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intended; the .prohibitioh oi the use OF dogs
Sny e ssG Kin pss n
meant 0rf The asf hs kns
d staB Bsem for the Srnnee o
some OF the sportsmen OF Minnesota the law.
SaVo bean asssa TSis Wnuo have rsnSersS
yalueless the large nnmber Of valuable bird
al aRss Of Rs Il ss ss m Ths n
tions and yoxatious com plications.
During the last week In December and the
early part OF January tho wild fowl shooting in
Currituck Sound. N. c.. was better than for NJ
teen years past For the first time In long
time the holders Of club shares reaped some
returns for their investment As the boes on
the more northern coasts are still covered with
Ice from twelve to fourteen inches thick it can
until Until the arst Of April. Under these $50 conditions
tho March shooting on Currltuck should be
better than that Of the early winter. Wild fowl
be held In the North Carolina sounds until
their feeding grounds further north are free
coasts viii not free themselves sufficiently
spring % shooting Sin Of % the NOR more valuable % Of the
wild fowl species.
The sly benneaters OF Massachusetts, treat
with derision the proposed license tax Of nve
dollars which the Maine Legislature has under
consideration to impose upon alien gunners
The Bay State people say that they view with
Indifference tho threatened imposition OF this
penalty, as this year at least they can iuse the
money to better advantage. They will require
expenses at the Chicago show. The Maine
people are naturally Indignant at the tempta-
srs bestrew the paths OF their weaker breth-
rem. They induce them to CAPTURE lawns out
to the seWa % saeE
with bear claws fastened at each corner. so
as to- give the idea that r the package contains,
TO Maine. and do duty over and over again.
The Vermont Legislature has passed q law
to permit fishing with hook and line in Lake
Cham plain at all seasons. To counterbalance
this tho use OF seines is forbidden. May is the
best month In which to take black bass and
pike in Lake .Champlain. and consequently an
Be- aed e Tho waters nSout
Adams. VT. are among the best on the lnko.
The Gilbert bill. which proposes to mako tho
open season for trout fishing Jan. l instead Of
April 1 in Massachusetts. has passed to
third reading in the House OF Representatives.
The object Of this measure appears to be to
enable the growers OF artiGcially reared trout
to dispose Of their products at the earliest
possible moment The bin has ,as, met with the
enacted i will lead to the CAPTURE Of many N Of
wa eNS. to WhsS
have completed that function will not BY Jan.
Il FH hoped s ths fs1f
In the Senate. Gov: Russell last year vetoed a
similar easIre e ~ As he + loyal angler in
Of the Legislature. it is expected that ho will
exercise the same prerogative In tho case OF
the Gilbert bill
Tho Maine newspapers are already foro-
casting the outlook for trout fishing in that
State for 1893. SO far the untavorable weather
has resulted In very light catch OF trout in
ice-hshing. Although this will be- OF advan-
taGe to tho spring and summer angling. it ap-
pears to be generally conceded that the lsh-
ing with rod and line when tho season opens
will be inferior to that OF several past seasons.
depletion OF Maine streams and ponds.
Whether tn proposed license Q tax upon an glers
Of opinion. It is claimed lain d that the the impostIon
q such tax WIN aSs t anglers
privilege which has heretofore been entirely
Tree. On the other hand second-rate anglers
tax without hesitation. and under its protec-
tion take fish more eindiscriminately than ever.
Mr.. A. N. Cheney. who Is thoroug hiy inform
ed upon the subject has fears that the severe
winter has inflicted great injury to trout fry
In the northern streams OF this State. In the
the brooks are frozen to the
bottom. and tn he wnter has run over the ice
and concealed ID until ,1 the the streams re resemble
water courses anchor ice has formed upon tho |
rapids. which must necessarily be fatal to the |
INK beds % The 1 e % ths areetion @ sGa viii
he all the greater. as the streams last autumn
had @s It
he coming scarcity OF trout fry will be- felt for |
many seasons.
So soon as the Ice leaves the small bays on |
he south side Of Long Island the fishing for |
'o-called whitebait will commence. This |
whitebait is the fry Of tho silver sides. n |
species OF sinner. They are about an inch in |
eng.h. and almost transparent No matter
now carefully cook ed. they are rs tastsless and |
Try as chips, whereas tho mature silver sides
IS as delicate as n smelt. The fashion for
social cd whitehall into great dcmnnd. 1t has
been. established that In England the. white
md Wdt0'. iritish periodical. has thoroughly
Investigated tho subjsct- Only one Englishman
iarrelI, has maintained that 1t is mature
exnmined l3S specimsns Of whitebait taken
in May and june. the longest OF which
we're sprats the remainder the fry Of herring.
In August he examined forty-six specimens
om nches lonr Msrc
.prats. and tho remainder young .herrings.
we're behring's. ~, These .specimens were ali
II the white bait. Even the specimens COL
ectcd by YRrrell. upon which he predicatod
his opinion that the whitehall was n mature
ish, and which are still in tho British Mu-
scum. urOn r-axaminRtion nre considered to |
DO tho fry OF the common herring.
Tho minute researches Of tho modern man
II science. in directions which involve vast
expenditure OF time and labor. arc cyompliiled
n the case OF DR.. Fulton OF the Royal Scottish
Fishing Board. This official has for several
'ears devoted his attention to the determina-
ion Of the rntio OF sex among fishes. He Inns
grcat nnmner ot the species. and
gives as a result OF his Investigations that the
"mre WIKI han 10Y e S ilT The Sae ae
ishes the females are always of a greater
'izo than tho males. and more humorous In
hreo to ono to twelve to one. Among the
'ounl fishes. the cod haddock. and others.
II. males arc larger while the females are
he more abundant. in tho proportion OF from
hree to two to nine to two.
The ATTEMPT to Introduce into Eastern |