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been an enormous pickerel, which, judging from the 

 size of the relic on the hook, must have weighed at 

 least thirty pounds; but where the rest of the fish was 

 the Lord, or more correctly speaking the turtles, only 

 know. 

 Cedar Lake is reached from Lake Villa Depot, on the 



"EAGERLY WATCHING HIS HOD, WITH RAPT ATTENTION" 



Wisconsin Central, is a trifle over fifty miles from 

 Chicago, and affords excellent bass and pickerel fish- 

 ing. The fishing in Celar Lake is at its best during 

 September and October. 



The deep pickerel hole marked A on the chart contains 

 large fishes, but I have never had much success fish- 



