The sun., 1873-08-22

sl!,tls ascve the shosl his line stralshthened.
Hold on said he, I'm on bottom-no amt,
I've either got i'm or his wife-now mind your
oars Pierre The fsh started for deep water
towing the skin right along. never see the
beat Of the way that fsh DID aght. The hrst
thing he did was to tow us fortyrods IKE shot
wouldn't let him rest and stirred him up. Ihth
he started for the weeds, and we had a big tuSsIc
GO co heGp ,hs hm , out wss so b tried to Iii. the
line Of In front Of the hook, but no use. We
was too much for him. and in twenty minutes
he was all tuckered out, and the Doctor drew
him .Over my gan hook. That mvscalouge
weighed hfty-scven pounds. Ito fUrked over
the SO In hurry.
TnE OTHER rINNY TRIBES.
Resides an occasional muscalonge there are
taken here quantities ot pickercl, black bass,
and pike The picherel are Of the great Northern
Many; Many eoniound @ 9TH this ssh With the m4 sdaonse
but the two are different They bite Rreedily at
any moving bait, and 1ght hard. The average
weight of those taken here Is tlree pounds The
pike are not 40 plenty down the river a. in the
lake, nor are the black bass There are more
Of sun fsh, perch, and rock bass almost any;
where In the river. They bite rapidly, and afgrd
great sport to the ladies', who prefer fishing for
II any one journeys this way for fishing alone.
let him 20 to one Of the small towns on the lake
and be taken TO Galloe. Stoney Mrenadier, Duck,
or the head Of Long Island. These islands are
several miles long. are from hve To- htteer miles
from the man shore, and around them are to be
found quantities OF large ash. The most popu-
lar is the black bass, because he Is the most
numerous and Rsmy. Our party averaged over
one hundred each day. and VIC did not fully
live up to our privileges either They are taken
with trolling or still hooks. and ON artificial
nes
Then there are hosts OF immense pike weigh
Ing from four to twelve pounds each that do
most tickle the palate when cooked They lie
at the head Of the islands, and an hour before
sundown they run on the shoals to feed. The
pike is a nocturnal nsn. and does not bite readily
during the day, hut at night, particularly when
the moon Is bright he IL ravenous. The hnest
sport think ever had has been In trolling tor
them between suDdown and midnight with the
moon In the full, and have known two trolling
hooks to catch barrel full in that time Al the
head Of stony Island.
LAKE TRorN
The great lake trout also bites readily around
the islands. He must he trulled for In deep
water and when taken often weighs as high as
twenty pounds. They are not quite a. plenty
In Lake Ontario as In Mackinaw Straits,
but they are the same hsh, and afford the
same royal sport. The minnow Is his fayorite
nsh hence the best bait. Three and four hun
dred feet of line must he used to troll for them,
with heavy sinkers attached, seventy feet apart.
Your hook Is frequently hundred feet below
the surface when one bites.
A party of ladies' and gentlemen visiting these
islands can camp and cook their food or board
for FL a day each at u farm house. The boat
man charge Is - day for small parties and 81
or s5 when the party is large. AT CLAYTON and
Alexandria board Is 81 and $3.50 and the boat
man has g. A two weeks trip IN the yacht
among the Islands Of tue lake and river for a
party OF six can be easily made at a coat of ~
apiece, including car fares from New York.