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out with all the superior accoutrements | 
of a true fisherman. The river affords 
a small black bass, seldom weighing 
over a pound, a few salmon, or pickerel, 
and a great many silver perch. The 
common sluggish fish of all kinds are 
abundant. Up near the head of the 
river, abreast the ‘Three Forks,” the 
bass are larger and the pike abundant. 
In nearly all the tributaries the hard 
mouth fish are to be found in greater 
numbers and better size. In Red River, 
a short stream which reaches the Ken- 
tucky about fifty miles above Frankfort, 
any quantity of fine pike are to be found. 
Several have been taken weighing from 
sixteen to eighteen pounds, and some 
few exceeding twenty-five pounds. They 
require very strong tackle—a No. 4 or 
5 reel, a heavy line and long wire snood- 
ing. They are taken with a bait locally 
known as the sucker, a small striped 
fish from eight to ten inches long. The 
bass, black perch, in the upper 
streams take the same bait. Salmon (?) 
weighing from five to fifteen pounds are 
also taken there. The best stream for reg- 
ular fishing avywhere in the State is Elk- 
horn, a small tributary of the Kentucky, 
entering it a few miles below Frankfort. 
Tor many years it has been a favorite 
resort for the most accomplished rods- 
men. It has but one fish—the black 
perch, or bass, as it is commonly called 
—and that in great abundance. The 
stream is shallow and narrow, seldom 
or 
exceeding three or four feet in depth, | 
very rocky and hill-bound everywhere. 
It requires constant wading and faithful 
work, but the true fisherman is always 
handsomely rewarded The fish range 
from half a pound to five pounds, a large 
number weighing two and three pounds 
being taken every season. It is a little 
singular that, though hundreds of per- 
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sons visit this stream every day during 
the season, no abatement of the sport is 
noticeable. 
GAME COVERTS OF NEVADA. 
The State of Nevada is blessed with 
but little shooting grounds, but there 
are some, and when found they are ex- 
celled by none. Elk county, in the 
eastern part of the State, affords a 
better field for the sportsman than any 
in the State. There are other parts 
which yield as great a quantity, but © 
not variety. For instance, the sink of 
the Humboldt River, which is a shallow 
lake of considerable extent, is in Decem- 
ber covered with myriads of water-fowl 
of all kinds, including ducks of many vari- 
eties, honkers, brant, swans, and pelican, 
but that is all. Away from the shore 
everything is parched and dry, and for 
miles the eye encounters naught but 
sandy hills, alkali plains, and a few 
stunted sage brush, but as you go east- 
ward, following the line of the Central 
Pacific Railroad, the country gradually 
assumes a more cheering aspect, and up- 
on arriving ‘at Elko, a pretty little burg 
and an eating station, you may stop 
with the assurance that any of the 
citizens can direct you to good shooting 
grounds. From there east to Deeth 
Station on the river can be found ducks, 
snipe, prairie chickens (or sharp-tailed 
grouse), sage hens, &c. At Deeth 
Station the river leaves the railroad, 
and away northward, after diverging 
from the road some thirty miles, until 
you reach the Grouse Creek Moun- 
tains, is' a hunter’s paradise. All is 
solitude; no habitation for miles now; 
no hunters have been there; the crack 
of the gun is like angels’ visits—few and 
far between—and the result, abundance 
of game and very gentle. The river to- 
