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nose. The fish was squirming and flop- 

 ping madly and hanging on Joe's nose. 

 The fish jerked till finally he tore loose 

 and left a slit in Joe's nose, from which 

 the blood streamed. 



Of course our day's sport was spoiled. 

 Joe finally pulled up anchor and We start- 

 ed back down the river. Joe never said 

 a word but occasionally he gave the fish 

 a vicious kick, as an expression of his feel- 

 ings. 



Frank Corlis, Dansville, N. Y. 



THEY SHOULD BE PROSECUTED. 



Jack Minnick, Burt Berger and John Karterman 

 returned Wednesday from a fishing trip to Oliver's 

 lake with about 800 pound of fish. This is a true 

 story, as they were all day dealing out fish to the 

 multitude. 



I send above clipping with sincere thanks 

 for the rough shod way in which you jump 

 on such swine. Moreover, I have a selfish 

 motive ; I like to fish myself. 



Q. L. W., Ida Grove, la, 



I wrote Karterman and Burger. They 

 answered on the backs of my letters. 



Kartman says, "The information is in- 

 correct." 



Burger says, "That sounds a little fishy 

 to me." 



The story not only sounds fishy, but fish 

 hoggy, and no doubt the men who did the 

 fishing would smell that way if you got 

 within 50 yards of them. Evidently these 

 men know Recreation and have a sus- 

 picion of what is in store for them, but 

 their attempt at evasion is not successful. 

 I have positive information from 2 well 

 known business men of Ida Grove that the 

 report is correct. The fish were taken with 

 a seine, in open violation of the State law, 

 and were peddled out in the streets of Ida 

 Grove. I. trust the proper authorities will 

 see that these men are prosecuted and fined 

 for their slaughter, — Editor. 



SELF-CONFESSED SWINE. 



Residents of Alton bay are talking of the 

 success of 2 fishermen there. In the past 5 weeks 

 A. J. Mayhew and J. K. Rhodes have taken in 

 1919 fish of different kinds, and the other fisher- 

 men are beginning to look on them as specimens 

 of the fish hog that Recreation tells about. — 

 Manchester Mirror. 



I wrote Mayhew and Rhodes, asking 

 about it, and they replied : 



The statement is correct. We caught 



enough to swell that number to 2,450. 



They were mountain trout, except 60 bass 



and pickerel. Tne time was about 6 weeks. 



A. J. Mayhew, Manchester, N. H. 



That statement was made when we had 

 been about 5 weeks on our vacation. We 

 were gone 6 weeks and in all we caught 



2,450 fish. They were pickerel, bass and 

 mountain trout, or horned pouts. We used 

 common line and hook, and baited with 

 worms. I do not know why you wish to 

 know, 



J. K. Rhodes, Manchester, N. H. 



This is why I wished to know: So that 

 in case the report were true, I might brand 

 you as low, dirty swine. And that is what 

 you are, according to your own confession. 

 Editor. 



NIBBLES. 

 I have read Charles O. Jackola's letter. 

 Instead of your insulting him, he has insult- 

 ed you. "Swine" is too good a name for 

 him. A hog eats only to satisfy its appe- 

 tite. I admit his appetite is large, but what 

 he eats he turns into good flesh, fit to eat. 

 Anyone catching 1,000 pounds of fish is 

 10 times a hog. People make those large 

 catches for the publicity of the thing and 

 they are referred to as wonderful fisher- 

 men. To me the most wonderful angler is 

 one who has the opportunity of catching 

 1,000 pounds of fish but quits when he 

 has enough to eat, and leaves the rest for 

 some future time and some brother angler. 

 One who does that, shows human intellect ; 

 but one who continues to fish as long as it 

 is possible shows only animal instinct. 

 Legally, Jackola may have a good case, but 

 morally he ought to be so thoroughly 

 ashamed that he ought to thank you for 

 waking him up. 



G. De P. Fox, Great Barrington, Mass. 



Charles Kinzie, of Richland Center, and 

 W. A. McNurlin, of Richland City, Wis., 

 took a trip to the North last week. They 

 were gone 4 days and say they caught 

 nearly 60 trout. Better give them a dose of 

 Recreation's anti-fish hog medicine. 



Sam S. Covey, Sextonville, Wis. 



To my request for confirmation of this 

 report I received the following reply: 



Five hundred in 3 days is correct. 



W. A. McNurlin, Richland Center, Wis. 



So you and Kinzie join the herd of Wis- 

 consin swine, and I trust the decent people 

 in your town may all refuse to associate 

 with you in future, — Editor. 



Have just returned from a fishing trip 

 to Two Medicine lakes. Had 2 compan- 

 ions and we had a delightful time. 



R. S. Stringfellow, Havre, Mont, 



Fishing on the Kankakee river, at Shelby, 

 Ind., is the best now that I have seen for 

 10 years. 



W. A. Daily, Indianapolis, Ind. 



