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RECREATION. 



20 trout, weighing 24 pounds, at the nar- 

 rows. July 17th R. R. Gilman, of Boston, 

 took 17 trout. July 18th Dr. Holman took 

 8 trout. Between July 19th and 26th Mr. 

 Gilman caught 67 trout. This was the best 

 fishing we had. 



Mr. Marr has built 2 fine new cabins, and 

 can now accommodate about 40 guests. 

 Quite a number of moose were seen on 

 Indian stream last summer. Deer were as 

 numerous as ever. 



Geo. C. Jones, Moosehead, Me. 



You did right in roasting Mr. Fox, in 

 November Recreation. He made the 

 mistake common with many, in not stop- 

 ping about 75 per cent, sooner than he did. 

 You certainly let him down easy. 



I hope it may be a lesson to him, and 

 that after this he will stop when he has a 

 reasonable catch, or as you say, at least 

 not tell anyone about his big " record." 



The swine are spoiling the trout fishing 

 here. Sportsmen who, have been stocking 

 the streams say they will not take the trouble 

 this spring, as there is no use trying. There 

 are some swine here who go about 3 or 4 

 times a week, through the open season, and 

 never get less than 40 or 50 trout. I will 

 wager the fish don't average 6 inches long. 



I shall endeavor to give you a pen pict- 

 ure of some of these next spring, and want 

 you to roast them to a turn. 



Edward Blossom, Otsego, Mich. 



I wonder if I am a fish hog. My guilty 

 conscience drives me to confession, and I 

 leave my fate in the hands of your readers. 



Last season I wanted to go down the 

 harbor smelt fishing. One Saturday I 

 bought a bob, line and sinker for $1.90 and 

 a box of shrimps for 50 cents. Went down 

 to Hull and stayed over night to be on 

 hand next morning at the proper tide, but 

 morning came, with a wet, disagreeable, 

 drizzly Northeaster, which was not favor- 

 able for fishing. Trip delayed one more 

 week; then another box of shrimps and 

 other accessories, and finally a good day. 

 Fished all the morning, and got one nasty 

 little cuss not big enough for pickerel bait. 

 Two days' time and expenses and $1 worth 

 of bait; all for one smelt. Question: Is 

 it not better to buy your fish and fit your 

 story to the quantity bought? 



D. E. Williams, Boston, Mass. 



On the 3d of September, '98, and for sev- 

 eral days after, I fished Steel river, on 

 the North shore of Lake Superior, catch- 

 ing trout weighing from one to 6 pounds ; 

 2 reached the latter weight, one 6 pounds 

 one ounce, the other 6 pounds 3 ounces 

 when taken from the water. I sent home 

 10 trout, that weighed 30 pounds dressed. 



We caught a dozen in our few days' stay 

 that would weigh 4 pounds each. The river 

 is 40 miles long, very rapid, with plenty of 



room for casting, making it an ideal place 

 for trout fishing. 



These fish have the same shape and col- 

 oring of our brook trout, and it is claimed 

 by those familiar with the river that they 

 are such. Are they? 



C. J. Reed, Falconer, N. Y. 



I saw the article in January Recreation, 

 by W. B. S., on " How to Catch Turtles." 

 This reminds me of how I used to catch 

 them when a boy. Near the town in 

 Bureau County, 111., in which I then lived, 

 were a number of small ponds in which 

 were numerous snapping turtles. I had 

 often fished for them with a rod and line, 

 but seldom caught one that way. I at last 

 hit on a plan which worked successfully. 

 I took a piece of fence board 8 or 10 feet 

 long and attached to it 2 or 3 short lines, 

 with heavy hooks, baiting these with dead 

 minnows, or fresh meat. I fastened a stout 

 cord to the board and floated it out in the 

 pond, and then went away for an hour or 

 2. I seldom failed to catch at least 2 or 3 

 good sized turtles in half a day. 



Mendocino county, California, has 3.000 

 miles of running trout water, all famous for 

 good fishing. The San Francisco and 

 North Pacific railway runs through this sec- 

 tion, giving the sportsman easy access to 

 an exceptionally fine field of sport, both 

 for game and fish. But as all sportsmen 

 know, constant fishing will in time deplete 

 the best waters. With this fact in view the 

 Railway Company established a trout 

 hatchery at Ukiah, in the center of the 

 county and stocked bountifully all the 

 waters along their line. The last 2 seasons 

 have proven the wisdom of their action. 

 Although the number of fishermen has 

 vastly increased, the fishing is getting bet- 

 ter and better each year. 



A. V. LaMotte, Ukiah, Cal. 



Here is a clipping from* a Connecticut 

 paper: 



" The Winsted correspondent of The 

 Courant writes: ' E. B. Bronson of Win- 

 steel, H. L. Bunce of the United States 

 Bank and E. M. Bunce of the Connecticut 

 Mutual Life, of Hartford, went trouting 

 yesterday with the result that the Hartford 

 gentleman carried home with them on the 

 4.54 train over 150 fine trout.' " 



Do you not think 150 trout too many for 

 3 men? Is there a place in the pen for the 

 " Hartford gentlemen " ? 



Sportsman, Boston, Mass. 



Yes, plenty of room. Walk right in 

 " gentlemen," and please close the gate 

 behind you. — Editor. 



A number of small boys were fishing 

 from shore. One of them had a good bite 

 and proceeded \o haul in what he supposed 





