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RECREATION. 



La Beaum's family and a barrel shipped to 

 the families of the Fort Worth parties. All 

 these fish were caught within 3 hours. I 

 am sure I have seen more than 10,000 

 pounds of black bass in less than an hour, 

 while rowing up the lake when the water 

 was low, in summer. 



While at the lake, Mr. La Beaum and 

 Mr. Newby insisted on going together in a 

 dugout canoe and sitting on boxes placed 

 in the bottom of the boat, against the warn- 

 ing of their boatman. They said " ready " 

 and called me to " ease off " the boat. I 

 did so and they, boatman, tackle and all 

 went to the bottom, not of the " deep blue 

 sea " but of a bayou about 4 feet deep. 

 They emerged dripping and penitent. As a 

 preacher, I had just to say " Amen." 



WHAT IS THE TROUBLE WITH THE RAIN- 

 BOW? 



There is a stream here that was stocked 

 4 years ago, with California rainbow trout. 

 So far no one — to my knowledge — has been 

 able to catch any. They do not bite at the 

 bait used. Can you tell me how to fish for 

 them, and what kind of bait to use? 



Frank Harter, Renovo, Pa. 



There must be something wrong with 

 those rainbow trout. If any are really there 

 and if they are the descendants of rainbow 

 trout planted there by the U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission, they are acting very queerly, in- 

 deed; for they are the famous Mt. Shasta 

 or McCloud river trout which is one of the 

 gamest fish that swims. 



I have never noted that one had to be 

 particular about the " bait " that would en- 

 tice this trout. Any respectable fly is usu- 

 ally a sufficient lure; while one who cares 

 more for results than method will find the 

 festive grasshopper and the silent caddis- 

 fly larva sure winners. Out West, in the 

 home of the Shasta trout, salmon eggs are 

 a choice bait among those who are really 

 after fish instead of fishing. 



The Shasta trout is a wary fellow and will 

 rarely strike if he once gets sight of you; 

 so keep well back and make long costs. 



SWELL HOGS IN CALIFORNIA. 



Los Angeles, Cal. 



Editor Recreation: Inclosed you will 

 find 2 clippings, relating to the actions of 

 some reprehensible brutes in San Diego. 

 Genus; game and fish-hog. Sub-species; 

 Eastern tourist. When that is said, all is 

 explained. This applies chiefly to the mis- 

 guided ignoramuses who thought that by 

 slaughtering a big pile of fish, they would 

 be received in the best circle of sportsmen. 

 Instead their place hereafter will be with 

 other game and fish hogs of the East. 



Wasteful and vainglorious as their ac- 



tions are, the result shows how plentiful the 

 fish are in our bays. 



Two market-hunters killed 5,223 ducks 

 on Lake Elsinore last season [October to 

 March]. Isn't it a shame? They also got 

 33 geese. 



Lake Elsinore is about 65 miles East by 

 South from here. This statement is au- 

 thentic, as well as those about the big 

 catches of fish. 



D. F. Irwin (Paisano). 



Here are the reports: 



On the lawn in front of the hotel a big rack was 

 erected last night, and on this were hung 366 fish, 

 ranging from 5 to 10 pounds each. They were all 

 caught in one day, by hook and line, by 3 men, 

 Lieut. Slocum, H. C. Lee and Capt. Dunne. The 

 men returned tired out with their day's sport, but 

 pleased to be hailed as the champion anglers of the 

 beach. 



F. H. Begole, of Marquette, Mich., was the hero 

 of the hotel last evening, when he came in from 

 an ocean fishing trip, covered with glory and lug- 

 ging his lines. He did not try to lug his fish, hav- 

 ing, 427 of them, weighing from 3 to 8 pounds each. 

 They completely filled the bottom of the yacht. 



Mr. Begole and a friend went out early yester- 

 day morning with Capt. Dunne. They dropped 

 their lines out, and from that moment had hard 

 work taking care of the hundreds of fish that 

 fought for the bait. On the way back the party 

 trolled a little, and added 10 big barracuda to their 

 string. It was one of the biggest catches in the 

 history of Coronado, and the guests are anxiously 

 awaiting the coming man who will break this rec- 

 ord. Messrs. Slocum and Lee, who established 

 the record of 366 Tuesday, did not wear the honors 

 long. Nevertheless, their catch was something sen- 

 sational, and created more talk than yesterday's 

 larger catch. If others keep up the record, it will 

 soon be no especially interesting matter to see 

 every guest returning with a ton of fish after a 

 day's sport. 



Isn't it strange that California's law 

 makers will allow these Eastern swine to 

 go there and deplete her waters and her 

 fields, year after year? If men are allowed 

 to live who don't know when to quit, then 

 game and fish wardens should be stationed 

 at every point where game or fish are 

 found, to act as herders. Big, burly police- 

 men, with clubs would be good keepers 

 for such swine as those described above. — 

 Editor. 



Si BASS IN 97 MINUTES. 



During my last summer's outing at Lake 

 Osakis, Minn., with a party of Lincoln 

 (Nebraska) friends, a question arose one 

 day as to the largest number of bass ever 

 caught from that lake by 2 fishermen, oc- 

 cupying the same boat, between the hours 

 of 6 and 9 a.m. or 3 and 6 p.m. Will O. 

 Jones, Paul Clark and F. M. Blish, capital 

 anglers and sportsmen, agreed that 40 was 

 the highest number reported for a half 

 day's catch. T. H. Munger, an attorney, 

 who had just arrived and was doing kinder- 

 garten work in fishing, claimed he made a 

 greater catch between 10 o'clock and mid- 

 night on the first evening after his arrival. 

 But, on cross examination by Jones, Mun- 

 ger admitted that his midnight bass had 



