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HUNTING FISHING AND SPORT lister River near Diilutli Minn for many years the lionic of record sized brook trout made Rood again this spring when it yielded a twentyeight inch trout weighing six pounds to the rod of Fred Di Marco The fish is now on exhibition in Duliith For many years tho anglers of Duiutli have enjoyed great sport whipping the waters of this stream and every season the record fish for the early months of the year is taken from the raging Lester LesterThe The game law of Massachusetts makes an open season on deer in that state from sunrise on the first Monday of December to sunset the following Saturday the bag limit being one deer in a season and it to be killed witli a shotgun There Is no open season in Massachusetts on ruffed grouse but juail and pheasants may be hunted legally each year from October 20 to November 20 Tho bag limit on quail is four in one day or twenty during the season and oil pheasants two in a day or six The total number of blue fin and yellow fin tuna taken at Catalina Island California during the year 1911 was Oil of which 35 weighed over 100 pounds each The total number of marliii swordfish caught was 1M No broadbill sword fish were captured but a number of anglers re ¬ ported unsuccessful battles with them The prize for the worlds largest tuna taken on light tackle wont to roinmoilore James W Jump lita fish weighing 145J6 pounds Tho usual awards have been made by the Tuna Club and prizes are now being offered for such other game fish ah sword fish white sea bass bonito and dolphin dolphinSays Says a New York dispatch Two recent catches of large striped bass in the Hudson River near Scarborough and Croton have excited considerable interest in this sport and the corps of local anglers lias been supplemented by city sportsmen who are glad of the opportunity of a days fishing close to New York William G Wood of Scarborough while fishing from the shore near the welt known as Bishops Uoeks iii the Hudson beached a striped bass measuring thirty inches in length and weigh ¬ ing eight and onehalf pounds The bass was landed after a battle of fortyfive minutes J Herbert Carpenter of Osslning also secured a bass while fishing near Croton Point that weighed six and onehalf pounds according to the official weigher of the Point Seuasqua Itod and Itccl Club