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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Oct. 8, 151c. 
Illinois Casting Club. 
Chicago, Ill., Sept. 29 . — Editor Forest and 
Stream: Our annual club tournament (for 
members only) will be held at “Anglers’ Pool,” 
Washington Park, on Oct. 9, beginning at 10 
a. m. sharp. The following events will be given : 
■Quarter-ounce accuracy bait, half-ounce accuracy 
bait, half-ounce distance bait and light tackle 
accuracy dry fly. 
Ribbon trophies will be awarded and in order 
to add interest to the occasion members will be 
classified in each of the several events—in classes 
based on their season’s averages — and vvhere 
members have not completed their scores, they 
will be entitled to cast (in any or all events) 
in the class so far as their partially completed 
scores indicate, or they will be privileged to 
enter such a class as they may elect. This same 
rule will apply to any member or members who 
may not have cast at all this season. Follow¬ 
ing are the classes: 
Accuracy bait, Class A, 98.75 per cent, and 
over, one ribbon each in quarter-ounce and half¬ 
ounce accuracy bait; Class B, 98.40 to 98.75 per 
cent., two ribbons each in quarter-ounce and 
half-ounce accuracy bait; Class C, 98 to 98.40 
per cent., three ribbons each in quarter-ounce and 
half-ounce accuracy bait; Class D, 97 to 98 per 
cent., three ribbons in the quarter-ounce and five 
ribbons in the half-ounce; Class E, 95 to 97 per 
cent., three ribbons in the half-ounce accuracy 
bait only. 
In classes A, B, C and D there will be suit¬ 
able “high score’’ awards, based on the aver¬ 
ages of the two combined events. There will 
also be a separate ribbon trophy for the 1910 
member, whose average will be “high score” in 
the two events. 
Half-ounce Distance Bait—Ribbons for first, 
second and third p aces, and a special ribbon 
trophy for the member who has never exceeded 
125 feet (average of five casts to count). 
Accuracy Dry Fly, Light Tackle — Ribbon 
trophies for first, second and third place (one 
in each class) arranged as follows: Class A, 
members whose scores (completed or incom- 
pleted) equal 99 per cent, or over; Class B. 
members whose scores (completed or incom- 
pleted) equal 98 per cent, or over; Class C, 
scores below' 98 per cent, and open class. 
Members will be privileged to enter a higher 
class than their scores (completed or incom- 
pleted) entitle them to, if they so elect, but in 
such circumstances scores will not be counted 
in the higher class, unless a member declares 
himself, either by written notice to the secre¬ 
tary, or in advance to the secretary on the 
grounds. A. D. Whitby, Sec’y. 
Anglers’ Club of Milwaukee. 
Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 29. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: On Sept. 18 several Chicago anglers 
came to Milwaukee to attend a friendly contest 
at Washington Park, this city. Weather condi¬ 
tions were very unfavorable, as there was a 
strong northeast wind blowing all day. Con¬ 
siderable time w'as lost in starting events, as it 
was necessary to find a sheltered place to hold 
the events. L. N. Place and E. M. Town tied 
for first honors in accuracy bait, quarter-ounce 
event, closely followed by M. A. Beck. T. M. 
Toll won the accuracy bait, half-ounce event, 
closely followed by D. R. Linder. L. N. Place 
won the distance bait, half-ounce event, with an 
average of 185 feet, also making the longest cast 
in this event, 196 feet. 
The visitors were R. C. Nicholson, D. R. 
Linder. L. N. Place, H. B. Kirk and A. G. Berg, 
of the Illinois Casting Club; E. M. Town, S. F. 
Campbell and W. J. Jamison, of the Anglers’ 
Casting Club of Chicago. Following are the 
scores: 
ACCURACY BAIT, 
. QUARTER-OUNCE, TEN CASTS. 
L. N. Place . 
.. 99.3 
C. M. Yandenburg 
.. 98.2 
E. N. Town . 
.. 99.3 
H. B. Kirk . 
... 98. 
AT A. Beck .. 
.. 99.1 
A. L. Stolz . 
... 9S. 
K. C. Nicholson... 
.. 99. 
A. G. Berg . 
... 97.7 
D. R. Linder . 
.. 98.8 
G. C. Schoenlaub 
... 96.7 
C. A. Rhine . 
.. 98.7 
S. F. Campbell _ 
... 96.6 
Albert Lahmann ... 
.. 98.5 
H. E. Loes .. 
... 96. 
W. 1. Tamison . 
.. 98.3 
T. M. Toll . 
... 95.25 
A. F. Bingenheimer. 98.3 
ACCURACY BAIT, HALF- 
-OUNCE, TEN CASTS. 
T. H. Toll . 
.. 99.1 
M. A. Beck .. 
... 97.9 
1). R. Linder . 
.. 99. 
A. K. Bingenheimei 
-.. 97.7 
W. L Tamison . 
.. 98.9 
Albert Lahmann . 
... 96.9 
E. IVI. Town . 
. 98.6 
G. C. Schoenlaub , 
... 97.7 
A. L. Stolz . 
,. 98.5 
C. M. \ andenberg 
. 97.6 
A. Berg . 
.. 98.2 
11. B. Kirk . 
... 97.2 
C. A. Rhine . 
.. 98. 
II. E. Loes .. 
... 95.5 
R. C. Nicholson ... 
.. 97.9 
S. F. Campbell .... 
... 95.2 
L. W. Place . . 
.. 97.9 
DISTANCE BAIT, 
HALF-OUNCE. 
Average. 
E. N. Place. 
180 174 
1% 196 179 
185 
W . E lamison .. 
176 163 
165 176 178 
171% 
E. N. Town . 
164 177 
154 155 157 
161% 
M. A. Beck . 
167 184 
180 191 ... 
144% 
A. E. Stolz . 
145 40 
158 170 154 
133% 
A. Lahmann . 
165 145 
155 13 147 
125 
T. N. Toll . 
151 25 
160 . 
67 y 5 
A. G. Berg . 
45 30 
120 127 ... 
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C. L. Tolfson, Sec’y. 
The Illinois River. 
Joliet, Ill.. Sept. 19 .— Editor Forest and 
Stream: The correspondent who states that 
“the Illinois River is formed by the junction of 
the Fox and Des Plaines rivers at Ottawa” is 
not acquainted with the geography of this sec¬ 
tion, although the communication is dated from 
Chicago. The Illinois River is formed by the 
junction of the Kankakee and Des Plaines 
rivers about fourteen miles below Joliet. Of 
the fish in these upper reaches of the Illinois 
we here have but a poor opinion ; in fact, there 
is little or no fishing done in the Illinois itself. 
The foul waters of the Chicago sewage have not 
become sufficiently purified to make fish or fish¬ 
ing desirable. While carp have not driven the 
game fish from the lower river—probably on 
account pf the vast number of carp netted for 
market—we find that carp have been the prob¬ 
able cause of the disappearance of most of the 
game fish from the smaller streams. I write 
this to give better information regarding our 
geography to those living further away. 
F. M. Muhlig. 
Clearing Out Undesirable Fish. 
A correspondent of the St. Paul Pioneer 
Press speaks of a large haul of fish from Clear 
Lake. 
The first draw of undesirable fish from Clear 
Lake was made in the presence of a large crowd 
resulting in a catch of seven tons of the finny 
tribe, covering almost every variety of' the fresh 
water kind. The draw was made by J. Weigner, 
of Harper's Ferry, la., who has paid the State 
$400 for the privilege. He was assisted by nine 
men and the seine was over a mile in length. 
All carp and buffalo, styled as undesirable 
game fish, were removed from the seine and the 
remainder replaced in the lake. Some carp and 
buffa’o were secured weighing nearly twenty 
pounds. One carp weighed twenty-four pounds. 
Tuna Fishing at Cape Breton. 
Last week we reprinted a letter from F. G. A. 
which appeared in the London Field. In later 
issues the following communications from him 
were published. We quote: 
With the problem of its capture nearing solu¬ 
tion, as set forth in the previous article, it may 
meantime be of interest to notice a few features 
of this North Atlantic tuna and the conditions 
under which it must be handled. From time 
immemorial it has been familiar on those coasts 
where the Newfoundlanders and Cape Bretoners 
know it variously as albacore, horse mackerel 
or mackerel shark. So far as Cape Breton is 
concerned its inshoring seems to be wholly de¬ 
pendent on the movements of the herring, but 
as a general rule it first strikes the coast near 
Louisburg and then appears almost simultane¬ 
ously in Mira and St. Ann’s bays, the destined 
tuna grounds of the future. 
These inlets differ sufficiently in their physi¬ 
cal characters to offer possibilities of an interest¬ 
ing rivalry. St. Ann’s, which is north of Sydney, 
is a deep bay with an inner harbor protected by 
a sand spit, on which stands a lighthouse. It 
affords water of ten and fifteen fathoms within 
a stone’s throw of the cliffs that rise sheer to 
nearly a thousand feet, and these conditions 
seem to suit the tuna, which, once they come 
into the bay at the latter end of July, apparently 
remain there until the end of September. On 
the other hand the .depth of water close inshore, 
with the paucity C|f sloping beaches on which a 
fish might be gaffed in shallow water, presents 
difficulties in the handling of tuna up to 800 
pounds, which seems to be no uncommon weight; 
indeed, a tuna of half that weight is regarded 
locally as a very small fish. 
Mira Bay, which is south of Sydney, on the 
Louisburg Railway, does not, from all accounts, 
attract the tuna so soon or hold them as long. 
It is wide and shallow, with low shores and 
abundance of sandy beaches. The tuna seem to 
scour it in pursuit of herring and to go as un¬ 
expectedly as they come, returning at intervals 
to seek their prey. It will be seen from this 
comparison that though it might be harder to 
find tuna in Mira Bay, a fish once hooked should 
run greater danger of capture than in the deeper 
coves of St. Ann’s. 
In either place it is easier, with the fish run¬ 
ning to such immense size and weight—twelve 
feet possibly and 800 pounds—to deserve success 
than to command it. Apart from the complex 
equipment in the matter of boat and tackle there 
are difficulties over bait and boatmen. The bait 
consists of a herring, a mackerel, or best of all 
a gaspereau (the French name for a cousin of 
the herring, which the Indians call kyack, and 
American fishermen know as alewife), and it is 
not always easy to count on having fresh bait 
each day. Mr. Ross, when I was staying on his 
yacht in St. Ann’s, used to telegraph and tele¬ 
phone up and down the country-—to the netsmen 
over at Indian Brook, on the north shore, and 
even to Lemoine, the fish dealer at North Sydney 
—and, even so, we had at times to fish with stale 
bait. Since the tuna rushes at the lure like a 
tiger, its freshness is not perhaps of great im¬ 
portance, but even when kept on ice the bait be¬ 
comes soft and is difficult to use. Of boatmen, 
moreover, who can be relied upon to combine 
hard work with coolness in emergency, the sup- 
