Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-06-14


| ing. The hearing will be held in Sa.
battus, June 20.
On the two hearings. last week, held
in the Rangeley region, the commits
sioners decided to grant the prayer OF
the petitioners. one was for the clos
ing to fishing in Round and Dodge
ponds and Hunters cove for a term
of years, and the other was for the
closing of the pool below the upper
dam TO fishing from daylight to ! r.
NJ, after August |.
There Is many good fish story lock-
ed away in the correspondence that is
received by Commissioner Carleton
from his wardens and guides all over
the State. as well as in the correspond
ence from sportsmen.
Mr.. Carleton kindly gave the Jour
nal letter, Tuesday, that he had re-
ceived from a guide in Washington
county, and leaving out the sections
that apply to private matters it makes
very interesting reading. The guide
said he had guided Rev. Mr.. Rice of
Calais, and Mr. Parmele of Bangor,
with excellent success about Princeton.
The following is the letter:
Princeton, June /, 1899.
We see interesting reports from near
ly all fishing localities in these days,
but we see very little, if anything. said
concerning the sport to be had in
Washington county. and those who are
unacquainted with this section of the
State may infer there is none to be had
here. which is not the case by any
means
Perhaps the reason why the fine
fishing here has not been brought be-
fore the public more can be found in
this characteristic answer received
from a guide: If you knew where
there was a good fishing ground you
would naturally keep stin about it.
You wouldn't want anyone to know,
would you? OF course not, and with a
good guide you would have sport for
years; where if every one knew and
soon run out
Whatever fault may be found with
the method of reasoning, the thought
has been carried out to some extent
in this vicinity, and one sportsman
has been coming here for % years sue
cessively. and each year feels fully re-
paid for his trouble.
His trip usually takes in the SchOodic
lakes. where he visits old and familiar
haunts, with a stop at Farrer'S lake, in
the northern part of the county.
1t was at the latter lake that he
made the catch of the season recently,
and had one of those funny expert
ences that add charm to this sport.
The guide in relating the experiences,
said: We had been out on the lake
for some time. Hadn't had much luck
and was going in shore. l was troll
ing and when quite near shore l felt
something on my line l commenced
to draw in easy, for | tell you he pull
ed strong. and my line was rather
fine one-wasn't meant for a whale.
We'll. | hauled him up almost TO the
canoe and where the water was per-
haps l6 or IS inches deep, and snap
went the line and-the 1lSn was III tle
water and | was in the canoe. He
was a beauty and seemed dazed by the
sudden change in his affairs, for he
did not change his position for a sec
ond. and |, seeing it was now or never,
made a lunge with both hands and
grabbed the big fellow by the neck, and
bv iamming his head in the sand, fin
alIy succeeding in capturing him. My
man kept his head and leaned his weight
on the other side of the canoe and we
did not go out, although 1t spilled
water out of our fish tub. 1t did not
take so much time to realize it as it
does to tell it.
We'll, we got our fish ashore and
weighed him. He tipped the scales at
"A pounds, and measured inches long
er than a -four barrel We could not
get him in the fish box, 50 had to pack
him separate, as the sportsman would
not forego the pleasure of showing that
catch to his Boston friends under any
consideration
The guide says he does not think
there is any law forbidding a man div