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RECREATION. 



rather hard, but water lilies flourish in it. 

 Would any variety of game fishes do well 

 in such a pond? If so, how could they be 

 obtained ? 



A. S. Moore, New Castle, Pa. 



ANSWER. 



If your pond has a depth of 6 or 8 feet 

 or more, and if the temperature of the 

 water at the bottom in summer does not 

 rise above 6o or 65 degrees, it is probable 

 that large mouth black bass will do fair- 

 ly well in it. You might try that species. 

 Send to the Commissioner of Fish and 

 Fisheries, Washington, D. C, asking for an 

 application blank. When it is received, fill 

 in the data called for regarding the pond. 

 Have your member of Congress endorse the 

 application, which should then be sent to 

 the Commissioner, and you will then be 

 supplied with the desired fish if your pond 

 appears suitable. — Editor. 



The following statement was sworn to 

 before Claude W. Kortlander, notary pub- 

 lic : 



In $y 2 hours, on May 15, '03, I caught 

 315 speckled bass at Ottawa Beach. 



Wm. Kortlander, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Michigan seems to have more bristlebacks 

 to the square inch than any State in the 

 Union. It is strange that the decent ang- 

 lers of that State do not thin out the herd. 

 Tar and feathers are cheap, and there are 

 hundred of miles of rail fence in that 

 State that could be used to good advantage 

 in transporting some of these fish hogs over 

 into Indiana, or better still, into Lake Mich- 

 igan. Kortlander's number in the fish hog 

 book is 891. — Editor. 



Joseph Gehrig, of Naples, who has been stay- 

 ing at Woodville, at the head of Canandaigua 

 lake, 2 weeks, had the good fortune to catch 867 

 fish during that time, besides 24 muskrats and one 

 wild duck. — Newark, N. Y., paper. 



Gehrig's confession follows : 



It is true that while camping at Smith's 

 cottage, Canandaigua lake, last spring, I 

 caught 867 fish. This is a fact. 



Joseph F. Gehrig, Naples, N. Y. 



You are hereby asigned to the large herd 

 of fish hogs in this country and your num- 

 ber is 892. I wish I had the authority to 

 round you up and brand you, so that every- 

 one might know you at sight. — Editor. 



725,706. — Fish Trap. John E. Hill, Cen- 

 ter Harbor, N. H. Filed January 23, 

 1903. Serial No. 140,297. 



body having pivoted transparent funnel 

 shaped entrances, composed of glass, the 

 glass being held in a ring, and a locking 

 device to hold said entrance closed. 



John Stevens, who lives near Lake 

 Traverse, and who is too lazy to work, was 

 caught fishing with 2 gill nets in the Minne- 

 sota river. He had about 75 pickerel and 

 suckers. He was taken to Sisseton before 

 Justice Somerville, fined $100 and given 30 

 days in the county jail. Two boys were 

 also caught fishing with a gill net. They 

 were fined $32 and costs. Our new game 

 warden, Frank Nedjley, Roberts county, is 

 enforcing the law. 



S. S. M., Sisseton, S. D. 



725.524. — Fisherman's Hat Band. William 

 A Wetmore, San Francisco, Cal. 

 • Filed Jan. 7, 1903. Serial No. 138,132. 

 Claim. — 1. A device for holding and car- 

 rying hooks, consisting of a band having 

 an outer surface of compressible elastic 

 material capable of detachably holding the 

 embedded point and barb of the hock, and 

 means for adjustably securing the ends of 

 said band. 



Two friends and I have just returned 

 from Fulton chain, in the Adirondacks. 

 We tried both brook and lake fishing, using 

 Yawman & Erbe reels, Bristol rods and a 

 Burlington refrigerator basket. All 3 are 

 perfection in their way. We shipped 30 

 pounds of bass home in the basket. It was 

 38 hours in transit, yet our fish arrived as 

 fresh as when caught. 



G. Chase, Oneonta, N. Y. 



I have caught 20 trout up here, within a 

 few days; each weighing over one pound. 

 The smaller ones were returned with 

 thanks. One fellow weighed 3 pounds, 4^2 

 ounces. 



F. W. Jones, Moosehead, Me. 



Can you go hunting or fishing or camp- 

 ing 12 times a year? Probably not; but 

 for $1 you can have 12 copies of Recrea- 

 tion that will make you feel as if you had 

 a vacation each month, when your copy 

 reaches you and you read the stories of 

 hunting and outdoor life, with which Rec- 

 reation is filled. Send in your $1 now for 

 a subscription, and have 12 vacations this 

 year. 



Claim.— 1. A fish trap comprising a 



I have taken your magazine nearly 5 

 years, and as I can not wait for it to come 

 through the mail, I buy it at the news- 

 stands. I take all sportsmen's papers, and 

 Recreation exceeds them all in merit. 



Dr. J. P. Brooks, Providence, R. I. 



