FOREST AND STREAM 
307 
PHEASANT AND QUAIL DWELL IN 
HARMONY. 
Cassopolis, Mich., May 12. 1915. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Reading in your last issue, I find a letter from 
Mr. Griffith, Columbus, Ohio, dated April 10th. 
in which he gives the views of General Speaks, 
the game warden of Ohio, on the subject, “Is 
the Mongolian pheasant a menace to the native 
game birds of the State, especially the quail?” I 
feel that it is due you that I should give you the 
facts within my knowledge on this proposition. 
I am no doubt the largest and most successful 
raiser of game birds and quail in this part of 
the country. My Ringneck and Mongolian pheas¬ 
ants are penned in compartments fenced with 
two-inch poultry netting. These pens, holding 
the pheasants, run in a square about a field that 
we use for general gardening. My quail are 
turned loose in this garden field. They are not 
pinioned and their wings are not clipped. They 
come and go from the garden at their pleasure. 
We are accustomed to feeding them in the even¬ 
ing, and a great many of them always gather in 
from the outside alfalfa and other fields of the 
farm for the sweets that we throw to them. 
In going from their garden, they must fly over 
or run through the pheasant pens, and as a conse¬ 
quence they usually pass through the pens, be¬ 
cause they are averse to flying when running or 
walking will accomplish their purpose. They fre¬ 
quently remain in the pens with the pheasants 
all day. There is not a time when I go into the 
pheasant pens but what I find quail in some of 
them. I have never known a quail to be hurt 
by a pheasant and I have never known a pheas¬ 
ant to attack one. They eat together and appear to 
be either on the most friendly terms or indiffer¬ 
ent to each other. 
These statements of mine can be verified, if 
you desire, to have them verified, by the Hon. 
Wm. R. Oates, Commi-sioner of Fish and Gamt 
of the State of Michigan, and by his deputies, 
Messrs. Jones, Hunter and Condon, who recently 
visited my place and spent a pleasant half day 
with me among the birds. Mr. Oates on that 
occasion stated to me that it was indeed a con¬ 
vincing surprise to him, after all he had read on 
the subject, to see the pheasants and the quail in 
such close and peaceful association. 
HELEN BARTLETT. 
ST. JOHNS RIVER BASS FISHING. 
Alanson, Mich. 
For years I have heard of the big bass in the 
St. Johns River, Florida, and this last winter I 
decided to give these waters a trial. Taking the 
Clyde Line steamer at Jacksonville in the after¬ 
noon I arrived at Astor early in the morning. 
Being a little tired after my trip I did not fish 
any the first day, but spent my time doing some 
scouting to find out where to fish and what to 
fish with. Spoon-hooks are used but little down 
here and most everyone uses artificial minnows 
for bait. T had some of these with me and 
bought some others here that I was advised were 
good for these waters. I learned also that the 
bass were jumping but did not realize just what 
was meant by this. The next morning we 
started out and after we had gone up the river 
a couple of miles the old-timers began looking 
ahead to see, as they stated, “if anything doing.” 
They must have seen something that I did not, 
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for one of them said: “They are a-going it to 
beat the band.” In a couple of minutes we were 
near the fishing grounds, and sure enough, they 
were going it, large mouth bass of all sizes, jump¬ 
ing in the air and throwing shad minnows around 
in every direction; sometimes twentyffive to fifty 
bass were in the air at one time. 
The men who were used to it took their time 
and waited until they were within casting dis¬ 
tance of a big one, but my first cast was, I re¬ 
gret to say, a failure, as I tried to swing my bait 
in midair to reach a big one after I had already 
cast for another one. Well, I guess for a few 
minutes I was about the most excited fisherman 
that had struck these waters, but after a while 
I settled down to take my time until I could cast 
where a big one broke, and then I began to have 
real sport. They may not fight quite as well as 
our northern bass but they make a good fight 
at that, and they run all the way up to ten and 
twelve pounds. 
Aluminum and white minnows are the most 
successful in these waters, both surface and 
underwater. A two-inch aluminum minnow gave 
the best results for an underwater. When bass 
are jumping the wiggle baits are the best and 
I have had my best catches on them. When the 
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