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RECREA TION. 



After a grand sail of 28 miles we threw 

 a line and it was caught by John Parker, 

 our host. All our paper bags and other 

 things were deposited on the lawn which 

 slopes from his neat and commodious house, 

 down to the clear waters of Champlain. 

 What a time we had! What a place to 

 go! What fish we caught, and what big 

 ones got away! How the linen got 

 splashed! How the crimps got wet! How 

 the freckles grew! How the tan came on! 



No one loves fishing better than I, in my 

 declining years. Oh, that I had begun 

 earlier in life! I do love to go fishing with 

 a lot of ladies. Isn't it strange how they 

 dislike worms? Theirs is not the kind of 

 clinging feeling they hanker after; so we 

 " boys " are called on to do the impaling 

 act. 



Those of your readers who are looking 

 for good bass fishing should go to Parker's, 

 in the first week of September. 



We had a grand time .there, and if the 

 mills run we shall go again. Next time we 

 intend to take a camera. 



45-90. Syracuse, N. Y. 



Here are directions for cleaning and 

 cooking bony fishes which I am sure will 

 be appreciated by all anglers who are not 

 already familiar with this method. 



First take a sharp knife and cut, as per 

 diagram, through the flesh to the ribs, but 

 do not sever them. Then thrust in the 

 knife at A and just to one side of the back 

 bone. Cut the flesh from the skeleton, be- 

 ing careful to keep outside of the ribs, till 

 you come to B, when you push the knife 

 clear down through, as shown in diagram 

 2. Then slide along the back bone to the 

 tail, C. 



Now turn the fish over and treat the 

 other side in the same manner, when you 

 will have all the edible flesh, from the 

 smallest fish, with scarcely a bone in it. 

 The slices cut thus may be broiled crisp 

 and brown, so that the few small bones 

 remaining may be eaten with impunity. 

 S. W. B., Ann Arbor, Mich. 



The salmon season at Bangor pool 

 opened April 3d. The wet weather, in the 

 early part of the month, was unsuitable for 

 fly fishing; consequently the sportsmen 

 have not visited the pool. Following is a 

 list of sea salmon caught in the pool in 4 

 days: 



April 3 — 1 salmon, weight, 14^4 lbs. 



April 4 — 2 " " 15 and 16 lbs. 



April 5—1 " " 14^ lbs. 



April 7— 2 " " 17 and 16^2 lbs. 



The pool is within the city limits, about 

 one mile from the post office, and is one 

 of the most famous in the country. It is 

 being frequented by sportsmen, not only 

 from different parts of Maine but from 

 other States. With the approach of warm 

 weather the salmon commence to run up 

 the river, in abundance, and are much 

 larger than the first, weighing up to 32 

 pounds. This, however, is an exceptional 

 weight, for the fish average about 18 or 20 

 pounds. The fish mentioned above were 

 caught by professional market fishermen 

 and were sold at $1.25 a pound. 



My letter in February Recreation seems 

 to have displeased a certain resident of 

 Traverse City, Mich. If " F. D. C." has 

 fished every trout stream within 100 miles 

 of Petoskey, he is a lucky man. 



Of course every stream does not contain 

 trout weighing 2 pounds, but there are 

 streams that do; and they are not scarce 

 either. 



Any man who knows anything about fish- 

 ing, will tell you that trout will drive gray- 

 ling from a stream, in time, but it takes a 

 considerable number of years for them to 

 do it. In the meantime there are both gray- 

 ling and trout in the same stream. I may 

 also add that the average grayling will 

 weigh more than the average trout. The 

 small grayling do not seem to be taken as 

 frequently as the small trout. 



I know of the capture of 2 grayling which 

 weighed but a few ounces under 3 pounds 

 each. 



I think there are numerous anglers in 

 Northern Michigan who will agree with me 

 when I say that my mere statement of facts 

 should not be called " exaggerations." 



W. G. E., Petoskey, Mich. 



This makes 27 subscriptions I have sent 

 you, and I have never gone out for one of 

 them. G. S. W., Scrubgrass, Pa, 



