Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-09-22
FOREST AND STREAM.
TELLING FoR RECREATION AMONG PINS
AND FURs.
Success in the Lakes and Rivers-Bear
Catching Items Of Interest all
Along the Line

Success in the Lakes and Rivers-Bear
Catching-Items of interest all
Along the Line.
White fish are now being introduced into
our rivers, and hence the following as to
their catching will be in the line Of the
future with US Lake Superior is con-
sidered the best Of the great lakes for fish.
It's water is more ike that of springs than
any of the others. White fish and lake
trout taken from Superior command better
prices than the same fsh taken from any
other lake. They like deep water, and are
frequently taken from depth of 300 feet.
They are worth Sl20 ton, and are taken
principally in gill nets. On the Saalt st.
Marie the Indians have novel method of
catching white fish. Two Indians go with
a canoe into the rapids, One occupies the
bow the other the stern. The latter uses
paddle to keep the boats head up stream.
The former has pole with which to steady
the boat, standing upright in his place.
They take with them dip-net four feet in
diameter, attached to pole or handle
Is feet long. This is placed ready to the
hand of the Indian in the bow. The fishing
is done at the foot of the rapids, where the
water boils and tumbles furiously. With
his pole the Indian in the bow holds the
canoe OF let's it float steadily sidewise,
now up little, perhaps, and then down,
but always under perfect control. The
Indian gazes constantly into the water,
which is often ten feet deep where they
are fishing, and the depths of which no
white man was ever yet able to school
his eye to penetrate. Suddenly he seizes
the net by the handle with one hand, still
manipulating the boat with the other, and
plunges the net into the water, perhaps
ten feet away, thrusting it to the bottom.
Then he gives 1t peculiar twist, draws it
up, and turns out into the boat often as
many as half dozen white fish, weighing
from three TO five pounds. These Indian
fishermen are unerring in casting their
nets, and it is not en- uncommon thing for
them to capture 300 white fish in day.
How they are able to gee the fish in the
bottom of the rapids is mystery no one
has yet been able to fashom.-[ The Mas
terry.
Recently as Melvin Gardner, who re-
sides at Elk, Penn, at the mouth of
Sp:ing creek, was walking through the
woods about mile from his house, he
saw bear sitting behind log looking at
him. Taking good aim, he knocked her
over with bullet from his trusty rifle.
Before he had time to observe the effect of
his shot, he saw cub.bear scampering off.
Dropping his rifle he ran after it, and
soon had it by the back of the neck. Just
as he caught it he saw another cub at
tempting to climb tree near by. Though
incumbered by the cub he had Just cap
tured, he ran after the second one, and
caught it by the neck just as it got fairly
started up the tree. With both hands
full of bear, he started on a run for his
house, the cubs doing their level best to
get away. Before he reached home his
shirt sleeves were in shreds. Arming
himself with his AK he started back, ac-
companied by his son, to look after the
mother of the cubs. As they neared the
spot what was their surprise to see an
other cub making for tree. They waited
patiently for two hours, and, as last re-
sort, cut the tree down and secured the
third cub, but it was killed by the fall.
The old bear was found stone dead, the
bullet having crushed through her brain.
The citizens of Mount Vernon, n. Y.
says Forest and Stream, having been an
noyed by the hordes of ours of low degree
which nightly bay the moon, the offending
dogs and their owners have been brought
into Court, Justice Weeks presiding and
meeting out due punishment. 1t is reported
that after number of complaints had
been lodged against persons who said they
were not the owners of offending dogs, the
Justice took the evidence of Chief OF Po.
lice Sternhagen, which was that in each
case he had seen the respective dogs follow
the respective defendants. The Court de.
cided that it YVES good evidence of owner
ship for dog to be seen to follow a man,
and imposed fines accordingly" Though
hesitsting to dissent from the opinion of SO
high a Judicial authority as the Mount
Vernon Justice, We think it quite possible
to conceive of certain instances where the
mere act of following could not be con-
strued as implying possession. For exam
pie, tie scene pear orchard, the follower
a bulldog of ferocious aspect, the followee
a small boy, making for the picket fence.
Would the Court hold that the boy was
seized or possessed OF the bulldog?
Whoever may have heretofore doubted
the existence of sea serpents, will now
have to accept the fact. The Pacific Life
thus tells it: Tuesday week some Italian
fishermen, off Marin county shore, caught
in net what is claimed to be veritable
serpent, and which was placed on exhibit
tion at the California market. When
caught it was so ferocious that the men
dubbed it quiet, and it died on the follow.
ing day. 1t is three feet long, four and
one. half inches in circumference, copper.
colored on top, with dark-brown spots
which extend from the head to the tail,
and with a pale brown belly. It has no
gills nor dorsal TN, and its tail tapers to a
point like that of an ordinary snake. The
mouth is two inches long, armed with two
rows of sharp and retentive teeth Only
think that California is the first to catch
and exhibit veritahle sea serpent. As
seen when dead, it certainly was a rough
and ugly looking customer"
a form of bait is suggested by one Of the
writers TO q sporting periodical that is
somewhat novel, He says that he hiss
used it for thirty years, and never saw iss
equal as bait. The skin of the neck and
the head of fowl, with speckled and red
feathers, cut into narrow strips with the
feathers on, makes a most enticing bait.
and it may be used fresh, or be kept
picked in salt brine from fail till spring.
he Gays: "When on the hook it is
most enticing bait and being tough hangs
on well and looks bright. / have caught
q basket of trout with enc bait. Some
times you want bait like bug or grass-
hopper, or large miller, this you can
closely initiate by leaving on one or two
feathers Sometimes by cutting irem the
wattles near the bill, with featker or
two, CT piece of the comb. piece OF the
little feathers attached will lure trout
when nothing else will.
Those who are familiar with the favor Ct
ahad will never admit that there is any
other fish as fine to eat. either rs pan fish |
OR baked. When the Pacific Coast bosster
has heretofore been referring to our fish, an
Z stern man, with a few shad bones in his |
tsSoa., could always get away with the
ar ..nment when he referred to the delicious
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