228 RECREATION 



Norman, Polk and Roseau, and the rainbow trout have all been introduced, 

 southwestern counties of Lincoln, Lake trout are found in the Lake of 

 Nicollet, Nobles, Pipestone, Renville the Woods, Itasca, Vermillion Lake, 

 and Rock. and in Aitkin, Cook, Crow Wing, Da- 

 Yellow perch, croppies (or grass kota, Fillmore, Houston, Lake, Pope, 

 bass), rock bass and sunfish, one or all Ramsey, St. Louis, Washington and 

 of them, usually accompany the black Winona counties. Lake trout are wide- 

 bass, and are seldom found where the ly scattered over the surface of lakes 

 black bass is not. It is well to rem'efn- in June, and afford good sport in fly 

 ber this. Croppies are caught with fishing. Speckled trout also afford de- 

 minnows, where there are beds of crop- lectable sport with fly in the lakes, in 

 pie weeds, and are a superlative pan- localities near spring holes, before the 

 fish. They are close kin to speckled weeds and pads reach and cover the 

 perch. surface; but there are few expert 



Suckers and representatives of the anglers in this line. We have been in- 



Catostomidse are found widely dis- structed, to repletion, how to manipu- 



tributed throughout the whole state. late the cast on streams more or less 



Muscallonge are not found south of rapid, but very few of our writers seem 



Hennepin county, except in Lake Pepin, to estimate the care and finesse neces- 



Their habitat is between the parallels sary to successfully fly for trout on the 



45 degrees and 48 degrees latitude, in expansive and comparatively still 



the middle tier of counties, to wit : waters of lakes. Most anglers cast 



Aitkin, southern part of Beltrami and straight away and drag their flies di- 



Cass, Crow Wing, Dakota, Goodhue, rectly toward them ; but we believe in 



Hennepin, Hubbard, Itasca, Mille Lacs, letting the waves and ripples wash the 



Lake Morrison, Otter Tail, Sherburne, fly about more or less. On breezy, 



Sibley, Stearns, St. Louis, Todd, Wab- clear days, when trout rise wild and 



asha, Wadena, Winona and Wright, miss often, this method is effectual. 



(Goodhue, Dakota, Wabasha and In dull grey days it does not matter 



Winona border Lake Pepin.) Minne- so much. It is better to fish alone from 



tonka Lake, in Hennepin, contains mus- a boat. Cast to a point parallel with 



callonge. the bow, and work the flies across the 



Whitefish and sturgeon are found in water to leeward till opposite the stern, 



most of the northeastern counties, then round in a semicircle, as far as 



Whitefish are usually by themselves, circumstances will permit, so as to 



Three varieties of sturgeon are found cover as much area as possible, using 



in Lake Pepin. in nearly all cases from fifteen to 



Sheepshead, or fresh water grunts, twenty-five feet of line, of which at 



have a wide distribution from the ex- least nine feet should be silk worm gut. 



treme north to the southeastern coun- On stormy days a shorter and even 



ties. They do not occur in southwest- stouter cast may be used, 



ern counties. An active, nervous temperament tires 



Buffalo (fish of the sucker family) of the monotony of a fixed status by the 



are found in many of the southeastern side of an individual lake, with the 



counties. diurnal row, the bath and the still fish- 



Hyodons,, or mooneyes, which are ing, the hammock, the tennis court, 

 closely allied to the herrings, occur in and the book, and the protracted lull- 

 most of the northwestern prairie aby of idleness and loafing. It likes 

 streams. Catfish are in all waters. to spread its wings and launch out into 

 Silver bass, or white perch (M or one the unexplored and unseen, expectant* 

 interrupta), and striped bass (Rocais at every sharp curve of the sinuous out- 

 chrysops), are frequent. California let, emerging from the covert of the 

 salmon, land-locked salmon, carp and forest into the broad expanse of a far- 



