The Portland daily press., 1896-11-09
A WONDERFUL SIGHT.
The Salmon Trying to Jump the Dam
at JOrdan's River.

Very Interesting Experience of Pr omi-
nent Breeder-wishes Gentlemen Who
Think That Fish Are Growing scarcer
Could Take in the Sight.
The following letter written by a prom.
inent fish bre. der to a we'll known angler
of this city will be- read with great inter
est BY all sportsmen:
Dixfeld, October s1st, 1895.
My Dear Sir:-I went to the weir at
Sebago last Thursday. There l found
over 800 salmon In the weir, and over
one hundred red spots. The salmon
were the largest l ever saw. They will
average fully eight pounds, and there are
several that will weigh twenty pounds
and over. The men at the weir, two
wardens, tell me the river Is tul of sal
mon, and that no poaching has been per-
mitsed. From the weir went to Ray
mond village and stopped over night. !
there found the stream that runs through
the village. "Jordan's River" full OF
very large fish. They were on the bs
spawning. where you could see the IA
dam. There was salmon in the air con-
tinually, and sometimes two or three 1t
| is az ideal place and the finest spawning
ground l ever saw. The flow OF water IL
governed by gate, making the water
high or low at will. The dam IL owned
| by a gentleman by the name of Davis,
who is very much interested in the sal
mon, although he never goes fishing. He
has been watching them night and day
ever since they put In an appearance, and
says II the poaohers poach there, he will
not only inform the commissioners, but
will also prosecute them for trespass, as
| he owns the land on the shores of the
brook. He is going to put small house
| for guard to stay in on the shore. The
sight Of these fish Is such as never sa "
before. 1t puts me in mind of old times
at RanaeIey, only there are more fish
and larger than | ever saw at Rangeley.
only wish some of the Portland gentle.
men who think there are no fish, OF
rather that they are growing scarce q,
Sebago, could see what saw theirs this
last week. I went with Mr.. Davis down
the river below where the fish were
spawning, and found them all along In
the deep holes waiting to come np.
MIR. Davis says the first salmon camf
in til ere to spawn four years ago. There
| we're three of them. The next year nine
He says they have gradually increased
It is the best place for hatchery, and &c
| feed the young fry l have ever seem
| There is plenty of spring water, and tins
water In the stream is clear as crystal
but the place is so far away from tns
railroad 1t could not be made distribute
ing point. If could run that place FOL
ten years and feed what fish l could hatcl
there from eggs taken on the spot
would guarantee to fill the lake full Of
salmon or not charge cent. From th'
village l went to the outlet. There were
a few at the head above the dam, but
none In the river below. The man who
takes care Of the fishery says the large
school of salmon that was at the outlet
has gone up to Whites bridge, and arr
spawning there In considerable numbers
Mr.. Davis, the gentleman who own
the dam at Raymond, says they nav:
had good fishing there this season. ane
that his brother has caught considerable
many. 1t looks to me like good nsh1nG
lground about the mouth of that river.