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RECREA TION. 



welcome the king of salt water fishes — the 

 striped bass — which is due here at any time; 

 though few are taken in the surf earlier 

 than May 15th. June is the best month for 

 that fish. 



As the bass and kingfish are both glo- 

 riously game, and as June is their best 

 month with us I will later furnish you a 

 chapter on each species, as I have found 

 them for many years, together with the 

 tackle, bait, time of tide and the most suc- 

 cessful hours for taking them. 



To me there is a charm in salt water fish- 

 ing to be found in no other manner. I 

 freely acknowledge the pleasure of a stroll 

 along meadow and forest stream, in quest 

 of fontinalis; the glories of a struggle with 

 muscalonge, or salmon is most inspiriting. 

 But the solemn grandeur of sea and river, 

 when fishing conditions are at their best, 

 always make a deep impression on me and 

 leave a conviction that it is not all of fish- 

 ing to catch fish. 



Leonard Hulit. 



are all fish hogs, if this report is anywhere 

 near accurate. — Editor. 



FISHING AT HENDERSON HARBOR. 



Seneca Falls, N. Y. 



Editor Recreation: Several years ago, 

 I got my fishing tackle together, and with 

 my family, started for Henderson Harbor, 

 on Lake Ontario. We went to an old farm 

 house where we staid all summer and lived 

 on fish and all the good things one is able 

 to get on a large farm. The morning after 

 our arrival I started, bright and early, with 

 my boatman, to find some black bass. We 

 fished all day and caught 50 beauties that 

 weighed from one pound to 3. We were 

 not allowed to keep any that weighed less 

 than a pound. The boatman are strict in 

 enforcing that rule. 



One of the most pleasant trips I had was 

 taken to Galloup island, 12 miles out in 

 the lake from the Harbor, and containing 

 about 300 acres. There is a light house on 

 one of the points, and about 100 yards out 

 from that is an immense bowlder, around 

 which hundreds of bass find a feeding 

 ground. 



A party of 7 gentlemen (?) and 3 boat- 

 men started, in a yacht, one Monday morn- 

 ing for the island, on a 3 days' fishing trip. 

 The weather was favorable for the sport, 

 and we had a fine time. We returned 

 Wednesday evening with between 600 and 

 700 bass, weighing from 2 to 5 pounds 

 apiece. It was the finest catch ever made 

 there, by any one party. I fished altogether 

 about 50 days, that summer, at the Harbor, 

 and succeeded in capturing about 900 bass; 

 keeping the family well supplied with fish. 



G. W. H. 



Note the interrogation point after " gen- 

 tlemen." G. W. H. forgot to put it there, 

 but I have supplied it. Still there is really 

 no doubt as to the species to which either 

 G. W. H. or his fellow fishers belong. They 



UNCLE TOM'S LAMPREY EEL. 



Uncle Tom, now dead, was a great 

 sportsman, fond of both fishing and hunt- 

 ing. Profane, eccentric, careless regard- 

 ing religious belief and practise, giving no 

 thought to the future unless it concerned 

 a hunting or fishing excursion; yet, withal, 

 he possessed an abundant supply of good 

 nature. Uncle Tom conceived the idea of 

 making an artificial lamprey eel, for a fish 

 lure. Procuring an old kid glove, he spent 

 one Sunday patiently sewing, until he pro- 

 duced a good imitation of a lamprey eel. 



The next day he went out with his new 

 lure. He returned at night, without a fish, 

 and looking tired and disappointed. As he 

 passed a group of friends, they said, " Well, 

 Uncle Tom, what luck did you have?" 



" No luck at all," said he. 



" What's the matter, wouldn't the lam- 

 prey catch them? " 



The reply was quick and gruff. " No, the 

 d thing wouldn't wiggle." 



FISH NOTES. 



A merchant of this place, Mr. A. J. Jones, 

 grew tired of hearing the boys tell of the 

 big fish they caught. He offered a $10 rod 

 as a prize for the largest bass caught in this 

 vicinity, with hook and line, and a $7.50 rod 

 for the largest carp. The boys were to reg- 

 ister and pay a small fee in each competi- 

 tion, and the fish were to be brought to the 

 merchant's place, and weighed. 



Seventy-six carp were registered, the 

 prize fish weighing 10^2 pounds. Three 

 days after the contest closed, a carp weigh- 

 ing 1534 pounds was captured. I won the 

 bass rod, with a 3 pound 3^ ounce black 

 bass. During the summer I caught, in all, 

 47 bass. What was once one of the best 

 bass streams in the country, has been near- 

 ly ruined by mill refuse, dumped in it at 

 this place. 



C. E. Plessinger, Anderson, TncJ. 



Six or 7 years ago a man living with us, 

 caught a lake trout about 14 inches in 

 length. I cleaned the fish, and found in it 

 a rattlesnake 11 inches long. The snake 

 had probably tried to swim the river and 

 the fish swallowed him, head first. 



There are plenty of brook-trout here. 

 They rise freely to the fly, during August 

 and September. 



There are not many deer left. Govern- 

 ment troops were sent to guard the game 

 in the Sequoia National Park, but they kill 

 more game than was killed before they 

 came. 



There are many quails in the foot hills, 

 and a few Canada grouse in the pines. 

 E. H. Washburn, Three Rivers, Cal. 



