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RECREATION, 



attempted to be funny. I responded to his 

 letter by reminding him that he had not 

 answered my question and requested that 

 he tell me frankly whether or not the news- 

 paper report was correct. I have had no 

 response to that second letter; so we may 

 safely assume that the printed statement 

 was substantially correct. It therefore be- 

 comes the duty of all decent sportsmen to 

 avoid these butchers in future as they 

 would any other swine. — Editor. 



NIBBLES. 

 Have any readers of Recreation ever 

 caught herring on. a common hook and 

 line? My friend, G. Coughlin, and I, while 

 fishing at New Hamburgh reef, in the Hud- 

 son river, caught 15 with a drop line batted 

 with common earthworms. We also caught 

 14 large white perch and fish were still bit- 

 ing well when we left. I have never heard 

 of anyone fishing at that reef and going 

 home empty handed. One can always catch 

 all the large white perch he may wish in 

 one or 2 hours ; that is, if he does not 

 wear bristles. I have caught white perch 

 that weighed over 2 pounds at Kent's cliff. 

 I have preserved the skin of one which 

 measured 15 inches and weighed 2 pounds 

 one ounce. I have caught several weighing 

 1^ to 2 pounds. Have other readers of 

 Recreation caught perch that will beat 

 this? If so I should like to hear from 

 them through Recreation. 



G. W. Wood, Matteawan, N. Y. 



September 2 I fished in Moore's lake, 

 Gloucester county, New Jersey, about a 

 mile from Clayton. The wind was from the 

 Northwest, blowing light, and the sky was 

 heavily clouded. After fishing a few min- 

 utes with a spoon I caught my first pike, 

 weighing i]/ 2 pounds. Then, finding a dead 

 chub, and cutting him in pieces, I discarded 

 my spoon and baited with chub, gut and 

 underfins. I then caught 8 fish in the next 

 5 minutes., I followed the channel of the 

 pond, letting the bait sink almost to the 

 bottom and moving it slowly by sculling 

 the boat. t After 2 hours I had caught 45 

 pike, weighing about one pound apiece. 

 The fish bit ferociously, and the day's 

 sport was one of the finest I ever had with 

 rod and reel. 



Louis G. Fisher, Clayton, N. J. 



Thus you put yourself on record as an- 

 other specimen of the Jersey breed of bris- 

 tlebacks. — Editor. 



Lake Webber lies 6,500 feet above sea 

 level in the heart of the Sierra Nevada 

 mountains, 25 miles Northwest of Trucker. 

 It contains Lpph Leven, cutthroat, Eastern 



brook, and common brown trout. They 

 offer magnificent sport. I was on the lake 

 and caught 27 trout that averaged i>4 

 pounds. Nine miles Southwest of Web- 

 ber lake is an artificial reservoir called 

 Fordyce lake, plentifully stocked with cut- 

 throat trout. They are exceedingly game, 

 giving the angler all the sport he wants. 

 A few large mouth bass have been planted 

 in the streams near this city and have in- 

 creased wonderfully. They were given a 

 close season of 3 years which has nearly 

 expired. Webber lake is easy of access 

 from San Francisco, Sacramento, Stockton 

 and all the surrounding country. 



Wm. G. Douglass, Stockton, Cal,. 



I am fighting against the men who are 

 netting in Pelham bay. October 1st the 

 fykes were set and I at once notified the 

 owners to remove them which they re- 

 fused to do. I therefore asked the aid 

 of game protectors Overton and Dorlow, 

 who arrested the chief malefactor, Rufus 

 Morris. October 23 Morris was put under 

 bail for trial in special sessions. Still the 

 fykes were worked, day after day. I 

 again appealed to Mr Overton, who came 

 up again November 7th with Mr. Dorlow 

 and lifted the fykes, removed 77 striped 

 bass and destroyed the nets. In conse- 

 quence there will be an action in the Su- 

 preme Court for about $1,800, fines. This 

 is the only way to cure these fellows, who 

 claim the earth and all there is on it. 

 C. A. Kramer, No. 73, L. A. S., 



Baychester, N. Y. 



The McGrath brothers are on record for a 

 catch of 300 brook trout in half a day last 

 season. — Minnesota paper. 



I wrote Mr. McGrath, asking for confir- 

 mation of the report and received the fol- 

 lowing reply : 



The report is fairly correct. We made 

 a remarkable catch of brook trout 

 last summer; the largest known in this 

 region. Any further light that I can throw 

 on this subject I will be ready to furnish. 

 W. H. McGrath, Minneapolis, Minn. 



I do not care for further light, but I take 

 this opportunity to hold you up to the pub- 

 lic gaze as a typical specimen of the razor- 

 back who likes to break the record and 

 then blow about it. — Editor. 



"Few men are as good as they pretend 

 to be." 



"Well, what of it? Few men want to 

 be." — Judge. 



"Always try to hit the nail on the head, 

 my boy — don't hit the nail on your finger, 

 for it hurts awful," 



