FISH AND FISHING. 



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I inclose a newspaper clipping which may 

 interest the readers of Recreation. 



Leonard Brown, of Coronado, caught a jewfish at the 

 jetty, yesterday, with 600 feet of 24 thread linen line, that 

 weighed 246X pounds, and was 6 feet 1% inches long. It 

 took 2 hours and 5 minutes to wear the big fellow out and 

 when he was brought close enough to the jetty he had to be 

 shot, with a rifle, and towed ashore. 



The material has arrived at San Diego 

 for the construction of an 800 foot jetty 

 at Coronado Beach. It will be 20 feet wide 

 with an L, and will be constructed wholly 

 as a pleasure wharf, for the landing of 

 yachts, for fishing, etc. The first jew fish 

 of the season was caught at Catalina last 

 Thursday, by Mr. R. W. Fredericks, an 

 Arizona man. The fish weighed 150 

 pounds. The fishing at Catalina Island is 

 improving every day and will soon be 2X its 

 best. Mackerel are biting freely at Redon- 

 do, and affording fine sport. 



B. C. Hinman, Los Angeles, Cal. 



My father, many of our friends, and I, 

 are enthusiastic fly-fishermen. One of our 

 favorite trips is on White river, from 

 Noblesville to Indianapolis. This trip 

 takes 2 days, and includes a camp for one 

 night on the river bank. We have our own 

 canvas folding boats, tents, and complete 

 outfit. Unfortunately, however, the fish- 

 ing has been poor for the last 2 or 3 years; 

 great numbers of bass having been de- 

 stroyed by the straw-board mill at Nobles- 

 ville. Three of our friends make their own 

 fly rods, of red cedar. We think them bet- 

 ter than any that can be bought. Our 

 favorite equipment is one of those rods, 

 automatic reel, oiled line, 3-strand twisted 

 leader, and a home-made deer or squirrel 

 tail fly, with a spinner. We generally use 

 a spinner, having found it effective. 



Walter Hanford, Indianapolis, Ind. 



For over 2 weeks now I have been on an 

 outing with my wife and daughters. We 

 are in a cottage beautifully located on Lake 

 Whatcom; a lake noted for its beauty of 

 surroundings. It is 12 miles long by a mile 

 or more wide. The Government sound- 

 ings were 900 feet in places, with " no bot- 

 tom " in others. The water is cold and 

 clear, while high mountains, a fine island, 

 deep bays and cool mountain streams, and 

 good trout-fishing, make this a perfect 

 spot for a month's recreation. 



Since we came out, we have caught about 

 300 trout, my largest being 2^ pounds, 

 caught on fly-rod with bait. Have had 

 some ideal fly-fishing. Most of my fishing 

 is with flies — a sport I never tire of. 



S. B. Irish. 



A fishing club, of which I am a member, 

 has leased a lake for a number of years. 

 We think of stocking it with wall-eyed 

 pike; but do not know anything about 



them. Do they destroy other fish or 

 spawn? 



The lake is at present stocked with bass, 

 pickerel, perch and sunfish. 



E. L. Ryerson, Deckertown, N. J. 



The U. S. Fish Commission reply to the 

 above inquiry: " Of all carnivorous, ma- 

 rauding fishes found in fresh water, the 

 worst is the wall-eyed pike. He never tires 

 feeding on other fishes. The black bass 

 can probably hold its own against the pike, 

 but will not profit by having him to con- 

 tend with. 



" If the lake is a good black bass lake, 

 it will be wise to keep the wall-eyed pike 

 out." 



Mr. George Richardson, of Tulare city, 

 Cal., gets up in meeting, and tells of his 

 experience with his 14 gauge, choke bore 

 gun. With this wonderful gun, he filled 

 a jack-snipe, 190 yards away, so full of No. 

 9 shot, that the poor bird sank in the 

 water before it could be reached. This 

 touching anecdote, proves Mr. Richardson 

 either the victim of an optical illusion, or 

 the possessor of an ability which George 

 Washington lacked. No one ever killed 

 anything at 35 rods, with No. 9 shot. 



J. D. Rogers, Round Lake, N. Y. 



Mr. Eugene Gardner of Philmont, N. Y., 

 tells of a brook trout, caught in a stream 

 that empties into a mill pond at that place, 

 that weighed over 10 pounds. The fish 

 was taken to the Chatham newspaper 

 office, and the weight and species verified. 

 Philmont is not far from Copake lake. 

 F. D. R., Albany, N. Y. 



The blackfishing, in and around Guilford 

 harbor, was exceptionally good last fall, 

 and many good strings were taken. The 

 fish were large and bit freely. Now the 

 ducks have come, in almost countless 

 numbers, but are mostly coots and old 

 squaws, and are hardly worth going after. 

 L. M. E., Guilford, Conn. 



I was surprised to see it stated, by a 

 contributor to Recreation, that white 

 perch are not salt water fishes. I have 

 spent most of my life on or near the salt 

 water and have caught white perch with 

 many kinds of bait. There are times when 

 they, like other fish, will not take any bait. 

 S. S. Lord, Hartford, Conn. 



For the benefit of your correspondent 

 who never saw white perch in salt water, 

 will say they are taken in both Albe- 

 marle and Pimlico sounds, in Eastern 

 North Carolina; in nets and with hook 

 and line. The fish are undoubtedly white 

 perch and the water is salt. 



A. S. Doane, Glen Cove, L. I. 



