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he had seen possibly in Fobest and Stbeam. The incident 
as he gave it to me was substantially as follows: 
A person standing on the edge of a lake was noticing with 
great interest, the manner in which a spawn bed was being 
guarded by one of the parent bass, when he saw two large 
carp stpalthily approaching the bed very slowly with their 
heads clo^e together and tlieir mouths wide open as though 
engaged in earnest conversation. Presently one of the carp 
swam off to some distance while the other one approached 
the spawn bed with the apparent intention of destroying the 
effgs. The bass drove him away a number of times, and 
finally, with apparent anger, chased him away for a long dis- 
tance leaving the bed for a short time unprotected, and there- 
upon the other carp immediately attacked the bed destroying 
a large amount of spawn before the bass returned. * 
From this he drew three conclusions. First, that the carp 
is very destructive of spawn; second, that they are endowed 
with an intelligence not usually credited to the carp family; 
and third, that fishes have a language of their own. 
I suggested to him that the weak point in his story was 
the generosity of the carp which enticed the bass away from 
its bed while the other gobbled up the spawn, but he met 
this criticism by suggesting that probably both of the carp 
very promptly visited another spawn bed and reversed the 
method of attack, so that each was enabled to enjoy a sub- 
stantial 'breakfast on eggs.' " 
CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 
Western Catches. 
Chicago, 111., Aug. 7.— The summer season draws to a 
close and we begin to hear something of the fishing rec- 
ords for the season, which appears to have been an unusu- 
ally good one in this part of the country. At Tomahawk 
Lake, on Wednesday of last week, A. M. Pride took a mas- 
callonge which weighed SSlbs. 4oz. Ed Carmen, of Water- 
ville, Minn., last week took two black bass in Lake 
Francis, one weighing 8Jlbs. and the other 7ilb8. Frank 
Carlton, of Minneapolis, caught in the Kiunickinick Creek, 
of Wisconsin, the largest brook trout ever taken in that 
stream. It weighed Slbs. 9oz. At Oconomowoc, Wis., on 
Wednesday of last week, Ed Butcher took in Lac La Belle, 
a 131b. pickerel, the largest known there this year. In 
Devil Pond, near Massillon, 0., Charles Waltz caught with 
hook and line, a carp weighing 14lbs. 3oz. At Fox Lake, 
111., fishing has been very good this summer. C. F. Hills, 
of Chicago, a very expert bass fisherman, in one week 
caught 131 bass and twenty-one pickerel. His friend, 
Charles E. Hyde, also of Chicago, took a great many bass; 
among others, two which together weighed ll^lbs. Mr. 
and Mrs. R. E. Shimmin are reported to have taken, this 
summer, 171 pickerel. Col. George R. Davis is reported to 
have taken ISllbs. of bass during his trip. From Spring 
Lake, Mich., I hear of heavy catches of large hass. Mr. E. 
R. Emery, of Baraboo, Wis., writes me as follows in regard 
to a little lake be has discovered. I have never heard of 
Mirror Lake before, and of course am always glad to learn 
of new fishing waters. He says: 
"We found a resort ten miles from here that is too good 
to keep. Mirror Lake is one of the most delightful places 
I have ever found. We drove over, arriving at the farm 
just in time for a good country dinner. During the after- 
noon Mrs. Sumner's son Duke rowed Mrs. E., a lady friend 
and self up the lake two or three miles, while I cast with a 
Bristol steel rod and live frog. The water was too roily 
lower down, however, owing to recent heavy rains, and I 
didn't have a strike until we reached the slough.where the 
water was clear. I was casting well up to the shore, where 
there was an undergrowth of weeds, when there was a 
break and a swirl, a moment to allow the frog to be taken, 
a twist of the wrist, and we were fast to a baas or maska- 
lunge, so heavy I could not control it with the light rod, 
and it got into the weeds. We rowed to the line and pulled 
up the bottom of the lake with the weeds, but the fish was 
gone. This fish weighed over 5lbs., judging from the 
number of 2 and 31b. bass I have landed with a light split- 
bamboo. After this the striking was fast and furious, and 
although a number were lost, we landed five nice bass in a 
little while, two weighing over Slbs. There were several 
other parties who had been fishing longer, and had strings 
of from eight to eighteen. Some wonderful strings have 
been caught there, some overgrown pickerel and pike, but 
mostly bass. 
"Maybe I ought not to reveal the secret; but a number 
of the most successful — I might say prominent — fishermen 
of Chicago make this place their resort in preference to all 
other places, in this country of fishing. 
"Bass are being taken at Devil's Lake between 7 and 11 
P. M., trolling with a white rag, so we are told. Will give 
it a trial, though, before we can vouch for it." 
Some Fish Stories. 
This week, while Mr. Irving Bates, a cottager at the St. 
Clair Flats, was sitting on his veranda a steamer passing 
down the channel caused a large swell to run up along the 
edge of the lawn. The recession of the swell left a large 
bass stranded a few feet away from the lawn mower, and 
upon this bass Mr. Bates fell eagerly, making from it a 
supper for himself and his entire family. 
While Mr. John Mulvihill, a Missouri Pacific engineer, 
was crossing the Walnut Creek bridge, near St. Joseph, 
Mo., one morning this week, he dropped a fish line from 
the cab window of his engine, and was so fortunate as to 
take, during his transit across the bridge, a large catfish, 
which he drew into the window and secured. What 
makes the feat more remarkable, is the fact that Mr. Mul- 
vihill's train was going at the rate of thirty miles an hour. 
At Huntsville, Mo., on the Chariton River, there is this 
week a great migration of fish, so that the inhabitants are 
all out fishing with pitchforks and the like; large num- 
bers of fish being taken in this way. 
The growth of a fish story may be seen from the follow- 
ing, which is told of Judge Coffey, of Brazil, Ind. Last 
year the Judge was fishing in a lake in Michigan and 
caught a lOlb. pickerel. This year, visiting the same lake, 
he was informed by a guide that during the previous sea- 
son a man by the name of Tea had caught a pickerel in 
that lake that weighed GOlbs. "Are you sure the man's 
name was not Coffey?" said the Judge. "Well, yes, I guess 
it was," said the guide. "Then you are a liar," said the 
Judge, "for I caught the fish myself, and it only weighed 
oOlbs.!" This story, methinks, is not absolutely new, but 
it is significant. 
Work of the Wardens. 
Dr. J. W. Shultz, Fish Commissioner for Kansas, has 
appointed Fremont Simons deputy fish and game warden 
for Saline county, with instructions to break up dynamit- 
ing and early shooting. 
At Lake Contrary, near St. Joseph, Mo., Deputy Warden 
Prather, with deputy constables Noland and Gill, and 
deputy sheriffs Ryan and Morgan, detected several per- 
sons in the act of seining fish in violation of the laws. 
The names were 0. M. Bromley, Joseph Goddard, Harvey 
Knapp, Mrs. Maud Knapp, Frank Blakely and AI. Hildtr- 
brand. Their trial will soon follow, and it is very likely 
they will be convicted. 
The State Sportsmen's Association of Washington offers 
a reward of $10 for the arrest of each person who can be 
shown on reasonable proof to have killed game before the 
legal season. This is the sort of work which a great many 
other State sportsmen's associations would do exceeding 
well to imitate. 
State Warden Buntain, of Ohio, a very active and effi- 
cient ofiicer, last week gathered some proof in a fish case 
in a unique way. A party of five men were dynamiting 
fish. It was night, and dark. Warden Buntain crept up 
close and succeeded in making a flash-light picture with 
his camera, which will be introduced as evidence in the 
case. 
On last Friday, Fish Commissioner Delevan, of Iowa, 
and his deputy, Mr. Bates, arrested five men for illegal 
seining in the Cedar and Wapsie rivers. Their names are 
John, Louis and James Rose, Fred Crane and Robert 
Rose. They will get the limit of the law. Ben Aucutt, 
one of the same gang, was last week fined $25 and costs. 
At Breckenridge, Colo., on July 29, Henry Recen and 
M. R. Erickson were arrested on a warrant sworn out by 
A. D. Searle, of Leadville. Searle claims to own the lake, 
though it has been stocked by the United States hatchery. 
The good work of Warden Earle continues along the 
Wabash River, in Indiana, The latest to be fined for vio- 
lation of the fish law are William Schell, Dan Kelly, 
Albert Duvall and E. W. Snooks, who got |5 and costs 
each for seining. 
A Minnesota Record. 
Mr. E. S. Gibbs, of St. James, has returned to St. Paul 
from a fishing trip at Pine City, with some 3001bs. of pise. 
In an hour and a half he caught thirty-three pike, and on 
one day he and bis friend W. W. Cooley, of St. Paul, caught 
thirty-tour pike, averaging ^ilbs. 
Good Country. 
I hear more and more of Minnesota this year as an at- 
tractive field for anglers. Late Vermillion, in upper Minne- 
sota, is spoken of with enthusiasm by St. Paul parties who 
visited it. A Minneapolis newspaper, the Journal, prints 
the followmg description of this big bit of water: 
"It seems surprising, noting the enormous quantity taken 
from the lake this season, that the supply does not become 
exhausted, but on the contrary there seems to be no end to 
it. Vermillion has about 400 miles of meander, and con- 
tains 865 islands, all ideal campmg grounds, and abounds in 
numerous sheltered bays, where the best of fishing is to be 
had. 
"For a season's outing, no better field can be shown than 
through Vermillion and its attendant chain of waterways to 
the Lake of the Woods, and in making this trip the sports- 
man is given opportunity to land every species of fish 
known to northwest waters, besides some of the best shoot- 
ing to be found in any locality, and the scenery is something 
grand. 
"A catch made yesterday by a party of two, on Trout and 
Vermillion Lakes, and exhibited in the city last evening, 
consisted of sixty-three pike, forty-one pickerel, four trout 
and eight bass,' besides several perch, the lot weiffhins 
2531bs." 
Mr. J. E. Richert, recently returned to Chicago from a 
trip to Missouri, has the following to say, in the Chicago 
InUr Ocean, in regard to some of the famous streams of that 
Slate : 
"Among the best fishing streams in Missouri are the Big 
Piney, Current, Gasconade, Meramec, and White rivers. 
Arlington and Crocker are the two favorite starting points 
for those who fish the Gasconade or Big Piney. There is * 
no place where more comfort or convenience can be enjoyed 
than on those two Ozark streams for so small an outlay of 
money. 
"The Current is the greatest stream of the Ozark country 
in many respects, but it is hard to navigate. There are 
some good jack salmon in the Current, and near the springs 
rainbow trout and California salmon are often taken with 
the fly by bass fishermen. I landed three jack salmon that 
tipped the beam at 21, 19, and ITilbs., respectively, and 
several 13 pounders. 
"The White River is another grand stream. It has large 
and small mouth bass, jack salmon, croppie, and other kinds 
of fish known to mountain streams. Tne White pierces the 
great game country of Arkansas, and runs through miles of 
rugged cliffs, capped with cedar and pine, and through a 
wilderness of canebrake," 
Mr. Fred N. Peet, captain of the Chicago FJy Casting 
club, is back from a trip to northwest Utah, where he had 
fine (1-hing in Lost Creek, a tributary ot Weaver River. He 
and his friend L. L. Terry, of Salt Lake, had good sport, 
usually taking forty or fifty fish a day, some running to lib. 
m weight. The water was bright and clear, and upstream 
fishing was most successful. Mr. Peet says there is also 
good trout fishing on Saleratus Creek at Big Bend, as well 
as in the Spearfish and Ogden rivers. 
With Basket and Net. 
The Leavenworth, Kas., Times, describes a little picnic 
lately indulged in by some of the citizens of that city, and 
g03s on to say: "They took with them well-filled baskets 
and a trammel net." Is it thus, then, that sport is con- 
ducted at the city by the Big Muddy! 
Wants a Hatchery. 
Winona, Minn., has applied for a government fish hatch- 
ery, and the proper officials are making due investigation of 
the facilities at that point. 
Beware the Insidious Carp. 
Dredging is going on at Lake Como, one of the St. Paul 
lakes, and the local press is glorying in the fact that the 
citizens of St, Paul will soon have a sheet of water which 
-will be suitable for the planting of fish on an extended scale. 
"It is thought that the German carp," says the Pioneer 
Press, "will flourish sufficiently in Como to furnish very 
good fishing at no distant date." There is much truth in 
this forecast, indeed entirely too much. The carp will fur- 
nish fishing for everybody, about the time they want to get 
him out of there. We tried this in Chicaso. Rather than 
seed Iheir lake down to German carp, the Park Bsard of St, 
Paul would much belter seed it down to bluegrass and make 
flower beds over it. They are diffgmg up buffalo beads and 
elk antlers from the bed of Lake Como now in their dredg- 
ing, but if they ever get the German carp in there, theyll 
never be able to dig him out in a thousana years. But they 
will wish they could. 
The Awakening: In Iowa. 
It is only of late years that any news ever came from 
Iowa of convictions for violations of the game or fish laws. 
There seems to be an awakening now in this grand State, 
and possibly there will be a harder row for violators to hoe 
in future. The trouble in the past has always been that no 
Iowa legislature would ever pass an appropriation large 
enough to enable the Fish Commissioner to do any work. 
Nowadays they are doing better on the west bank of the 
Father of Waters. After tracking up the violators of the 
fish laws along the Cedar River near Cedar Rapids, Com- 
missioner Bates went out to gather in a few of his suspects. 
Instead of taking a few, he got no less than twenty-four 
illegal fishers at one haul, and the next day fie had sixteen of 
these arraigned and fined $25. They all concluded to go to 
jail, so a street car full of them were sent to the jug. 
Deputy wardens acting for Commissioner Delevan, went 
on a hunt for illegal fishermen on Honey Creek Lake, near 
(Jounril Bluffs, la., last week, and gathered in about a dozen. 
At Auburn, la , Frank Schultz, of Mount Oarmel, has 
been sentenced to serve fifteen days for dynamiting fish in 
the Coon River. ,Toel Borders, George Sargent and Henry 
Miles, of Grant City, were each sentenced to nine days' im- 
prisonment for using a trammel net. 
Shake-up In Kansas. 
Out in Kansas the new State warden, J, W. Shultz, of 
Wichita, is giving things a good shaking up. He has only 
been in oflSce about six week", but has secured nearly 100 
arrests of violators, and has appointed sixty odd deputies. 
He has been working along the Republican, the Neosho, the 
Arkansas and the Kaw rivers, where many tons of fish have 
been taken illegally . Among others tried for violating the 
fish laws at Wichita are Wm. Mendenhall, Andy Mcnden- 
hall and two brothers-in-law of the family, all of whom 
engaged in a free fight with Deputy Parrish when arrested. 
Al Lattin and J. B. Bledsoe were fined |10 each, with costs, 
but have appealed. The work goes on merrily, jand the 
residents of Kansas are treated to several surprises in the 
course of each week. Wardenism that warden.9 is a most- 
excellent and lovable thing. 
Interesting In Indiana. 
Affairs also appear to be interesting down in Indiana 
about now. Deputy Hildebrand confiscated the 150ft. seine 
of Levi Burkett, near Winamac, last week, and thinks he 
knows where he can take another one or two in out of the 
wet. Deputy Earle, who has been scouting on the Wabash 
for some days, has made a number of seizures of nets and 
seines Deputy Earle, assisted by Constable Ehrenhart, of 
Terre Haute, made a raid on Tecuseh- parties and took ten 
nets from John Winters, and also got a 60yd. seine from a 
gentleman known as "Tag" Collins. At Kokomo, Ind., 
Deputy Welty arrested Albert Ken worthy and Joseph Pence, 
charged with dynamiting fish near New London. They 
were fined , $31 50 ewh and seLtled like httle men. 
In Ohio. 
At Findlay, 0., Warden Franklin this week arrested 
Alfred Leroy, Leopold Leroy, Francis Wuery, John Neal 
and Louis Walty, charging them with illegal seining of fish 
on the farm of Solon Van Zant, along Blanchard Creek. 
Trial will probably go hard with the accused. 
In Illinois. 
Thomas and Charles George were arrested last week at 
Danvilley 111,, charged with seining. The elder George 
claimed he had a right to seine on his own land. The jury 
disagreed. George says he will go to the Supreme Court 
and have r-r-r-revenge. 
In Wisconsin. 
On one day last week Capt. Johnson, the hustling warden 
of wild Winnebago waters, gatherf d fourteen nets into the 
fold. He took out warrants for Charles Lucas and Joseph 
Rothgerry. 
In Michigan. 
Herbert and Hiram Hillards, of Kalamazoo, were arrested 
July 32. charged with spearing fish in Indian Lake, and re- 
leased on $800 bail. 
In Nebraska. 
Commissioner W. J. O'Brien, of Nebraska, discovered and 
destroyed thirty- six nets in the Loup River, near Columbus, 
last week. The owners were warned to desist in their ille- 
gal fishing, and were allowed to go at that. 
In Colorado. 
On the Frying Pan Creek in Colorado, near Grand Junc- 
tion, dynamite fiends have this month been killing many 
trout. Officers are asked and expected to trace the offend- 
ers. 
In Louisiana. 
The New Orleans Picayune complains that the former pro- 
lific waters near New Orleans are being depleted by the un- 
scrupulous net fishermen. It cites one shipment made by fish- 
ermen from Little Lake, an inland water not open to market 
fishing, and on the whole sounds a note which might very 
well be taken up by the daily papers all over the land. 
Fish Planting. 
At Sheboygan, Mich., 35,000 trout and 1,000 black bass 
have been planted, and 40,000 more trout will soon be putin 
the local waters. 
At Spearfish, S. D., United States Pish Commissioners 
have made surveys for the establishment of a hatchery which 
should be a successful one from all indications, as the sur- 
roundings are very favorable. 
At Rico, Colo., 16.000 trout, in two consignments, have 
been planted in the Dolores River and Fish Creek, The cans 
of fry were taken to Fish Creek on burro back, but the 
loss of fry was absolutely none. A good lot of rainbow trout 
from Durango are expected for distribution in the Dolores 
and adjacent streams this summer, jE, Hoxjgh 
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