LAKE MARIE AND BLUFF LAKE. 65 



joined by a narrow channel bounded on each side by 

 an expanse of floating sod. There is good perch, bass 

 and pickerel fishing. This lake is very much exposed 

 to the wind, and but a slight breeze is required to 

 cause strong waves and a choppy surface. The fishes 

 will feed in Lake Marie in rough water, where the same 

 surface conditions on many of the other lakes would be 

 fatal sport, yet there is no piece of water in the whole 



legion where fine and far-off fishing is so necessary to 

 secure a good catch as in Lake Marie. 



The lake for many years past has been a particularly 

 favorite resort for the angler, and although the fishes 

 are fairly plentiful they are extremely shy and hard to 

 catch. The presence of a boat, announced by the dip 

 of the sculls, will cause every fish within a hundred and 

 fifty feet to scurry for shelter, and the only method of 

 approaching them with any show of success is by 



