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FOREST AND STREAM 
Live Notes From the Field 
Being Weekly Reports From Our Local Correspondents 
NORTH CAROLINA FISHING. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Practically all of my fishing so far this season 
has been in the surf, after channel bass. I did 
lose a brand new Dowagiac minnow in the mouth 
of an enormous large mouth bass early in May, 
but outside of that no fresh water fishing to 
amount to anything has come my way. 
I am just back from four days on Topsail Inlet, 
covering the July full moon and the three days 
previous thereto. 
With from four to eight men fishing we caught 
a total of twenty-three fish, besides a five-foot 
shark. The largest, caught by R. E. Calder, of 
Wilmington, weighed forty-five pounds. The six 
largest averaged thirty-six pounds, the eight larg¬ 
est-thirty-four and a half; fifteen averaged thirty 
pounds, and the whole twenty-three made an 
average of twenty-three and a quarter pounds. 
One afternoon, in a little over four hours, four 
men caught ten fish, most of them running large. 
I left four men there—-from New Jersey, New 
York and Maine, and I expect them to make some 
record catches before they ieave. One of these 
men, Bela C. Clapp, of Manasquan, N. J., is a 
correspondent of your paper and an experienced 
Jersey beach fisherman, and you will no doubt 
receive notes of later catches from him. He 
caught five fish on the afternoon that ten were 
caught, and he says that our southern bass are 
just as good fighters as those caught on the Jer¬ 
sey coast. 
Contrary to the usual experience on Topsail, we 
caught more than half of the above total by day¬ 
light. In fact, fish were caught at all hours of 
the day except between about ten A. M. and two 
P. M., and there was practically no fishing done 
during the blank period. 
Hard crab bait was used successfully, though 
the majority were caught on the usual mullet bait. 
In August, if all goes well, I hope to be able 
to try the surf at New River Inlet. 
H. H. BRIMLEY. 
Galesburg, N. D., July 29, 1914. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
The prospects out here all seem to be for a 
huge crop, both of grain and of game. The 
heavy spring rains cannot have hurt the hatch 
much, for one party living near town reports 
seeing a covey of young prairie chickens number¬ 
ing nearly twenty, though it is likely this was two 
flocks running together, but in a poor year the 
coveys will often be represented only by two or 
three birds. Then also every slough is full of 
water, and the young ducks are to be seen in 
all of them mostly. North Dakota is anybody’s 
best bet this year. Come all ye mighty cracks¬ 
men and revel in her bounty. 
JOS. P. WHITTEMORE. 
PENNSYLVANIA CATCHES. 
Lancaster, July 23.—This has been the best 
season for bass and salmon in years in the Sus¬ 
quehanna River in this section. J. S. Peacock, 
F. W. Herr, W. S. Leinbach and Charles Mc- 
Nabb, of Philadelphia, landed forty-two bass at 
Benton, the largest of which weighed four and 
one-half pounds. 
Dr. H. L. Cox, of Ephraca, and H. H. Singer, 
fishing at McCall’s Ferry, landed ten big bass 
and one salmon that weighed seven pounds. 
Maurice Levy, fishing in the tail race at the 
Pennsylvania Water and Power Company plant 
at Holtwood, landed a five-pound salmon. 
W. O. Frailey, Jr., one of the most expert 
anglers in this section, and Martin Dorwart 
caught ten big salmon at the Holtwood Dam, 
which is a bass and salmon fisherman’s paradise 
these days. Big catches are in order daily and 
any day anglers from Baltimore, Washington and 
Philadelphia can be found either in boats or on 
some of the numerous rocks that dot the lower 
Susquehanna. 
FISHING CONTEST AT THE ALPINE, NORTH 
WOODSTOCK, N. H. 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
The Forest and Stream trophy is causing a 
great deal of interest among our guests this sea¬ 
son. We find many large catches are being made 
cn the brook streams in this vicinity by our 
guests, but that the trout are not running in ex¬ 
tra large sizes, averaging about seven and eight 
inches. A good many have been caught at ten 
inches, and quite a few at eleven inches. The 
largest catch to date is credited to W. S. Moulton, 
27 Rutland Square, Boston, Mass. Mr. Moulton 
has been a regular guest of The Alpine for nine 
years. Last season he caught a trout seventeen 
and a half inches long. He was somewhat dis¬ 
appointed this season on his catch, but it’s the 
largest so far. Contestants include Dr. C. A. 
Hews, of Brookline, Mass.; Mr. A. E. Whitney, 
Mr. H. G. Perkins, Winchester, Mass.; Mr. C. M. 
Mallery, Springfield, Mass. We are very much 
pleased with everything in connection with this 
contest. 
JAS. H BATCHELDER & SONS. 
FISHING NEWS FROM MICHIGAN AND 
WISCONSIN. 
Reports continue to come in from the various 
resorts of fine catches of fish. The weather has 
been delightful, with no rain, and the evenings 
have been refreshingly cool. At some points the 
fishing has been reported extra good, with bass, 
pike and muskalunge biting vigorously. 
Lac Du Flambeau, Wis., July 18th, 1914. 
Weather conditions reported good, cool and 
calm. T. S. Merrill, Chicago, July 17th, caught 4 
pike, wt. 5 lbs., in Squaw Lake. Mr. O. W. Mc¬ 
Dowell, Plymouth, Ind., July 12th, caught one 
muskie, wt. 28 lbs., in Squaw Lake. Mr. Wm. 
Hill, Lac du Flambeau, July 13th, caught one 
muskie, wt. 18 lbs., in Squaw Lake. Mr. Thos. 
F. Guthrie, Lac du Flambeau, July 13th, caught 
one pike, wt. 8 lbs., in Long Lake. Mr. Wm. 
Hill, July 14th, caught one pike, wt. 12 lbs., in 
Squaw Lake. Mr. 0 . E. McDowell, Lac du 
Flambeau, July 14th, caught 5 bass, wt. 4 lbs., in 
Squaw Lake. Mr. H. O. Rolffs, Rock Island, Ill., 
July 13th, caught one muskie, wt. 32 lbs., in Sugar 
Bush Lake. Mr. A. R. McLenegan, Milwaukee, 
July 10th, caught two muskies, wt. 26 lbs., in 
Squaw Lake. Mr. Art Lowe, Milwaukee, July 
14th, caught 10 bass, wt. 4 lbs., in Long Lake. 
Michigamme, Mich., July 18th, 1914. 
Weather condition reports good and water fine. 
Mr. John Reado caught 20 brook trout, wt. 10 
lbs., in Spruce River. Mr. Chas. Diedrick caught 
25 brook trout, wt. 8 lbs., in Dishno Creek. Mr. A. 
LaCrosse caught 30 brook trout, wt. 10 lbs., in 
Peshekee River. Mr. Peter Dolf caught 20 brook 
trout, wt. 10 lbs., in Spruce River. Mr. John 
Diedrick caught 5 black bass, wt. 15 lbs., in Lake 
Michigamme. 
Phelps, Wis., July 22nd, 1914. 
No rain reported and weather generally fair. 
Fishing extra good in all lakes around Phelps. 
F. H. Schoenig, 720% 28th St., Milwaukee, July 
16th, caught 9 pike, wt. 20 lbs., in Big Twin Lake. 
Mr. Fred W. Mueller, 1201 Wright St., Milwau¬ 
kee, July 16th, caught 7 pike, wt. 17% lbs., and 1 
bass, in Big Twin Lake. Mrs. A. I. Bushnell, 3539 
Flourney St., Chicago, July 14th, caught 10 pike, 
wt. 20 lbs., in Lac du Vieux Lake. Mr. Albert 
Hansen, Phelps, Wis., July 20th, caught 9 pike, 
wt. 18 lbs., and 1 bass, wt. 1% lbs., in Little Twin 
Lake. Mr. J. Lewis, care of Don B. Lewis, Chi¬ 
cago, July 20th, caught 1 muskie, wt. 21 ids., in 
Big Sand Lake. Anita Hartwig, Watertown, 
Wis., July 20th, caught 5 pike, wt. 15 lbs, 2 pick¬ 
erel, wt. 4 lbs., and 2 bass, wt. 2 lbs., in Big Sand 
Lake. Mr. Ernest Bloch, 532 Prairie Ave., Chi¬ 
cago, July 20th, caught 12 pike, wt. 20 lbs., in Big 
Twin Lake. 
Hayward, Wis., July 18th, 1914. 
Large number of catches have been reported. 
Fishing very good, weather cool and evening fine. 
Mr. John Hogan, Dodgeville, Wis., caught 1 pike, 
wt. 6 lbs., at Cornick Resort. Harry Cornick 
Durand, Wis., caught 8 bass, wt. 12 lbs., at Cor¬ 
nick Resort. Mr. I. Rosenfield, Ravinia Park, 
111., caught 5 bass, wt. 10 lbs., and 1 muskie, wt. 
10 l'bs., at Chicago Fishing Club. Mr. W. Barker, 
Peoria, Ill., caught 10 bass, wt. 20 lbs., at C. D. 
Benock Resort. Mr. Kietor Thrane, Evanston, 
111 ., caught 1 muskie, wt. 12 lbs., at S. Williams 
Resort. Mr. Thos. H. Miller, Chicago, caught 
11 bass, wt. 20 lbs., at Cornick Resort. Mr. Hugo 
Rosenfield, Chicago, caught 1 muskie, wt. 12 lbs., 
at Chicago Fishing Club. Mr. Chas. Archer, Chi¬ 
cago, caught 2 muskies, wt. 22 lbs., at Cornick 
Resort. Mr. Thos. H. Miller, Chicago, caught 
10 bass, wt. 20 lbs., at Cornick Resort. Mr. J. I. 
Cartanborn, Georgetown, Ky., caught 1 muskie, 
wt. 14% lbs., and 1 bass, wt. 3 lbs., at Cornick 
Resort. Mr. C. A. Milvar, Hayward, Wis., caught 
12 bass, wt. 20 lbs., at Benock Resort. Amelia 
Japs, Minneapolis, caught 1 muskie, wt. 12 lbs., 
at Cornick Resort. Mr. B. Goodkind, St. Paul, 
caught 7 bass, wt. 12 lbs., at Chicago Fishing Club. 
Mr. Chas. Smith, Peoria, Ill., caught 12 bass, wt. 
20 lbs., at Benock Resort. Mr. Chas. Gilison, 
Chicago, caught 3 muskies, wts. 11, 12 and 13 
lbs., at Goodwin Resort. Mr. Jas. Brown, Chi¬ 
cago, caught 8 pike, wt. 18 lbs., at Hubbard Re¬ 
sort. Mr. Asa Medcalf, Rice Lake, Wis., caught 
1 muskie, wt. 12 lbs., at Robertson Resort. Mr. 
C. A. Patrie, Owen, Wis., caught 12 pike, wt. 18 
lbs., at Cornick Resort. Mrs. N. H. Cartin- 
bown, Chicago, caught 8 pike, wt. 15 l’bs., at Cor¬ 
nick Resort. 
