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San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 29, 1899. 
Replying to yours of August 24th, Mr. 
Joseph McKown and I spent 2 weeks at 
Capitola, on Monterey bay. We spent 11 
mornings fishing withrodand reel, starting 
at about 6:30 a. m., and getting back to the 
whart about.-11:30 a. m. Our total ‘catch 
was 167 fish, weighing from 4 to 38 
pounds. We caught one salmon weigh- 
ing 9 ounces, which is something rarely 
dene with hook and line. Our best catch 
was 27 fish for one morning. 
Yours truly, 
R. E. Miller. 
You are another specimen of the back- 
number “fishermen” who still indulge in 
such slaughter as you have here recorded. 
Like some others of your class you would 
no doubt claim that because you fished in 
salt water, that becausethe fish were plenti- 
ful for the time being and because you 
had the opportunity, it was all right for 
you to make hogs of yourselves. For- 
tunately your class is growing smaller 
every year and it is gratifying to know that 
in a few years will be entirely extinct. 
EDITOR. 

A MINISTER WHO SHOULD REFORM. 
In answer to your inquiry: On June 
22d my friend, Mr. Rogers, of this city, 
and I left for Black River Falls, Wis. We 
reached there Thursday evening. Friday 
morning in company with R. C. Jones, of 
Black River Falls, we started on a fish- 
ing trip. We visited 4 streams and fished 
7 hours. The r.st of the time, up to 
Saturday about 5 p. m., we spent on the 
road and in visiting. In this time we 
caught 275 trout. Most of them were 
about 6 inches long. Some were a little 
longer and several weighed % pound 
each. The first of the week we spent a 
few hours by another stream and took 
home 75 good fish. The streams we fished 
in are spring brooks and quite small. 
Bait used, angle worms. 
B. L. Prescott, Pastor Baptist Church, 
Morris, [ll. 
Why should you take so many fish? 
Trying to clean out the streams so no 
one else can get any trout from them? 
As a minister of the gospel you should 
have learned that selfishness is a sin. 
EDITOR. 

SOME NEW BRUNSWICK HOGS. 
Archie Hale, his cousin, and John Colter, councillor 
for Northampton, N. B., went fishing back of Windsor, 
on the North branch of the Nashwaak, They fished the 
stream some ro miles and caught between 700 and 800 
trout, some weighing a pound and a half.— Woodstock 
Dispatch. 
I wrote Mr. Colter to ask if this re- 
port were true and this is what he says: 
RECREATION. 
Mr. Hall and I intended making another 
trip to that country before giving you a re- 
port, but as the weather has been very 
disagreeable we concluded to postpone 
the trip until next season. You can 
catch as many fish here as you like. In 
fact we were never in so good a locality 
for trout fishing before. 
As far as the count of the catch is con- 
cerned we can catch that many again in 
less time, for we know better where to go. 
John Colter, Woodstock, N. B. 
I hope you may never go again unless 
you can make up your minds to quit when 
you get a reasonable number of fish. Don’t 
waste them because they are plentiful. 
EDITOR. 

NIBBLES. 
One W. W. King, of St. Louis, who 
writes D.D. after his name, went to the 
Boyne river, Michigan, in August last, for 
a few days’ trout fishing. He returned 
to the hotel at night with a pail full of 
fingerlings. Deputy Game Warden A. 
L. Colter, who has made an excellent 
record in his work during the past year, 
was on hand and inspected the doctor’s 
catch. He found 18 of the fish under the 
legal size—6 inches—and thereupon in- 
vited the doctor to walk up to the judge’s 
office and settle. Justice McCartney fined 
the reverend gentleman $5 and costs, 
amounting in all to $14.45. It is safe to 
say that hereafter when Dr. King goes 
after trout he will carry his rule along, 
as well as his rod. 

G. M. Still, of this city, recently caught 
in Lake Ronkonkomo a wall-eyed pike 
28 inches long, which weighed 7% pounds 
the next day after being taken from the 
water. Mr. Still brought the fish to this 
office and it was indeed a lusty, healthy 
specimen. A number of good pike and 
black bass are caught in that lake each 
year. 

Two men were recently drowned near 
Joliet, Ill., while seining, in violation of 
law. Served them right. 

Have you a friend anywhere in the woods, 
in the mountains or on the farm, who longs 
for something to read in the long winter 
evenings, or in the long summer days? 
Send him RECREATION. It will please him a 
whole year and he will rise up and call you 
blessed. And it only costs you $1. 

In answering ads always mention REc- 
REATION. 

