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The bass in this lake are not gamey, which 
is a surprise to every one. From Cass lake 
one can go by boat up the Mississippi 
river, passing through a number of lakes, 
all of which contain unlimited numbers of 
fish such as are known to Cass lake. One 
can also leave Cass lake by boat, go up the 
Turtle river nearly to the Lake of the 
Woods, passing through many lakes, and 
enjoy equally good sport fishing. ; 
The country through which these rivers 
run is the hunter’s paradise; the woods 
abound in moose and deer as well as small 
game of all kinds, and ducks without num- 
ber. 
Three miles West of Cass lake is a lake 
known as Little Wolf, about one mile 
wide by 3 miles long, where one can get 
pike, pickerel, perch, croppies, silver bass, 
rock bass and some large mouth black 
bass. The country through which one 
travels to reach these lakes is beautiful; 
great forests with beautiful flowers, blue 
berries, wintergreen berries and strawber- 
ries in abundance. Nature has well pro- 
vided for her children here. 
Ed. E. Elston, Cass Lake, Minn. 
It is gratifying t ‘now of the great 
supply of fish in these waters, but if you 
and your friends continue such slaughter 
as that recounted above your lakes will 
soon be as barren as are the alkali ponds 
of the Arizona desert. 
EDITOR. 

The accompanying photo shows the big- 
gest catch of the season in this vicinity, 
and one of which we feel justly proud. 
After 4 hours’ fishine W. W. Reul, Frank 
Roth, and I surprised the natives by dis- 
playing this string of black bass, mostly 
small mouth, which were all decidedly 
“gamey” .and furnished us exciting sport. 
We are enthusiastic enough to assert 
that 43 bass weighing cne to 4 pounds 
each would make any fisherman forget 
that there was any other sport in exist- 
ence. 
If you can find a place in your columns 
for this picture it would please us, and 
would show the readers of RECREATION 
that the Auglaize, unknown and unsought 
by sportsmen, deserves favorable mention 
as good fishing water. 
F. H. King, Delphos, O. 
ANSWER. 
You and your friends caught at least 
twice as many fish as any 3 men should 
ever catch in one day. The time is long 
since past when any man can gain credit 
by slaughtering a big lot of fish or game 
in a day, for the mere sake of making a 
record. The thousands of letters I get 
from all over the United States and Can-. 
ada, commending my criticisms of such 
RECREATION. 
slaughter show that the sentiment of all 
decent sportsmen is against it. 
It would not be good advertising for the 
Auglaize river to publish this picture. It 
would simply say to other sportsmen that 
while there may be plenty of fish there 
now, the supply cannot last long if you and 
your friends continue this kind of work. 
It you wish to induce anglers from other 
points to visit that stream, the way to do 
it is to tell them there are plenty of fish 
there, and that the people who live in the 
vicinity take only a moderate amount of 
fish and leave the rest to breed. 
EDITOR. 

I was glad to see in July RECREATION 
the pictures of 2 of our Iowa game hogs. 
One of them was pretty mad in the start. 
He said he was going to see a lawyer and 
see if a man could be called a hog in 
print, before the world. Then he cooled 
down a little and was going to write you 
a saucy letter and tell you what he thought 
of you. He may do so yet; but if he 
does please roast him so he won’t know 
whether his name is “Anderson,” “hog” or 
“swine.” 
John de Cx Lansing la: 
P. S.—Since writing the above, John 
Anderson asked me what was the sub- 
scription price of RECREATION. I guess 
the more he thinks of it the better he 
feels. Bess aa OS 
If John feels that he is not yet well done 
let him advise me and I will give him an- 
other turn on the fork. EpDITor. 

My club is thinking of stocking a fresh- 
water pond with salmon, and we are not 
well posted on this subject. Would like 
some information. 
Recreation Gun Club, Rockland, Mass, 
The land-locked salmon (Salmo salar ge- 
bago) is the only salmon likely to do any 
good in your pond; and whether it will 
do well or not will depend on the charac- 
ter of the water. 1ae pond should have 
considerable depth and the water should 
be cold. Fry for stocking the pond can 
probably be secured through your state 
- fish commissioner. 

The constables along the streams which have just 
been stocked anew with trout are advised that under 
the law they are now fish wardens, each and every one 
of them, charged with the duty of preventing illegal 
fishing and liable to penalties for failing to perform 
that duty. Itis to be hoped that all will have sufficient 
public-spirit, to say nothing of regard for their public 
obligations, to enforce the law, but for the benefit of 
those who are indifferent or lacking in public spirit, 
we willsay that arrangements have been made to bring 
them to book for failure to perform their duty. 
This is one of the best laws ever yet 
enacted in any state for the protection of 
fish and game, and I hope many states 
will follow the example of the Keystone 
‘state in the near future. 

