FISH AND FISHING. 



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make the holes. If any skeptic who reads 

 this will go to Wammang lake, in the towns 

 of Washington and Warren, Ct., next win- 

 ter, he can have ocular demonstration that 

 my statements are founded on facts. 



C. L. Stevens, Lanesville, Ct. 



I have caught lots of black bass through 

 the ice and have seen many caught by 

 others. I must admit, however, that they 

 bite better in the latter part of the winter. 

 I don't think they lie in the mud, for they 

 will come in droves, to holes in the ice, for 

 air. 



Mr. C. E. Lins, caught a iY 2 pound bass 

 through the ice on Schwartz's lake. Before 

 he could take it from the water is was seized 

 by a pickerel. Both fish were secured. The 

 latter weighed 33 pounds. 



M. W. Bovee, Eagle, Wis. 



I saw in March Recreation, something 

 about catching bass through the ice. I had 

 heard of several being caught in one of our 

 Susquehanna county lakes in January, 

 through the ice; but I did not put as much 

 confidence in tlie story as I might or as I 

 do now, since I know it has been done else- 

 where. Four years ago last January, 2 

 friends, my boy, 11 years old, and I went 

 fishing through the ice at Upper lake. The 

 boy caught a bass which weighed 5 pounds 

 3 ounces. Since then I have seen others 

 caught and more lost. But I have never 

 heard of one being taken before January. 



There are private lakes here where they 

 catch a good many bass in March. 



H. S. Estabrook, Carford, Pa. 



APROPOS OF FISHING. 



Barron county has within its borders the 

 finest net work of trout streams to be found 

 any where in Wisconsin. Thoughts of the 

 many fine catches of trout I have made 

 while wading down these streams, sets my 

 blood tingling and awakens anew a desire 

 to be up and at them again. 



I have a fond memory of whipping a 

 stream near Dallas with a " white miller," 

 one evening last July, and landing 21 fish 

 in an hour. Trout No. 22 was hooked in a 

 deep pool at a bend in the stream. He 

 made 3 terrific rushes, going out of the 

 water each time, and put up a 15 minutes 

 fight that made my 6 ounce bamboo bend 

 and whiz. Finally, he gave up the struggle 

 and I towed him to the bank, only to re- 

 alize that during the contest I had mislaid 

 my landing net; and then with one vigor- 

 ous flop my captive was off the hook and on 

 the way down stream. A few evenings 

 later, the village shoemaker, armed with an 

 ordinary cane pole, pulled out of this same 

 pool a trout weighing 3% pounds. My 

 trout, of course. 



Barron county has numerous fine lakes 

 abounding in the gamiest bass that ever set 

 a reel humming. 



Owing to the vigilance of our game war- 

 dens the fish and game hog has found 

 it cheaper to correct his brutish proclivities 

 than to pay a fine or serve time. In this 

 connection the League of American Sports- 

 men has undertaken a large contract. If 

 it succeeds in doing away with the pot 

 hunters, and can work up a sentiment 

 strong enough to prevent the marketing of 

 game and game fishes, every true sports- 

 man will be happy and there will then be 

 sport and game for all. 



W. T. B., Barron, Wis. 1 



F. H. BEGOLE BREAKS A FISHING RECORD. 



F. H. Begole, of Marquette, Mich., spent 

 some weeks in California, last winter, and 

 in a letter to W. W. Osband, Mr. Begole 

 tells of the great luck he had on a fishing 

 trip. He backs the story up with a clipping 

 from the " San Diego Union," which says: 



" Another successful fishing party created great interest 

 on their return from the newly discovered banks, last even- 

 ing. 



" Messrs. F. H. Begole, of Marquette, Mich., and a 

 friend went out this morning, and returned with 427 fish, 

 thus breaking the phenomenal record made by Lieutenant 

 Slocum and Mr. Lee yesterday. The fish caught to-day 

 consisted of yellowfin, except 10 barracuda, fine large fel- 

 lows, caught while trolling, on the way home. 



"The fish were gamy to the last, and the day's sport 

 was exciting to the extent of exhausting the fishermen." 



Poor fellows! Its a great pity the work 

 had not brought on a fatal attack of heart 

 disease. It would be a real pleasure to 

 record the death of these brutes, as the 

 closing event in the record of their 

 butchery. 



The Franklin News notes the return of 3 local 

 fishermen, from a trip, bringing with them 1,255 

 trout. These men should have photographs of 

 themselves sent to Recreation, and appropriately 

 labeled " Trout Hogs." — Cambridge Springs (Pa.), 

 News. 



No, thank you. Recreation has not 

 room for their pictures, but their names are 

 on its list of hogs; and they will get marked 

 copies of this issue. 



Rainbow trout are commencing to bite. 

 One man has caught over 60, in the last 2 

 weeks, all with a fly. The fish averaged 

 over a pound each. They are now spawn- 

 ing — in fact, seem to do so from October 

 to June. 



Will H. Udall, Slocan City, B. C. 



The Vermont trout season opened Mon- 

 day, and I have seen several anglers come 

 in with 5 to 10 pounds of the beauties, as 

 the result of a day's sport. 



Wm. A. Bruce, Windsor, Vt. 



In March last, the Schuyler Rod and Gun 

 Club, of Stillwater, N. Y., caused 2 fine 

 brooks in their vicinity to be stocked with 

 trout from the State hatchery. 



C. H. Smodell, Stillwater, N. Y. 



