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days at Easter. Caught several good 

 messes of trout and killed one fox. 



The place is only 3 hours, on the Erie 

 railway, from New York. There is a 

 fairly good hotel, and good bass fishing in 

 the river. 



C. M. Daniels, New York City. 



I have a small cottage on Lake Kegonsa, 

 Wisconsin, and there are probably 75 cot- 

 tages there. I feel safe in saying a copy of 

 Recreation will be found in every one of 

 them. I often hear my neighbors discuss- 

 ing the fish hog question, especially after 

 some fellow has been out and let off 3 or 4 

 dynamite cartridges during the night, leav- 

 ing the lake covered with dead pike and 

 bass. They have had no game warden in 

 that section for the last 2 years. 



Wm. P. Dole, Chicago. 



On April 16th I went with Mr. Palmer, 

 of Passaic, N. J., to fish in the Neversink 

 river at Fallsburg, N. Y., on the line of 

 the N. Y., O. & W. Railway. He took on 

 a 3-ounce rod, and landed after y 2 hour's 

 work, a brown or German trout, weighing 

 6 pounds. It was caught near the bridge, 

 just below the falls. Such luck does not 

 come to every man, and the biggest one 

 did not get away that time. Barnyard 

 hackle did the business, as feathers would 

 not work. 



E. F. B., New York City. 



I recently saw 2 men fishing in a lake 

 here that is drained out in order to mend 

 dam. Fish all in one small puddle, spawn 

 all over the bank. Too bad, as it means 

 thousands of fish destroyed. Had no gun 

 with me, but a bull terrier put the fish 

 hogs to flight. What murder they were 

 doing ! It was like scooping the fish out. 

 Dog got a sample of their trousers. 



Edward W. Newcomb, Stamford, Conn. 



Charles Hartwell, manager of the Che- 

 shire House, and Edward P. Sebastian, 

 also of this city, caught a beautiful male 

 pike in Lake Spofford, Chesterfield, tfiis 

 county, Tuesday, March 20th. On being 

 taken from the water the pike must have 

 weighed nearly 12 pounds. On its arrival 

 here it tipped the scales at 10^2 pounds. 

 It was the first catch of the season. 



E. W. Wild, Keene, N. H. 



George Frissell is the most skillful an- 

 gler on the McKenzie river, where it was 

 my pleasure to spend some time the last 



2 summers. Red sides, speckled trout and 

 Dolly Varden abound. I sent many a box 

 of trout last summer from McKenzie river 

 to my less fortunate friends in Portland. 

 Sale of trout is prohibited at all times. 

 Dr. Alfred J. Sperry, Portland, Ore. 



Our town is located on top of the Al- 

 lcghanies in Tucker county, West Va. We 

 have 2 good trout streams here, and the 

 fishing is excellent during the open season. 

 We stocked the Black water with some 

 1,500 California rainbow trout 2 years ago. 

 One was caught last September that meas- 

 ured 9^ inches. 



I. H. Heltzen, Davis, W. Va. 



Several young men near here are start- 

 ing a bicycle club and we want a club 

 house that will answer for both boats and 

 bicycles, as several of us have boats or 

 canoes. We would be grateful to any of 

 your readers if they could send us any 

 plans or suggestions for a low cost house. 



Chas. F. Harris, 

 7 Chadwick St., Worcester, Mass. 



Will you kindly inform me if you know 

 of any firm that makes good bow facing 



oars 



Jacob Sheets. 

 Columbus Grove, Ohio. 



Some one did make such oars years ago, 

 but I do not recall his name or address. 

 They are probably not made now or they 

 would be advertised in Recreation. 



Black bass fishing in Lake Keuka would 

 be the best in the State if the fish had a 

 chance. Several convictions, with good 

 heavy fines for illegal fishing, would have 

 a salutary effect. But it seems impossible 

 to catch the hogs at their work, although 

 our game constable has found and de- 

 stroyed a large number of nets. 



Dr. Joseph T. Cox, Penn Yan, N. Y. 



We have excellent fishing on the Prairie 

 river at present. The trout are biting 

 freely. Mr. Laroon caught 20 within one- 

 fourth of a mile from the station. 



W. B. K„ Parrish,. Wis. 



If any of your contributors wish a good 

 bait for bass, tell them we farmers use 

 small lizards, which are the best thing we 

 have found yet. 



L. H. Haas, Mauch Chunk, Pa. 



