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RECREA TION. 



Evidently there is some misunderstand- 

 ing here. If the arrested party caught mul- 

 let with net or seine, at <t time when the 

 law pronounces the catching of any fish un- 

 lawful, he violated the law and should have 

 been convicted. The mullet is not only a 

 true fish but it is the most valuable fish now 

 handled in Florida. The catch of mullet, in 

 Florida waters, is as valuable to the State as 

 that of all other species of fishes combined. 

 I suggest that my correspondent get an au- 

 thoritative statement from Judge Jones, as 

 to what he thinks the mullet really is. — 

 Editor. 



Inclosed you will find target made by Ed. 

 Coxshall and me, 30 yards, off hand, with a 

 Marlin repeater. Four shots went outside 

 of the bulls-eye, and 2 went into the same 

 hole, on bottom edge of bulls-eye. Top in- 

 dicated by notch in bulls-eye. Each man 

 took 8 shots, each losing 2 shots outside of 

 bulls-eye. 



I am 51 years old and Mr. Coxshall is 26. 

 How does this target average with others 

 you get? 



J. W. Griffith, Randolph, Wis. 



STUDYING WESTERN FISHES. 



Goose Lake, Oregon. 



Editor Recreation: We are now in 

 camp on the East shore of Goose lake, at 

 the California-Oregon state line. I shall 

 not take time, now, to tell you about the 

 excellent fishing and the many things of 

 interest connected with this trip. These 

 things can be best written about after the 

 completion of the summer's work. The 

 journey out, from Washington, was pleas- 

 ant, in every way, and we regard ourselves 

 as fortunate in the route selected, viz: Bal- 

 timore & Ohio Railway, Washington to 

 Chicago; Chicago & Northwestern to 

 Council Bluffs,; Union Pacific (the World's 

 pictorial line), to Ogden, and the Southern 

 Pacific thence to Ashland, Oregon. 



The service on each of these roads is 

 superb, in every way. " The Fast Mail " 

 from Omaha is scarcely inferior to " The 

 Overland Limited," so justly celebrated for 

 the elegance of its appointments and the 

 comfort with which the traveller can make 

 the trip across the Continent. On nearing 

 San Francisco a lady passenger, with a little 

 child, said: " How easy it has been to 

 make this long trip! I feel as rested and 

 comfortable as on the day we left Chicago." 

 And so it was with all of us. A trip to the 

 Pacific coast need be dreaded by no one. 



At Ashland we outfitted with 2 wagons 

 and complete camping and collecting out- 

 fits. The object is to examine, carefully, 

 all the lakes and streams lying East of the 

 Klamath lakes, in Southern Oregon. 



These are Goose lake, the Warner lakes, 

 Albert, Summer and Silver lakes. 



It is the purpose to thoroughly explore 



these lakes, along all lines which have any 

 bearing upon fish-life. Numerous sound- 

 ings will be made and the depth of water 

 and character of bottom determined. 

 Temperatures of the water will be taken, at 

 different times, at different places and at 

 different depths. 



The chemical character of the water will 

 be determined, and the abundance and dis- 

 tribution of the various species of fishes and 

 other animals and plants found in the lakes 

 will be considered.. Large collections will, 

 of course, be made. 



This region has never before been inves- 

 tigated, and we shall not be surprised if a 

 number of new and interesting fishes are 

 found. 



I had occasion last year to mention, in 

 Recreation, the remarkably large trout of 

 Upper Klamath lake. The more one sees 

 of this trout the more certain is he that it 

 has not its equal anywhere. That it took 

 Mr. Gifford Pinchat i$4 hours to kill a 

 large one, in Pelican bay, last fall, is suffi- 

 cient to attest its game qualities. Not all 

 individuals are so gamey as was that one, 

 but many are; while the abundance and 

 size of the trout make this lake one of the 

 very best places for the angler who desires 

 to test his skill with big fish. 



Pelican bay (an arm of Upper Klamath 

 lake) is the most prolific in animal life of 

 any lake I know of. Crustaceans, mollusks, 

 and small fishes abound, in marvellous 

 numbers, and constitute an abundant food 

 supply for the trout. There is now a com- 

 fortable hotel on Pelican bay and there are 

 plenty of good boats. Pelican bay is easily 

 reached by wagon road, 45 miles from Ash- 

 land, on the Southern Pacific. Fishing is 

 good at any time, from March to Novem- 

 ber. B. W. Evermann. 



Fishermen say fishing in the river is better than for a lorg 

 time past. The frost has driven the bass to deep water 

 and the unusual absence of insects, on which they feed, 

 causes them to bite freely. The landlord of the Coolbaugh 

 Hotel, at Laceyville, says one man caught, with 5 rods, on 

 Saturday, 700 bass. — Luzerne, Pa., paper. 



If this report be true, or if this man 

 caught even 100 bass, then Landlord Cool- 

 baugh would confer a favor on all decent 

 anglers by posting the name of the man 

 on his hotel bulletin, as a genuine fish hog. 

 — Editor. 



Deputy Fish Commissioner John J. Hil- 

 debrandt, of Logansport, Ind., recently 

 captured a seine in the possession of John 

 Eller, of Monticello, whom it cost $24.05 

 to settle with the state for violating the fish 

 law. 



Fishing is no good here thus far. We are 

 having rain every day and the brooks and 

 rivers are bank full, all the time. 



H. H. Clark, East Angus, Quebec. 



