A WISCONSIN BRISTLEBACK. 



I send you a photo of myself and 138 

 black bass caught by me at Prescott, 

 Wis., one morning, about 2 blocks from our 

 hotel at the foot of St. Croix lake. I also 

 caught at the same time 52 skipjacks which 



It is a pity some of the people who saw 

 you slaughtering black bass at this dis- 

 graceful rate did not chuck a load of buck- 

 shot into you. That is about the only kind 



are not shown in the picture, as we forgot 

 all about them. They lay in my boat to the 

 right of the picture. I was seen from the 

 shore, by a number of people in our town, 

 when I was making this catch. 



Chas. H.. Stapf, Prescott, Wis. 



of medicine that will cure the disease with 

 which you are afflicted, and the sooner 

 someone administers it to you the better 

 it will be for the decent anglers of your 

 region, and for those of the country at 

 large. — Editor. 



"That little minnow," said the first fish, 

 "seems to have got a big opinion of him- 

 self all of a sudden." "Yes," replied the 

 other, '"he managed to wriggle off a hook 

 this morning, and then heard the fisherman 

 bragging about his size." — Four Track 

 News. 



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