HOUR -OF 
THE WISCONSIN BREED. 
The fish shown in the accompanying 
picture were caught in Lake Winnebago, 
Wis., Jume 3, 09. There are 73 of them, 
Aienut2s or which are pike: (ihe pike 
weighed 1% to 2% pounds each. The bass 
were all of good size. This string was 
caught by D. W. Dunham, R. O. Jasper- 
son and George Randall between 6 and 8 
o'clock in the evening, and the next 
morning the party caught the 25 pike. 
Trolling hooks were used and during the 
evening, when the flies were thick on the 

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hap 
TWO MORE WISCONSIN FISH HOGS. 
water, the fish bit almost as fast as the 
lines could be let out and taken in. 
D. W. Dunham, City Editor The North- 
western, Oshkosh, Wis. 
What do you think of 2 men who are 
vain enough and vulgar enough to stand 
up in front of a camera and have them- 
selves photographed beside a string olf 
pike they have caught? What do you 
think of a pair of swine who would catch 
50 bass and 25 pike within a few hours, 
simply because they could? 
Dunham and Jasperson parade the fact 
that they are connected with an Oshkosh 
newspaper. As such they are supposed 
to be public educators; yet they go out 
and make a record as fish hogs. Then 
they get themselves photographed with 
their plunder. They had a cut made from 
the above photograph and published in 
a local paper, together with the facts. 

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Thus they say in effect to other fish hogs, 
Canny Olmpecaturtiiicn« Having thrown 
down the gauntlet it is supposed the other 
fellows will pick it -p; that they will try to 
break this record, and the result is likely 
to be a further slaughter of good food 
fishes. 
In replying to my letter the said city 
editor states that “Lake Winnebago, 
where this wonderful fishing was done, is 
one of the finest fishing waters in the 
Northwest.” 
The record sent ont by these men is 
mighty poor advertising for that lake. 
Ea simply we sayse tors the world ~that sit 
thes inhabitants: “are engaged “in  suclt 
slaughter as this there is little use for peo- 
ple living at a distance to go there to fish; 
for they will probably find the lake sadly 
depleted by the time they reach it. 
THE MICHIGAN BREED: 
A cut was published in a Chicago pa- 
per, evidently made from the photo which 
is here reproduced, and underneath was 
this statement: 

STILL MORE SWINE. 
The above shows what the inland lakes of Michigan 
are capable of, and represents a day’s work by R. O. 
Evans, of Chicago, and C.G. Deal. of Three Rivers, 
Mich. The catch consists of 98 fine bass and number- 
less perch and bluegills, which are piled up in the 
right hand corner of the picture. 
I wrote Mr. Deal for verification of the 
report and here is what he says: 
Replying to your letter: Yes, the re- 
port is true. J mail you a photo of Mr. 
Evans and me but it shows only a part of 
the fish we caught. All the fish on the 3 
lines are bass, and you will see a pile on 
the grottnd that we did not string up. 
C. G. Deal, Three Rivers, Mich. 
