The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-09-10
Names Fish and Game Laws.

tt Il tflN hlNSiONlItS (tbMIIlNlEN led. I[If
KlNFo h"UsE.
Mn Charles l.. Brace. lhe noted phii-
m lropjst. "a NeW York. and who is net
ouly Il most succ, ,slul "hsher Of men.
has written as follow, of a recent soiotlrn
mt Mooschrad Lake:
The State pf Maine is Wonderfully in
tclHgent In its .il9r and fish laws. The
Legislature laa made kind Of enor-
mous trout preserve NJ Noosehead Lake.
~ mont are allowed to be seut from Il 10
market. amd each aneipr is permitted TO
take with him only 5Opounds to the low
lands. AS a clever legislator said 10 me,
"tAey found it paid better TO Get from the
gentlemen spursnieu $40 Il pound forthe
trout than to let the pot hunters sell them
Ion 10 cents" Great care is taken in re-
StocAing the lakes and in urotecting the
fish On their spawning beds and from SET
lines or ary iestrlrrira artificial means
Of capture Indeed. here they seem fo
have erred Oh he GOOD side. and haye
forbidden the innocent sport of troliino
fo. lake front. What a contrast is all
this to the NEGLECT of the Adirondack
lakes, where have known hundreds of
pounds Of trout sent to market from a
single lake in the spring. and where only
recently has restocking becn attrnuted.
On the contrary. trout fishing has been
almost completely DESTROYED in great
stretches of water-such as the Long
Lake connecti0ns-by the Introduction
OF Mckerel. one interesting result of
the Maine Fish Commissioners work was
to be seen Dn the Penobseot at Bangor.
where on the open RAPIDS some TWO doZ-
en large salmon had been taken this
summer by sportsmeu with The tly.
Alu0sehcad Lake is evidently t0 0e the
grand fish pond O1 tie Union. Ii is fed
by innumerahle springs at the bottom
and has various streams suited for spawn
ING. 1t is in The depths Of the wilder
ness, beyond which are no roads and vet
approached by a railroad from Bangor
and soon to be reached by another from
Canada, connecting with Halifax through
Eastern Maine. The waters are forever
protected by law from such deposits of
mills or factories as would drive away
The trout. There is really uoW but one
anglers hotel on il, but there is no rea-
5Ou in the future why there should not be
4 dozen. The game fish IN these waters
now are the river trout. NhteHsh, and
there soon will be, DO doubt. the land
locked gamest Of all the SaI-
mollidr. Hat angling here in .July and
earl, August is. as in Tie AQlrondackS.
no Joke. lou can get the fish. and
handsome ones. with the rv, bDt Won
have to work for them An Indian nr
guide with his ranor musf I,p maid for
canning material toI one ~. IVA niubts
taken, and then Won must uadd)p and
po}c up 4 stream to some lake or inlet
where the one and three nonndnrs lie
pcl1iH tn er tho Shady banks In This
month, too. these beautiful creatures are
very tastiGious as to their food and their
habitat Nothing is certain ahont the
angling. You NAV bring home a sDlen-
did string or YOU may not get a ..rise !"
1t is very extensive sport. too, costing
from Is TO 1In Der dav. In All his
August nv Gshinr in the New York Wild
einess is much the same. only the Moose
head trout run larger ana the spavnino
time is later. 50 that the last weeks Of
August and Scpten)bpr oiyc the best
FISHING. In the \dironaacks GOOD fishing
is over by Ang. Is and is closed Inv law
Sept. /. The best flies. TOO. seem differ
ent. The favorjte 0y in Northern New
YORK. the scarlet ibis. which resembles
40 earthly insect. is entirely indifferent
to the Maine trout: the brown hackle.
black hackle, Waterman. and professor
seem to do fairly well with both.
in all the northern wilderness. in fact
in all the remote districts of the United
States, there is not such hotel as the
Mount Kineo House. of Moosebead Lake.
1t is a model Of its kind. and reminded
me of the best Engadine houses in Switz
erland. There is a perfect organization
in it. The first thing which Strikes tbe
cold and wearied traveller and fisherman
on entering is the hr,pht omen wood fires
in four or five rooms. UOpen fires are an
execution in Adirondack innsl Then a
Post Office and telegram greet Won in
the hotel office and-what was new to
me-a book for changing addresses on
letters. when guests leave the bouse. If
Won desire ia fish and camn nrinted
list of supplies and anolino material is
offered. and a store at the landino fnr-
nishes them. BROAD metallic travs an
the piazza receive the strings of front as