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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Marcu 17, 1906. 

cially in the description and nomenclature of the 
angelfish. It may be well to compare these de- 
scriptions with Bulletin 47, Jordan and Evermann. 
During the past ten years or more I have 
stopped at Lake Worth on my cruises south in 
November and north in April, and fished off the 
pier in the Atlantic for pompano, and have caught 
from one or two to fourteen during an afternoon, 
fishing say two or three hours. ; 
W. H. Grece, Sr. 
Fish and Fishing. 
Mr. F. M. CHALpEcoTT, solicitor, of Vancouver, 
and the first British Columbia member of the 
North American Fish and Game Protective Asso- 
ciation, is one of the best known and most active 
workers in the cause of fish and game protection 
in the Pacific Province. He edits a weekly col- 
umn in one of the local newspapers in the inter- 
est of the cause which he has so much at heart. 
In a recent number of this paper I find mention 
of very early salmon fishing in the vicinity of 
Vancouver, which recalls the extremely early 
fishing for Salmo salar in Nova Scotia waters 
recently reported in ForEsT AND STREAM. As 
early at Jan. 27 last it is said that Mr. J.S. Has- 
well and a friend spent the afternoon trolling for 
salmon in the inlet at Vancouver. 
and played for some time, but finally lost a fine 
spring fish, although as some reward for their 
work they got a good cod. 
The fish trolled for was doubtless the sockeye 
salmon, for the other varieties only arrive about 
the coast at a considerably later period. The 
sockeyes, on the other hand, are often plentiful 
as early as November, and afford good sport 
when hooked. The fact that the salmon of the 
Pacific slope do not, as a rule, rise to the angler’s 
surface lures gave rise to the fiction that gained 
credence for a time, that the British commission- 
ers appointed in connection with the determina- 
tion of the northwest boundary between Canada 
and the United States, gave up the States of 
Washington and Oregon without a struggle at 
all, and as not worth contending for, because the 
salmon in the Columbia River could not be 
tempted by the wiles of the sportsman, 
Many of the well known contributors to Forest 
AND STREAM have reason to mourn the death of 
Dr. George Stewart, of Quebec, which occurred 
suddenly a few days ago, and within nine weeks 
of the death of his wife. Mr. Charles Hallock 
and the Old Angler were not only among the old- 
est living friends of the journalist, but contrib- 
uted many of their earlier writings on fish and 
fishing to Stewart’s Quarterly, which he published 
forty years ago in St. John, New Brunswick. 
Clever to an unusual degree, in the use of both 
tongue and pen, Stewart has often been called 
the Mark Twain of Canada. ‘The last time that 
he and Hallock met and exchanged their remin- 
iscences of so many years before was in my home, 
and I shall not soon forget the brilliancy of the 
conversation. I have before me one of his let- 
ters written on July 27, 1903, in acknowledgment 
of a salmon from the Moisie, which conveys a 
fair idea of his epistolary style. “The lordly 
fish,” he says, “arrived safely Saturday morning, 
and Sunday we had him served for dinner. If 
you got as much pleasure in ‘lifting’ him as my 
family did in eating him the millennium is not far 
off. Thank you very much for this human docu- 
ment, which testifies so eloquently the powers of 
your unerring rod and reel, to say nothing of the 
line.” Walter Brackett, the artist-angler, and 
Lieut.-Col. Andrew Haggard, D.S.O., the author- 
angler, were also among his intimate friends. 
The Legislature of the Province of Ontario 
has just appointed a special committee of the 
House on Fish and Game, the object of which is 
to be the securing of information and the making 
of suggestions based thereon to the Government. 
Those interested in the matter of fish and game 
preservation will be able to appear before this 
committee, give evidence and make representa- 
tions. Following the action of the Quebec Min- 
ister, the Hon. Jean Prevost, in summoning the 
recent fish and game convention in Montreal, that 
of the Ontario Legislature emphasizes the grow- 
ing desire of those in authority to study, as far 
as practicable, what requires to be done for the 
They hooked 
more efficient protection of fish and game. 
There is considerable anxiety as to the outcome 
of the pressure being brought to bear upon the 
Quebec Government to issue licenses for the net- 
ting of pike-perch in Missisquoi Bay. Only a 
few days ago I received a communication from 
the Hon. H. G. Thomas, State Commissioner of 
Fish and Game for Vermont, saying that the 
Burlington Free Press of March 3 contained the 
statement that seining was begun on March 1 by 
Canadian fishermen in Missisquoi Bay. In the 
temporary absence of Mr. Prevost from his office 
I sent the letter of Mr. Thomas over to the office 
of the Fish and Game Superintendent, Mr. Hec- 
tor Caron, through whose hands all licenses must 
pass. His reply is as follows: “No licenses have 
been given and most probably none will be. If 
seining is going on in Missisquoi Bay it is being 
done illegally, and we will attend to the matter.” 
I have the best personal reasons for knowing 
that the Hon. Mr. Prevost is determined, so far 
as ever it may be possible for him, to resist all 
the influences now being brought to bear upon 
him to compel the issue of the netting licenses 
to the Missisquoi Bay netters. I have every hope 
that he will succeed, but the fight against the 
political friends of the fishermen is a hard one. 
E. T. D. CHAMBERS. 

Tarpon at Tampico. 
Editor Forest and Stream: ; 
Tarpon fishing is now on in good earnest in 
Tampico. This quaint old Mexican town is 
alive with enthusiastic sportsmen from all points 
of the United States. Their headquarters is the 
Hotel Hidalgo, whose genial and gentlemanly 
manager, Mr. A. M. Poindexter, provides boats, 
boatmen, and when desired, tarpon tackle, and 
looks after their comfort generally. 
Almost every one here has landed his tarpon, 
and all without exception have been fast for a 
few brief but thrilling moments, to this king of 
game fishes, which, when hooked, acts _like 
nothing else in the world but “chained light- 
ning.” 
The record fish so far this season was taken 
by Mr. St. Clair Boyd, of California. It meas- 
ured 7 feet 1 inch, and weighed 198 pounds. 
Every day tarpon from 5 to 7 feet are landed. 
The Panuco River is literally swarming with 
tarpon at this season, on their way to spawn in 
its upper waters, and from now until April 15 
the fishing will be at its best. 

Tampico, Mexico, March 4.—Editor Forest and 
Stream: The tarpon fishing here has been ex- 
ceptionally good so far, taking into consideration 
the fact that we have had a succession of cold 
northers, which is very unusual in this vicinity 
at this time of the year. Over 300 tarpon have 
been landed since the beginning of the season, and 
some very large fish have been brought to me to 
be prepared for the taxidermist. I have at the 
present time ready for shipment to the States 
and England, also several for Canada, fifty-eight 
tarpon ranging from five feet and a half to six 
feet and ten inches. We are discouraging sports- 
men from bringing in any except those that are 
to be mounted for either their homes or club 
houses, and therefore the chances of the fine fish- 
ing in the Panuco being exhausted are elimi- 
nated. March and April will see some large 
scores, as there are now thousands of tarpon in 
the river, and with advices of rooms and boats to 
be engaged with the large number of sportsmen 
already here, the resources of the Hidalgo, now 
known as the Southern, are and will be taxed to 
the utmost of its capacity. A party of fourteen 
from Chicago reached here on the 14th ult., 
headed by E. H. Brown and W. H. Dilg, who 
each caught twenty-five tarpon during their ten 
days’ stay in March of last year. 
The Reau Campbell party, which has just left, 
and for whom Mr. M. A. Rice engaged the en- 
tire fishing outfits and boats of the Southern, 
caught thirteen tarpon on Thursday last, and on 
Friday following eleven of these gamy fish were 
brought in, besides a great many yellowtails, with 
which the river abounds. Mr. F. H. Stephenson, 
of Chicago, captured two fine tarpon to-day, and 
Mr. W. B. Jordan, of Miles City, Mont., caught 
one of six feet and eight inches. 
A large number of ducks are in the lagoons 
south of Tampico, and a party of Mexico City 
people start to-morrow to this sportsman’s para- 
dise for a week’s hunting. Captain Curtis, of the 
steamer Seneca, Ward Line, running between this 
port and New York, brought in over 100 fine 
ducks shot in one day last week in Lagoona 
Tamiahuawa. A jaguar skin ‘that measured over 
nine feet was brought in last Monday from 
Osylwama, on the shores of the lake, and was 
readily sold for $25. Taking everything into con- 
sideration, as a sportsman’s winter resort Tampico 
is on the boom. 
California Anglers’ Association. 
San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 27.—Editor Forest 
and Stream: Every man who loves outdoor life 
and desires to see that the natural heritages of 
man be preserved and protected for the present 
and future generations, will be pleased to know 
that out on the Pacific coast an organization has 
successfully passed the experimental stages and 
that the California Anglers’ Association stands 
forth as an earnest and active advocate of the, 
propagation and protection of the game fishes 
that are now so plentiful in this great State. 
The Association was organized a year ago and 
its mission and usefulness has become recognized 
by all right thinking people as one of great im- 
portance to the State. The Association has 
magnificent quarters in San Francisco, and its 
membership, which is increasing rapidly, has 
reached the 200 mark and comprises the best 
citizenship to be found in the Golden State. The 
organization has become by reason of its environ- 
ments quasi-public in its sphere of usefulness. It 
is not local in its application but is as great as 
the State itself. It came into existence by reason 
of a want of proper understanding on the part 
of the people generally as to the dangers that 
threaten a total annihilation of our game fishes 
by reason of a non-observance of the laws enacted 
for their protection. The Association has actively 
prosecuted offenders who have violated the laws 
and has done much toward protecting the salmon, 
striped bass, steelhead trout and other game 
fishes. 
The Association is managed by a Board of Di- 
rectors in whom all property rights are vested 
and who have the sole management arid control 
of its affairs. The board consists of ten mem- 
bers, five of whom go out of office every year. 
The directors are elected by ballot at the annual 
meeting of the Association and hold office for 
two years. The present Board of Directors and 
officers are as follows: James Watt, President; 
D. M. Sachs, Vice-President; Achille Roos, Sec- 
ond Vice-President; W. R. Eaton, Secretary; 
Western National Bank, Treasurer; Board of 
Directors—C. J. Ashlin, John Butler, R. C. Haas, 
EK. M. Pomroy, J. S. Swan, Wm. F. Hillegass, 
C. R. Overholtzer, John H. Sammi, Samuel A. 
Wells, George A. Wentworth; Finance Commit- 
tee—Joseph Pincus, L. V. Merle, L. Levy. 
Gi A.W. 
The Contented Angler. 
From “New Collected Rhymes” of Andrew Lang. 
The Angler hath a jolly life 
Who by the rail runs down, P 
And leaves his business and his wife, 
And all the din of town. 
The wind down stream is blowing straight, 
And nowhere cast can he; 
Then lo, he doth but sit and wait 
In kindly company 
The miller turns the water off, 
Or folk be cutting weed, 
While he doth at misfortune scoff, 
From every trouble freed; 
Or else he waiteth for a rise, 
And ne’er a rise may see; 
For why, there are not any flies 
To bear him company, 
Or, if he mark a rising trout, 
He straightway is caught up, 
And then he takes his flask out, 
And drinks a rousing cup. 
Or, if a trout he chance to hook, 
Weeded and broke is he, 
And then he finds a godly book 
Instructive company. 
