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RECREATION. 



catch, and quit with fish in sight. We 

 put back in the stream 30 trout 5 inches or 

 less. The law here allows each man 50 

 trout a day, which is too many; half or 

 less would be plenty. 



I hope you will convince the Winchester 

 people they are wrong in putting an auto- 

 matic gun on the market for bristlebacks. 

 J. A. Brown, Tarentum, Pa. 



NIBBLES. 



There is a stream 12 miles North 

 of Elkhorn which is equally noted for 

 the bigness and the scarcity of its 

 trout. On the 15th day of April I caught 

 3 that weighed 3^ pounds. This so fired 

 the ambition of my 8-year-old that he 

 wrung a promise from me to let him go 

 on the next trip. Accordingly we made an 

 early start on the morning of the 22d, and 

 in spite of all my boasted prowess and the 

 hardest kind of work I couldn't raise a 

 trout. Meantime the boy landed 2 beauti- 

 ful trout, the largest one weighing one 

 pound and 13 ounces. It's a question 

 which was the prouder, father or son. 



Recreation has converted more than one 

 Walworth county fish and game hog. 



G. D. Harrington, Elkhorn, Wis. 



Western sportsmen who may be seeking 

 for new fishing grounds would do well to 

 visit Lake Chetek. Wisconsin. It is about 

 40 miles North of Eau Claire and is reached 

 by the C. & N. W. Ry. The lake is well 

 stocked with black bass, pike, pickerel, crap- 

 pies, sunfish and perch, and occasionally 

 an angler gets a dogfish by way of variety. 

 These latter are not good to eat but they 

 kick up a big muss for a time. 



There are a number of summer cottages 

 and a good hotel on the lake shore and 

 sportsmen visiting there are sure to meet 

 many pleasant people. I spent 4 weeks 

 there during the past summer and had ex- 

 cellent sport almost every day. 



"D. A. Kneeland, Elroy, Wis. 



George L. Brown, of Seaford, Del., and 

 S. P. Snellen, Jr., of Philadelphia, caught 

 30 pike and 18 yellowheads in 3 hours, near 

 Seaford, September 12th, 1903, with a troll. 

 This is the largest catch of pike ever made 

 in Delaware in that length of time. 



If you will print this information you will 

 oblige me, and it will, I think, be of some 

 benefit to you in regard to signers for 

 Recreation. 



W. L. Barns, New York. 



Brown's number in the fish hog book is 

 1,049 and Skellen's is 1.050. If this will do 

 you any good in the matter of "signers for 

 Recreation'''' you are welcome to it. — Editor. 



would give you a pain, or any one else who 

 regards angling as an art. The old men 

 used the big flat corks that came in pickle 

 bottles, and when a big bass jerked one un- 

 der suddenly, it would make a pop like the 

 swan song of a bottle of root beer. In 

 those days the fish were not particular 

 what the bait was attached to, but we have 

 to be more careful now. 



Yesterday morning I landed 6 big bass 

 with the Bristol rod you sent me. 



C. .O. Moseley, Limona, Fla. 



I have received a novel and unique mes- 

 sage. It is written on a scale of a tarpon. 

 On one side are my name and address, a 

 one cent stamp and the postmark. On the 

 other side is this legend : 



Pass Christian, Miss., 9-i2-'o4- 



Dear Sir: 



A scale from a big one that did not get 

 away from, Yours truly, 



J. E. Hanson. 



I congratulate Mr. Hanson on having 

 landed a fish that wore scales big. enough 

 to shingle a house, and trust I may some 

 day get a hook into one of the same kind. 

 — Editor. 



• I have read the article "How to String 

 Fish," by C. C. Haskins, in March Recrea- 

 tion, with much interest. The method de- 

 scribed is practiced by the market fishermen 

 on the St. Lawrence river. They string 

 through the lower jaw, but use a short 

 stringer for each fish. This stringer is at- 

 tached to a heavier cord, the fish being 

 spaced at regular intervals. It is the cus- 

 tom of these men to row slowly when the 

 fish are trailed, in order that the fish may 

 not drown. This is important, since ship- 

 ment is usually made twice a week and the 

 fish must be fresh killed for shipment. 



M. H. Kinsley, Hoboken, N. J. 



When I was a boy the old men used to 

 fish with cypress poles 2 inches in diameter, 

 big white cotton lines, and the corks used 



The lack of rain last summer has made 

 poor salmon fishing, but the river was 

 alive with grilse. These little fellows 

 make good sport on a trout rod, but it is 

 a shame to kill too many of them. They 

 run from 3 to 4 pounds weight in our river, 

 larger in the Restigouche. There is mag- 

 nificent trout fishing on the Caraguet, Po- 

 kemonche, Lacadie and Inbucintae. The 

 large sea trout frequent the last 3 rivers 

 after July 1, and they afford the best trout 

 fishing I know of, except in the lakes and 

 at the head of the Nepisiquit. 



Edward Hickson, Bathurst, N. B. 



Recreation's 9th Annual Photo Compe- 

 tition closes November 30.. All who have 

 participated in previous competitions should 

 be represented in this one. A number of 

 prizes are offered, and in addition to these 

 all photos used will hereafter be paid for 

 at the rate of 50 cents to $1 each. 



