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sturgeon, caught by S. A. Spry, weighing 

 80 pounds. They are all enthusiastic over 

 fishing in Lake Winnebago, which is con- 

 veniently reached by the Northwestern rail- 

 road. The Northwestern is making special 

 efforts to accommodate anglers, and be- 

 sides its regular train service into the Fox 

 lake district has, every Thursday and Satur- 

 day, a through sleeping car leaving Chicago 

 5 :oo p. m. for Three Lakes, Eagle River, 

 Conover, State Line, Watersmeet, and 

 other points at which the best fishing is re- 

 ported. 



K. R. S., Menasha, Wis. 



Unless there were 30 or more of the peo- 

 ple they caught many more fish than they 

 should. — Editor. 



Last Sunday Louis Begin went fishing at Medi- 

 cine lake and at nightfall he returned with a long 

 string of nibblers, the catch including 5 black bass. 

 It is against the law to catch bass at this time of 

 y$ar, and as the attention of one of the game 

 wardens was called to the case, Begin was placed 

 under arrest for violating the game law. Yes- 

 terday he was fined $25, or $5 a fish by Judge 

 Holt. 



The law makes the penalty not less than $5 and 

 not more than $25 for each fish, so the mess of 

 bass proved rather an expensive luxury for Begin. 

 — Watertown (N. Y.) Times. 



And now Louis you should begin to quit 

 violating the fish laws. You can get your 

 bass much cheaper in open season, and they 

 will taste better, too. — Editor. 



Game Wardens Hawkins and Ayres, of New 

 Brunswick, N. J., caught the poacher who has 

 been depleting the fishing ponds of Senator John 

 Kean, late Sunday night, and yesterday morning 

 gathered in Frederick Bauer and George Jones, 

 who were fishing with set lines in the Swinefield 

 river. 



Ninety days in jail for the poacher and a 

 heavy fine for the others were the penalties. — 

 New York Herald. 



In the Swinefield riv.er, eh? Well, Bauer 

 and Jones seem to know their proper place 

 when they find it ; and that's more than I 

 can say for some other swine I know of. — 

 Editor. 



The piscatory zeal of C. P. Englehart led Judge 

 McConnell to assess him $20 yesterday. 



Charles went fishing to Stony creek, Hender- 

 son, one day last week. He was after perch and 

 pickerel, but the unruly bass got on v his hook 

 and he hated to throw them back. Game Pro- 

 tector John Northrup learned of the facts and 

 complained, hence the fine. — Watertown (N. Y.) 

 paper. 



Here is another chap who can now give 

 his neighbors pointers on the open and close 

 seasons for bass. He won't forget the 

 dates again in a hundred years. — Editor. 



Will some reader of Recreation please 

 tell me what kind of bait is best to catch 

 black bass, and what time of the year to 

 use them? Also how to fish for them and 

 where to find them? We have lots of bass 

 in our lake, but they don't seem to bite 

 readily. 



I. E. Brackett, Newport, Me. 



Fishing here in Lake Winnebago is good 

 at present. Captain H. C. Dittmar and party 

 caught 40 pike, white bass, black bass and 

 perch. Major Walters brought in 15 of these 

 varieties and Otto Helmheld 9. Several 

 other good catches were made the latter 

 part of the week. 



K. B., Fond du Lac, Wis. 



Fishing at this place has been excellent 

 during the past week. Several parties made 

 good catches. Mr. Bradley, of Tomahawk, 

 and Mr. Corwin, of New York, spent part 

 of the week fishing at this point, and their 

 party made a large trout catch last Satur- 

 day afternoon. 



G. P. T., Parrish, Wis. 



The Ontario government limits the catch 

 of trout in the Nepigon waters to 15 

 pounds a day, for each man. What a great 

 thing it would be for the trout streams, 

 and for the man who loves to whip them, 

 if all our States would follow the example 

 of Ontario. 



D. G. Redfield and Oscar Gibbons May 

 26 caught 16 trout in Big creek. W. A. 

 Parent caught about 9 pounds 01 trout in 

 Big brook May 26. Ed Shane, Sig. Ereck- 

 sen and Adam Gunter caught 5 black bass 

 and 2 pickerel in Cable lake May 28. 



A. T. A., Cable, Wis. 



I should like to hear from some reader 

 of Recreation who has made a trip by 

 house boat on the Mississippi river. How 

 far above St. Paul could one start with a 

 15x50 foot boat, drawing 18 or 20 inches 

 of water? 



W. G. Curtis, Elwood, Ind. 



I like the idea of Mr. Ore, of Chicago, in 

 regard to keeping an aquarium. Will that 

 gentleman kindly give, through Recreation, 

 directions for maKing a suitable tank for 

 that purpose, together with full instructions 

 for caring for the fish? 



E. L. Dupuv, Blackstone, Va. 



Our sealing fleet did well this year. Nine- 

 teen steamers have 250,000 seals, all taken 

 within 150 square miles, and wortn nearly 

 $500,000. W. A. B. Sclater 



St. Johns, Newfoundland. 



Fishing in Fox river, and in Fox and 

 Pistakee lakes. A few catches of black 

 bass, silver bass, pickerel, perch and sun- 

 fish have been made. 



W. B. K., McHenry. 111. 



There is excellent trout fishing in the 

 Yellowstone river. 



J. T. L., Livingston, Mont 



