
JUNE 30, 1906.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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HANDICAP AT TARGETS, 1906. 
money was sent, and a passage was secured for 
the man on the Westernland. Letters to the 
Seamen’s Friend Society were given to him to 
show on his arrival. Ine one of these, Capt. 
Hurry says, that there is no doubt that Silcox 
was greatly wronged by Capt. Jefly, when he 
was discharged at Antwerp. 
“And when I get home,” says Lewis, fer- 
vently, “I’ll sure stay there. And ef you-all 
should ever come to Bluff Springs, I’d be right 
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glad to see you—ef you don’t talk fishin’. 
Trout for Massachusetts Stocking. 
Boston, June 23.—Secretary Henry H. Kimball 
has sent to clubs throughout the State this notice: 
“For the last two years the Massachusetts Fish 
and Game Commission has been unable to furnish 
one-half the fingerling trout that have been ap- 
plied for, although the Sutton Hatchery—the only 
one in the State where trout can be reared to the 
fingerling stage—has been worked to its utmost 
capacity. In view of these facts there seems to be 
no way of supplying the deficiency for the com- 
ing fall planting except by the united efforts of 
the sportsmen’s clubs. 
“The State Association stands ready to adopt 
a plan for doing this work like the one which has 
met with signal success in supplying quail, in case 
the allied clubs signify a desire to co-operate. 
“We can supply fingerlings for streams, wholly 
or in part open to public fishing, for one-half the 
cost (as we did quail). 
“By placing a large order soon we are able to 
fix the price at less than one-half what private 
parties have to pay. This price covers the cost 
of transportation, but no order for less than one 
thousand will be accepted. The Association must 
place its order early in July, so you will see that 
immediate action on the part of clubs that desire 
to avail themselves of this opportunity is im- 
perative.” 
A Simple Reel Clamp. 
GALVESTON, Texas, June 5.—Editor Forest and 
Stream: I noticed some time ago in your valued 
paper a good article from Mr. A. St. John New- 
berry, in which he incidentally mentions the 
annoyance of a reel working loose under the 
strain of a big fish. I intended at the time to 
write him how this can be avoided, but neglected 
to do so, and now, in your last issue, Mr. Harry 
C. Mohr tells of his appliance, wrapping with 
_ fish. 
_appears to be too simple to be good. 

gum strips, which he says does not take more 
than five minutes to apply, and holds the reel 
steady in its shoes. 
I want to call attention to a spiral steel spring 
that can be applied in five seconds and is a per- 
fect lock, automatically adapting itself to any 
size reel and as rigid under all strain as if the 
reel and its seat were one. They only cost a few 
cents. After trying all sorts of devices, none 
satisfactory, and asking fishing tackle men to de- 
vise a simple, cheap, easily attached, easily dis- 
engaged reel band lock, I was told to give them 
some easier conundrum. I then made this spring 
lock, a simple coil of piano-wire, with the ends 
bent into a, hook, to use on usual band seat, 
punch a hole with the handle end of your file 
in the upper and outer edge of the immovable 
shoe, insert one of the hooks, and with your 
pliers draw (stretch) the coil and engage the 
other hook under the movable or sliding shoe, 
and there you are. I and many others have used 
this real fastener right along for the past two 
years and a half, three fishing seasons. It is 
perfectly secure, holds the reel just as steady with 
a hundred pound tarpon as with a six-inch pig- 
I only want to say to tarpon and tuna fish- 
ermen and those who iike to sweat over the 
kingfish and the jack, that it is their own fault 
if they have any trouble with loose reels. I sent 
some of these springs to Mr. Aflalo, of England; 
to Mr. Waddell, of Kansas City; and Mr. Holder, 
of Pasadena, but have not heard from them as 
to use, which simply: means, I take it, that it 
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however, not only a good safe reel seat lock, it 
is perfect; that is the verdict of our Galveston 
Fishing Club. 
If any reader wants to try it write me and 
I will send one, and he will no longer use gum 
bands, screw bands, or tie on with an old line. 
Dr. Holder wrote me that if it worked as well 
as I expected, it would improve the niorals of 
fishermen who, when the reel falls off, are liable 
to go off into bad words. Try this spring clamp. 
G. E. Mann, 
Man Eaters Dislike Power Boats. 
Honotutu, Havana.—Editor Forest and 
Stream: I have read with interest the observa- 
tions of fishermen in reference to sea fish leaving 
their natural haunts because of the power boats, 
and it may be of interest to some of your readers 
to know the effect they have on fish 5000 miles 
from your side of the continent, 

For a great many years sharks were plentiful 
about the entrance of Pearl Harbor, situated 
seven miles down the coast from the city of 
Honolulu. We could be sure of catching during 
the night one, at least, and have caught as high 
as four man-eaters, big ones, too, measuring 10, 
II, I2 and 13 feet from tip of nose to end of tail. 
We usually fished for them at night with a large 
hook, well baited, and allowed to rest on the bot- 
tom in ten fathoms of water. Sharks were caught 
sometimes four miles up the lochs, and were 
frequently seen about the entrance. 
About three years ago the Pearl Harbor bar 
was dredged from a depth of 9 feet to 33 feet. 
This contract took a year, and I presume that 
the noise of the huge suction dredge, pounding 
under water, and of the power boats going to and 
fro was very disquieting to the shark family, and 
they seem to have abandoned their favorite 
haunts. We have fished repeatedly for them 
without results, and have never seen even a “fin” 
of this dreaded sea wolf. 
What effect the power boats have had on the 
smaller fish, I am not prepared to state. We have 
only a few launches here, and as they cruise out- 
side the barrier reefs, the fish in the shoal waters 
inside are undisturbed. The off-shore fishing 
grounds are very deep. Some fishing is done in 
depths of 900 feet, and, of course, this would 
prove a good muffler of the noise of the useful 
power craft. ALBERT DELMAR. 
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