New-York tribune., 1895-10-13

TACKLE FOR TAKING BLACK EAss
or fish Will say 20 another who wants the Ia"
on a certain o;he. k.nd Of FISH or game OF
month earlier than It ought be or who wishes 10
begin sooner than he should. You vote ior my
anendr,en, and III vote for yours
AN illustration OF the varying needs Of the
State OF New-York in the way Of nsn laws ma! oe
taken from the fact that fishing Tor trout
permitted on Long Island from the lst day OF
Anil ol,sorgh elsewhere in New-York 1t Is not
nsrm,,ed until April 1s April l6 is too early 1oE
the Adirondack region where the ice and snow are
rarely well away before June !. but ApriI is
really late FOR the Long Island streams lh'S Is
what may be called a compromise Dut II Is no' al
entirely fair one The fact is that the peop'e =,
the northern part Of the state ought u Oe
10 nsh up 20 the middle Of September wniIe the
spor,sren who fish on Long Island could De al
lowed 20 begin TO fish as early as Marcn To- 50 lai
a. the trout are concerned. AZ a RUE 1t Il '0o
cold 10 ee, out and DO much fishing so early as
that
A SECOND DRAWBACK.
Regarding the second set Of circumstances Una.
prevent good game laws in New-York state nsh VI
the same species do not all spawn az the same ''e
have seen trout gravid during almost every
month OF the year Some black bass in Branding
ham Lake in the Adirondscks. were gravid this
year in the middle Of August The only thing 10
90 Is 10 cover the period at which sufhcienty
large number o.. the fish OF given species are
gravid and their spawning time. 10 insure the
continuance OF the largest number or the species
possible Another good improvement 10 the law
that comes 20 my mind would be the provision OF
penalty for taking striped bass through the Ice
with nets as Is done the Hudson at Sing sing
Here they make two hoes through the ice. and
with a net catch the benumbed or partly dormant
fish II is maintained by the hshmongers that we
do not Know that the striped bass goes up the
Hudson 10 spawn which is perfectly true; but the
question is What do these anadromous hsh do in
the fresh water so far from their native element.
II they do go up there 10 spawn? u Is not mat
so many striped bass caught in the Hudson In
this way although the biggest come from there.
but enormous quantities are taken in the waters
on the Southern coasts.
One OF the great troubles with the enforcement
OF game Law is that many people have the idea
mat II hsh is caught out OF the State no harm is
done. II is account OF this error that laws
agans, the having IN possession are necessary.
lhere was change in the laws last session which
nope 10 see remeded al once when the Legislature
meets THIS winter BY this change II was lawful
70 nave IN ones possession fish taken either during
'ne open season or 800 miles from New-York The
proo' necessary 10 establish the taking OF the
nsh under these conditions was the affidavit OF The
'elHgerator man that the fish or game had been
'aAen IN The open season. or the AFFIDAVIT OF the
railway company that II had been taken at least
" n"es from New-fork. Experience has proved
" Ihe members OF the Society for the Protection
VI zane that such sf1davits can be only TOO easily
Aneo. understand that when the new laws as
s,' eo were passed, in way other the
was inserted permitting the having In pos
'on OF hsh and game as described out Of sea
~s.1 'ss Governor signed the law, ~ under |
- A'se seod deal Of money hae been