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Twin 1. 10 m.; Iowa r., Elm 1. and Twin 1'a best; pike, pickerel and rock bass; min- 

 now and art. bait; June, September and October; hotel $'2 p. d.; guide can be pro- 

 cured reasonable. 



Beloit (C. M. & St. P. See inside back cover.) Big Sioux r. near station; pickerel, 

 b. b., buffalo, etc.; pickerel and bass most numerous; May, June, July, September 

 and October best, hotels $2 p. d.; boats and baits merely nominal. 



Bertram. (C. & N. W.) Cedar r. 2m.; Indian cr. 4 m.; Big cr. ) 4 ' m.; first best; 

 b. b., pickerel, salmon, (pike perch) catfish and buffalo; the coarse varieties are 

 most numerous; minnow and fresh meat baits; April to October best; hotel $lp. 

 d.; guides, boats and baits at reasonable prices. 



Buena Vista (C. M. & St. P.) Burtrum 1. 2m.; Deadl. 1> m.; Spring 1. 2 

 m.; Suufish p. 2 m.; first best; b. b., salmon, (pike perch) pike, sunfish and others; 

 sunfish most numerous; minnow, worm and frog baits; summer and winter b. b. 

 and months; no regular hotel, but good private board at $1 p. d. ; guide, boats and 

 bait at reasonable figures. This is a popular fishing point with anglers of that 

 section. Excellent duck and woodcock shooting. 



Buffalo (C. R. I. & P.) Miss. r. near station; b. b., white bass, salmon (pike 

 perch, etc.; the favorite bait is a minnow; June, July, August, September and 

 October best; no regular hotel; boats and baits at very little cost. 



Burlington (C. B. & Q.) Miss. r. and small 1's or sloughs tributary and fed by 

 same, within 2 m's of city; b.b., white bass, perch, pike, croppies, sunfish, etc.; 

 b. b., pike, croppies and sunfish most abundant; minnows, spoons, worms, etc. as 

 baits; spring and fall best; hotels $1.50 to$3 p. d.; boats $1 p. d. Good sport when 

 the water is not rising. 



Carlisle (C. R. I. &. P.) North r. % m.; South r. 10 m.; Middle r. 2 m.; Des 

 Moines r. 3 m.; last named best; wall-eyed pike, pickerel and b. b about the same 

 iu numbers; minnow bait; June and August best; hotel $2 p. d.; guide $2.50 p. d.; 

 boats and bait $1 p. d. 



Cedar Rapids (C. M. & StP. See inside back cover.) Cedar r. } m -; Bobbins 

 1. 1 m.: first best; b. b., pickerel and pike; b. b. most abundant; minnows, worms, 

 frogs and trolling spoons used; June, July, August and Sept. best; hotels $2 p. d., 

 $10 p. w.; boats $1 p. d.; minnows 50c p. 100. 



Chapin (C. I.) Buffalo cr. 1 m.; Otter cr. 2 m.; WestFork 5 m.; last named best: 

 pickerel and b. b. ; usual baits; May and June best; hotels $1.50 p. d , $4.50 

 p. w. 



Chester (C. M. & St. P.) Little Iowa r. near the station; b. b.; minnow bait; 

 summer and fall months best; no regular hotel, but private boarding can be had; 

 the best fishing is at the mill pond close to the station . 



Chickasaw (C. M. & St. P.) Wapsipinicon r. 1. m.; Little Cedar r. 2m.; last 

 named best: pickerel, b. b., pike, etc.; pickerel and bass most abundant; minnow 

 and worm baits; April and May best; hotels $1 p. d. ; boats at moderate charge. 



Clear Kake(C. M. & St. P. See inside back cover.. Clear 1. near station; pick" 

 erel, b. b., pike, silver bass and a few salmon (pike-perch); pickerel and pike most 

 numerous; minnow bait; May, June, July and September best; hotels $2 p. d.; 

 guides $1 p. d.; boats reasonable. 



Clinton (C. M. & St. P.) Mississippi r. near city; Wapsipinicon r. 10 m.; Merl- 

 dooiar. 9m.; first best; b. b., pickerel, wall-eyed pike, white bass, etc.; minnows 

 an;l spoon hooks; May, June, October and November best; hotels $1.50 to $2 p. d.; 

 guide at reasonable rate; boats 50c to 75c p. d. 



Cone (B. C. R. &N.) Cedar r. \V Z m.; Cone 1. 1 m.; last named best; pickerel, b. 

 b., buffalo, etc.; bass and buffalo most numerous; spoons and worms mostly; April 

 and May best; hotels $1 p. d., or $3.50 p. w.; guide $2 p. d.; boats 50c p. d. The 

 best fishing is in Cone Lake. 



Cresco (C. M. & St. P.) Turkey r. 2 m.; Upper Iowa r. 7 m.; both good; b. b. 

 and pickerel; first most abundant; minnow bait; June and September best. 



Davenport (C. R. I. & P.) Mississippi r. at Gilbertown rocks 3m.; Rock r. at 

 Milan Ills, about 5m.; LeClaire Rapids at station; "Gilbertown rocks" best; wall- 

 eyed pike, 1. and s. m. b. b., striped b. (fresh water), pike, sunfish, etc.; bass, pike 

 and catfish most numerous; minnows the xisual baits and in July and August art. 

 flies for bass; July, August and September are best for bass and October and Nov- 

 ember for pike, hotels $1 to $3 p. d.; boats and bait at reasonable rates. 



