XIV 



RECREATION. 



SOME BIG FISH STORIES. 



We reached this ramp Friday and found 

 the creek alive with large salmon trout 

 that we could not induce to take a bait of 

 any kind, live or artificial. After various at- 

 tempts, all unsuccessful, we lit our pipes and 

 had a war talk. Then we armed ourselves 

 with good long poles, went down to the 

 creek, thrashed the stuffing out of the fish, 

 and actually drove a lot of them out and up 

 to oar tent, where we coralled and killed 

 them. There is no doubt that this is a good 

 fishing camp when a fellow can drive up a 

 herd of salmon trout and corral them in the 

 tent. They weigh from 2 to 25 pounds each. 



Witness our hands and seals, this 27th day 

 of August, 1895. 

 M. W. Miner, W. A. Houston ("Saw-Tooth 



Billy"), Louis Youngmark, Warrens, 



Idaho. 



Following is a list of a few large trout 

 caught in Gunnison river, Colo., during the 

 past season: 



Weight in lbs. 

 E. P. Shove, Mayor of Gunnison, Fly 

 Dr. F. D. Sanford, Gunnison, " 



B. W. Lewis, 

 J. D. Parsons, " 



John McCormic, " '' 



W. C. Skinner, " '*•* 



Tom Harper, minnow, 



T.J.Thompson, " " 



M.P. Getchell, 



J. M. McDougal, minnow. 



E. R. Chew, Pueblo. Colo. Fly 



Rev. Wm. Wirt King, St. Louis. Mo. " 

 J. B. Clements, " 



D. D. Seerie, Denver, Colo., " 

 Robert Findlay, " " 

 H. M. Bostwick, " 

 R. C. Hawley, Pueblo. Colo., 



E. T. Bailey, Hartford, Conn., 

 J. H. Brayton, Chicago, Ills., 

 Miss Emma Rees, Lexington, Ky. " 

 O. F. Jaynes, Omaha, Neb., 



*But it got away. 



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 7 



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 7 



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 10 



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 7 



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The fishing we have tried here is fairly 

 good — bass, pickerel, and perch — but, like 

 the game, fish are scarce. ' 



Margaret Gray Brooks, East Brews- 

 ter, Mass. 



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