FISH AND FISHING. 



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would not blow up decent sportsmen. Will 

 not Mr. Edison turn his attention to this 

 great need of humanity and see what he 

 can do for us? — Editor. 



the street as far and as long as I could find 

 piece of you. — Editor. 



A MINNEAPOLIS MUSKALONGE MUR- 

 -DERER. 



Enclosed I send you a printed slip which 

 has been distributed around the streets of 

 Minneapolis by one William Hutchins, 

 who poses as the Secretary of the Muska- 

 longe Fishing Club. As you will see by 

 his own statement, he is a confirmed fish 

 bog. . 



Clinton F. McKusick, Minneapolis, Minn. 



The text of the circular is as follows : 



THE MUSKALONGE FISHING CLUB. 

 (Limited.) 

 I respectfully call your attention to the above 

 club, also to the fact that you can get the best 

 kind of fishing at this resort that is to be 

 found in fresh water. Muskalonges weighing up 

 to 30 and 40 and some at 60 pounds. As you 

 perhaps know, muskalonge fishing is allowed by 

 law at any time. I have express receipts to show 

 that I shipped 28 barrels, or over 4,600 pounds, 

 of muskalonge caught by myself and brother only 

 in 4 days. Wall-eyed pike, pickerel, perch, white- 

 fish, lake trout and large, toothsome bass are also 

 there in unlimited numbers, as I can vouch for. 

 Good hotel accommodations _ for club members. 

 Good cooking and plenty of it. 



Wm. Hutchins, Secretary. 



I wrote Mr. Hutchins, asking if the 

 statement in his circular was accurate and 

 he replied: 



What you have been told in regard to 

 myself and brother catching 4,600 pounds 

 of muskalonge is true. I can prove that 

 there are more muskalonge at this resort 

 than can be found in any other body of 

 water in this country, for the reason that 

 the outlet of this lake is closed 10 months 

 of the year. The inlet is underground 

 springs. The lake is 25 miles long and 18 

 to 24 miles wide, all sand and gravel beach. 

 I had over 1,000 pounds of muskalonge on 

 exhibition in this city last summer. That 

 is, the way I advertise. I show the goods. 

 W, H. Hutchins, Minneapolis, Minn. 



I have heard of fish hogs before, but 

 you and your brother certainly wear the 

 longest bristles and the longest snouts of 

 anv of them. Mille Lacs certainly must be 

 well stocked with muskalonge, but if such 

 dirty brutes as you are allowed to root 

 in it unrestrained, it is safe to assume there 

 will not be a dozen fish left in 2 years. If 

 I were in business in Minneapolis or any- 

 where else, and you should come to me 

 with a request to be allowed to exhibit 

 in my window 1,000 pounds of muskalonge, 

 taken at one catch, I would kick you down 



SOME MAINE FISHING. 



June 13 Mr. A. L. Bacon and I drove 17 

 miles East of Bangor to Flood's pond. It 

 is in a hilly country in the town of Otis. 

 Few ponds in the State afford greater sport 

 for the angler than Flood's. It is well sup- 

 plied with squaretail trout, and a species 

 that is known about here as the silvertail. 

 This is not so stocky a fish as the regular 

 squaretail, being more like the togue. 

 Flood's is one of the few ponds in the 

 country where these silvertail trout are 

 found. Every year the United States Fish 

 Commission sends a man there to get trout 

 and spawn for stocking lakes and ponds. 



While at Flood's pond we caught a great 

 many fish and were well pleased with our 

 trip. The day before we started home 

 was bright and sunny. We fished every 

 way that is known to the angler, and were 

 rowing down the pond without a single 

 fish, feeling rather blue. I was rowing 

 through a part of the pond called the nar- 

 rows and Bacon was trolling, when sud- 

 denly his reel began to sing. He thought 

 his line was caught on the bottom. I rowed 

 back to the place where the end of the line 

 seemed to be caught. Meanwhile Bacon 

 was standing up, reeling in the line as fast 

 as we moved backward. Suddenly the line 

 tightened and began to move slowly out 

 into the deeper water of the lake. Bacon 

 shouted, "I've got a whale !" and then he 

 settled down in true sportsman's style with 

 a determination to land that fish. We 

 rowed around, following it as best we 

 could. Finally we got it up to the boat so 

 we could reach it with the landing net and 

 take it in. It weighed 3 pounds and 7 

 ounces and was the largest silvertail taken 

 out of the pond during the season. 



That is also a great game country. 

 While there we saw 21 deer and a great 

 many ruffed grouse. 



B. R. Berry, Bangor, Me. 



THE ROOTERS STILL ROOT. 



Herewith I enclose an account of the 

 fishing contest of 1902. 



John Raines, 3rd, Canandaigua, N. Y. 



The people of Naples were regaled with a 

 great show of the finny tribe as a result of the 

 fishing contest of the Naples Association. The 

 display compared well with the best of previous 

 contests. The scoring was by weight with a 

 varying grade of points to the pound, according 

 to the grade of the fish. Trout, 25 points to the 

 pound; pike 15, whitefish 15, pickerel 8, perch 

 and sunfish 8. 



There were 21 contestants, as follows, with 

 their respective scores: 



