CHAPTER XV. 



CHANNEL LAKE. LAKE CATHERINE. LOON LAKE. 



LOCATING STRANGE WATERS. HOW AND 



WHEN TO STRIKE A FISH. 



Channel Lake and Lake Catherine are located di- 

 rectly north of Lake Marie, with which they communi- 

 cate by a channel, and are also connected by another 

 waterway. They are reached by the Antioch Depot 

 on the Wisconsin Central Line. The distance from 

 Chicago is a trifle over fifty-five miles. In both of 

 these lakes excellent bass and pickerel fishing is to 

 be had, though the really good fishing ground in 

 Channel Lake is somewhat limited, the east shore be- 

 ing the best fishing water. In Lake Catherine the 

 best bass ground is at the southern point, and for 

 both bass and pickerel on either side of the channel on 

 the west side of the lake. There is also some wall- 

 eyed pike ground in deeper water at the south end, 

 as shown on the map. So many anglers have asked 

 me the quickest method of locating the best fishing 

 grounds in strange waters, that I think it would be a 

 good idea to give a general description of a typical 

 piece of water, naming those general divisions and 

 bottom formations which are to be found in all lakes. 

 With few exceptions all lakes possess the following 

 features: 



First, a rush line extending from the shore line some 

 distance within the lake, dotted here and there with 

 lilypads at some points close within shore. Secondly, 

 bass and pickerel weeds, just outside the rush line and 

 adjoining it; and thirdly, the deeper water which lies 

 immediately beyond the bass and pickerel weeds. This 

 deeper water usually marks the termination of what- 

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