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The lake was originally stocked witli tisli fioiu Murdock Lake and 

 Lake Edwards. During- the past tweiit}^ years a number of consign- 

 ments of tish have been received I'rom the State Fish Commission. 

 Carp were jjlaced in. the lake Xvitli the game fish, and for several 

 years were quite plentiful, some very large ones having been taken 

 at times, but for three years past none have been seen or caught. 

 The water in the lake is from one to nine feet deep, clear and always 

 cool, being fed by springs. Fishing has been good, and fish in .sat- 

 isfactory ntimbers have been taken, but we need additions to our 

 stock — fresh blood, so to speak, as ovir present stock is old and no 

 overflow permits the introduction of new fish by any other method 

 than plants by the Commission. 



The lake contains. black bass, crappie. sunfish. catfish and .some 

 coarse fish. Near Island Lake is C*atfish Pond, owned by Mr. E. 

 Grosse, and stocked with bass, crappie, catfish and sunfish. It is a 

 natural pond, but not open to the public nor used for club i)urposes. 



Mr. C. Kolmer, one-half mile north of Waterloo, has a nice arti- 

 ficial pond well stocked with crappie. channel catfish and a few bass. 

 These were placed there by the State Fish CV)mmission and have 

 thrived wonderfully. The channel catfish in the pond take the fiy 

 as quickly as do the bass, and put up as good or a better fight. 



Mr. J. Herchenroeder. two miles east of Waterloo, has a lake made 

 by damming up a small valley, which is well stocked with a variety 

 of fish. The lake has not yet been opened for fishing. The Nill 

 ponds at W^aterloo have been stocked and give promise of fine fishing 

 in a. few years. Mr. M. Crowe, five miles east of Waterloo, has an 

 artificial pond on his farm, and it is stocked with black bass and cat- 

 fish. The pond has been stocked for a number of years, the original 

 stock having been taken from Kid Lake, and since replenished by 

 exchange with Island Lake club. The stock has thrived well, nota- 

 bly the crapxjie, which has increased wonderfully. Mr. Crowe is lib- 

 eral in extending the use of his pond to his friends. 



Lake Bartlett is a natural body of water of over four acres in ex- 

 tent, varying in depth from one to twenty-five feet. It is situated 

 four and one-half miles southwest of Waterloo, and is leased by the 

 Lake Bartlett Fishing Club, consisting of ten members. 



This lake was stocked six years ago by the Commission with black 

 bass, crappie. channel catfish and sunfish. After the overflow of 

 1892 the members secured several thousands of black and striped 

 bass from the loAvlands and successfully transferred them to the. lake. 

 Fishing has been good during the last three years. ( No fishing was 

 allowed for the first three years. ) The lake and club were named 

 for Hon. S. P. Bartlett. secretary of the State Fish Commission. 

 Dr. C. M. Fike is president. William Coerver secretary and Fred 

 Faber treasurer of the club, all of Waterloo. 



Schorr Lake Fishing Club of Waterloo has the largest membership 

 and is the oldest sporting club in existence in this county. It was 

 organized by members of the Waterloo Hunting and Fishing Club, 

 which disband(>d when Island Lake passed out of their hands. This 



