The Republican journal., 1899-06-01
FISH AND GAME. The Belgrade lakes

FISH AND GAME. The Belgrade lakes
are developing into famous fishing
grounds. Many splendid catches have
been made at Great pond of late. 81. w.
Colder of Augusta took four large trout
and two dozen bass, F. A. White and
Nathan Weston four trout, the largest
weighing 3 pounds; Harry Reid, three
OF between three and four pounds each;
Gen. ohm j. Richards and ID. X. Libby,
two, the largest five FOUNDER. Many
other tine strings have been captured.....
''TO save the lobster from determination,
pass law against canning and another
| against shipping them out OF the State and
you IL do more than in any other way"
said a lobster fisherman the other day..
AT hearing in Foxcroft, recently, by
Fish and Game Commissioners Carleton
and Oak, it was decided to close Ship
Pond stream and these other streams to
Ship pond: Buttermik stream, Vaughn
brook, Benson and johnson streams, for
term of four years. The Rangeley
region is full of fishermen, and the big
fish stories are beginning to come in. Mr..
| r. c. Bradford of Portland, treasurer of
the P. & R. F. R. r., and Mr.. Marshall
NJ. Dercy of Loring, Short & Harmon of
Portland, took about twenty trout at
Bemis May 18th, and Miss Louise NJ,
Morrow of Woodfords, who has been at
Camp Prospect on Richmond lake for a
week, was nighttime May 18th at Bemis
with one of the finest strings taken on the
lake this year. On the Cupsuptic the
sportsmen have been having great good
luck. Col. E. c. harrington, G. E.
Oak, Captain Chadbourne, A. d. Rus
sell and others Of the Augusta State
House people went out May 10Th with
big strings. They took over thirty fish
on one spot about eighty rods long,
where the south wind blew on a lee
shore. The biggest was taken by Mr..
Russell, five pound fish,. 1t is report
ed at Bangor that Gov. Roosevelt Of New
Y ork and party of his friends have writ
ten to the governors friend, "Bill'
Sewall of Island Falls, that they would
come to Maine during the fishing season.
Sewall has been a lifelong friend of the
hero of San Juan, having hunted with
him in the west for many years when the
| governor owned several ranches there
There is said to b some prospect that the
United States officials will establish
pond at North Haven for the purpose of
protecting young Holsters hatched at the
| hatcherieS. These are now liberated
when very young and are very apt to
furnish a dinner for some of the denZens
of the deep. If a pond is established
! they will be kept in it until large enough to
Shift for themselves. The United States
officials recently visited North Haven and
looked over the ground but, so far as
known, have not yet come to any decision
! in the matter..... With reference to the
trials in Calais before the S. j. court, of
parties accused of violations of the game
laws, Mr.. Oak Of the fish and game com
mission says; 1T seems strange that it
is difficult to convict down that way
! Washington county has had many
tlagrant violations Of game laws, particu-
larly in the wholesale shipment of deer to
Boston. 1t has been VIGOROUSLY open
| and there has been but one arrest, Capt
Lurchin, and he has been acquitted by the
jury. There have been so deer shipped
west from coast towns of Washington
county the past winter. 1t is shameful
and we are going to put a stop to it if we
have to patrol the coast with wardens.n