Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-09-26
Maine Fish and Game Notes.

Master Linwood Ashton of Wilton, has
two tame white rabbits.
James Cutting of Phippsburg, captured
four coons the other day.
Boothbay Harbor fishermen report fish
as exceedingly scarce this fall.
Three thousand young perch were re.
Gently liberated in MadawaSka anC
Square lakes.
]. A. Chase of Sebec Station. recently
captured pair of turtles weighing ovel
so pounds which many people called te
see.
halibut weighing $50 pounds was
brought to Bath from Small Point. re-
Gently. It is very seldom that halibu,
are caught in that section.
The duck shooting at the head of Sebee
Der of years. Reuben Riley. a guide. sho,
four black ones at one shot near Lyford
Springs.
Bath hunters report wild fowl very
there was fairly good shooting, but at
present there are about five hunters to
every duck.
The Passamaquoddy Indians at Pleas
ant Point near Eastport, captured 80 por-
poise during the summers hunt in the
Bay of Fundy, and the trip can be
termed a financial success to the Indians
Capt. Charles Lawrence of Bucksport
caught a big cod fish in a cove neal
Chipman's crossing, recently; The fish
was easily captured. 1t weighed 4.
pounds.
pogtish have come into the harbor a,
Belfast and are doing considerable mis-
chief among the schools of herring men.
haden and mackerel. Alvenus Sanborr
caught a dogfish in his nets last Thurs
day night which measured three feet In
length.
The thinkers. are running larger than
they did earlier in the season, but the
big mackerel are becoming scarce. The
demand for mackerel has been more than
the supply here and none have been
saited by our local fishermen, reports the
Belfast Journal.
Master Clarence Thompson. aged five
years. son of George Thompson, caught
and landed landlocked salmon weigh
ing 4 pounds pounds, and i ounces at sebec
Championship of Maine as a feather
weight fisherman.
Elmer and Walter Keniston of Bridgton
captured the champion turtle the other
day In the stream a little way north OF
Highland lake. and secured It without
serious difficulty. When they laid their
prize on the. scales it tipped the beam at
the 46 pounds notch.
County Attorney F. I. Campbell Of
Cherryfeld, has been presented with a
Harrinal patent steel-bowed landing net
by the Maine Sportsman's Fish and
Game Association as prize for having
caught the biggest laker at thar recent
excursion to MOOsehead.
Black bass are said to be becoming nu-
merous in the river near Sprague's falls.
The increase ingthe number Of this finny
tribe in the st. Croix Is causing some
anxiety on the part of some fishermen
who claim that these fish are worthless
and destroy other better fish.
The first day of open time on wood
cock brought between forty and fifty
birds into South Paris. Charles Titcomb
and Henry and Herman Record brought
in II, F. w. Bonney. M. w. Maxim and
Fred Harlow II. and Charles Brett and
Writ Stanley, with Mr.. Peterson OF Port
Cod and pollock have been more plenti-
ful In Eastport bay recently, than at any
time during the season and schools OF
small pollock are very frequently seen
near the wharvesa in search of food
which brings the hsh near the surface.
Ihis has been prosperous year for the
line fishermen and just at present, her.
ring for the sardine factories are more
than plentiful andgre bougnt cheap at
the weirs down theEbays
Fred H.. Francis has received notice
from the U. 8. fishsepmmission at WASH