Fish and Fishing 



of nearly all the Islands. Fish are plentiful, of 

 good size, and gamy fighters. Mention may be 

 made of Round Island, Fisher's Landing, and 

 smaller island rocks which furnish glorious sport. 

 Skipping into- Canada, and getting on the 

 Canadian Pacific Railroad in Ontario, are the 

 beautiful Rideau lakes, large, island-dotted bodies 

 of crystal water, by many people considered the 

 best bass waters on the North American I 

 Continent. A hundred miles from To- 

 ronto is Havelock, with very fine bass fishing inj 

 the River Trent, notably between Trent Bridge! 

 and Healy Falls, especially near the latter. 



In central Ontario, but eight hours from Buf- 

 falo, are the ten Kawartha lakes, all literally 

 swarming with gamy bass that, early in the 

 season, take the fly. 



Then there is the famous Gatineau River, with 

 many tributaries and lakes dotting its winding 

 course directly through the Laurentian Moun- 

 tains; also the Chats Rapids, on the Ottawa 

 . River, give splendid bass fishing. All 

 these waters in Canada, while famed for 

 bass, also afford magnificent mascalonge, as well 

 as trout, very often in the same waters. In the 

 native home of the bass, in the Middle 

 Yy'ggj ^ Western States of Wisconsin, Michigan, 



Illinois, Ohio, and Kentucky, the popu- , 

 larity of that fish is supreme. 



In northern New York bass are abundant in 

 Lake Champlain, especially near St. Albans, i 

 Bass anglers will find Samson's an ideal place 

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