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FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Hunt Prize.—For largest of season, light 
tackle split bamboo rod. 
Club Prizes.—For first, second and third 
largest of season, respectively, gold, silver and 
bronze medallions. 
White Sea Bas*s ( Cynoscion nobilis ). 
Nordlinger Cup.—For largest of season, silver 
loving cup. 
Potter Medal.—For largest of season, gold 
medal. 
McMillan Prize.—For largest of season, 
Three-Six rod, 3-0 reel and 900 feet 6-thread 
standard linen line. 
McMillan Prize.—For second largest of sea¬ 
son, Three-Six rod, surf-casting German silver 
reel and 900 feet 6-thread standard linen line. 
McMillan Prize.—For largest of season taken 
by lady angler, gold bracelet. 
Club Prizes.—For first, second and third 
largest of season, respectively, gold, silver and 
bronze medallions. 
Albacore (Germo alalonga). 
Montgomery Bros. Cup.—For largest of sea¬ 
son taken by lady angler. 
Hoegee Co. Cup.—For largest of season. 
Whitley Co. Medal.—For largest of season. 
Catalina Novelty Co. Prize.—For largest of 
season, light tackle African steel cane rod. 
Leatherman Prize.—For second largest of sea¬ 
son taken by lady angler. 
Club Prizes.—For first, second and third 
largest of season, respectively, gold, silver and 
bronze medallions. 
Bonita (Sarda chilensis). 
Harding Cup.—For largest fish of season. 
LARGEST FISH. 
Brewster Medal.—For largest of season (in¬ 
cluding black sea bass). 
Catalina Novelty Co. Prize.—For largest of 
season (including black sea bass). 
Eddy Cup.—For largest gold button fish of 
season. 
AWARDED UNDER TACKLE SPECIFICA¬ 
TIONS OF THREE-SIX CLASS. 
YELLOWTAIL. 
Potter Cup.—For the three largest of season, 
taken in Catalina waters. 
Chubb Prize.—For largest of season taken by 
lady angler. 
AWARDS TO BOATMEN. 
Potter-Streeter Cup.—For boatman qualifying 
largest number of anglers under tackle specifica¬ 
tions of light tackle class. 
TUNA.* 
Conn Medal..—For the professional boatman 
to angler taking largest of season over 100 
pounds. 
Hooper Prize.—For professional boatman to 
angler taking largest of season over 100 pounds 
from a launch, cash prize of $50. 
Club Prize.—For boatman to angler taking 
first of season over 100 pounds, tuna rod. 
YELLOWTAIL.f . 
Potter Prize.—For boatman to angler taking 
largest of season, Three-Six rod. 
Streeter Prize.—For boatman to angler taking 
second largest of season, Three-Six rod. 
WHITE SEA BASS.f 
Baker Photo. Co. Prize.—For boatman to ang¬ 
ler taking largest of season. 
Conditions Governing Award of Club Medal¬ 
lions.—First: One medallion only will be 
awarded to an angler. Second: If an angler 
should qualify in two or more species of fish, 
he may take his choice of medallions in those 
classes. Third: If no fish of gold button, blue 
button or red button size is taken, a silver 
medallion will be awarded for the largest and 
a bronze medallion for the second largest fish 
taken. C. V. Barton, 
Corresponding Secretary Tuna Club. 
*Blue Button Class, tackle specifications. 
fLight Tackle Class, tackle specifications. 
Salmon Galore. 
Province of Quebec, June 19. — Editor Forest 
and Stream: Any tired city man who wants to 
rest his head should come here quick. There 
are salmon enough this year between Quebec 
and Prince Edward Island to keep all the fish¬ 
ermen of New York busy if they were here. 
Arriving but a few days ago, here are some 
of the records I can vouch for, either from 
trustworthy sources or personal observation: 
Three rods fishing a week on hotel water, got 
twenty-four fish, average over 15 pounds, heav¬ 
iest 31*4. An ex-governor living near New 
York took, the afternoon of his arrival on club 
waters, five fish, average 24 pounds, and next 
forenoon four fish, average 25 pounds, among 
the nine two of 35 and 37 pounds. I saw the 
fish and they varied greatly, the heaviest fish, 
47 inches long, was the yacht, the next smaller 
built like a tugboat, both bright, splendid fish. 
But the following beats any record here¬ 
abouts; perhaps it beats all records for a 
woman. A lady from Montreal was the first 
on the hotel waters early in the month and 
in little over two hours captured nine fish, 
smallest 8 pounds, largest 28 pounds, all clean 
run and lively fish. Plow on earth she handled 
them I can not tell after my experience of yes¬ 
terday, when an 18 pound fish held me for an 
hour, the last ten minutes headed down stream 
and going like the mischief. But I am told 
that Mrs. R., though a lightweight, is one of 
the best anglers on the coast and knows to a 
nicety just when to crowd a fish. With plenty 
of fish in the,, pools she doubtless took risks. 
From all about one gets word that it is a 
year of big fish; if you doubt come and see. 
One lot netted in the mouth of a river here¬ 
abouts averaged over 25 pounds. Where is all 
this fine sport to be had? Come and find out, 
as I did two years ago. You will enjoy it the 
more. Do not get your fishing ready made. 
Take any coasting steamer from Montreal or 
Quebec running down river or go to Campbell- 
town, N. B., by Intercolonial railway from St. 
Johns, N. B., or from Montreal and take any 
boat going out. Use your eyes, tongue and 
ears and you will soon find fish and at no great 
expense. , 
Some rich Americans have helped spoil 
things, but the country is beautiful, the people 
fine. The visitors and clubs have greatly im¬ 
proved the fishing, all appreciated by the na¬ 
tives, but that is another story. 
You may blunder on my little paradise, but 
I am not giving it away just yet. There are 
others. The Deckhand. 
Yellowtail at Catalina. 
Los Angeles, Cal., June 1 7—Editor Forest 
and Stream: The heavy tidal currents of last 
week carried the schools of tuna miles off shore 
and they have not worked their way back to 
the shelter of the island as yet. 
The Catalina Island Company has taken a 
much livelier interest in the fishing this year, 
and has inaugurated a series of weekly tourna¬ 
ments for tuna, bass and yellowtail, subject to 
the Tuna Club angling rules, supplementary 
prizes being offered, so that the angler who 
takes a big one now will have more than glory 
to show for it. 
June 10, F. L. Bell of Council Grove, Kan., 
hooked a yellowtail at Willow Cove and fought 
him an hour and ten minutes, the fish weighing, 
when brought in, 47J4 pounds. The other 
day a man named Heinz got a 33-pounder off 
the wharf in Avalon Bay, said to be the big¬ 
gest yellowtail taken from the new pleasure 
pier as yet. 
One day Warden Alfred L. Beebe and Deputy 
George Cornell were cruising about for illegal 
netters, and Beebe decided to drop a line to a 
yellowtail that he thought was waiting for him. 
A heavy strike was followed by a prolonged 
and determined resistance which worked the 
wiry little warden a long time, and finally re¬ 
sulted in Cornell’s gaffing a 43^-pound yei- 
lowtaifi The same day Phil O’Mara got one 
of 37 M pounds, Harry Nichols -brought in a 
46 j 4 -pound yellowtail on heavy gear, and H. 
H. Beed one of 48 pounds. Clement L. Shinn 
took a 27pj-pound yellowtail at the Isthmus 
on Three-six tackle and this is the biggest fish 
of that weight entered in the summer Three- 
Six tournament, which opened May 1. 
The surf casters of the Southern California 
Rod and Reel Club have been having some 
first-class sport with the corbina and croakers 
along the shore. Most of the varieties caught 
in the breakers are excellent eating, and very 
gamy fish when taken upon the light tackle 
that has come into favor for this work. The 
anglers use an outfit very similar to that of a 
fresh-water bass-caster, a typical quadruple 
casting reel, and a two-hook leader with 214- 
ounce pyramidal sinker, hung by the butt-end. 
One hook is below and one above. A six or 
nine-thread line is used in this fishing. Quohog 
clams cut into succulent tenderloins are the 
bait, and a No. 3 or 4 Pennell-Limerick hook 
is the favorite. It may safely be said that surf 
fishing has been carried to its uttermost refine¬ 
ments here. Edwin L. Hedderly. 
California Fishing. 
San Francisco, June 18.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: Fishing continues to be splendid in 
all of the California streams, and there are still 
some nice baskets of trout being taken from 
the nearby coast streams that are usually fished 
out by this season of the year. This season is 
the best ever experienced by the local anglers 
and this is due in a large measure to the effort! 
of the Fish and Game Commission and th4 
California Anglers’ Association who have 
stocked all the streams. The mountain streams 
are in splendid condition at the present time, 
the water being low and clear and filled with 
fish. Many fishermen are now making their 
way to the Big Meadow and Klamath Rive? 
