FISH AND FISHING. 



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was an eel. It was a black water snake of 

 medium size. On discovering the nature 

 of his catch, the lad dropped his rod and 

 ran', followed by his companions. A little 

 j later, however, they screwed up courage 

 enough to return and despatch the snake. 

 The boy had been fishing with a small toad 

 for bait, which the snake had taken in his 

 mouth, but had not succeeded in swallow- 

 ing. I should like to know, through Rec- 

 reation, whether or not any of its readers 

 have had a like experience. 



H. H. Hazen, Sparrowbush, N. Y. 



The fish and game laws have been open- 

 ly violated here for the past 3 years. The 

 commission and the protectors have been 

 notified, but they have done nothing. In 

 2 or 3 years Cayuga lake will be depleted 

 of fish, and game in its vicinity will be 

 scarce. This state of affairs should not 

 exist under the present expensive com- 

 mission, and its corps of protectors should 

 do their duty. 



Frank M. Davis, Ithaca, N. Y. 



I camp for a few weeks every summer, 

 and my friends tell me I am lazy, because 

 I don't bring home more fish. I never use 

 anything but flies and have not speared a 

 fish since I was 14 years old. Trout and 

 bass are my favorite fish, and though our 

 bass are slow in taking the fly, I catch all 

 I want with the feathers. Am glad I met 

 Recreation. It is just my stvle. 



L. Y. Howell, Oakley, Mich. 



Have just ordered a big lot of Fishing Tackle that will 

 be in soon. Also Dynamite and Fish Berries. Come and 

 inspect our stock as it will soon be fishing time. Dykes 

 Drug Co., Kingsland, Ark. — Rison, Ark., Bazoo. 



It would be great luck for the fish, and 

 for all decent fishermen in Rison, if some 

 one would explode that stock of dynamite 

 under Dykes's drug store and blow him and 

 his fish berries out into the Gulf of Mexico. 

 Editor. 



F.W. Cleveland, C. B. Cleveland, J. B. 

 Carlin, C. S. Pierce and Messrs. Drury 

 and Grey, of Chicago, took 138 bass in 3 

 hours and 45 minutes, some weighing 4^2 

 pounds each. They also caught pike of 7 

 and 8 pounds, and while muskalonge were 

 not striking well they caught quite a num- 

 ber, 5 to 10 pounds. 



J. B. T., Presque Isle Lake Resort 



Will some reader of Recreation who 

 has young bass for sale — black preferred — 

 state his price for them? What is the best 

 time to introduce them into ponds? 



C. Caruthers, Irwin, Pa. 



Will readers of Recreation be kind 

 enough to tell me the proper way to hook 

 a live frog for black bass fishing? 



J. S. Hooney, Denver, Col. 



Mr. Howard Irish, of Sebago, Me., 

 caught in one morning and with a hand- 

 line, too, 85 brook trout. Talk about hog- 

 gishness; this is fiendish, is it not? I am 

 only 13 years old, but I knpw a hog when 

 I see one. 



Roger F. Gardiner, Xewton Centre, 

 Mass. 



Ed. Pickering, of Warren, O., who is 

 only 13 years old. caught a small mouth 

 black bass that weighed 6 l / 2 pounds. Who 

 knows of a larger fish of this species hav- 

 ing been caught? 



Have received the .44 Ideal Stevens rifle, 

 have tried it and find that all that is required 

 of it is to put it on the target, pull and a 

 bulls-eye is sure. Am well pleased with it, 

 much more than I expected, and thank you 

 for your kindness and promptness. 



Edw. Stebbins, Holyoke, Mass. 



I received the Davenport Elite single 

 shot gun and it is a beauty. It is finely fin- 

 ished, a fine model and a good shooter. 



You are to be complimented on the valu- 

 able premiums you give your club sub- 

 scribers. 



H. Guy Slade, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Are you a fly fisherman? If so, why not 

 send me 2 subscriptions to Recreation 

 and get a dozen high grade assorted trout 

 flies, listed at $1? Or 3 subscriptions and 

 get a dozen high grade assorted bass flies, 

 listed at $2? 



A 2 pound can of Laflin & Rand's cele- 

 brated smokeless powder, listed at $2, for 2 

 subscriptions to Recreation. You can 

 get these 2 subscriptions in half an hour 

 without interfering with your regular busi- 

 ness. 



I have been a reader of Recreation for 

 some time and must thank you for one of 

 the brightest and most go ahead journals 

 in that line. 



Theodore E. Jennings, Danbury, Conn. 



Do you ever camp out? If so. why sleep 

 on the cold, hard ground? Why not take 

 with you a pneumatic rubber mattress? 

 You can get one for 25 subscriptions to 

 Recreation. 



I received the camera in good shape. It 

 is a beauty and does fine work. 



Ed. Frates, Wilcox, Neb. 



The Willsie Camera arrived O. K. and 

 am much pleased with it. 



Wm. H. Barrows, Plymouth, Mass. 



