January, 1921 
FOREST AND STREAM 
33 
FORGOTTEN ISLANDS 
OF GEORGIA 
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 26) 
tors of the novelist, Owen Wister, who 
visited it as a child and again later. 
The waters in this section contain 
untold numbers of fish of many varie- 
ties, including the delicious Altamaha 
shad, crab, shrimp, turtles, diamond 
back terrapin, alligators, porpoises and 
sharks. Yet the march of progress 
passes with unseeing eye. Wild ducks 
in their flight drop to the lagoons, rice 
birds enjoy peace 'and plenty “In the 
freedom that fills all the space twixt 
the marsh and the skies.” 
When the proposed method of manu- 
facturing paper from marsh grass is 
perfected great wealth awaits some en- 
terprising promoter, for here is the raw 
material in limitless quantities, unriv- 
alled (though unused) water facilities 
for transportation and timber for the 
erection of plants. 
The scenery on the Altamaha is al- 
most unsurpassed for quiet beauty. The 
river banks are densely wooded, and 
among the native oak, sycamore, cypress 
and pine gleam the dark foliage and 
snowy blossoms of beautiful magnolias 
and bay trees. In the spring these are 
festooned with garlands of fragrant 
yellow jessamine and purple wild wis- 
taria. Myriad of birds nest and rear 
their young and nowhere else is the 
thrilling, piercing sweetness of the 
mocking bird’s song heard more often. 
THE INS AND OUTS 
OF ICE FISHING 
(continued from page 17) 
the holes which the natives have made. 
F OR Pickerel I bait a large hook with 
3 good sized chubs and put the hook 
about a foot from the bottom. Since 
tip-ups are not allowed here, I hang the 
line over a twig set in the ice at such 
an angle that the end centers over the 
hole. The line is lightly looped over 
this twig so that the fish can pull it off, 
and I give him 15 to 20 feet of free line 
in addition. The theory of this is that 
the pickerel first grabs the lure and like 
a chicken runs to a quiet place to devour 
it. A jerk on the first strike is likely to 
pull the hook out of his mouth; whereas 
with time to swallow he will get it well 
down in the gullet. 
To land the big fellows in both winter 
and summer I use a gaff made as follows : 
Just before reaching the lake I cut a 
small stick, 3 to 4 feet long, and on the 
end of it wire a tripple hook. With a 
little care one can put this instrument 
under the lower jaw of the pickerel be- 
fore the eyes appear under the edge of 
the ice. The fish comes in easily to this 
point and until he sees the fisherman 
makes comparatively little effort to get 
away. In summer this simple gaff en- 
ables me to get the big pickerel frequently 
on his first trip toward the boat. 
For winter crappie fishing it is well 
to have a sinker just heavy enough to 
take the line down and a cork just large 
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