So GAME AND FISH RESORTS, 



miles, and Traverse Lake ten miles from Traverse City^ and are especially fine. 

 Perhaps the best fishing- with the spoon, outside the bay, is found in Carp LaJ^e 

 tight miles northwest of Traverse City, reached by highway. 



Brook trout are very abundant in this vicinity. Tne water of all streams io 

 this locality, is very cold and extremely pure and clear. The Boardman, it? 

 branches, and all the streams in the neighborhood of Traverse City, contain brook 

 trout. No stream is navigable except the Boardman , and that only for small 

 boats. Current swift, but not too deep for wading ; excellent sandy bottom. 



There are a few grayling in the Boardman, Icnown by the local name of 

 " Garpin." 



Besides the Boardman River, the various trout streams and ponds are Mitch- 

 ell's Pond, distant three and one-half miles from Traverse City: Hoxie's, seven 

 miles ; W'hitewater, nine miles : Scofield, twelve miles ; Hannah s Mill Pond and 

 Creek, one-half mile ; Greelicfc, three miles ; Bitner's Pond and Creek, seven 

 miles ; also the Racket, Joyton and Pine Rivers, as well as many smaller streams 

 emptying into the Boardman. 



Traverse City is the terminus of the Traverse City division of the Grand Rap- 

 ids and Indiana Railroad. The hotel accommodations are good. Prices, $2 per 

 day ; $10 to $14 per week. 



Parties desiring can find good camping grounds at the " Forks " of the river. 

 State Road Bridge, Railroad Crossing near Ma>'field town line, and Smith's Farm, 

 all on the Boardman River. Stage fare to Hoxie's, $1 ; to Whitewater, $1.25 ; to 

 Mitchell's, 50 cents. All other points reached by private conveyance. 



Guides charge $2 per day ; with boats, $2.50 to $4 per day ; with team, $4 to 

 $0 per day ; boats only, 50 cents to $2 per day. 



Fife Lake. In the lake, on which this village is situated, are found bass, 

 pike and pickerel. In the Manistee River, five miles southeast, are grayling, and 

 in the Boardman River, six miles north, is excellent fishing for grayling and brook 

 trout- Take the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. Hotel charges are from 

 $1.50 to $2 per day. Teams, with driver, can be procured for $5 per day. Boats 

 for fishing on the lake can be had for the asking, but boats for the Manistee will 

 have to be taken there by team. Boat-fishing in the Boardman at this point is 

 difhcult, owing to brush and undergrowth along its banks, but wading is good. 



M.o\tg7it4>7t Count}/ — 



Hancock and Houghton are on the Portage Lake. In the vicinity of each are 

 fine trout streams. Reached via the Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Rail- 

 road, or via steamer. 



Ingham County — 



Lansing-^ on the Mississippi River, is in the vicinity of excellent shooting for 

 brant, geese, ducks, mallard, a few canvas-backs, quail and pheasants. 



Jsabella County — 



Crawford. Black and rock bass, and gjayling ; deer, wild turkeys and bears. 

 On the Mackinaw Division of the Michigan Central Railroad. Camp, or hotel 



ccommodations. 



'^ackson County — 



Jackson. In the vicinity of Silver Lake, six miles from the town, are ducks, 

 plover, pinnated grouse, ruflFed grouse, woodcock, quail and wild turkey. Jack- 

 son is easily accessible by the Lake Shore. Michigan Central, and other rail- 

 roads- Hotels $2. 50 per day, private house $4 per week ; boats 75 cents per day ; 

 teams $4 per day. 



Hanoz-er. Fine quail and pinnated gTouse shooting on the many dry marshef 

 in the vicinity. Reached via the Fort Wayne, Jackson and Saginaw Railroad. 



KaJJiaska County — 



Kalkaska is on the North Boardman River, which is fiill of trout. Three miles 

 north is the Rapid River, another good trout stream, and in the vicinity are many 

 lakes well stocked with fish. The route is via the Grand Rapids and Indiana 

 Railroad. Good hotel accommodations can be found for $1.50 to $2 per day. 

 Teams may be used, if visitors so desire, or, as the distances are short, excursions 

 may be made on foot. A good plan is to arrange with the hotel-keeper for a con- 

 veyance, and perhaps a lunch, to be sent at a specified time to a spot previously 

 agreed upon ; the fisher working his way through the day to the rendezvous, 

 fiood wagon roads lead from the village to all fishing spots. Camping grounds 



