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RECREA TION. 



SULLIVAN COUNTY NOTES. 



The Trout fishing in Sullivan County, N. 

 Y., is better this year than for several sea- 

 sons past. The following items are a few, 

 only, of the many that could have been 

 gathered from local newspapers: 



William Keener, of the Roscoe House, caught, at the 

 forks of the Beaverkill and Willowemoc, 2 trout which 

 weighed, together, 6 pounds 6 ounces. The largest weighed 

 4/<i pounds and measured 22 inches in length. The smaller 

 one weighed 2 pounds, lacking 2 ounces. Both of these 

 trout were caught at nearly the same place and within a 

 few minutes of each other, on a No. 8 fly hook. 



General Superintendent Edward Canfield, of the O. & 

 W., was presented with a trout, Saturday, which weighed 

 ■2% pounds and measured 17 inches. It was caught on a 

 fly, by Walter Peak, at Trout Brook. He had one of the 

 prettiest fights in his fishing career, in landing it. 



"Ding" Darling and Charles Smith visited the West 

 Branch of the Neversink, near Clara ville, and brought home 

 over 300 trout. 



T. E. Hayes and W. L. Millspaugh caught 21 trout, in 

 the Willowemoc, which weighed 20 pounds. 



Howard Fredenburgh caught a California trout, under 

 Sherwood's mill dam, at Livingston Manor, which was 19% 

 inches long and weighed 3% pounds. He caught a second 

 one, a little later, which weighed about 1% pounds. 



Gus Kaiser and Jack Morris, of New York, spent 2 weeks 

 at D. Murdock's, near Parksville, on a trout fishing excur- 

 sion. They report the fishing excellent, having caught 59 

 the first 2 days. Mr. Kaiser caught a trout 19 inches long, 

 in the Little Beaverkill. 



O. H. Brown, of Middletown, caught 37 trout in the 

 Willowemoc, Thursday. 



Emery Keene of Emmonsville, near Liv- 

 ingston Manor, caught a lake trout, weigh- 

 ing 4 pounds, in Forest lake, and Israel 

 Winner caught a brook trout there which 

 was 16 inches long. 



F. G., New York City. 



We have good fishing here. A friend and 

 I caught, in 2 l / 2 hours, in Lake Underhill, 

 a mile from Orlando, 29 black bass, weigh- 

 ing 34 of a pound to 3 pounds each; one 

 weighed 12 pounds. I fished, while my 

 companion managed the boat. I used a 

 No. 12 Bristol steel rod — the best rod made 

 for the money — and a No. 2 spoon. This I 

 consider the most killing bait on the mar- 

 ket. A. M. N., Orlando, Fla. 



I think Recreation the brightest and 

 best sportsmen's journal published. 



Fishing in local streams, Big and Little 

 Miami, last spring was not good. Too 

 much rain; still, some nice strings were 

 caught. Jas. Hickman (Kingfisher), 

 caught 12 fish, averaging a pound each; 

 and I caught 8, about the same size, in one 

 day's fishing. 



T. L. S., Cincinnati, Ohio. 



The game laws are not enforced as they 

 should be, in this section. Still, there is 

 better fishing in Seneca river than for some 

 time past. It is easy to get a good string 

 almost any day; pickerel, mostly, being 

 the catch now. One man, in one after- 

 noon, got 32, of 2 to 8 pounds each. Whip- 

 ping with pole and spoonhook, is the best 

 way to catch them. 



J. O. B., Savannah, N. Y. 



Fishing is good in the Yellowstone, and 

 smaller streams. An angler caught a rain- 

 bow trout, recently, weighing 6 pounds 6 

 ounces. The Park line is here, and the 

 streams are teeming with all the trout 

 species — salmon, rainbow, brown, brook, 

 and Loch Leven. We also have good gray- 

 ling fishing, on the Madison. 



J. W. H., Crevasse, Mont. 



I have been propagating muskalonge, on 

 Lost lake, in Northern Wisconsin. This 

 is at the head of the Chippewa river, in one 

 of the wildest places in America, where the 

 waters are alive with fish, and the forests 

 full of game. Lost lake is one of a chain 

 of 4 lakes, in Sawyer county, 45 miles from 

 Lake Superior. 



F. W. Cheney, Jamestown, N. Y. 



A party of 4, of whom Irving Totten was 

 one and I another, started to fish at 9.30, 

 one morning, and stopped at 3 p.m. A 

 count showed almost 300 smelt and about 

 a dozen perch. We divided and went home. 

 D. G. McR., Washington, D. C. 



Expect to start soon for the Kedgwick 

 river, in New Brunswick. This is a branch 

 of the Restigouche, and has been leased 

 by a few of us, for the term of 5 years. 



H. O. W., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Have just returned from my annual visit 

 to Lake Winnipeg, for trout. Had a very 

 enjoyable trip, catching 19 lake trout, 

 weighing 84 pounds. 



J. H. S., Haverhill, Mass. 



The fishing season started in very favor- 

 ably at Catalina island. Many yellow-tail, 

 sea bass, etc., are taken daily. 



B. C. H., Los Angeles, Cal. 



Would like to see an article on pickerel 

 fishing, in South Jersey ponds. 



E. J. McM., Philadelphia, Pa. 



There was some great fishing at Green- 

 boro, Vt, last season. 



A. W. S., Morrisville, Vt. 



We have good trout fishing here. 



J. E. B., Dingman's Ferry, Pa. 



