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RECREATION. 



. NIBBLES. 

 While walking along the shore of Calu- 

 met lake one day I saw 2 well dressed men 

 come in off the lake from fishing in a boat. 

 As they neared the landing some friends 

 called to them, "What luck did you have 

 to-day?" The fishermen answered, "Fine! 

 Could not be better! We caught about 150 

 sunfish." I saw the fish lying in the boat. 

 The 2 men got out, locked the boat and 

 started away, leaving the fish lying in the 

 boat, in the hot sun, to dry and spoil. An- 

 other man said to the fishermen, "Are you 

 not going to take the fish along?" "No," 

 they said, "we just wanted the fun of catch- 

 ing them." I do not know the names of 

 those fishermen, but they ought to be locked 

 up about 2 years apiece, to learn what true 

 sport is. 



Herman C. Beahls, Roseland, 111. 



What is the best food for shiners when 

 they are kept in confinement for winter 

 fishing? Will they nve in close confinement? 

 Frank P. Matteson, Davisville. R. I. 



ANSWER. 



Shiners kept in confinement for winter 

 fishing are not apt to eat or to reauire 

 much food, especiallv if kept in cold water. 

 When earth worms can be obtained thev 

 form the best food for minnows. Bread 

 crumbs and hominy, soft and chopped suffi- 

 ciently fine, are excellent and will be taken 

 readily by most minnows when at all hun- 

 gry. Small bits of meat are also excellent. 



In feeding fish in a live-box care must be 

 taken not to put in at any one time more 

 food than the fish are able to clean up ; else 

 the box becomes foul and unhealthful. — 

 Editor. 



Byron and Foster Burch "and Arthur Schoppe 

 caught over 500 trout one day this week. 



When my attention was called to above 

 clipping from a New Hampshire paper I 

 wrote to the men named, asking if the re- 

 port was true. The following answer was 

 made : 



The report that 2 friends and I caught 

 over 500 trout in one dav is true. We 

 began fishing at 8 a. m. and quit at 3. We 

 had the nicest mess of fish that has been 

 caught here this year. 



Byron R. Burch, Canaan, Vt. 



I take it for granted your bristles show 

 clear through your clothes. — Editor. 



A subscriber in Orion, Mich., sends me 

 a clioping from a Detroit newspaper con- 

 taining a string of fish stories. The writer 

 of the letter says, "The fellow's story 

 would have been all right if he had left out 



the picture that shows him to be a genuine 

 fish hog." 



The picture referred to shows this b;is- 

 tleback standing up behind a string of 

 some 50 odd trout, and if ever a man 

 showed villainy in his face, the one in this 

 picture does. If Michigan lawmakers do 

 not soon pass a law to restrain such butch- 

 ers as this one, there will be no fish left in 

 their streams. — Editor. 



Large trout are sometimes taken on 

 small flies. Last summer I was fishing in 

 the upper waters of the Beaverkill at twi- 

 light with 2 friends, when I took a 5 pound 

 brown trout, measuring 23^2 inches, on a 

 royal coachman, No. 10 hook. It took me 

 25 minutes to bring him to net. I used a 5 

 ounce split bamboo rod and a fine lead- 

 er, tied with single and water knots. I am 

 told this is the largest trout ever taken 

 with a fly on the Beaverkill. 



Willard Spenser, DeBruce, N. Y, 



This State has planted a great number 

 of German carp in many of our inland 

 waters. These fish destroy the wild celery 

 and rice on which game birds thrive; the 

 result is that duck shooting is here a thing 

 of the past. Prevent, if you can, other 

 States from making such a mistake and 

 planting a pest which can never be ex- 

 terminated. 



G. E. Schulz, Milwaukee, Wis. 



You will see in the lower left corner of 



the picture on page 442 the line "A Day's 

 Sport on the Yukon." The photographer 

 should have said a day's slaughter and he 

 should have branded the letters G. H. on 

 each man's mug before making the prints. 

 The Alaska game bill was not passed soon 

 enough. These brutes should have been 

 locked up in a military prison 30 days as a 

 proper retribution for their dastardly work. 



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