SOME MORE OF THE MICHIGAN BREED. 



Clias. Bouton and Clias. Johnson returned Tuesday 



beauties. Next 



Answering your postal card of 25th,. 

 as to catch of 294 trout. You are out of 

 the way as to numbers. It was 494. My 

 fishing partner was Mr. C. L. Bouton. 

 In the afternoon we tried for bass and 

 pickerel, in the pond just below the 

 creek, and caught about 75 pounds. This 

 is not much of a catch for our waters, as 



from a fishing trip. They only caught 294 of the speckled 

 . — Michigan paper. 



Your card of 23d at hand. Yes, it is 

 true that my friend, C. R. Johnson, and I 

 made a nice catch of trout, but you are 

 mistaken as to the number. It was not 

 294, but 894 trout. Caught them with 

 flies. If you should happen this way we 

 will duplicate the number and show you 

 how it is done. 



C. L. Bouton, Pentwater, Mich. 



many more than this are caught. We 

 have some fine fishing here. 



I enclose a snap-shot photo which I 

 made of a party consisting of Mr. F. W. 

 Fincher and friends, showing about a half 

 day's catch of bass, weighing nearly 100 

 pounds. They were taken last season at 

 Bass lake, 3 miles from here. The same 

 season a fisherman in the same waters, in 3 

 days, caught about 300 pounds. He was 

 fishing for the market. 



C. R. Johnson. 



Mr. Johnson is a lawyer, and, presum- 

 ably, an intelligent man. Strange he has 

 not learned how disgusting such work is 

 to all good people. I wish he would take 

 this hint and reform. 



The newspaper report says these 2 

 men caught 294 trout; Mr. Johnson says 

 494 and Mr. Bouton says 894. Who is the 

 liar? The truth is evidently bad enough 

 in this case. Then why exaggerate? — 

 Editor. 



First Fish — What's the matter with Fin- 

 back? He looks seedy. 



Second Fish — Yes; he's drinking like a 

 human being. — Puck. 

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