Tttod 7. 1833.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



367 



Soon we were under full canvas and "walking the water like 

 a thing °f life." to use an expression which is entirely 

 original. In due time the prow nf our craft was raking 

 across the Band of the shore, and we took the plank to en- 

 able us to gel tn the shady ground, where we expected in 

 eat qui noonday meal. It' we were to enjoy lish we knew 

 full well that we must catch them, and so, riggiug up, we 

 were Boon engaged in a vigorous struggle for something' to 

 eat. Fortunately for us a darkey had taken more than a 

 dozen line ones of the variety called hfirc "yaller bellies," 

 ■iiid those, with a few others, the product of om own luck, 

 gave us on aim inland supply for our dinner. The wind was 

 from the north and unseasonably cool, and besides kept the 

 lake iu too much agitation for successful angling. To 

 speak in plain English', the fish rould not bite. Old Txin- 

 chen K. and Old Billy Pierce, who have been frequent visi- 

 tors to the lake for the lasl I'orly-tive years, and hace caught 

 and thousands, eould'do nothing, and after several 

 hours of patient effort rolled up their lines and yielded to 

 the inevitable. The fates or the winds, or BOlUfi other 

 equally potent power were against us, and but for the 

 providence of our host, we should have had lint a spare 

 dinner lhal day. It is true, ' the visiting' statesmen" bad a 

 royal feasl of killed fish, but then the "gentlemen i" waiting" 

 ha'd to content themselves w' ' 

 excellent, food. Wed hid 

 statesmen." bui Othello's o 

 lake to indulge in the luxur 

 ba\e met the demands of ou 

 It is hul jusl lhal I should 

 to any one by the words "v 

 used.' At one time they had 

 but I meant that Ihcy shouli 

 our party there was one < 

 even now occupy, a respect! 

 is known to Intelligent men 

 their Territories. Iu all my . 



asd Stream, whatever may be mv views upon questions at 

 issue belorc I he country, f ianleavor to maiiitaiii I he status 

 of an old darkey whom I saw many years ago at a cotton 

 landing on the Mississippi River, ll was just after a Presi- 

 Sential ejection, and the passengers of the steamer were 

 discussing, in a friendly way. certain points which had 1: 

 raised during ihe campaign, which had just elo. 

 the boat landed, several of us went, to the bank I, 

 look at the plantation, ami a little variety la 

 subject of politics was resumed on shore, and 

 conversation had passed, one of the genflemei 

 darkey what were his views upon public affali 

 words, what were his politics. He promptly 



1 1 



up 



E ; 



IT 

 io 



•ss lempu 

 ivself am. 



sh.and m 



Mite*., 

 rklhat no 



•trie pelil 



ng. 1 bough very 

 ng the •'visiting 

 ic"! went to the 

 tiling else would 



offense is meant 

 n," which I have 



e ] 



osition iu 

 ver the 



id occupied 1 , and 



the countrv. and 

 nitcd States and 



IV 



poudence 



with the FdBESl 



«;d. When 

 . get a good 

 sides. The 



"Masaa, I don't know nothing 'bout the 

 to the Agrieultury." With this digres 

 thread or my discourse." 



Tt possible, we had less success the 

 our return home the wind had veered roi 

 and we anticipated "a glorious morrow 

 il had resumed its I' 

 regard in 



i things, 

 ion, In 



isked the 

 -in othei 

 mswered 

 f belongs 



one "I lie 



dav. 



Oi 



bade us farewell, and s 

 Swamp, a distance of 

 Tcceel, whose tastes d 

 much preferring those 

 a seat with K. K., so as i, 

 night by the E. C. Railway 



lives. But we hated to giv 

 get 'all things ready, spread 



gilt the 



1 Ic. I 



But next mornin 



; and om- old friend, K. K 

 ill-luck, hitched op his hi 



it of his home on Firan 



about seveu miles from the lake. 



i not run on the pleasures of water. 



if land, being utterly disgusted, took 



i lo enable Iiim to reach home that 



n the line of which our friend 



up; and so soon as wc could 



1 for the haven of our hopes, 



the south bank of I he lake. Reaching it after 

 Of about twenty-five minutes, we cast anchor aud took 

 to our boats, hoping to get enough for dinner. Our prudent 

 friend, Short, whose hospitalities we were enjoying, know- 

 ing full well what "fisherman's luck" sometimes is. not only 

 carded along some prepared victuals, as lie did the day be- 

 fore, but had engaged the services of a piscatorial son of 

 Ham to secure us u supply of tish, so that if we failed, we 

 should still have the dainty food which we desired. It was 

 well that he was so thougiifnl. for auv two of us could easily 

 have eaten all we caught. The darkey hod secured a re- 

 spectable bunch, aud that, supplemented' by what we could 

 actd, gave US an abundance. lean offer no better evidence 

 of the quality of the fish than the fact that Judge M. man- 

 aged, by great effort, to dispose of four of them, while 

 Gen. S. showed equal prandial capacity, your correspon- 

 dent, of course, fully maintaining his reputation in that de- 

 partment of human industry 



1 have visited this beautiful sheet of wafer on frequent 0c- 

 ■ i and never but once had such a destruction of my 

 hopes, At that particular time I reached Ihe lake during 

 what we know here as 'the long season of May;" and tt 

 rained so much That I did not even get a chance to "try my 

 luck," though I stayed three or four days. When the weather 

 is favorable a good share of sport can always be had by 

 i hose who are acquainted with the places where the fish 

 congregate, or who are able to procure I he services of a guide 

 Who is. .Hut it is just like all other places of which lhavc 

 fail to hit the right time, vou are 

 il. We missed it. Although we 

 eh we did get were delicious, and 

 (led hospitality of our host, his 

 it ladv who graces the coffee 

 charms, made our visit one 

 d, in thinking 



subjected to disappointnn 

 got but few fish, those wl 

 the open-hearted and ha 

 genial son. aud the very pleasai 

 end of the table with unusual 

 long to be remembered. Indei 



ness shown us, I feel somewhat as Bi 



in the closing stanza of the "Lament of Ja 



cairn"; 



" The bridegroom may forget the bride 

 Was made Ills wedded wile yestreen 



expi 



the kind- 



s himself 



i, Earl of Uleu- 



The 



yfoi 



That on bis tiea 



lun Horn lias been; 



The mother may! 



orget the child 



That smiles su s 



wectlv on her knee. 



But I'U rettiHiiilie 



to -e, (ileneaiin, 



And all that the 



u didst do for me." 



M 



BASS TROLLING IN FLORIDA. 



"Y Southern trip last winter was one of such interest 

 and pleasure, lhal 1 am already beginning to think 



he repeated, and enjoyed 

 knowledge gained from 



orded fry the Adir- 

 e smaller lakes of 

 nnior months, the 

 •a the ring violet 



of the coming winter, wh, 

 even more fully, through th 

 experience during the first trip. 



Although acquainted with the sport off 

 onilacks, lire Lake George Region, and tli 

 Wisconsin and Indiana during the sm 

 novelty of trolling for black bass and of g 

 ihe mouth of January, with the thermometer at 80 in the 

 shade, does not wear off with me in one trip only. 



Leaving Chicago city on a Tuesday night, in a through 

 Pullman sleeper, we reached Louisville next day noon, and 

 From I here had a pleasant ride to Montgomery,' Ala. Dur- 

 ing this part of the journey we made social advances, com 

 pared uotes, and became acquainted with our fellow travel- 

 ers, fifteen iu number, and all with through tickets for 

 Jacksonville, some going for health, and some for pleasure. 



Due, in Montgomery on Thursday morning, we arrived 

 behind time, and somewhat anxious in regard to connections, 

 as our sleeper was to be detached I here and taken on by the 

 local trains through Georgia, for Albany, Thomasvillti aud 

 Wavcross. Finding that our coach was left on a side track, 

 we learned, after inquiry, that the outgoing train had been 

 gone about five minutes. We had seen it as it pulled out 

 from the station, but had not then realized that it was so 

 "near and yet so far." Looking up some of the officials of 

 the Louisville A: Nashville Railroad (and finding them, by 

 the way. lo be gentlemen in every sense of the word), we 



■-"-'ved their regrets that, they could not control the action 



The following morning at an earlv hour we hade our kind 

 friends farewell, took the train for Wilmington, where we 

 arrived in good time and condition to enjoy Ihe breakfast 



which we found at th 

 we wen- obliged to if 

 we spent the time pie 

 chose to call on us an 

 appointed hour we to 

 the following mornin, 

 my own humble hous 

 friend accompanied 



Pureell House. Owing t'o (he schedule, 

 tainatlhis place until 7 P.M.; but 

 isntiy in "receiving" auuh friends as 

 i ni.wing then conversation, A.1 the 

 c thews, and at half-pasl two A.M. 

 were luxuriating upon the couches at 



s to 1 1.' banks si tin Pee Bee, My 

 1 did me the kindness to be my 



guest for a few days, when he went to gladden the hearts of 

 the "loved ones at home." Wells. 



Rookinghaj!, N. C, may, 1888, 



ng that 



Id not proceed 

 ! ourselves comfort- 

 to our berths iu Ihe 

 Friday morning we 



of connecting roads. Lea 



before the follow iug morning, we mad 



able— explored the town and retired 



sleeper after a day pleasantly spent. _ 



were attached to the train for Albany, and started on time, 



aud just in time to see, coming into the depot, the traiu 



from the North, with its sleeper full of passengers, who were 



left over there for twenty-four hours, as we had been. 



Beaching Albany on Friday afternoon, our experience of 

 being left was repeated, and from the car windows wc saw 

 our train, that was to be. going rapidly away, over a bridge 

 not a hundred yards distant, and unheeding the shrill 

 whistles from our engineer whose run ended a"t this place. 

 There being no help fur it, we accepted the situation, and 

 ;l the town half a mile from the little station hi 



On Saturday we found the streets of the 

 the colored men and women from all tit 



nth 



) had come iu on foot, on horseback, an 

 by mules, and by oxen, single and in pairs, 

 odical event, and they had all come in to \ 

 provisions, clothing, and needed supplies 

 Alter twenty-five hours' delay, wc left Alb; 

 afternoon, not sorry I hat. through the pec 

 age management si Georgia railroad: 

 the opportunity of seeing much 



ated 



s' jpt 



that 



people than we would i 

 Jacksonville on Sunday 

 had become well acqtiai 

 ships during our five da; 

 miles, it was with regret 

 inglomeet again latere 

 the St. John's River. 



Thewriter, whose trip^ 

 and alligators, left Jacksotn 

 which starts every day dunn 

 Johns, and reached Enlcrpris 

 a rowhoatand its owner, who 

 mswering to the good! 



have 



ng, ami a 

 and font 



ruey ofabouf "el 

 ve separated her 



n alive ' 



•minding farms 



in carts drawn 



11 was a pert 



it, and to buy 



or ful u re use. 



y on Saturday 



leeuliar, behind the 



we had been given 



if tin' country aud 



had. We reached 



i our little company 



:1 pleasant friend- 



■n hundred 



after plan 



t Si. Augustine aud poiuts on 



. including black bass 

 of the fast, steamers, 

 ou for the upper St, 



loiligt'nVcol',,',- il 



for pleas 

 d lie on oi 

 ng the s 



i ti 



for 



an early morning start. Afrei 

 fit by the host of that excellent 



. j-repa 



3k th 



el, the Brock H 

 ioat. Israel t 

 nroo) to the-mouth of 

 ll. The lishing began 

 and using two rods, 

 longer, heavier one. 



aud carrying an ample lunch in th 

 oars mid' rowed us across the hike (M 

 I he St, Johns, (lowing in from the sou 

 here, for there was none in the lake 

 one a. nine-foot bass rod ami the other 



which had done good service over mauv other waters. Forty 

 yards of line were run off the reels, and then began the ex- 

 pectant waiting, so pleasant and familiar to every fisherman. 



The waiting is not a long one — for one reel' sings as the 

 running line revolves it — and soon the landing net in the 

 baud of our huntsman firings in a four-pound pickerel. 

 This is a beginning, but we hope for better things. Trolling 

 now in shallow water, one line in the channel of the 

 narrow stream, aud one near the vl]'j;l- of rushes showing 

 above the water, 1 reel in all but twenty yards of line 

 and find, by experience, that the longer "lines needed iu 

 northern waters, where the fish are more wary aud shy. are 

 not needed here, where the bass will quite frequently take 

 the bait very near the boat. Later oue hungry fellow 

 jumps for and takes the bait, just as it leaves the water 

 hear the side of the boat, while being reeled in for ex- 

 amination, and he is safely landed. Using two rods, one 

 Hue is always in the water, and wheu a strike is felt upon 

 either the other is laid down for the time, or until the 

 fish is landed, and though there is the risk of tangled 

 hues iu the rush and efforts of the fish to escape, I will- 

 ingly take that risk for the sake of increased sport. 



Landing on a small island, our lunch is eaten under the 

 shade of the palmettoes, a little rifle practice indulged in 

 with a. heron, a. duck or oue of the myriad "blue peters" in 

 the distance for a target, and then' over nearly the same 



srnallc 

 j had r 



number wer 

 None of the; 

 weight, as is sometim, 

 The best of good tit 

 grct the Brock House 

 ward begun, stopping 

 Oklawaha to the Silv. 

 Jacksonville, and Tho 

 :1 11 



r, averaging about three pounds each. 



■ccived a dose of shot to increase their 



les done iu that section of country, 



irnesmust come to an end. and with re- 



e is left behind and the journey north- 



Palatka for a steamer through the 



Springs, then on to St. Augustine, 



jvilfe. After spending a little time. 



of the 



read bom: ii readied Oft;-n the lb. ughls go pleasantly 

 back to the laud of sandy soil, eiooked rivers, oranges anil 

 lasi, but not least, its black bass which, though not having 

 all the gaminess of the same fish in Northern and colder 

 waters, yet do not fail to furnish excelleiil spool to Ihe lover 

 of the rod and line. D. L. Witrnihu. 

 Chicago, May as, tssa. 



BLACK BASS IN LAKE ERIE. 



TUB following account from the Dayton (0.) Journal 

 shows that bass are plentiful in Lake Brie, and that if 

 the tish are forbidden lo be taken in Ohio waters, Iheoitizeiis 

 of lhal Stale can find them iu paving numbers in Canada. 

 Point, an Pelcc is near the mouth of the Detroit River, just 

 east of Pigeon Bay. The correspondent soys; 



"The morning" of the 33d opened with clouds, through 

 whose gray and misty pall glimpses of a brighter sky were 



ii and by noon the sun. along hidden visitor" came 

 back to cheer the hearts and make Ihe earth to gladden 



greenly and bring (he lost 

 day long the Dayton angler 

 on'the waters, and came bai 

 of 383 line black bass. th. 

 mate, Mr. Thompson, head 



"The wonderfully vigi 

 went, he 

 the wate 



•oads to possibility again. All 

 •ed of their forced rest", were 

 'ith a total catch for ten rods 

 rsuasiee Commodore and his 

 he list with 70 fish, 

 d gentleman. Mr.V. Winters, 

 ._ better, having alone caught 36. In fact 

 not fully settled after Ihe galc~ 



"At noon the American Eagle came" in with a party of 

 fourteen distinguished gentlemen: Robt, 1. Lincoln, Secre- 

 tary of War; (Jen. Phil Sheridan, den. Anson Stager, (ten. 

 Tompkins, of Boston; Messrs. McOinnis aud Elliot, of New 

 York; Messrs. Rynson. Seeberger, Spragtie aud Dratio, Chi 



Mr. Marshall 

 dudm. of Cleveland. O. 

 :30 start, these gentlemen caught 

 i out fishing for dear life to-day, 



,: total, 283. 

 •r, (Commodore 

 ■ the party were 

 doctor's great 

 all bands took 

 1 of bass home 



Mr. Mills and Mr. Mi 

 Field, Chicago; and W. Chi 



"In the afternoon, with a 3 

 163 bass, and both parties ai 



and the record of May 24, 1883 (birthday of our gracious 

 queen) will, I doubt not, be •flshfully' celebrated on the reefs 

 of Pelee. 



"The Steinhou" runs regularly, and it. is quite a, comfort 

 to be able to reach the, world on every side — to Detroit one 

 day, the next to Sandusky and the South. Up to this date 

 for five days fishing, the Dayton party had caught exactly 

 i.Ofif black bass, no pickerel counted, and only the actual 

 count. The respective scores are as follows- "V. Winters, 

 184; Schulz and Biekham. 262: N. and B. Morey. 171; Rest. 

 and Oreulich. 300; Thompson and Cooper. 138; King, (So, 

 or in round figures, 1,100 black bass !"— Pbleb. 



Following is the score of Thursday; Cooper and Thomp- 

 son, 70; Se'hullz and Biekham. 64; winters, 86; Kiug. 38; 

 Best andGreulieh, -lo; N. Mors \ 



In a latter to his son, Mr. I 

 Cooper) writes that from cold, all 

 for two or three days diligently L 

 log fire, hut, wilh the first lull of 

 to the water. Mr. Thompson i 

 yesterday. 



Mr. Greulich rcttu ned to Dayton last evening, and was 

 bearer of dispatches. The res"t of the party will continue 

 lishing at least until next week. 



Tie. Reff&ter says : The Steinhoff arrived from Point au 

 Pelcc last evening at 11 o'clock with a large load of fish. 

 The bulk of the cargo was consigned to E. Alvord «& Son. 

 There were, however, several boxes of black bass caught by 

 the sportsmen. 



A TRIP TO SNAG LAKE. 



THERE is probably no place in this State of any size so 

 conveniently located to the North Woods as our beautiful 

 city, and I doubt very much if you can find a place where 

 there is as much fishing talked, and where there is so much 

 talk there must be some sport, for it is not all of fishing to fish. 

 I have often read in Fouest Asd Stream how such an9 

 such a one has looked up his favorite rod, reels, etc., aud is 

 i not one of thai kind. I 

 id keep them in order the 

 great, pleasure during my 

 "outfit, in fact f think it 

 mgling, aud I think more 

 paper every' copy I read, 

 ■p everything ready for a 

 the fever 



preparing for a day out. 

 make my own rods, tents, etc., a 

 year around. 1 find it affords mt 

 spare time to devote myself to mi 

 quile a study to keep posted on 

 and more of" your very interesting 

 In the closet out of my office 1 kc 

 start, even in mid-winter, if ne 



water by which 



Occasionally a spl 

 by, aud a glimpse of 

 gator disturbed iu hi 

 (ad, of sight before I car 

 rifle in the bottom of Hi 

 shine, the better does th: 



ilowly t; 



h aud a commot 



ppe 



ill along "ho: 

 in in the 



ater t 



afte; 



ioat. 

 ugly 



ills us of an alli- 

 ap, but each one plunges 

 i the rods and grasp the 

 The hotter the sun may 

 iptile enjoy its heal, Ihe 



sounder does he sleep on his "bank or log, aud the bett„ 

 chance does he then give for our silently approaching near 

 enough for a shot; but it is a sport of itself, and cannot be 

 connected with tha t of fishing. Meeting a, friend in a boat, 

 homeward bound, he shows a seven foot long alligator, 

 which a ball in the head from his forty-one-calibre Win- 

 chester has so effectually quieted, that its skin can with 

 safety be removed and taken JSorth as a trophy. 



The experience of one day is like that of another— full of 

 sport as one can wish, and by each night mv basket is 

 filled, the usual catch being eighteen to Iweiity-five in num- 

 ber, and running from three to six pounds weight each, of 

 large-mouth black bass, with generally one or more pickerel. 



Oue day's catch, by a gentleman from. New York, is cer- 

 tainly worthy of mention here. It consisted of twenty-two 

 black bass, of which one weighed twelve pounds, one weighed 

 ten pounds, four were of six pounds each, and the rest of the 



It is 



long time from Sep- 

 ■■ May the 18th before 



fellow that loves the 

 started for a (rip of 

 Leaving home at six 



A. M. 



a ful 



moon, 

 niles d 



slant 



1 the 



time vc 



rv ,,1 



any 



part, ol 



the t 



The 



next u 



ornii 



thosr 



little 



beau 



king good time 



With plenty to eat 



anlly, and enjoyed 



, leaching our des- 



without a wink of 



i. You know that 



work for it. A sleep of two 



■lv break fast well .stored 



l Mountain, all 



Wi I inert Lake. 



up Mai 



irse than others, you know, 

 tember until April, aud this year it vva 

 we dare venture out for a day. 



Ou that night myself and Billy O.. ; 

 streams and lake as much as myself. 

 four days up the West Canada Crettk. 



o'clock'?. M., night soon setiu, butwith light hearts, a good 

 horse, fair 

 for Moreli, 

 and smoke 

 the drive o 

 ti nation at 

 sleep, we 1 



he who has sport nowdavs musl 

 hours at guide Remouda'n, and 

 away, we were soon on a tramr. 

 the way up hill for three miles, rem 

 a beautiful sheet of water, but at tin 

 property, and therefore no fisiiing f 

 erly to put our canvas boat togethe 

 severely reprimanded by Mr. Miltso 

 for daring to trespass oh his land. 



Taking the trail for Indian River aud tramping for a, mile, 

 the most of tho way in the snow up to our knees, we came 

 to Snag Lake, a little body of water, hut well filled with 

 trout. After being there a few momc 

 appear on the Other side of the lake, 

 trip to Twin Rock Lake. Our Cttloilll 

 and by giving him Ihe old whoop he 

 had been several months since w, 

 him down to the house alter the re 



went to fishing and had fair luck for the. first day. * The 

 next day was Sunday and the question arose how lo get 

 around 'hat, I guess most fishermen will know, so 1 w'ill 

 not give it away. Three days of fishing and then we started 



and e 

 , theo 



We 



s Ho- 



rner of the lake, 



juide 



, j.ust, returning from a 

 illations proved" correct, 

 he knew us, although it 

 hgd seen him. Sending 

 launder of our traps wo 



