PISH AND FISHING. 



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Still, every year our sportsmen wonder 

 where our fish have gone, and curse the 

 fellows down the river for using nets. Ten 

 years ago fish were 10 times as numer- 

 ous as now, yet they have not been speared 

 or netted to any extent. I claim the de- 

 crease in their number is because of the 

 great loss of fingerlings in the drying up 

 of our small streams. If each sportsman 

 would devote a day in his own locality to 

 returning these small fish to the river, 

 we would again have good fishing. What 

 do the readers of Recreation think about 

 it? 



Stanley Crandall, Union City, Mich. 





GOOD REPORT FROM CLEVELAND. 



It has been a great pleasure to me to 

 read Recreation, and I have been much 

 interested in the correspondence published. 

 I am heartily in sympathy with you in 

 your good work. Cleveland is a village 

 on the north shore of Oneida lake. The 

 lake is about 21 miles long and 6 miles 

 wide. It abounds with pike, black bass, 

 perch, and sunfish. There has never been 

 anyone here who would fish with a trap 

 or any other kind of net. The game offi- 

 cers stop at Cleveland when they come to 

 search the lake for nets, because it is the 

 only place around the lake where they can 

 be protected. I do not mean to say there 

 are no game hogs here,, for I know there 

 are a few. If Recreation were sent to 

 some of them, it would shame them out. 

 Duck shooting was good here last fall. 

 Ruffed grouse and rabbits were also num- 

 erous. Panther lake is about 8 miles 

 from here, and furnishes good fishing. 

 There are any number of brook trout in 

 the streams around here. We hope the 

 game officers and Recreation will keep 

 on fighting the game hogs and net fisher- 

 men. Recreation has taken the right 

 stand, and we ought to do all we can to 

 help it along with its good work. 



L. E. R., Cleveland, N. Y. 



MORE PENNSYLVANIA PORK. 



Jacob Bubb, landlord of the Athletic Hotel, and John 

 Bubb, of the Farmers' Hotel, have returned from a fishing 

 trip along the river. They brought back over ioo pounds 

 offish. They started at Waterville, trolled down Pine 

 Creek and then down the river to this city. They were 

 compelled to quit fishing because the big fish got away 

 with all their hooks. Ten of the fish were over 20 inches 

 long, being bass and wall-eyed pike. — Williamsport, (Pa.) 

 paper. 



I asked Bubb about it, and here is what 

 he says : 



In reply to your question, the report of 

 my having caught more than 100 pounds of 

 fish, is true ; but I will not forget to men- 

 tion that my brother was in company with 

 me, and is also entitled to some of the 

 credit. We generally go together; never- 



theless you can give me the credit of catch- 

 ing more than 100 pounds in weight. 



Jacob Bubb, Williamsport, Pa. 



Give you the credit, eh ? Hardly. I will 

 simply put you and your brother on record 

 as 2 more of the swine who are so deserv- 

 edly hated by decent people everywhere. — 

 Editor. 



NIBBLES. 



Three records were made last season in 

 these mountain lakes within 24 hours. 

 Mr. William N. Lovelace caught a 23 ounce 

 speckled trout in Sapphire lake, the best 

 up to that date. Mr. R. E. Miller 

 caught a 34 ounce rainbow trout in Fair- 

 field lake, and a little later William L. 

 Sherwood caught a rainbow trout in Sap- 

 phire lake which weighed 40^ ounces, this 

 being the largest fish caught here to date. 

 Three fish, caught in succession, weighed 

 4 pounds 9 ounces. Mr. Doughty, of Fair- 

 field Inn, caught a speckled trout also, 

 which weighed 28 ounces. 



The Taxaway Company made special 

 efforts to stock its lakes last year, putting 

 137,000 fry and this year 170,000 more in 

 their 71 miles of fishing waters. 



W. L. Sherwood, Sapphire, N. C. 



After reading in your magazine of the 

 catches of fish made by many parties, I feel 

 tempted to tell where a true sportsman can 

 find what I call real bass fishing. I have 

 just returned from a 4 days' fishing trip. 

 With spoon and live bait we caught 2T, 

 bass. One of these was the much talked 

 of wall eyed bass, introduced into our Po- 

 tomac river not long ago. Its eyes were 

 surrounded by a red ring, something un- 

 usual in bass of other kinds. Should any 

 brother sportsman wish some good sport 

 with the rod and reel, or with the gun, in 

 season, he should go to Sharpsburg, Wash- 

 ington county, Md., and get someone to 

 drive him to the river one mile from there. 

 He can have all his heart can desire. 

 Harry J. E. Thomas, Sharpsburg, Md. 



In August, 1809, while trolling flies by 

 moonlight, I took a bullhead of 2 pounds. 

 Later another took artificial bait under the 

 same conditions. Not desiring to be 

 classed as a rival of Ananias, I kept silent 

 on this subject. However, I took another 

 bullhead on flies this year, on a dark night, 

 fishing for pike, and have the assurance of 

 a brother disciple of Walton that he has 

 taken bullheads under the same circum- 

 stances. Perhaps there are others? If the 

 bullhead is being educated up to the stand- 

 ard of a game fish, why can not the Filipino 

 be redeemed? Next! 



H. C. Wilcox, Friendship, N. Y. 



