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Sept. best months; baits minnowa; hotels at Alton ?1. "><> to $2 p. d.; guidon $1.50 

 p. d.; boat* $1 p. d.; minnows 50o p. 100. Good fishing any time after April. 



Algonquin (C. & N. W.) Fox r. near station; pickerel, pike, b. b., rock bas.-s and 

 others; minnows usual bait; spring and fall'months best; hotel $1 p. d. 



Aroma (C. I. St. L. & C.) Kankakee r. runs through the village; Iroquois r. % 

 in.; the first best, but both good; pickerel, b. b., salmon (pike perch), catfish etc.; 

 minnows, worms, grasshoppers, crayfish etc. used as baits; May and June best, 

 but good spring, summer and fall; hotels $1.50 to $2 p. d.; guides easily procured 

 at low price; boats 25c to 75c p. d.; minnows lOc to 25c p. dozen. Excellent 

 fishing. 



Atkinson (C. R. I. & P.) Green r. 3m.; b. b., pickerel, pike etc.; frogs mostly 

 used; September and October best; hotel $1.50 p. d.; guides reasonable. 



Batavia (C. & N. W.) Fox r. running through town and lakes of heaclwatei's 

 easily accessible; Fox r. best; s. m. b. b., pike and pickerel; bas.s most munerous; 

 minnows, flies and spoons used for baits; June, July and October best; the lakes 

 40 in. north are excellent grounds for bass, pike and pickerel. 



B 3lleville(L.& N.) Pittsburg 1. 7 m.; Okaw r. 18 in.; Queens 1. 18 m.; all equally 

 go.Kl; b. b., croppies and pike; bass and croppies most plentiful; minnows princi- 

 pally used as baits; there are no hotels at the fishing grounds; boats can be had at 

 Queens 1. 



Bonfield (C. I. St. L. & C.) Kankakee r. 4> m.; North Horse cr. 2> m.; first 

 named best; pickerel, b. b. and speckled trout (in cr.); bass most numerous; min- 

 nows and crayfish usual baits; June, September and October best; hotels $1.50 to 

 $2p d.; guides $1.50 p. d. 



Bureau (C. R. I. & P.) Illinois r. 2 m.; Spring 1. 1 m.; both good; b. b., pike, 

 salmon (pike perch), croppies etc.; bass, pike, pike perch most numerous; minnows 

 and worms usual baits; June and September best; hotel $2 p. d.; boat with guide 

 $2 p. d. 



Canton (Several r. r.) Excellent sport with b. b., pike-perch (salmon locally), 

 pike and croppies at Copperas creek and dam on the Illinois r. which is adjacent: 

 baits minnows, spoon and fly. See THE AMERICAN ANGLER, Vol. Ill, page 377. 

 Spring 1. is noted for the abundance, size, and quality of its fish. 



Charleston (several r. r.) Embarras r. near by; several varieties of bass, 

 including the 1. m. (no s. m.), croppies, suufish, buffalo etc.; baits minnows, 

 grasshoppers, crickets, crayfish and cut-fish; accommodations reasonable. 



Cherry Valley (C. &N. W.) North branch of Kishwaukee r. near station; 

 b. b, rock bass and pickerel; black, and rock bass most numerous; minnows and 

 art. flies and spoons u*ed as lures; September and October best; hotels $2 p. d.; 

 plenty of bait but no boats. The fishing is fair around the dams. 



Chicago, South (L. S. & M. S.) Lake Michigan % m.; Calumet r. % m.; Cal- 

 umet 1. 2 in.; perch, pickerel, b. b., suufish etc.; perch most numerous; minnows 

 and frogs usual baits: hotels $2 to $4 p. d.; boats $1 to $2 p. d.; bait cheap. 

 Southern winds are said to be the best for fishing on Lake Michigan, and northern 

 winds for Calumet r. and 1. 



Clintonville (C. &. N. W.) Fox r. near station; pike, pickerel and b. b.: 

 pickerel most numerous in early spring, and bass later in the season; live minnows 

 mostly used as baits; April, May, June and July best; these waters are well fished 

 by the anglers of Elgin near by . 



Columbia (St. L. k C.) Fish 1. 3 m.: Hill 1. 2, l m.; Moredock 1. 12 m.; Lack 

 Slough 14 in.; Fish 1. and Moredock 1. the best; b. b., buffalo, croppies, catfish and 

 sunfish; sunfish and croppies the most numerous: April, May and June best; min- 

 nows and worms usual bait; hotels $1 p. d.; guides and conveyances $3 to $4 p. d.: 

 boats 5oc p. d. 



Custer (W. St. L. & P.) Kankakee r. at station: black and silver bass, pike, 

 pickerel etc.; black and silver bass most numerous: minnows usual bait: April. 

 May, June, September and October best; hotels $2 p. d.; boats and bait $1 to $1.50 

 p. d Fishing reported fair. 



Danville (I. B. & W.) Vermillion r ; b. b., channel cats; the latter most plenti- 

 ful: minnow bait; April, May, and June; hotels, $2 p. d.; guides not needed; boats 

 and baits cheap. 



