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FOREST AND STREAM 
Manistique River and runs southwesterly into 
Lake Michigan. In high water it can be navigated 
by small boats, and is said to be a nice stream 
and to contain fish. This locality has been 
the home of many deer in times past. The forest 
is unusually dense, and although I went over all 
open trails and blazed others in the vicin¬ 
ity wherein I could take my daily stroll through 
the wild woods, I never saw a deer although I 
ran across tracks and other signs of several- It 
may be that had my eyesight been as keen as in 
younger days it would have been different. I saw 
many partridges or ruffed grouse, and many flocks 
of ducks, and during the season partook of a 
number of each that Gilbert was fortunate in se¬ 
curing. In September, Mr. Weil of Ft. Wayne, 
whom I had frequently met at Douglas Lake, 
came and spent a few days in fishing, and had 
good luck, and shipped a fine lot to his friends. 
Dr. Allen of Cincinnati, who has occupied his 
summer cottage at Oden for many years, also 
dropped in with his son-in-law, and with his 
guide did two or three days fishing. Hitherto 
he has been stopping a few days each year on 
Whitefis'h, but prefers Fyvies and is coming 
again. Early in October, Gen. McKee of Indian¬ 
apolis, who has a fine cottage at Douglas Lake, 
with his nephew dropped in, taking me by sur¬ 
prise (as a letter he had written was not prop¬ 
erly mailed until later). I was glad to see him, 
and at once telephoned for Hoag, and the next 
day we had a fine day for fishing and caught a 
nice lot of bass, wall-eyed pike, perch and pick¬ 
erel and a Northern pike of 8V2 lbs. which took 
my royal coachman fly, and was landed in due 
time. At about three o’clock while we were hav¬ 
ing good luck catching bass, near Needle point, 
Manny’s engine gave out, and with an oar and the 
aid of a favorable wind we worked our way to 
a cove where the boat was anchored and the party 
waded ashore, carrying “Uncle Whit” over “a 
rocky way to Dublin,” and built a fire to warm 
themselves and light the way for Manny to re¬ 
turn with succor. It was after dark when he re¬ 
turned from a tramp of two and one-half miles 
where he had been to telephone, and soon after¬ 
ward Gilbert came with Fyvie’s launch, and in 
due time we re-embarked and were towed home, 
arriving at about 9-30 o’clock, and were glad that 
Mrs. Fyvie had a warm meal awaiting us, to 
which we did ample justice. The next few days 
were spent in fishing in the vicinity with row¬ 
boats for wall eyes and perch, and Manny had 
his boat towed home to send to shop. The 
General and nephew went by mail boat to Curtis 
and Gish’s hotel to look it over. On the 8th of 
October he wrote me, as follows: “Deer ‘Uncle 
Whit,’ I crave indulgence, for a ‘walleye’ car¬ 
ried away one of your flies and the spinner and 
up to date I have not been able to duplicate the 
former. Just reached home yesterday and have 
not yet gotten on an even keel. Herewith I 
return the red ibis unused, your map and a double 
spinner, as well as a Lord Baltimore which comes 
as near replacing the lost fly as I can find. If 
you will tell me what fly it was that the wall¬ 
eye took such a fancy to and the size of hook, 
will make an effort to get same for you. We 
caught a great many fish, mostly perch when at 
‘Whitefish,’ but I cannot say I care to go back 
there, for no one with whom I came in contact 
claimed there was any bass fishing. You can, 
perhaps, get some idea of what the shores now 
are, when I tell you that the dock we had to 
use consisted of 26 planks, each 14 feet long, 
laid end to end and then the water was not deep 
enough to dare start the engine in the boat simi¬ 
lar to Hoag’s. In other words, it was a good 
115 yards from shore to boat and that is a little 
too long for me. The shore is rocky and much 
care must be taken when landing even a row¬ 
boat. I regret losing the spinner and fly—to say 
nothing of the fish that were the heaviest I 
struck—but all I can do is to make an effort to 
replace them, and say that I will gladly meet 
the charge if you will select to your satisfaction 
when you return. (I wrote let it go, it was lost 
in a good cause.) Weather is very hot here, 
and I regret returning so soon, but was at the 
beck of Ted, who is new to the game, and rest¬ 
less to get back via Minneapolis. Am surprised 
that no one was expected at either lake for the 
October fishing for that would be my choice for 
bass. Hope you will let me hear from you 
again and have a tale of sport to tell. Thanking 
you for your many kindnesses, and further re¬ 
gretting the loss of tackle. Regards to Fyvies. 
WILL J. McKEE.” 
I was glad to get this for it gave the unpreju¬ 
diced opinion of a good sportsman of a lake not 
as yet seen by me, but which I shall try to ex¬ 
plore next year. 
Three times this season, I was the guest of 
Mr. Fyvie in trips to Newberry, the county seat, 
in his Ford car, and enjoyed them. The road is 
through a rolling country with an occasional 
farming group in hardwood timber, and the ride 
of twenty miles under the careful chauffeuring 
of Gilbert was very pleasurable. The highways 
through this part of the peninsula are very good 
and it is surprising to notice the number of 
automobiles that are already in use, where I 
scarcely expected to see any. In fact, there are 
many good farms in this vicinity and many pros¬ 
perous farmers, and the fine crops of potatoes 
and apples are but second to their excellence. 
I remained at Manistique Lake for three months 
and was grateful to escape hay fever altogether 
-—to have a good room and good board for a 
very moderate sum—and to meet pleasant peo¬ 
ple. Mr. Fyvie expects to build more rooms 
to accommodate guests, but will reserve for any 
who engage ahead for certain dates. His price 
is but $7.00 per week, and boat rent very low. 
Has telephone in his house, and daily mail by 
rural delivery from McMillan. He had guests 
from Chicago, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Lan¬ 
sing and other places, most of them for a few 
days’ fishing. At one time twenty-nine were 
at dinner and the house was full. I was taken 
by auto to McMillan and took the evening train 
that was ferried from St. Ignace to Mackinaw 
City, and then a sleeper on the G- R. and I. 
reached Grand Rapids for breakfast, and then 
a chair car to Cincinnati, which was a home 
run at 7.30 P. M., and the next day found me 
again at my desk. 
E. S. WHITAKER. 
A KILLING TROLLING DEVICE. 
Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 31, 1914. 
Editor, Forest and Stream: 
When you troll from a boat, or cast and draw 
with a flip, are you bothered with twisting of 
the line? Of course you are. Well, just at¬ 
tach this little contrivance, and your troubles 
are over. 
Repeated trials while fishing, have proven the 
little blade or center-board a practical appliance 
and one which will prevent twisting of the line 
when attached either to the shaft of the flip 
or to the swivel. 
The blade is made out of very thin copper 
sheeting, cut one inch long and five-eighths of 
an inch wide. The sheet is bent upon itself, the 
long way, and the leaves hammered together. 
The corners of the turned edge are rounded. 
The opposite edges of the sheets are separated 
enough to admit the wire which is soldered in 
place. 
The accompanying photograph by Orr Keifer 
Studio Co-, 199 S. High Street, will elucidate 
the text. 
STARLING S. WILCOX. 
STRIPED BASS SEASON IN NEW JERSEY 
NOT SO GOOD. 
By Hartie I. Phillips. 
The fishing season of 1914 which under the 
rules of the Asbury Park Fishing club, ended 
on Oct. 31, proved to be of an average character. 
The wonderful run of large striped bass of 
1913 was not duplicated this year but a fair catch 
was recorded, 64 being weighed in, averaging 
12 2-3 pounds each. The largest, caught by 
Jacob Wertheim weighed 36 pounds. 
The channel bass catches at Barnegat City, 
Harvey Cedars and Seaside Park proved disap¬ 
pointing, the results not being nearly as good as 
in 1913. The largest taken was at Seaside Park 
by Waldo E. Rice. It weighed 38 pounds 10 
ounces. 
The use of 9-thread line for capture of striped 
bass and channel bass requires very delicate 
handling as the line is not much thicker than 
coarse spool cotton and the club offers special 
prizes for catches of this character. The largest 
striped bass taken with this line weighed 23 
pounds 7 ounces and was captured by W. A. 
Herbert. The largest channel bass weighed 35 
pounds 6 ounces and was captured by B. C. 
Finche. 
Although quite a number of tuna were caught 
with hand lines, none was reported taken with 
rod and reel. The facilities for fishing for this 
gamiest of all fish that can be captured off the 
shore in these waters are extremely limited, as 
regards boats and guides. This sport attracts 
anglers all the way to Catalina Islands, Cali¬ 
fornia. 
Kingfish were fairly plentiful, the largest, 2 
pounds, being credited to E. N. Dolhey. 
