December, 1918 
FOREST AND STREAM 
711 
September, but I have plenty of evidence 
that the killing has already begun fqr this 
season. 
I do not wish to criticise the state ad¬ 
ministration, but I think there was a very 
serious mistake made when the wolf 
bounty bill was vetoed a few years ago. 
We are all paying our dollar each fall for 
the privilege of hunting big game. Last 
fall I think there was something like 1,900 
licenses issued in this county alone and 
that is only a small part of the money de¬ 
rived from licenses, for the majority of 
hunters here come from other parts of the 
state and of course secure their licenses 
in their home town. I think 
this money could be used for no 
more legitimate cause tjian the 
protection of our game in the 
manner herein mentioned. I am 
making this appeal to all true 
sportsman readers of Forest 
and Stream for their support in 
securing the required appropria¬ 
tion for a fair bounty on wolves. 
I do not know if I ought to give 
my views as to what I think a 
reasonable reward for capturing 
a wolf, but if I should make a 
suggestion I would say that $15 
is not too much as they are very 
cunning and it takes unlimited 
skill and a great deal of patience 
and hard work to get them. 
Another thing I do not ap¬ 
prove of is paying a bounty for 
a few years and then removing 
it when they are well thinned 
down, only to let them breed up 
again. Although this has been 
done several times in the past 
thirty years, instead of remov¬ 
ing or decreasing the bounty as 
the wolves become scarce I 
would like to see it increased, 
as this would be far cheaper 
than to let them increase time 
and again unmolested. 
I read an article somewhere 
some time ago in which it was 
suggested that hunters should 
put poison in the entrails of the 
deer they shot in order to kill 
the wolves. I used not to favor 
that plan as it would kill too 
many other fur-bearing animals, 
but they are becoming too scarce 
in this section anyway and the loss would 
’'not be great. 
I will also give one more reason why 
I think there ought to be a bounty on 
wolves, and that is for the protection of 
the sheep and cattle industry of the state. 
We are all interested in increasing the 
wool supply of the nation at this critical 
time, but little can be done here as it is 
not safe to raise sheep in any great num¬ 
bers. One fellow here started raising 
sheep, but almost the first thing he had 
seven killed in one night by wolves. 
Now in conclusion I will ask all inter¬ 
ested to do what they can toward securing 
a reasonable bounty on wolves and if I 
am welcome to these columns I may come 
again some time and tell about the good 
times we have in these parts in the fall. 
C. B. Larson, Bigfork, Minn. 
Glad to hear from you again. [Editors.] 
A CATCH FROM PREMIER LAKE 
To the Editor of Forest and Stream : 
AM enclosing a photo of the first four 
salmon, or as they' are properly known, 
Kamloops trout, taken from Premier 
lake, which is about 38 miles from Cran- 
brook, B. C., on the Cranbrook-Winder- 
mere- Athalmer-Wilmar-Banff and Golden 
auto road. The above named lake is about 
three and one-half miles long and one mile 
wide, with no visible outlet, very deep and 
surrounded by high rugged mountains, 
with a few small streams flowing into it. 
Being fed by springs, it keeps the same 
stage of water summer and winter. 
August 12, 1915, through the efforts of 
several of our prominent citizens and the 
Cranbrook Rod and Gun Club, the Gov¬ 
ernment furnished us with about 20,000 
Kamloops trout fry from the Girard 
Hatchery, situated in West Kootenay, 
about 10,000 of which were placed in Pre¬ 
mier lake. These fry were about 34 of an 
inch long at this time; we were told that 
at the end of four years they would attain 
a weight of from 12 to 30 pounds. This 
could hardly be credited, however, the 
catch of four May 15th, 1918, less than 
three years after stocking the lake, would 
indicate the growth mentioned is possible. 
The Cranbrook Rod and Gun Club re¬ 
cently received 200,000 spawn from the 
Government Fish Hatchery at Girard, 
B. C., which were hatched near here, and 
the fry placed in the different lakes in 
this vicinity ranging from three to ten 
miles long; the principal ones being Moyie 
lake, about ten miles long; St. Marie’s 
lake, about three miles long, which includes 
a river bearing the same name flowing 
from the mountains for twenty to thirty 
miles above the lake, also an additional 
number were placed in Premier lake. 
There is one peculiarity about these fish 
which I understand is characteristic of 
the kind, they will not take bait or spoons 
only in the months of May and June, Sep¬ 
tember and October. They will spawn at 
the age of four years; therefore we feel 
confident we will have the garden spot of 
the world for all disciples of 
Isaak Walton in the course of 
two or three years. 
Trusting you will feel dis¬ 
posed to give us a cut of this 
photo in Forest and Stream, 
which is quite popular in our 
vicinity, for by doing so you 
will gratify a number of your 
subscribers. 
Yours very truly, 
F. A. Dunn, 
Member of the Game Conserva¬ 
tion Board Eastern District 
British Columbia. 
CHANNEL BASS 
To the Editor of Forest and 
Stream : 
ENCLOSE to you two pho¬ 
tos taken of a catch of 
channel bass with rod and reel 
from the beach at Ocracoke, 
N. C., on two different occa¬ 
sions on the afternoon tide. 
This is one of the greatest 
fishing places on the coast dur¬ 
ing the latter part of May and 
early June and during October. 
Last October a friend and 
myself took forty-six channel 
bass from two-thirty in the 
afternoon until five. 
I have enjoyed your magazine 
very much and hope to con¬ 
tinue to take it. 
Frank C. Kugler, 
Washington, N. C. 
We thank you for bearing us 
in mind and regret exceedingly 
that the photographs are not 
clear enough to reproduce satisfactorily. 
We are always glad to receive photographs, 
but unless they are very clear we cannot 
use them. [Editors.] 
Galveston, Texas. 
T 0 the Editor of Forest and Stream : 
HE article of Mr. Leonard Hulit, in 
September Forest and Stream, on 
channel bass fishing is very interesting to 
me as I am fond of rod and reel fishing 
for red-fish, as the channel bass is called 
in the Gulf. 
I note with interest that one-pound fish 
have been caught as high up on Atlantic 
as New Jersey. I thought that only grown 
fish wanderers from the Gulf got so far 
from home as it is believed that they only 
propagate in far Southern waters. 
Mr. Hulit notes that the small fish are 
silvery white; they are dark with us, not 
