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of the fishing fraternity that he will get 

 the hand-made rod offered by Segar for 

 the largest bass taken on one of his rods. 

 Fr. L. Wilcox, Asbury Park, N. J. 



Fishing has been fair at this point dur- 

 ing the past week. Several large strings 

 of fish have been caught. Mr. Brown, of 

 Rhinelander, caught 30 trout; Van Galder 

 and Long, of Jeffris, succeeded in get- 

 ting 40 nice Yz to i l / 2 pound trout; Mr. 

 Shepard, of this place, got a trout which 

 weighed 2 1-3 pounds. Several good 

 catches of bass have been made. Anglers 

 say Bass lake and Two Mile lake are full 

 of bass, which are biting well. 



T. A. P., Parrish, Wis. 



Replying to your letter in regard to the 

 clipping from a local paper which says I 

 caught a rainbow trout measuring 26 

 inches: It is correct. The trout was seen 

 by more than 1,000 persons. It was photo- 

 graphed by one of our local photographers 

 and was sent to Chicago to be mounted. 

 It weighed 8 pounds. It was caught with 

 a 9-ounce Bristol steel rod and the best 

 quality enameled line. 



Geo. Raff, Jr., Grand Traverse, Mich. 



The fishes of this country are channel, 

 yellow and blue cat, and a species of bass. 

 I do not know the scientific name, but they 

 are called pond bass. We often hear of 

 catches, made with hook and line, of fish 

 weighing 10 pounds. There is a good deal 

 of seining and dynamiting here, but we are 

 trying to get a deputy game and fish war- 

 den, and if we do, such work will be 

 stopped. 



W. P. Cochran, Leon, Iowa. 



F. L. Sanford, of Chicago, caught in 3 

 days' fishing 30 black bass weighing 2 

 to 5 pounds each. F. A. Cody, of Ashland, 

 caught in one day's fishing 2 black bass, 

 weighing 2 and 6 pounds. Mrs. Woodsicka 

 caught one 8^ pound muskalonge. 

 Frank Flood and H. J. Sparks, 2 guides, 

 caught 5 muskalonge weighing 10 to 15 

 pounds apiece. 



R. W., Tomahawk Lake, Wis. 



You can not say too much against game 

 and fish hogs. Before I ever saw Recre- 

 ation I killed all the fish I could, and as 

 I am expert at this sport the catches of 

 trout I made were shameful. All that time 

 I was deploring the rapidly reduced num- 

 ber and size, but acted on the principle of 

 "getting my share." Thanks to you, I now 

 see and do differently. 



Robert Ives, Antrim, Pa. 



Mrs. Neville, of our city, recently 

 caught a 30 pound muskalonge. Mr. 

 McKenzie, banker here, caught one this 



week weighing 32 pounds. Anglers are 

 simply getting all the fish they want, of 

 different kinds, such as black bass and 

 pike. 



M. C. E., Eagle River, Wis. 



Fly fishing is good at Cut-Off lake, sev- 

 eral large catches having been made in 

 this manner there within the last month, 

 but I do not approve of spring fishing 

 for bass. It leaves so little seed and spoils 

 the next year's fishing. 



W. H. Sloane, South Omaha, Neb. 



My father has a camp in New Bruns- 

 wick and I spend a few weeks there every 

 year. Last year I caught a trout weighing 

 4 l / 2 pounds. It was the largest trout I 

 ever caught. I had another one at the 

 same time, but lost it. 



Irving Archibald, Methuen, Mass. 



Several large catches of muskalonge 

 have recently been made in Tomahawk lake. 

 The water in the lake is low and fishing 

 is good. 



D. M. W., Tomahawk, Wis. 



Ciscos have been running some time, 

 but no large catches have been made so 

 far. Other fishing has been good all this 

 season, many black bass being caught. 

 N. A., Lake Geneva, Wis. 



Mr. Powers and Mr. Leuck, of Mil- 

 waukee, while fishing at Big lake reserve, 

 6 miles from here, 2 days, made a fine 

 catch of pike and pickerel. 



G. R. A., Three Lakes, Wis. 



The set of Convertible Ampliscopes, 

 made by U. Nehring, and offered as pre- 

 miums for 5 subscriptions, would delight 

 any amateur photographer. Send for a 

 catalogue and see what they are. Then 

 get up a club and obtain a set. Mention 

 Recreation. 



The Ithaca gun received from you as pre- 

 mium is O. K. in appearance, marksman- 

 ship and shooting qualities. It can't be 

 beaten with same grade and price of gun. 

 A. T. Percival, Rutland, Vt. 



The Abercrombie tent you sent me for 

 dub of subscribers has been received. It 

 is elegant and is greatly appreciated. 



C. J. Scribner, Denver, Colo. 



The Stevens rifle is one of the best 

 shooting rifles I have ever had an oppor- 

 tunity to use, and I thank you sincerely for 

 it. Geo. Aull, Sycamore, 111. 



Recreation is the best magazine out. 

 J. J. McCormick, Ann Arbor, Mich. 



