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nessed happened while fishing Gage's Lake this Sum- 

 mer. Smith Wright, of Sand Lake Hotel; Mr. Charles 

 Hamilton, of Chicago, and myself were in the boat 

 together, Mr. Hamilton rowing, Wright and myself 

 casting, using minnows as bait. We came across a small 



pocket within the rushes where the water at no place 

 exceeded nine inches in depth. The appearance of this 

 spot indicated bass, and Hamilton placed the boat, 

 with scarcely a perceptible ripple to disturb the water 

 in the vicinity, in the most favorable position to com- 

 mand it with our casting rods, about eighty feet away. 



