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three hundred trout in a single day, in Fish creek, which emp- 

 ties into Chequamegon bay, only three miles from here. An old 

 gentleman from Pittsburg, who has visited this locality several 

 times, has caught two hundred in less than a day on several 

 occasions. Hon. Samuel S. Fifield (the present Lieutenant 

 Governor of the State), editor of the Ashland Press, states 

 that he made a trip up White river two years ago, in company 

 with two other gentlemen, and that in two days' fishing they 

 scored over six hundred trout. A great many brook-trout 

 are taken in the lake and bays along the rocky shores, and it 

 is here that the largest ones are usually found. They are 

 frequently taken as large as three or four pounds in weight. 

 Those in the streams in this vicinity are also large, the 

 average weight being from half-a-pound to a pound. An old 

 fisherman who has lived here for over twenty-five years in- 

 forms me that, notwithstanding the great number of fish 

 annually taken from these waters, he can see no precept ible 

 decrease in the supply; that each year's catch is as large as 

 that of any previous year, the only difference being that 

 not so many of the very large fish are now taken as in former 

 years ; still the great slaughter that is being practiced by 

 many who come here from abroad, such as in the instances 

 mentioned above, must and will eventually deplete the 

 waters, and the practice of taking such large numbers merely 

 for the momentary pleasure it affords, or for the sake of 

 publishing the scores at home, cannot be too severely con- 

 demned. A law should be enacted making it a misdemeanor, 

 punishable by a heavy fine, to catch more than a reasonable 

 number of fish in any one day. 



Game is also abundant in this south-shore country. Deer 

 especially are very numerous. Strange as it may seem there 

 is but little hunting done here, either by the Indians or white 

 settlers, though there are a few of the former who live by the 



