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hotels, $1.50 p. d.; guides, $3 p. d.; boats can be had reasonable; a good shooting 

 section. 



Mammoth. Spring's (K. C. Ft. S. & G.) Spring r. and Warm Fork, accessible; 

 about equal; b. b., perch, cattish, etc.; minnows principally used; September best; 

 hotel, $3.50 p. w.; boats $1 to $2 p. d. 



Fine Bluff (T. & St. L.) Walnut 1., 40 m.; Atkins 1., 6 m.; Harris 1., 21 in.; 

 Saline r., 24 m.; Lake Dick, 8 m.; Lake Dick and Atkins 1. best; b. b.. pike, white 

 perch, and sunflsh; bass and perch most numerous; baits spinners, worms, and 

 live bait; June to November best; no hotels, boarding can be had at farm houses 

 and camping out is done; boats and bait at merely nominal cost; fair fishing in 

 above waters. 



Bob Roy (T. & St. L.) Dick 1., 5 m.; Seitel 1., 6 m.; Plum bayou, 3 m.; Eeed 1., 

 3 m.; Arkansas r., 1 m.; first two named best; black and strawberry bass, and 

 coarse fish; minnows and worms as baits; spring and fall best time; private board- 

 ing can be had. 



Rogers (St. L. & San F.) War Eagle cr., 12 m.; Sugar cr., 10 m.; Spavinaw cr., 

 12 m.; Osage cr., 12m.; White r., 7 m.; War Eagle cr. and White r. best; b. b., perch, 

 catfish, etc.; bass and perch most numerous; May and June best; minnows mostly 

 used as bait; hotel, $1 p. d.; boats and bait at nominal prices; considerable netting 

 is done here but hook and line fishing is reported good. 



Sand Hill (M. & L. K.) White r., 2 m.; Cache r., 2 m.; Upsaw 1.; Horseshoe 1.; 

 Hodge 1., and a number of other lakes from 1 to 5 m.; all good; trout, perch of dif- 

 ferent varieties, b. b., catfish, and others; baits are, minnows, worms, etc.; May, 

 June, October, and November, best; hotels, $1 p. d., or $3 to $4 p. w.; guides, $1 

 p. d. ; boats, $1 p. d. 



Van Buren (St. L. & San F.) Lee's cr., Clear cr., Richland bayou, Nea 1., Cotton- 

 wood L, McLaughlin 1. and bayou, Rose 1., Flatrock cr., all within 10 m., some only 

 2 m., all good fishing waters; b. b., croppies, and bream; worms, grubs, and min- 

 nows, usual baits; May, June, Oct., and Nov., best; guides and boats nominal and 

 often free; this is a good fishing section of country. 



Wabbaseca (T. & St. L.) Wottaseka Bayou, % m.; b. b., perch, and catfish; baits 

 used are, worms, squirrels, and birds; May, June, Oct., and Nov., best; fine fishing 

 and huniting reported here. 



CALIFORNIA. 



Alvord (C. & C.) Big Pine cr., Jones cr., both accessible; first named best; 

 Mountain, or Cal. trout; worms and flies; May, June, July, and August, best; hotel, 

 $2 p. d. ; fish weighing from 6 oz. to 2 Ibs. plentiful here. 



Aptos (So. Pac.) Aptos cr. and Valencia cr., near station; Soquel cr., 4 m.; first 

 named best; trout and salmon; first most numerous; worms and art flies in use; 

 April, to October best; hotels, $1.50 to $4 p. d.; bait plenty; there is also fine salt 

 water fishing. 



Belmont (So. Pac.) Crystal Springs 1., 4 m.; trout and b. b., latter most numer- 

 ous worms, shrimp and live bait used; April to November best; hotels, $1 p. d.; 

 boats can be had at reasonable rate; permits are required from the Spring Valley 

 Water Co. to fish in this lake and the quantity is limited to 16 fish. 



Bishop Creek (C. & C.) Bishop cr., 5 m.; Owen's r., % m.; first named best; 

 mountain and river trout; worms and art. flies; May to October, best season; hotel, 

 $2 p. d.; guide can be procured; some Eastern brook trout have been introduced 

 here lately. 



Castroville (So. Pac.) Monterey Bay and Epinosa 1., accessible; first named 

 best; "surfs," smelts, rock cod, flounders and others; first named most numerous; 

 sand crabs and clams as baits; hotels, $2 p. d.; we have no report of the fish in 

 Espinosa 1 



Chico (Cent. P.) Feather r., at Big Meadows, 60 m. by stage; rainbow trout; fly 

 fishing mostly; summer months best; trout fishing reported very fine here; guides 

 and accommodations can be had. 



Clairville (S. F. & N. P.) Russian r., }<{ m.; Sulphur cr., 4 m.; Warm Springs 

 cr., 6 m.; Dry cr., 4m., and San Sal cr., 5 m.; Sulphur cr. best; mountain trout; 

 worm bait and art flies; May and June best: hotel, $1 p. d.; the above waters are 

 excellent ones for trout with the exception of Russian cr., where coarse fish prevail, 

 xcept in the spring when large numbers of salmon tront run up. 



