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eral fine, deep pockets. There is enough good water in 

 this space to occupy a bait-caster a half day if he 

 fishes it as it should be fished. With a trifling breeze 

 he can drift over the ground and fish it thoroughly, the 

 rushes being just thick enough to delay the drift of the 

 boat sufficiently to allow thorough combing of the 

 ground. 



Proceeding north from the point marked P on the 

 map, an open space free from rushes and weeds is 

 crossed until the rushes are again reached at the point 

 marked M. This is fine perch ground, and when the 

 fishes are feeding a man can easily catch a hundred of 

 these gamy little fellows in a very short space of time. 

 They run in schools of about a couple of dozen to fifty, 

 and providing the angler is careful and draws his fishes 

 in as quickly and quietly as possible, he can catch half 

 the school before the rest take the alarm and go off. 



The next point worth visiting is the rush bed at A, 

 in the northwest bay. There is good pickerel water 

 here, and large fishes are frequently taken just out- 

 side the fringe of rushes running north and south. 

 From the point marked A to the channel at B is good 

 trolling ground, following the shore around about two 

 hundred yards out. A man who likes still fishing can 

 probably do as well among the bass if he should anchor 

 out in the deepish water about two hundred yards, 

 directly opposite the Howard House. On the west 

 side of the island lies good bass and pickerel ground. 

 From the island, coming south, the next point of ex- 

 cellence is the spot marked Z. This is fairly good bass 

 water, but the fishes appear to run small. There is 

 good pickerel water at the point marked O, and fairly 

 good bass ground at the point marked K, in the bay 

 east of the Eastside Hotel. 



The fishing in all these grounds is very erratic. Some 

 days the best pieces of water, or those that are gen- 

 erally considered the best, will prove a blank, and other 

 portions which are considered poor fishing will reward 

 the angler with a big catch of fish. The best thing the 



