FISH AND FISHING. 



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showing made by defendant's counsel, that the law was not 

 yet printed. 



The new law is the most sweeping one, on the subject, in 

 any state, and is designed to make Colorado a sportsman's 

 paradise. The law prohibits the sale of mountain trout, by 

 any hotel or restaurant, at any time of the year, and makes 

 it an offense to even print it on a bill of fare. If the fish, as 

 in the Oppenheim case, are imported from another state, 

 the defendant must show that the fish were lawfully taken, 

 according to the laws of the state where the trout were 

 caught. This is a difficult matter, as the laws of Utah, 

 Wyoming and Idaho are now almost as strict as the new 

 Colorado law, and prohibit the exportation of mountain 

 trout beyond their respective limits. 



The open season for catching trout, in this state, is from 

 June to October, inclusive. They must be caught by hook 

 and line, all other methods being punishable by heavy fines. 

 From the public waters of the state they can only be caught 

 for consumption, and no one person can take to exceed 20 

 pounds in one day. 



I hope our new Fish Commissioner will 

 be as zealous throughout his term as he is 

 now. C. E. Rich. 



The unusually high water, in the Wall- 

 kill river, has receded from the meadows, 

 leaving hundreds of German carp stranded 

 on the lowlands. They have adapted them- 

 selves to circumstances, are drawing 

 around themselves little patches of leaves, 

 and, like robins, are nesting. It is no un- 

 common sight to see the males going from 

 nest to nest, and looking after the eggs, 

 to insure the hatching process. 



The females seem content in their nests, 

 while the males bring them food. They do 

 not seem to mind the change, from water 

 to dry land, and are getting along nicely 

 out of their natural element; the occasional 

 rain storms being sufficient to keep them 

 in good condition. 



This looks as if we were never going to 

 be rid of this inferior fish. 



Any adverse comments, on this article, 

 by carping critics, will be resented. 



Biff, Middletown, N. Y. 



Spirit Lake, la. 



Editor Recreation: The hotels and the 

 fishing season opened here on May 15th. 

 The fishing is better than last year, as a 

 result of the law having been enforced. 

 Bass, wall-eyed pike, croppies, pickerel and 

 perch, have been taken in good numbers. 



With 2 railroads running directly from 

 Chicago, sportsmen are enabled to reach 

 our lakes very conveniently. 



This was an ideal hunting and fishing- 

 ground for the Indians; no wonder they 

 objected to leaving it. Here, too, the 

 mound - builders lived and built their 

 mounds. 



Recreation comes regularly. It is the 

 best of all the sportsmen's journals! That 

 is saying a good deal, but not too much. 



M. 



in our locality, there are probably many 

 readers of Recreation to whom they are 

 strangers. These islands, with numerous 

 smaller ones, form a group at the upper 

 end of Lake Erie. Around them, and on 

 the adjacent reefs, bass congregate, in May 

 and September. 



The middle of last May, C and I left 



Sandusky, Ohio, by steamer, for Kelley's 

 island, where we arrived toward evening. 

 By 6.30 the next morning we commenced 

 to fish. 



Trolling with spoon or live minnows is 

 the way most of the fishing is done. We 

 used live bait, Bristol steel rods and heavy 

 sinkers. Fishing until the middle of the 

 afternoon, we took 25 bass, ranging in 

 weight from one to 4 pounds. 



C. V. W., Sandusky, O. 



Please settle a dispute between me and a 

 friend. 



Is there any tarpon, or other fish, caught 

 with rod and reel, weighing 100 pounds or 

 over? Has there ever been one caught 

 with rod and reel so large? 



Yes, a great many fish, weighing 100 

 pounds and upward, have been caught with 

 rod and reel. A few tarpon have been thus 

 taken thai weighed over 200 pounds. In 

 the Gulf of Mexico, and at Santa Catalina 

 Island, jew fish and horse mackerel are 

 sometimes taken, with rod and reel, weigh- 

 ing upward of 200 pounds; though these 

 very large fish are usually taken with hand 

 lines. 



Of course, special tackle is required for 

 such fishing. The tarpon rod is usually 

 not more than 6y 2 feet in length and is 

 often a half inch in diameter at the tip. A 

 large reel is used, holding 200 to 300 yards 

 of 15 thread line. There is not much spring 

 in such a rod, when •simply testing it by 

 hand, yet a 200 pound fish will bend it 

 into a half circle. Editor. 



Although the names of Pelee, Put-in bay. 

 Old Hen, Middle, and Kelleys islands, and 

 the splendid fishing near them, are known 



In reply to inquiry of W. B. McE., Mar- 

 shall, N. C, I will give my experience of 

 7 years ago on Big Horicon, Little Hori- 

 con, Shut In, Pigeon river, Catalouche 

 creek and Deep creek — all in the mountains 

 of N. C. 



Although I fished only in the early 

 spring, I took good catches from each of 

 these streams. I advise him to get a 6-oz. 

 fly rod, good reel, light oil silk line, and 

 a few each of Black Gnat, Brown Hackle, 

 White Miller, Professor. Silver Doctor, 

 Dark Montreal and Red Ibis flies. Those 

 tied on No. 8 hooks are a good average 

 size, where only a limited stock is carried. 



I carry about 2 gross, tied on sizes 8 to 

 16, and have had good success with the 

 small flies, when trout would not rise to 

 the larger ones. R. P. B., Rutland, Vt. 



