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RECREA TION. 



ing and returning. By taking advantage of 

 wind and tide but little work at the oars is 

 required I own a good sloop rigged boat 

 at Scottsburg. which is to rent at a nominal 

 charge. The boat will comfortably carry 

 12 persons. The country on both sides or 

 the river is wild, and contains many deer 

 and bear with an occasional band of elk. 

 When salmon are running at their best. 

 about September 15. they can be taken in 

 large numbers with the troll. But the most 

 exciting way is to kill them with a shotgun, 

 as they jump from the water, often within 20 

 feet of the boat. 



E. L. Howe, Creswell, Or. 



There are 2 fish hogs here, both subscri- 

 bers to Recreation. On October 30th last 

 they took an innocent old man with them, 

 down on the Little Klickitat, and caught 

 over 300 trout. They caught, they said, un- 

 til they were tired out. They used bait too, 

 though they profess to be ardent fly fishers. 

 They are among the foremost men in up- 

 holding the art of fishing. Their names are 

 M. F. Derting. of this place, and W. T. 

 Jones, of Portland, Ore. He is commonly 

 called Tombstone Jones. Now if you will 

 show these men up in their true light you 

 will have done a favor to many fishermen 

 here, who have been for years, trying to in- 

 crease the fish in our waters, and to prevent 

 men from violating the laws. 



Dr. R. E. Stewart. Goldendale, Wash. 



The Doctor seems to have branded these 

 men properly and I heartily approve of his 

 work. — Editor. 



A reader in St. Paul sends me a copy of 

 the Alexandria (Minnesota) Post-News, 

 of August 4th, which contains another 

 despicable fish hog picture. It shows 2 

 long ropes strung full of black' bass, under 

 which is printed this legend : " On July 12, 

 1897, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Blood, of St. Paul, 

 in 2 x / 2 hours took 78 fine black bass from 

 Lake Mary. The above cut is from a 

 photograph of this catch, made by Lin- 

 quist." 



The subscriber who sends me this paper 

 writes on the margin thereof : 



" This is a sample of a good many catches 

 brought into Alexandria. This same party 

 last year caught over 80 bass in 2 hours, and 

 every one of the fish was buried. Roast 

 these people good, and see that they get a 

 copy of the roast." 



I saw the finest catch of trout, a month or 

 so ago, that I ever saw. There were 15. all 

 caught in a little stream that runs through 

 our village, and the total weight was 17 

 pounds. The largest weighed nearly 3 

 pounds, and the others from that down to Y\ 

 and V 2 pound. Those who caught them are 

 thorough sportsmen and do all their fishing 

 in a legal way. 



I saw a catch of bass of which the largest 

 weighed 4 pounds, and the others from that 

 down to 2 and 2Y2 pounds. They were 

 caught in Dead pond, 4 miles from the vil- 

 lage. 



This fishing is not so good as in other 

 lakes or streams stocked and kept up, but 

 for waters not taken care of, I call it fair. 

 H. E. Spaulding, Cambridge, N. Y. 



At 6 o'clock on the night of October 1st, 

 we got the necessary tackle together and 

 headed for the river. Arriving there we 

 soon had our lines out and began gathering 

 wood for a fire, which is a great attraction 

 for bull heads. It was also good for us as it 

 was raining steadily and the air was chilly. 

 But a few moments had passed when the 

 fish began to bite, and then the sport was 

 lively. While one of us was unhooking a 

 fish and baiting again the other would be 

 pulling one out, and so it went until about 

 10 o'clock, when with a string of 36 good 

 ones we started for home. 



C. R. Hess, Clarksville, la. 



Your letter of 25th received. Yes, my 2 

 boys and I caught 403 fish with hook and 

 line, from 8 a.m. to 11^2 a.m., at Waretown 

 on Barnegat Bay. These were all weak fish, 

 of fair size. Two of us caught each 100 fish 

 in an hour and 5 minutes. 



E. T. R. Applegate, Etra, N. J. 



Here's a job lot of pork. Who wants it? 



I noticed in Recreation an inquiry as to 

 what bait is best for German carp? I can't 

 imagine what anyone wants with the old 

 mud hogs, but I've caught lots of them with 

 the common red worm on the banks of the 

 Wabash, or. I should say, in the Wabash; 

 but excuse me when it comes to eating them. 

 R. S. Prunty, Grayville, 111. 



Will some reader of Recreation tell me 

 of a few ponds or lakes within 25 miles of 

 Boston that are worth fishing? 



S. L. Batchelder, Boston, Mass. 



Our town is situated on the East bank of 

 Illinois river. Bass and crappie fishing are 

 good here. 



Crawford N. Ong., Lacon, 111. 



Fishing in the Kalamazoo river, last fall, 

 was excellent. It is one of the best streams 

 for pike and black bass in Michigan. 



Ed. Blossom, Otsego, Mich. 



Bass fishing was excellent here last season. 

 Fred. Latham, Haslin, N. C. 



That beautiful book, " Birds that Hunt 

 and are Hunted." sells at $2. Treats of all 

 the principal game birds and birds of prey. 

 The book and Recreation one year $2.50. 



