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RECREATION. 



numbers at our docks. Tons of these fish 

 were caught this last winter through the 

 ice. 



Robert Bourne, Burlington, Vt. 



Fireman Mackenzie, of the Northern Pacific 

 Railway, saved 3 men from drowning in Atikokan 

 river yesterday. The men were fishing and had 

 3 sticks of dynamite with them to throw into the 

 water. One stick had been thrown out, when one 

 of the men became frightened and upset the canoe. 

 The men were unable to swim, and were in the 

 greatest danger when Fireman Mackenzie jumped 

 into a canoe and went after them. The 3 sticks 

 of dynamite were in the water and liable to ex- 

 plode at any minute. Mackenzie managed to get 

 2 of the men ashore, and rescued the third man as 

 he was sinking the last time. When the men 

 were about half way back to shore the 3 sticks 

 of dynamite exploded all at once and upset the 

 canoe. Water was shot up into the air 40 feet, 

 and the shirt was torn off the man Mackenzie was 

 taking to shore. Neither he nor Mackenzie sus- 

 tained any injury, however. — Canadian Paper. 



Mackenzie's zeal was misdirected. He 

 should have let the fish hogs take the con- 

 sequences of their own acts. — Editor. 



Archie Phillip, deputy game warden at Tower, 

 arrived in the city yesterday noon with a quartet 

 of offenders against the game and fish law, whom 

 he apprehended on Lake Vermilion a few days 

 ago, engaged in netting and dynamiting fish. The 

 four men were taken before Judge Fuller at 

 Tower, where they pleaded guilty to the charge of 

 using gill nets and dynamite to take the fish, and 

 were each fined $50 and costs or 60 days in jail. 

 The prisoners did not have the money to pay 

 their fines and were brought to Duluth to serve 

 their time. Their names are Fred Swari, Hirman 

 Johnson, Isaac Pihlaja and Dominie Corila. Two 

 of the men were fishermen by occupation and 2 

 were miners. The fishermen used the nets and the 

 miners the dynamite. Mr. Phillip seized 950 feet 

 of gill nets and 200 pounds of pike, which the 

 men had taken before they were arrested. 



They will find mighty poor fishing in 

 the Duluth jail. I have never tried it, but 

 am sure of it all the same. — Editor. 



I received the Bristol rod sent me for a 

 premium and I am more than pleased with 

 it, I have just returned from a week's 

 trout fishing on Marquette river, so I had 

 an excellent opportunity to test the rod. 

 I stayed 5 days, landing 71 trout; no very 

 large ones, but about a dozen between 11 

 and 12 inches long. I' did not have a 

 chance to test the rod against a large fish, 

 but its general action is fine and I would 

 not hesitate to tackle with it anything 

 that swims. I thank you most heartily for 

 giving me such a valuable premium. 



F. H. Cogswell, Detroit, Mich. 



During a 2 weeks' vacation in Northern 

 Michigan I fished the Little Muskegon 

 and its tributaries. Trout were not biting 

 well, but I caught 20 to 25 each day I was 

 out. They were 7 to 12 inches long. I 

 thought that ought to satisfy anyone, but 

 I never worked harder in my life. I 



learned while there that it was not policy 

 to wade in water 4 feet deep and expect 

 to come out with dry feet just because I 

 had On hip boots. 



Ed. Blossom, Otsego, Mich. 



I hope you will have every success with 

 your efforts for game preservation. If I 

 lived in America I should certainly belong 

 td the L. A. S. It is a pity you can not 

 extend your operations here, as I saw in a 

 recent paper that 3 persons caught 150 

 trout in 3 days. Don't you think they de- 

 serve a place in the pen? The trout were 

 introduced by the Government a few years 

 ago, and these fish hogs are evidently try- 

 ing to exterminate them. 



W. T. Adams, 

 Howick Station, Natal, Africa. 



I wish I could send you a trout. We 

 are getting fine ones. They are increasing 

 in our lake every year. We shall try to 

 have a special act passed appropriating 

 an amount sufficient to put about 5 men 

 on as many trout spawning beds during 

 November and December to prevent net- 

 ting on the beds in the spawning season. 

 Then trolling for trout would be good 

 sport. 



Dr. W. S. Wrean, Penn Yan, N. Y. 



I received the Bristol steel rod you gave 

 me as a premium for securing new sub- 

 scribers to Recreation, and I am well 

 pleased with it. There are not many game 

 fish left in this locality, as the German 

 carp destroy so much spawn. During the 

 recent high waters I saw boys catch carp, 

 with pitchforks, weighing 2 to 8 pounds. 

 Alfred H. Miller, Lancaster, Ohio. 



Trout are not very plentiful here, though 

 there are some in streams within a radius 

 of 20 miles. The most are caught by a 

 few men to sell. These same fellows will 

 not do an honest day's work if asked. It 

 is a disgrace that the sale of trout is al- 

 lowed in this State. 



G. S. Klump, M. D., Bellefonte, Pa. 



A man was recently caught seining in 

 the Mississippi river near Winona, Minne- 

 sota, in violation of the law. He was ar- 

 rested, fined $50 and costs and the seine 

 was burned. The fisherman figures his to- 

 tal loss at $318. This is a wholesome les- 

 son to other violators, all of whom will 

 be called on in turn. 



We have good fishing here in the Wap- 

 sipinicon river. Large black bass and 

 pickerel have been taken since the 10th 

 of May. 



J. P. Jaeger, Independence, la. 



