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RECREATION. 



I had often heard, since I came to this 

 part of Wisconsin, that the Indians and 

 old settlers believed that during July and 

 August the muskalonge shed their teeth 

 and rarely take bait in their mouths. I 

 was fortunate enough to verify this curious 

 fact last summer on Se-Se-bag-a-ma lake. 

 We caught a muskalonge that had no teeth 

 on one side of the jew and those on the 

 other side were so loose a slight pull de- 

 tached them. 



M. P. Barry, Rice Lake, Wis. 



Have received the model B, automatic 

 combination reel you had shipped to me 

 from Yawman & Erbe, as premium for 

 list of subscribers to Recreation. After 

 inspection of its working and of the new 

 improvements I consider it absolute per- 

 fection, and the free running feature is 

 what makes it so. I caught a small mouth 

 bass, 2i l / 2 inches long and weighing just 

 5 pounds, in Looking Glass river, Mich. 

 It is the largest bass of which there is 

 record ever taken from that stream. 



R. C. Pennington, Carey, O. 



A brook trout weighing 2 pounds 9 

 ounces was recently taken from Lee 

 brook, at Sheffield, Mass., by Charles Lit- 

 tle, a promising young angler. He has 

 quite a record for catching large trout. 

 Lee brook is a beautiful stream, fed by 

 springs and mountain brooks. It rises 

 near the Connecticut line, runs North, at 

 the foot of the Mount Washington range, 

 and empties in the Housatonic river at 

 Sheffield. 



R. B. Lawton, Bridgeport, Conn. 



One morning late in June Lee Crawford 

 and I went bass fishing. At noon, after 

 rebaiting our lines, which we left in the 

 water, we sat down to find out what the 

 women folks had given us for lunch. Lee 

 had finished his share and was starting in 

 on mine when he heard the humming of 

 his reel. We ran to the shore and lifted 

 his rod, only to find that the end of his 

 line was in some bushes across the creek. 

 We had caught a kingfisher! 



A. H. Ginger, London, Ont. 



December c/th, '99, I caught a pickerel 

 weighing 2J/2 pounds, 22 l / 2 inches long. I 

 was skating on the pond in Sanford when 

 I saw the pickerel swimming under the 

 black ice. I made a quick jump, right 

 over the fish, and then cutting a hole in 

 tin ice with the toe of my skate, pulled the 

 pickerel out with my hand. 



Recreation is the best periodical for 

 sportsmen. 



James Blore, Sanford, Me. 



I have taken more fish in a day than you 

 prescribe, but have always defended my 

 greediness by the plea that as I could only 

 fish once or twice a year, I was entitled 

 to all I could catch 'on these rare occa- 

 sions. Now, however, I am convinced 

 that I was wrong. You are doing a good 

 work, and I feel we ought to help you in 

 every way we can. 



Dr. C. E. Farnham, Grand Ridge, 111. 



On November 28th, 1898, Isaac Palmer, 

 of Madison, Wis., caught in Lake M&n- 

 dota, with rod and reel, a small mouth 

 black bass that, when taken from the water, 

 weighed 8 pounds, 10 ounces, and meas- 

 ured 24^ inches in length and 17^ inches 

 in girth. As far as is known, this is the 

 largest specimen of Micropterus dclomiei 

 ever caught in America. 



Does any reader of Recreation know 

 of a good lake or brook, that is worth fish- 

 ing, within 30 miles of Boston? If so, 

 please write me. 



G. Bacon, 1775 Massachusetts avenue, 

 North Cambridge, Mass. 



We placed a large number of trout fry 

 in the St. Vrain this year, and expect to 

 make it as fine a trout stream as there is 

 on the continent. The natural conditions 

 are unsurpassed. 



W. H. Phelps, Lyons, Colo. 



The Bristol rod you sent me for 10 sub- 

 scriptions is a beauty, and I am much 

 pleased with it. It has already landed a 

 2]/ 2 pound lake trout. 



C. A. Massey, Oshkosh, Wis. 



Last August, as fish and game pro- 

 tector, I brought 2 fellows to justice for 

 dynamiting fish. It cost one $28 and the 

 other $48. 



S. L. Warner, Lanesville, Ct. 



There is an abundance of trout in all 

 the lakes of Kootenai, and we expect fine 

 sport this spring. 



Dr. D. F. Hollister, Rathdrum, Idaho. 



The prospects are good in this vicinity 

 for a fine trout season. 



F. M. Willson, Rome, N. Y. 



