dobsis Lake in eastern Maine is the destina¬ 
tion of Dr. A. R. Brown, of Boston, and F. W. 
Perkins, of Wakefield, who left Saturday night 
to spend ten days at salmon fishing. As a re¬ 
sult of many successive visits Dr. Brown knows 
all the very best fishing grounds of the locality. 
Hackle. 
A Benedict’s Advice. 
Wadsworth, Ohio, June 8. —Editor Forest 
and Stream: In the accompanying picture the 
scene is from the North Branch of the Au Sable 
in the northern part of the southern peninsula 
of Michigan, a beautiful stream from the fly 
fisherman’s standpoint. For more than twenty 
miles one can wade this rapid, cool, clear water 
with ordinary hip or wading boots. 
This stream was once famous for its gray¬ 
ling, but to-day the brook and rainbow trout 
have gained complete possession. It is here that 
my wife and I have thrown aside all cares and 
dressed in our free and easy fishing togs, cast 
the fly for trout. The stream is wide enough in 
most places for us to stroll along together, fish¬ 
ing the rapids and eddies, getting a rise hen 
and hooking a fine trout there; resting upoi 
some derelict log, watching the busy wild creat 
ures about us. 
Does your wife cast a fly, and does she joii 
you on your fishing trips? If so you know th< 
pleasures it brings. If not take a couple 0 
hours a week and teach her the art on sonr 
pond or open grass plot. She will readily lean 
and enjoy the sport. She will be your bes 
camp companion. 
Hie yourselves to your fishing ground, and i 
convenient make and operate your own camp 
Eat, sleep and enjoy yourselves like children ii 
this free life, for we all get old too soon. 
J. F. Detweiler. 
Bass at Asbury Park. 
Asbury Park, N. J., June 7. — Editor Fores 
and Stream: June as usual has brought to u 
the striped bass. The largest so far scaled eigb 
pounds in weight. Several from four to th 
above have been taken at Shark River inle 
Manasquam inlet has done a little better b 
furnishing one of twelve and one-half pound 
and several of smaller size. To go over th 
grounds where anglers who know how an 
where they resort, quickly dispels the illusio 
caused by the Metropolitan daily papers, whic 
have contained glowing reports of catches mad 
at Asbury Park and other points long befor 
a bass was taken. 
Kingfish are fairly plentiful. They are be 
ginning to take the hook well and are of goo 
size and condition. The pounds have been tal 
ing them in abundance the past two week 
Weakfish are of unusual size as evidenced b 
the catches in the nets. Ordinarily the smalle 
fish trade inshore thus early in the season, bi 
some fine specimens have been taken the pa; 
week, ten-pound fish being not uncommon. 
On June 3 inst. a school of extremely larg 
bluefish were located by the offshore boatmei 
and fish of fifteen pounds weight were taker 
This is the best of news, as should they cor 
tinue with us it means rare sport for the angle 
as well as great profit to the market fishermei 
Plaice, too, seem to be above the averag 
size. Nearly all I have met with have bee 
fine fish, and the pleasure to be had in takin 
this fish with light tackle from a boat in a goo 
tideway is not to be despised and is more ap 
preciated each year. 
Fresh-water fishing in lakes and streams 
fully up to the standard excepting trout, whic 
thus far have been almost nil. Some yea; 
since the State stocked the Remsen an 
Orborne ponds with yellow perch and they ai 
doing fine, as all of us who have tried thei 
this spring can testify. They are a sprightli 
and beautiful fish and a ready biter. Whii 
perch, too, are plentiful with us, and so tl 
contemplative man has really many good thinp 
to pick from and should be thankful. 
Leonard Hulit. 
June. 
These long, bright, lovely days, Dame Nature tries 
Her level best to give to us surprises; 
The anglers now tell most consummate lies 
’Bout catching fishes of enormous size. 
A. L. L. 
