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Canadian Fishing Notes. 
Quebec, Can., June 15 .—Editor Forest and 
,Stream: Very late and very short has been the 
spring trout fishing season in northern Quebec. 
The ice had left hut few of the lakes at the 
opening of the season on the 1st of May, and 
those who went out with fly-rods and tackle 
during the first raw days of open water were 
very poorly rewarded. 
!• High water was quite a feature this spring. 
Lake St. John rose eight to ten feet above its 
usual summer level and flooded some of its 
shores for quite a distance. There was less fish¬ 
ing along the hanks of the lake in May than 
usual, in consequence of the high water, and 
the same story has come from many of the 
smaller lakes. It was the rapidity and lateness 
together with the spring thaw which accounted 
chiefly for the high water and poor fishing in 
the north. 
f The appearance of summer heat so early in 
the season after the break-up of the ice broughi 
out swarms of flies and drove most of the fisher¬ 
men out of the woods. A few weeks now will 
see the worst of the fly pest over. The fishing, 
too, should improve, especially that for ouana- 
1 niche. One advantage of ouananiche fishing 's 
that it can be carried on after about the 15th 
or 20th of June, in the Grand Discharge, where 
the broad expanse of water and the sweep of 
the wind over Lake St. John combine to keep 
| away the flies, and where the best of the fish- 
. ing in the heart of the season is so compara- 
! tively near to Lake St. John. There has been 
but little ouananiche fishing thus far, so that the 
I sport should very soon be at its best. The fish 
; have been very much more abundant during the 
last few seasons since the abolition of netting 
in the lake, and I understand that there are also 
many bookings of sportsmen for the Grand Dis- 
l charge for the last week of June and through¬ 
out the month of July. 
Considerable changes have taken place since 
last season in the Lake St. John country in re¬ 
gard to both the railway and hotels. The 
Quebec and Lake St. John railway, which has 
been hitherto managed and controlled by a local 
i company, has now passed into the hands of the 
powerful Mackenzie and Mann interests which 
| control the big Canadian Northern system and 
all its different ramifications. Some of its 
| branches tap other sporting districts. 
The hotel at Roberval is once more under the 
management of Tim Kenna, who had charge of 
it some years ago not long after its opening, and 
' who will be gladly welcomed back by the anglers 
who are frequenters of the place. Constant 
, changes in the management of the hotel have 
not been for the better, as both fishermen and 
the owners of the property now know, and Mr. 
Kenna knows a good deal about the require¬ 
ments of the sportsmen who visit Roberval. In 
the fitting out of camping parties in particular 
it is of prime importance that a hotel man should 
understand the class of men to whom he caters 
as well as their needs. 
Dr. George L. Porter, of Bridgeport. Conn., 
and Mr. Reed passed through Quebec the other 
day for the preserves of the Mctabetchouan Fish 
and Game Club to join a party of club members 
| who report very good trout fishing. 
Since the passing of the high water some very 
good catches have been reported from many of 
the lakes in the Lake St. John country. A num¬ 
ber of five-pound brook trout have been brought 
to town by local members of the Stadacona, 
Lauren tide and Jacques Cartier clubs. 
Lake Edward, as usual, reports still larger 
fish, and a number of big catches. One of the 
children of Mr. Odell, who has a cottage on 
the lake shore, struck a six-pound red trout the 
other day at the first cast and had great sport 
in saving the fish. 
Lake St. Joseph hotel has a new manager 
also this season. No reports of the fishing at 
this resort have yet reached me. 
J11 Lake Beauport, which can be reached by 
automobile in forty minutes from Quebec, the 
fly-fishing is now extremely good. The fish arc 
not large, but they are quite even in size and 
run from half a pound to a pound and one-half 
in weight. 
Salmon fishermen arc already passing through 
Quebec on their way to their preserves. Several 
A FRESHLY CAUGHT OUANANICHE. 
of the Restigouche Club men and others who 
have rights on the river are expected there 
daily. Unless the recent hot weather has caused 
a rapid lowering of the water in the rivers, it 
is scarcely likely, however, that the fish are 
running much as yet. 
Many of the salmon fishermen who fish the 
Gaspe rivers have been considerably incon¬ 
venienced this year by the wreck of the steamer 
Lady Eileen, which they have been in the habit 
of depending upon for reaching their rivers. 
This year some of them at least expect to drive 
overland to Gaspe from the terminus of the 
railway at Port Daniel. 
The north coast of the St. Lawrence is being 
visited by a number of American anglers. The 
fish are not reported running there yet, for the 
water of the rivers is still quite high, and very 
few fish taken in nets have yet made their ap¬ 
pearance in the local markets. 
To the Saguenay have gone several members 
of the Ste. Marguerite Salmon Club, while the 
north shore steamers took down a large number 
of New York, New England and Michigan sal¬ 
mon fishermen on their last trips, including Mr. 
Plumb, of Detroit; Mr. Hodges and members 
of the Natashquan Salmon Club, Mr. Ivers W. 
Adams and Mr. Sampson and party, who are 
now on the Moisie. The steamer service to the 
north shore is better than usual this year, for 
the owners of the King Edward arc also run¬ 
ning the Savoy, Mr. Menier’s boat, this season 
to the coast. E. T. D. Chambers. 
Conservation Urged. 
Red Bank, N. J., June 15 .—Editor Forest and 
Stream: In connection with the article in 
Forest and Stream of June 13, on Fishing in 
British Columbia, by J. A. L. Waddell, I recall 
other descriptions of fishing and shooting, also 
appearing in Forest and Stream by the same 
writer, all characterized by excessively high 
scores which seem to me most unsportsmanlike. 
I presume Mr. Waddell is the well known 
bridge engineer, and that his concise and accur¬ 
ate description and records are characteristic of 
the man and his habits of work. Insomuch 
they are all to be commended, but I beg leave 
to dissent from them as evidences of judicious 
or praiseworthy sportsmanship. 
Whether in the King’s dominions or in the 
States, it does not seem wise to take 536 trout 
in six days, an average of ninety per day, nor 
to slaughter jacksnipe, referring to a former 
article, as he did somewhere in the far South¬ 
west; nor again to catch large numbers of the 
gamy, but useless, tarpon to throw away on the 
docks and shores. 
It is well recognized that the time has come 
to carefully conserve and protect all natural re¬ 
sources, in particular the forests and streams, 
and the living beings, the game and fish there¬ 
in. Forest and Stream, ever since my acquaint¬ 
ance with it, which began over twenty-five years 
ago, has nobly worked for fair, honorable and 
temperate sportsmanship in the taking of all 
game, and I think the greater part of its readers 
and contributors have co-operated for the same 
ends and methods. 
Dr. Waddell may reason that the places men¬ 
tioned are a long way from home, and that his 
opportunities for indulging in shooting and fish¬ 
ing are to an extent limited, and that he is there¬ 
fore justified in taking what he can in the time 
at his disposal. I admit that in some degree it 
is the common way of reasoning. The majority 
of us are prone to greater excesses away from 
than at home. We are likely to shoot more 
quail in the next county than we would on our 
own lands or to catch more fish out of some 
other than our own brook. But the diminish¬ 
ing game and the increasing facilities for the 
taking of it imperatively demand temperance, if 
a man’s own conscience does not. 
T. H. Grant. 
Milwaukee Casting Club. 
Milwaukee, Wis., June 7. —Editor Forest and 
Stream: Following are scores of the contest 
held Sunday, June 7: 
quarter-ounce bait event. 
H. C. Mullen .9710-15 
Alb. Lahmann. 97 7-15 
C. A. Rhine....... 97 7-15 
A. F. Bingenheimer 94 9-15 
M. K. McPherson. 93 7-15 
HALF-OUNCE 
A. F. Ringenlieimer 97 14-15 
M. A. Beck. 97 10-15 
IT. C. Mullen. 97 10-15 
11. J. Kellenberger. 97 1-15 
R. VV. Lange.90 8-15 
M. K. McPherson 96 3-15 
C. A. Rhine. 9511-15 
c. 
C. A. II. Fortier.. 93 8-15 
G C. Schoenlaub.. 93 4-15 
R. W. Lange. 9211-15 
TI. N. Katz. 92 9-15 
B. J. Kellenherger. 9112-15 
BAIT EVENT. 
Anton Stoltz .95 
Alb. Lahmann _ 94 5-15 
(’. A. II. Fortier.. 93 8-15 
IT. N. Katz. 91 11-15 
T. F.. Farber. 91 5-15 
G. C. Schoenlaub.. 8810-15 
A. H. Fortier, Sec’y. 
