52 RECREATION. ‘ 
so numerous. A few copies of RECREATION 
distributed at Avalon and Redondo might 
have a good effect. 
B. C. Hinman, Long Beach, Cal. 

NIBBLES. 
730,064. Trolling Spoon. 
son, San Francisco, Cal. 
14, 1902. Serial No. 102,785. 
model.) 
Albert W. Wil- 
Filed April 
(No 

Claim.—A link for fishing gear, said link 
comprising a section of wire bent to form 
2 eyes respectively at the ends of the 
link, the end portions of the wire being 
projected past each other and laid back 
alongside of the middle portion, a clamp 
fastening said end portions snugly against 
the middle portions, said end and middle 
portions of the wire forming the shank of 
the link, and a covering inclosing said 
shank and extending continuously from 
one eye to the other, etc. 

I enclose a clipping from the Battle Creek 
Journal, which I wish you would publish. 
Roast these bristlebacks brown. 
C. R. O., Climax,- Mich. 
Patrolmen Miller and Godsmark were fishing 
yesterday on Sherman lake. The report of their 
catch is 724 bluegills. 
I wrote these men for confirmation of 
this report and received the following re- 
ply: 
The report is correct except as to the 
number of fish, which was 725. 
Sidney Godsmark, Battle Creek, Mich. 
It is not necessary to waste valuable 
space in telling you what I think of you, 
any further than to say that I have en- 
tered your name in the fish hog book as 
No. 927, and Miller’s as No. 928. Thou- 
sands of decent men who read of your ex- 
ploit will form their own estimate of you. 
—EDITor. 

Mr. A. Judah reports the following catch of 
small mouth bass in Belgrade lakes, , Pap Fri- 
day, 75; Saturday, 68; Monday, 73; Tuesday, 72; 
Wednesday, 69; Thursday, 64. Mr. Judah says 
that this is the record on the lakes, except his 
own of last year, which was better. He goes 
after fish the same as another man would shoot 
birds, in a business way. 
a boat, starts at sunup, and stays till dark. The 
pide cooks the noon meal and Judah fishes.— 
ansas City Journal. 
On inquiry, Mr. Judah writes as follows: 
I caught 105 smai!l mouth bass in one 
answer: 
He takes a guide and - 







day in Belgrade lakes. For small mouth 
bass fishing there are no better lakes in 
Maine than Belgrade. 
A. Judah, Kansas City, Mo. 
If all the people who go to Belgrade 
lakes wore such bristles as you do the fish- 
ing there would not be worth Io cents a 
day in 2 years from now. Your number 
in the fish hog book is 929.—EDITOR, 

I have just heard that Will Thomas and 
a friend from Roxbury, Me., caught 800 
brook trout yesterday. Kindly write them 
and find out if true; then see that they get 
advertised in good shape. 
E. S. J., Rumford Falls, Me. 
My inquiry brought the following 
Who reported the trout that a friend and 
I caught? We both caught 400 fish in oné 
day and their weight was about 50 pounds. 
William Thomas, Roxbury, Me. 
It matters not who made the report. 
Your own statement is sufficient to brand 
you and your friend as fish hogs with un- 
usually long bristles. Your number in the 
fish hog record is 930, and I only regret 
I have not the name of the rooter who ac- 
companied you.—EbiTor. 

In my capacity as justice of the peace I 
have had the pleasure of soaking it to 
persons for seining in Lake Shetek; one 
paid $s0 and costs, the other $100 and costs. 
There is a warrant out for anot!er fellow, 
and it will cost him $100 when he is brought 
in. This has driven from the lake several 
persons who have been seining fish for a 
living. I was also instrumental in getting 
the game warden here last year, when we 
caught the Walnut Grove crowd. It cost 
them $157 to square up matters, as reported 
to you by Rear Warden Morgan, of Albert 
Lea, Minn., last winter. 
Chas. E. Price, Currie, Minn. 
Here is another administrator of the law. 
who knows how to deal with game and 
fish pirates. I wish we had such mem in 
every township of the United States—_ 
EpiTor. 

POACHERS FINED. 
The Kennebec, Me., Journal says: 
Brown of Smyrna Mills, deput 
took county, Dr. Wellington o 
s: John A. 
sheriff of Aroos- 
) Boston, and John 
Mitchell of Moro, were caught recently netting 
trout in Hope pond in Moro plantation. They 
were prosecuted by Warden Templeton and were 
convicted and paid a fine of $50. —Bangor, Me., 
Daily News. 
This is an astonishing report to be sent 
out about a deputy sheriff and a Boston 
doctor, especially. The report does not say 
anything as to John Mitchell, but I take it 
for granted his ideas of sport must be of a 
degraded sort, or he would not have bec 
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