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used; spring and fall best; hotels $2 to $2.50 p. d.; boats and baits reasonable. 

 Rock Island is situated at the foot of the rapids of the Miss. r,. where most excel- 

 lent fishing can be had for wall-eyed pike and b. b. 



Rockton (C. M. & St. P.) Rock r. about % m.; Picatonica r. 1 m.; about equally 

 good; b. b., pickerel, pike, catfish and all the various kinds, common to western 

 rivers; bass, pickerel and pike most numerous; minnows are ustial bait; May and 

 June best; hotels $1.50 p. d. 



Kowe (W. St. L. & P.) Verniillion r. 2 m.; Wolf cr. 1m.; first best; pike, b. b., 

 catfish, etc.; bass most numerous; minnows usual bait; May best month. 



Salt Creek (C. M. & St. P. See inside back cover.) Salt cr. near station; b. b.. 

 perch, pickerel and bullheads; bass and coarse fish most numerous; worms and 

 minnows usual baits; April, May and June best; hotels $1 p. d. Early in the 

 spring, and only then, are fine catches made. 



Shirland (C. M. & St. P. See inside back cover.) Pecatonica r. % m.; Sugar r. 

 }, m.: equally good; b. b., pickerel, pike and catfish; bass and catfish most 

 numerous; minnows usual bait; May, June and September best; hotels $1 p. d. 



St. Anne (C. I. St. L. & C.) Kankakee r. 5 m.; Iroquois r. 4 m.; first named 

 best; pike, pickerel, b. b., etc.; minnows, worms, etc. used; hotels $2p.d.; boats 

 and baits moderate. 



St. Marie (I. B. and W.) Embarras r. >^ m.; b. b., buffalo and catfish, the 

 first in the majority; worm and grasshopper baits; best months, May and June; 

 hotels 75c p. d.; guides by contract; boats 25c p. d. 



Wadsworth (C. M. & St. P. See inside back cover.) Channel 1., Moria 1,. Ca- 

 tharine L, Fourth 1., Cedar 1. and Sand L, all easily accessible; 3 first named best; 

 b. b., pickerel and pike; bass and pickerel most numerous: minnows, frogs and 

 spoons as baits; June, July, September and October best: no regular hotels, but 

 boarding houses can be found; guides $'2 to $3 p. d.; boats and baits moderate. 

 13 m. distant are some beautiful 1's where the fishing is good. 



Waterloo (St. L. & C.) Moredock 1. 12 m.; striped bass (fresh water), croppies, 

 (see Columbia, 111.) 



Waukegan (C. & N. W.)--There are 50 1's in the county, nearly all very easy of 

 access: 1st, 3rd and 4th 1's, Cedar, Fox and Deep 1's are the best: pickerel, pike, b. b., 

 rock bass, perch, sunfish, etc. abound; usual baits used; June and July best; hotels 

 $2 p. d.; boats 5()c to $1 p. d. Waukegan is on the west shore of Lake Michigan 

 where the usual lake fish are caught. 



Willow Spring's (C. St. L. & W.) Des Plaines r. > m.; pickerel, b. b., sunfish 

 and other coarse varieties; pickerel and sunfish most numerous; minnows and 

 worms used as bait; May, June and July best; hotel $1.50 p. d., boats at small 

 cost. 



Wilmington (C. A. & St. L.) Kankakee r. 1 m.; b. b., pickerel and pike; bass 

 and pickerel most numerous; minnow bait; April, May, June, September and 

 October best; hotels $1 to $1.50 p. d.; guides can be obtained if required; minnows 

 lOc p. doz. When the water is low and clear, the sport is most excellent. Most 

 of the fishing is done by casting from the rocks, hen^e boats are not needed. 



INDIANA. 



Acton (C. I. St. L. & C.) Buckcr.; Big and Little Sugar cr's; Wild Cat cr.; Fish 

 p. on camp ground; Buck cr., Big Sugar cr. and Little Sugar cr. best; b. b., trout, 

 perch etc.; perch most abundant; baits are minnows, worms etc.; usual season; 

 hotels $1.25 p. d.; boats $1.25 p. d.; guides can be had if needed, 



Angola (L. S. & M. S.) Lake James 5 m.; Crooked 1. 4 m.; Silver 1. 3 m., and 

 about fifty small lakes throughout the county; all are good; pickerel, pike, b. b., 

 perch etc. abound; minnows, crabs and angle worms as baits; June, July, Septem- 

 ber and October best; hotels $1.50 to $2 p. d.; private board at $4 p. w.; boats 25c 

 to $1 p. d. ; guides not required; a good fishing point. See THE AMERICAN ANGLEK, 

 Vol. Ill, page 249. 



Argos (several r. r) The favorite water is Maxinkuckee 1. 9 m. At the 1. good 

 accommodation, boats, guides, baits and tackle. B. b. and other western pan fish, 

 Minnows chiefly used. 



Attica (W. St. L. & P.) Springer, and Fall r. }' z m.; 1>. b., salmon (pike peivh). 



