RECREATION. 



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Mr. C. H. Kingsbury, writing of this 

 fish says : 



"The steel-head salmon, a fine variety, 

 runs in the spring and is often speared 

 in the little Spokane, a creek emptying 

 into the Spokane river about 10 or 12 

 miles below the city. So far as I have 

 learned the steel-head does not seem to 

 have taken hook or bait of any descrip- 

 tion. 



"The Chinook salmon begins to appear 

 in the Spokane river in August. This 

 year Mr. Seiffert opened the season 

 August 20th, by taking two fine, silver 

 salmon, weighing 13 and 14 pounds, and 

 followed it up, about two weeks later, 

 with the capture of the huge fellow al- 

 ready referred to." 



In October, 1893, Messrs. Seifert and 

 Seitenbach took, in one forenoon, four- 

 teen fish, trout and salmon,weighing from 

 7^2 to 16 pounds each, the aggregate 

 weight being 145 pounds. These were 

 taken at the same place as the big salmon 

 and with the luminous spoon. 



A picture of this string, and of the 

 fortunate anglers, is shown on the oppo- 

 site page. 



FISH NOTES. 



A Jewfish weighing 597 pounds is 

 said to have been recently captured in a 

 deep pool near Santa Maria Key, Hills- 

 borough county, Fla , by a party of 

 turtle hunters. The fish lived in a cav- 

 ity under the bank and was said to be 

 so large that it could not leave the hole, 

 owing to the projection all round it of 

 coralline rocks and the narrowness of 

 the entrance. 



The proper name of this species is 

 June fish, because it appears near the 

 shore about that time, preparatory to 

 spawning ; but, as usual, in our abbre- 

 viating habit, some of our people began 

 to call it jewfish, and jewfish it remains, 

 notwithstanding the fact that it has 

 none of the characteristics of the He- 

 brew race. 



A party of anglers who sought Ft. 

 Myers, Fla., last winter in search of the 

 bounding tarpon got into a dispute as to 

 what was the proper name of the creat- 

 ure. They decided to submit the ques- 

 tion to a writer on field sports in Florida. 

 His decision was that the original name 



of the fish was tarpum, and that if pri- 

 ority of nomenclature had any claim to 

 respectability that name should be re- 

 tained. Some of the anglers agreed with 

 him ; others did not, and the result was 

 amusing, for each side stuck to its favor- 

 ite cognomen while discussing the fish. 



" Grunting" is a favorite sport with 

 Florida anglers during the summer. 

 They anchor a boat on a deep, rocky 

 bottom, put a fish or pork bait on a 

 rather small hook, drop it overboard, 

 and when it is taken by a grunt it is 

 hauled aboard, and the grunt does the 

 rest. The fish frequently grunt for half 

 an hour or more after being caught. 



Chas. Truax recently placed on ex- 

 hibition in the Union League Club, 

 Chicago, two brook trout weighing 7^ 

 and 77-2 pounds respectively. They were 

 caught in the Nepigon. 



Quite a number of quail can now be 

 found in eastern Minnesota. They were 

 protected bylaw for three years and now 

 bags of 20 to 40 are being made. 



A Kingfish, weighing 31 pounds is 

 reported to have been recently caught 

 off Key Largo, Fla. 



An Expert Opinion. — It is generally 

 conceded that the New York Herald 

 maintains as high a standard of literary 

 merit as any newspaper in the world. 

 Its criticisms of books, magazines and 

 other literary productions are fearless 

 and unbiased. Its good opinion cannot 

 be bought. This paragraph was printed 

 in the Sunday Herald 'of November nth, 

 1894, in its department of book reviews: 



Recreation is a new monthly magazine pub- 

 lished by G. O. Shields, New York. It is an 

 aspirant for fame and fortune, and if we may 

 judge by the first two numbers which have come 

 to our table, it gives promise of success. As the 

 name suggests, it is devoted mostly to out-of-door 

 sports — fishing, hunting, cycling, photography 

 and other subjects in which the people are inter- 

 ested. The field is a large one, and an illustrated 

 work of this kind ought to win its way into 

 popular favor, and gather about it a large clien- 

 tele. It is edited with care and ability, and the 

 variety of its contents appeals in a good many 

 directions. We are glad to give it a cordial 

 greeting, with the hope that in its maturity it will 

 fulfill the promise of its beginning. 



