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but am no game hog. Give the hogs about 

 4 dips and then scrape well. 



Manly Dunham, Zillah, Wash. 



The largest tuna on record, as having 

 been caught with rod and reel, was taken 

 July 3d by Colonel C. P. Morehouse, of 

 Pasadena. This fish weighed 251 pounds 

 and fought 3 hours and 20 minutes before 

 it was brought to gaff. Until this capture 

 the record was a 183-pound fish, though a 

 215-pounder had been taken on a hand line 

 by another person. On July 4th Mr. F. V. 

 Reider landed a tuna weighing 175 pounds, 

 and Mr. J. L. Adams caught a 186-pound 

 jewfish. The fishing was excellent all 

 along the coast of California last season, 

 and many large fish were taken. Six fish 

 caught at Avalon in one day weighed 1,023 

 pounds. 



B. C. Hinman, Los Angeles, Cal. 



Some of our fishermen are disgruntled 

 because of the new law which forbids the 

 taking of fish in any way during May and 

 June. I have studied this law carefully 

 and approve of it as a whole, but I object 

 to 2 of its sections. One permits the use 

 of a trout line with 50 hooks; the other 

 permits seining. Both sections are a dis- 

 grace to the State. Another section is a 

 peach. It limits the catch of bass and 

 other fish to 24 for one man for one day. 

 Two men fishing from a boat with seine 

 are permitted to take 36, none less than 6 

 inches long. This section is a choker for 

 the hogs. 



Thomas Buchanan, Huntington, Ind. 



Most of our waters have been muddy 

 all the season, only a few being clear 

 enough for fly casting. Still, I have found 

 much enjoyment in casting for the blue 

 gill and yellow belly sunfish, using black 

 gnat or hackle flies with a white one for 

 a stretcher. I make my own flies — just a 

 few horsehairs tied on a hook — but like 

 them better than bought flies. I enclose 

 one which I find good, and as it is unlike 

 anything I have seen I have named it 

 "hickory brush." The last time I was out 

 I caught a 2-pound bass on one while fish- 

 ing for "sunnies" and casting 30 or 40 feet 

 from a boat. 



E. E. Hickok, St. Louis, Mo. 



Deputy Game Warden Johnson, of Rock 

 county, Wis., arrested Andrew Fisher for 

 using a set line, and Charles Parsons for 

 using a net. Fisher was sentenced to 15 

 days in jail, and Parsons to 50. This is 

 the latter's second offense. He served 20 

 days last fall for using a sneak-boat for 

 ducking. The warden says he'll break 

 up the Rock county gang of game law 



violators if it bursts the jail. They smashed 

 2 of his boats recently, but he has a new 

 one and is still on deck. A photo of Lee 

 Alder, of Edgerton, Wis., was sent to you. 

 He is one of the worst of the gang of fish 

 spearers and sneak-boat gunners. 



S. P. Brown, Janesville, Wis. 



Mr. Hayner's query in May Recreation 

 reminds me of an experience of my own 

 Last July Mr. E. P. Clark and I were 

 fishing for bass on the Delaware river at 

 Lackawaxen, Pa. In running one of the 

 numerous rapids which are found in this 

 stream we had the misfortune to upset, and 

 of course everything was spilled. After 

 a good many hours' hard work we recov- 

 ered a few of our articles, among them 2 

 rods. To our surprise we found on one 

 rod a 2-pound bass and on the other a 3- 

 foot black water snake. We were using 

 small catfish for bait. 



J. H. Kidd, Newburgh, N. Y. 



I intend to do some trout fishing next 

 season, and as I do not wish to be called 

 swinish by my fellow sportsmen, I come 

 to you for information. What do you con- 

 sider a fair day's catch? What do you 

 consider a fair number of times to fish in 

 one season? 



Chas. E. Steen, Findlay, O. 



ANSWER 



I consider 10 pounds of trout a fair day's 

 catch, and think a man should be well sat- 

 isfied if he has an opportunity to make 

 such a catch once a week during the sea- 

 son. — Editor. 



A few days ago the warden arrested 2 

 swine for dynamiting Lost lake for trout. 

 Lost lake is in the mountains above 

 Creed, near timber line. The State stocked 

 it a few years ago with trout. They have 

 multiplied rapidly, and now they swarm. 

 The swine had practised their dynamite 

 game till they became overbold and were 

 nabbed. They now lie in jail awaiting the 

 next term of court. Will they get their 

 deserts? 



W. H. Nelson, Denver, Colo. 



Spearing fish in the Niagara gorge is a 

 favorite pastime in this vicinity. Almost 

 any night the dim lanterns show men 

 standing with spears ready for the fish 

 that may happen to get into the eddies. 

 In the spring large catches of sturgeon 

 are made in this manner. The favorite 

 ground is a place called Devil's Hole, 

 about 3 miles below the falls. The average 

 weight of the sturgeon taken at that point 

 is 35 pounds. 



A. E. Martin, Buffalo, N. Y. 



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