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'RECREATION. 



He did not think he had done anything 

 out of the way. He is every inch a fish 

 hog. A. B. R., West Superior, Wis. 



I wrote Mr. Seguin, asking him if the • 

 report was correct, and he replied as fol- 

 lows : 



It is true I caught 78 trout, but it did 

 not take a day to do so. I made the catch 

 in about 3 'hours. I thought that was 

 enough for one catch and quit. Could 

 easily have caught 200 by fishing the whole 

 day. I suppose you think the number is 

 too great, but it is hard to quit when they 

 are coming so easily. F. J. Seguin, 

 West Superior, Wis. 



Any man or any boy or any fish hog 

 can keep on fishing as long as the fish keep 

 on biting, but it takes a gentleman and a 

 real sportsman to stop when he gets 

 enough, even though he knows he could fill 

 another big basket if he kept on. This is 

 the true test of sportsmanship. I trust you 

 may decide hereafter to conform to the 

 unwritten law which governs sportsmen,- 

 and that you may never take more than say 

 10 pounds of trout in any one day. — Editor. 



PENNSYLVANIA FISH HOGS. 



Enclosed clipping appeared in the Pitts- 

 burg Chronicle Telegraph of June 7, 1901. 

 If true, these men should be classified as 

 game hogs. Note their titles, Drs. and 

 Hons. I approve of your treatment of 

 such and place their case in your hands. I 

 trust you may effect a cure. 



These men may be "enthusiasts on fish- 

 ing," etc., but they do not seem to wish 

 their fellow sportsmen, who may try their 

 luck later, to find any fish. Self appears to 

 be their motto. 



John E. Bates, 

 Pittsburg, Pa. 



The clipping enclosed by Mr. Bates is as 

 follows: 



Dr. W. F. and Joseph M. Beyer, the Hon. R. 

 C. Winslow and Geary Snyder, all of this place, 

 were in Clinton County last week fishing for 

 trout. They fished 4 days and brought home 

 about 500 trout. According to their own admis- 

 sions. Joe Beyer, who is an enthusiast on the 

 subject of snatching this beautiful species of fish 

 from the pure water of the gurgling streamlets, 

 where it lives, and inserting it in a little basket, 

 where it dies, frankly confessed to having caught 

 the largest trout ever allured from Kettle Creek. 

 It was a foot long! So he says. Other people 

 are said to have seen the same fish. — Punxsu- 

 tawney Spirit. 



I wrote these men asking if the report 

 were correct, and Mr. J. M. Beyer replied : 

 It is true. My 3 friends and I caught 

 500 trout in 4 days. 



J. M. Beyer, 

 Punxsutawney, Pa. 



NOT GUILTY. 

 I wish you would write to Judge Reed 

 and C. B. Guth and ask them about their 

 catch. I am told they caught about 300 

 bass in 2 days. F. C. H., 



Reynoldsville, Pa. 

 I complied with this request and Judge 

 Reed answered as follows : 



It is not true that a friend and I caught 

 300 bass in 2 days. We caught 62 each in 

 2 days, which is the largest catch we ever 

 made. I caught 36 the first day and 26 

 the second day. My friend caught S3 the 

 first day and 29 the second day. These 

 bass averaged 1-2 to 3-4 of a pound each 

 in weight, which is a fair average of all 

 the bass caught in the Sinnemahoning, the 

 stream we were fishing in. The bass are 

 numerous, and I do not consider our catch 

 at all unusual or extraordinary. I spent 

 8 days in all, fishing in that stream last 

 summer, and my average catch was about 

 20 bass a day. Others claim to do much 

 better, but I am entirely satisfied with a 

 catch of 20 in one day. 



John W. Reed, Brookville, Pa. 



That is all right, Judge. Apparently 20 

 pounds a day to each rod on your best days. 

 If all men were as reasonable in their 

 fishing, I should not have so many enemies 

 as now. — Editor. 



A LETTER FROM MAJ. DALEY. 



To the Editor of the Courier: 



Sir — I wish to correct the false statement con- 

 tained in an editorial of the Bear River Tele- 

 phone. 



This editor says that Major Daley, wife and 

 son were guilty of making hogs of themselves by 

 catching over 400 trout in one trip, South of Bear 

 River. I deny that there were taken 400 trout 

 by the 4 rods which composed the party, instead 

 of 3, as stated. My son and a friend, with an 

 Indian and canoe, my wife and myself, with 2 

 Indians, constituted the party. The tally for the 

 2 days was, as near as I can remember: My 

 catch, 85; my wife, 63; total, 148; with 2 I 

 caught Saturday morning coming up the turn- 

 pike as we glided along when, if I had been as 

 hoggish as the editor would try to make me, I 

 could have filled a basket, for the fish were jump- 

 ing all around. Those 150 were cleaned, careful- 

 ly packed in wet moss, and brought home; and 

 I have no doubt were much enjoyed by the 25 

 families that shared them with us. As Mrs. D. 

 fished with bait, she caught all large fish, and 

 with the help of my landing net, got them on 

 board the canoe; so the 2 days' catch was a rec- 

 ord breaker for a lady. My catch of 87 was 

 not large, as I put back all small fish from the 

 start, as I always do. On one occasion I re- 

 member carefully unhooking 5 and letting them 

 go over the side of the canoe, and bagging the 

 sixth, the first of 6 considered fit to take home. 

 The catch of the second canoe was 179 to 2 

 rods in 2 days, which, added to our catch, mak- 

 ing in all, with 1 1 they caught Saturday morning, 

 coming up the turnpike, 335 fish brought out 

 for 4 people on a trip of 4 days, with the help 

 of 3 Indians. My catch of 150 trout was a splen- 

 did one and I am proud of it. 



John Daley. 



Digby, N. S., Courier. j 



