FISH AND FISHING. 



FISHING IN TEXAS WATERS. 



Aransas Pass, Tex. 

 Editor Recreation. 



Tarpon were never before so plentiful at this 

 time of year. Last Wednesday, Mr. Albert 

 Maverick, Hon. A. W. Houston, Mr. Reagan 

 Houston and Mr. P. H. Swearingen, of the law 

 firm of Swearingen & Brooks, lei t San Antonio, 

 for Rockport and Aransas Pass, to try their 

 luck at the tarpon, and up to Thursday night had 

 landed five — Mr. A. W. Houston, 2; Mr. Reagan 

 Houston, 2 ; and Mr. Swearingen, I. 



Mr. Swearingen hooked several, but was not so 

 successful in landing his fish. This was Mr. 

 Swearingen's maiden tarpon, and he has grown 

 at least two or three feet since. He says tarpon 

 fishing beats practising law. 



The news of their catch was at once sent to 

 San Antonio, and on Saturday the nth, the 

 following gentlemen left for Rockport and 

 Aransas Pass : Louis Frankel, Wm. Hardie, 

 Allen Irwin, general agent of the S. A. & A. P. 

 R. R.: E. G. Seng, E. K. Bixley, travelling pas- 

 senger agent of the Vandalia line ; Jacob Wadder, 



F. Daggett, P. Waldridge, E. J. Cowert, Ira N. 

 Turner, alias Potter Palmer ; J. A. McDonald, 



G. J. Spaulding, J. Hamer, W„ Berry, J. C. 

 Wengham and L. F. Meyers. ^ They went with 

 blood in their eyes. 



They expect to stay at least a week, if they can 

 keep Frankel and Seng in harness, to say nothing 

 about Turner, as he never refuses. All in all it 

 was one of the jolliest parties that has cast a 

 line in the Pass for many a day. 



L. F. Meyers. 



Grand Rapids, Mich. 

 Editor Recreation. 



Owing to the splendid work of the State Fish 

 Commissioners, the streams in this part of the 

 state are so well stocked with brook, rainbow 

 and German trout, that there are fish for every- 

 body and the tyro need not fear the result of a 

 fishing excursion north -of this point. But, 

 alas, for the grayling ! His artificial culture is a 

 failure and the trout is rapidly exterminating 

 him, on my first visit to Little Manistee, 

 four years ago, I took fir^t a trout, then a 

 grayling, and often one of each at the 

 same cast. The number of grayling, at each 

 subsequent crip, has grown sadly less, until, 

 on the first and second of May, this year, out of 

 a catch of 156 fish there was not one grayling. 

 I predict that in five years this beautiful and 

 rare game fish will be practically extinct. So 

 brothers of the rod do not postpone your trip 

 too long if you want grayling. 



Among the many streams, within one to five 

 hours ride from Grand Rapids, which will amply 

 repay one for a visit, are the White river, 

 South, North and middle branches of the Pere 

 Marquette, Baldwin creek, Little Manistee, 

 Pine, Little Pine, and Bear creek. The latter is 

 a fine grayling stream. These streams are wide 

 and free from brush, affording the best of oppor- 

 tunities for fly fishing. A day's catch, in fishing 

 weather, for one who understands using the fly, 

 ranges from 50 to 200 fish. R. G. Macfie. 



Gunnison, Colo. 

 Editor Recreation. 



A monster rainbow trout, measuring 28£ inches 

 in length and weighing n\ pounds, was on 

 exhibition in Gunnison on the 8th inst. It was 

 captured by a ranchman in a small irrigating 

 ditch where it had just finished spawning. This 

 is the largest trout ever seen in this locality, 

 being one pound heavier than the record breaker 

 caught by Mayor Shove, with hook and line, 

 last summer. The Gunnison river is an excel- 

 lent stream for trout fishing. 



Joe. C. Parsons. 



Bangor, Maine. 

 Editor Recreation. 



I have just returned from Moosehead Lake, 

 where L spent a day and a half fishing. I 

 caught 21 trout that would average over two 

 pounds each, and that gave me the greatest 

 sport I ever had fishing. I brought 16 of them 

 to Bangor and had the pleasure of giving them 

 to my friends, who all agreed that it was a 

 magnificent string. W. C. Hutchins. 



Hanover, 111. 

 Editor Recreation. 



This is a pleasant place at which to spend a 

 week or two fishing and boating. It is in a 

 bend of the Fox river and is nearly surrounded 

 by water. Black bass, rock bass, pike, pickerel, 

 blue and channel cat, German carp and buffalo 

 are plentiful and of good size. 



Jefferson McIntyre, Jr. 



Roddster — " I say, old fellow, can you lend 

 us a pair of scales for a few days ?" 



Married Chum — " We have a pair, but sorry 

 to say they are out of order; they weigh heavy. 



Roddster (excitedly)—" The very thing; we're 

 going fishing !" — Boston Courier. 



Whenever I go out to fish 



I find my basket's slow a-filling ; 



The fish won't bite at any bait — 

 The " skeeter's" far too willing. 



—N. Y. Herald. 



In our family there are seven 



Sturdy striplings and elate, 

 And our sturdy dad athletic 



Makes the aggregation eight ; 

 And, as mamma now wears bloomers, 



We are ready to combine, 

 And to challenge all creation 



As 



base 



ball 



■AT. Y. Herald. 



" Where are you going, my Indian maid?" 

 " Back to my tepee, sir," she said. 

 " May I go with you, my pretty maid ? " 

 " My brother will axe you, sir," she said. 



— N. Y. World 



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