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numerous; frogs and minnows iisual baits; May to October best; hotels $1.50 to 

 $2 p. d. Des Moines r. at Jackson furnishes very excellent fishing. 



Janesville (C. & N. W. See page XVII.) Lake Elysian 1 m.; pickerel, bass 

 perch, etc.; pickerel and bass most abundant; minnow and frog baits; May and 

 June best; hotels $1 to $2 p. d.; boats 25c to 50c p. d. 



Xandiyohi (St. P. M. & M.) Diinond 1. 5 m.; Green 1. 10 m.; Lake Lillian 13 m.; 

 two first best; pike, pickerel, perch and b. b. abound; art. spoons and frogs used; 

 May and June best; hotel $1 p. d.; guides $5 p. d.; boats free. Fishing is reported 

 as very fine. 



Kasota (C. & N. W.) Lake Emily 3m.; Lake Washington 6 m.; Lake Madison 

 12m.; the two last best; perch, pike, pickerel, bass and sunfish, pike, pickerel, 

 and b. b. most numerous; spoons, minnows and flies used; February, May, June 

 and December best months; boats and bait can be procured at moderate charge. 



Kellogrg* (C. M. & St. P.) Miss. r. 3 m.; Indian cr. 6 m.; Snake cr. 4 m.; Miss. r. 

 best for rock bass, b. b. and pickerel, and the cr's for trout; minnow, worm and 

 frog baits; guides and boats can be had reasonable. 



Kerkhoven (St. P. M. & M. See pageX.) Norway 1. 12 m.; Munsonl. 9m.; first 

 best; pickerel, bass, etc.; pickerel most numerous; minnow and worm baits; spring 

 months best; hotels $1 to $1.50 p. d.; guide with conveyance $3 p. d.; boats and bait 

 at moderate cost. 



Kettle River (St. P. & D.) One 1. (unnamed) 1 m., and several 1's (unnamed) 

 about 4m.; all good; pickerel, bass and other varieties; the two named most 

 numerous; worms and spoon hooks usual baits; May, June, July and August best; 

 hotel at moderate charge; plenty of Indians as guides; boats can be procured. 



Lake Benton (C. & N. W. See page XVII.) Lake Benton adjacent to village; 

 Shookatan and Ash 1's 14 m.; Lake Benton best; pickerel, perch, buffalo, etc.; 

 pickerel most numerous; spoons, meat and worms used as baits; April, May, June 

 and September best; hotel $2 p. d.; boats 25c p. h., $1 p. d. 



Lake City (C. M. & St. P. See inside back cover.) Lake Pepin, an enlargement 

 of Miss. r. near station; and trout streams near, on both sides of the lake; Lake 

 Pepin best; black and white bass, wall-eyed pike, pickerel, sand pike, mascalonge 

 and other game fishes; bass, pike, pickerel and croppies most numerous; minnows, 

 artificial flies, etc.; May, June, September and October best; hotels $2 p. d., much 

 less by the week; boats at reasonable prices. 



Lakefielcl (C. M. & St. P.) Heron 1. 1 m.; Goose 1. 2 m.; first best: pickerel, pike, 

 etc.; pickerel most numerous; minnow and frog baits; April and May best; hotels 

 $2 p. d. ; guides, boats arid bait at reasonable rates. 



Lake Park (N. P. See page VIII.) Cormorant 1. 8 m.;bass, pickerel, whitefish, 

 etc.: bass and sunfish most numerous; minnow bait; spring best season; hotels at 

 reasonable rates; guides at moderate charge; boats $1 to $2 p. d. 



Lake Pepin (C. M. & St. P. & other roads.) TMs lake is 25 m. long, the head and 

 foot affording the best fishing. Lake City (which see), i* midway and is headquar- 

 ters for fishermen. Steamers and trains run daily to head of i. where camping must 

 be done. At the mouth of 1. Reeds Lauding there is a hotel. A few mascalonge are 

 still caught, but b. b., pike (pickerel), pike-perch, croppies and striped bass (fresh 

 water) are caught; the b. b. are caught with live baits, the fly and art. spoon; the 

 pickerel with latter, generally by trolling or by wading the bars; for pike-perch the 

 live minnow is only used, when they cannot be had, a dangling piece of flesh is sub- 

 stituted. See THE AMERICAN ANGLER, Vol. Ill, page 249. 



Litchfield (St. P. M. & M.) L. Washington 8m.; L. Stella 8 m.; Minnie Bell 1. 6 

 m.; L. Ripley^m.; L. Kronnasl2m.; about alike; pike, bass, pickerel, etc.; pick- 

 erel and bass most abundant; minnow and frog bait; May, June, and July best; 

 hotels $1, $1.50 and $2 p. d. ; boats and bait at reasonable prices. 



Little Falls (N. P.) Fish 1. 10 m.; Rice 1. 6 m.; Mille Lac 35 m.; Sullivan 1. 25 

 m. and Platte 1. 25 m.; Sullivan 1. best; pike, pickerel, mascalonge, b. b., silver bass, 

 perch etc.; bass most numerous; frogs, minnows and spoon hooks used; June best 

 for bass, and September for pickerel and mascalonge ; there are no hotels at the 

 lakes; guides, reasonable; boat with man $2 p. d. All these lakes are full of 

 fish. 



Long 1 Prairi (St. P. M. & M.) L, Charlotte 1 m.; Long Prairie r. near station; 

 Beach 1. 8 m.; numerous small lakes near town; all good; pickerel, pike, base, white- 



