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RECREATION. 



from men who thought they knew just 

 how the thing was done. 



Silas H. Paine, New York City. 



Mr. Valentine Raeth, of Milwaukee, has 

 been appointed a State game warden. He 

 is vice-president of the Wisconsin Game 

 Protective Association and has done a 

 great deal for the protection of game and 

 fish. The first time he was out he con- 

 fiscated a 50 foot net, which was used for 

 unlawful fishing. On his second trip he ar- 

 rested a man from Waupun for hunting 

 ducks without a license, at Fox Lake. Mr. 

 Raeth will make it hot for game and fish 

 hogs in this State. 



Aug. Plambeck, 



Milwaukee, Wis. 



C. L. Bering landed a 5 foot 7 inch tar- 

 pon, weighing 90 pounds, after a lively 

 fight of 55 minutes. With a fierce rush the 

 fish started up the channel with fly- 

 ing leaps, and after running out 

 some 300 feet of line changed his 

 course anid came back to deep 

 water. The boat's course was likewise 

 changed, and after an hour's following and 

 leading he was landed, the first of the sea- 

 son. — Houston (Tex.) Daily Herald. 



Charles Kirkbride and I have just re- 

 turned from a 3 days' fishing trip to Lew- 

 iston Reservoir. We caught 150 black bass, 

 137 rock bass and any number of perch. 

 There is plenty of sport there. 



A. Wilson, Findley, O. 



You are either an egregious liar or a 

 dirty, low down sneak, and if you are tell- 

 ing the truth, your companion is of the 

 same breed. — Editor. 



One Saturday in August a friend and I 

 went to Chamberlain's Lake, 6 miles West 

 of here, to shoot frogs. We took a frog 

 spear and torch, but the dock leaves stood 

 so high and thickly that it was impossible 

 to use the spear. With a rifle we killed 22 

 large frogs. Frog shooting requires a 

 great deal of patience and caution, and is 

 really excellent sport. 



P. H. Woolman, South Bend, Ind. 



In September Recreation Kit Clark says 

 black bass are more gamy than trout. It 

 is my experience that a half pound trout 

 will fight harder than any bass that swims. 

 The brook trout is the king of fishes in 

 my opinion, F. T. Wilson. 



Elk Rapids, Mich. 



Captain Bingham and Major F. L. Hays, who 

 fished at Mackinaw last season, caught in 2 weeks 

 about 200 fish and about 65 of that number were 

 fine bass. — Sunday Review, Decatur, 111. 



I wrote these men, asking if the report 

 was true, but received no reply. 



W. E. and Fred Terrill made a record as fish- 

 ermen a few days ago. They fished one day in 

 Stowe, Vt., and secured 339 trout, which weighed 

 27 pounds. — Exchange. 



And thus have the Terrills shown their 

 bristles. — Editor. 



A black bass was caught in one of the 

 lakes near here, August 6, which weighed 

 between 9 and 10 pounds. It was seen by 

 hundreds of people. L. A. S., 



Belding, Mich. 



A SUGGESTION FOR 1902. 



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 nishes one of the most delightful, instruc- 

 tive, entertaining presents you can possibly 

 give a man or boy who is interested in na- 

 ture, in fishing, shooting, amateur photog- 

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Many of the presents which people give 

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 It reminds your friend 12 times during the 

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 There are many men and women who for 5 

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 made happy a whole year. Would it not 

 be well for you to adopt this plan? 



Try it and see 'how grateful the recipient 

 will be. 



The boat you had the Racine Boat Man- 

 ufacturing Co. send me as a premium is 

 the prettiest one I have ever seen on the 

 Conemaugh river. It is neat and fine in 

 every way and I can not understand how 

 you can give such a valuable premium for 

 25 subscribers to your magazine, as the boat 

 alone is worth $25. The Racine Boat Com- 

 pany certainly understands its business, and 

 I will not hesitate one minute in recom- 

 mending it _ to anyone who intends 

 buying anything in its line. Everybody 

 who sees the boat is delighted with it, and 

 all who have tried it say it is like a duck 

 on the water. They all wonder how you 

 can give such a valuable premium -for so 

 few subscribers. 



G= E, Welshon*. 



Pitcairn, Pa. 



