, 1874-06-15
GENEVA LAKE.

GENEVA LAKE, Wis, Juno II, 1874.
70 the Editor Of The Chicago Tribune:
SIR: With tho mercury down to 10 dog,
rusticating is not tile most agr8onblo OF pahtinos
oven though the location Is beautiful, the Bcen-
cry picturesque, nnd plRcatorial sports eligible.
Notwithstanding, hero wo aro upon tho HloroB
Of QUO Ut tho most beautiful lakes in tho
Nortllwost,77tho object in viow poing ono
OF absolute pleasure, namely, fishing. or
courso it IL generally known that theae
waters abound in the choicest Of tho flnny
tribes, tho attraction being q variety ..of the
herring family, termed Cisco. They nuke tlieir
appearance but once aud carly, nnd oulv Mt tho
tiao when tho 1arva Of peculiar lily {tho
Ephomera Community gtrcs forth It's young.
IhcHo young flies arc food for tho Cisco during
the tno Of their spawning, md limo tho shores
ut cortaiu localities during tile poriod Of three
to five days. Anything occnrring-high Winds,
low tcinporatnye, Or heavy rains-to de-
stroy tho tly, or prorout its latcllng,
iu III exceedingly bad omen TO the would -bo
fisherman it merely signifies tlat Cisco are not
to 10 tako'l, and that lo may prepare hia tackle
piclsorel, perch, ete. As sumplo Of tho pick
orcl ta|o:,, woud state that tho largest tnkcu
this wee q colulon occurrence howeror) waa
ole capturutl today by j: l.. Lyon, Of Evanulon,
i'll. IL WelslleM ~ p0lllt1H, ...
But lustst rctnri to our Rabtectw;, herring.
Nine host oil the l.ulio House, .. ". Dlalchlee,
| Informed us. OIL our arrival, Monday,
| luno ., tllat the first Cisco tukon Was on
tic preceding Friday. Saturday, threo Or four
dozen wcro olforol u. s11.h0 pcr dozen. Monday,
| Cato WniGcr-a Lake Genevn rGaitlont (by the
by tho pipncor Of piscatorial sports III TINT Vi
| clnlty), took iu tHouty-iour dozen hotween the
hours Of und 7 u. Ill.,; ono companion only u.s.
l ss!etl him. Yt,iB Vas tho ln.gast catch Of tue
t}ay, although 1any lins eeasod 10 beat time to
tho nl,lsio Vi tho rppinE waters Of l.aao Gonoya
through the efforts OF tho oactpnnts OF ton or
dozen boats Tuesday SPORT proulihetl vol. Soy.
eral lArtios wont up the lako miles, to tht
fishing ground, tho uight bofure. and rosnaned
| nil niglt commenting buHIl,cnn ct the dawn oi
| light A disciple or uahuomuun, with u couple
OF fur-tloalorB, all from Chicago, ,-reached tht
| ground at O'Clock, aud made tho bost catch ol
| tho Bcasou, landing twcnty~slx dozen before II
| o'clock a. III. and it il hurd to determine Low
many inura thoy might hayo taken hnd it no
[ bcon for heavy raln-faal Which then occurred
! and this, too, WAS accompanied by Il high wind
both together destroying the tllos, aud thus put
| ting n stop to tho Csco-tishng.
linking the Boason through, this has been
most successful ono 30 far, aud everything prom
isos we'll. Additional Atsraotiona to tho pleaH
| uro-Boeker have been 1nade tliB season, in th
way Of row ault sailing yaclta. Mr. 4. Lytl,
ca1l furniHl, anything, from a wasl,-tub to
whito winged gnll, auu equip tho most fastidou
with eyerythiug pertaining to lako-tlshing,
had built in Clllcugo n stoumar, ut cost 0
$4,000 Or $o,000,-a potleot bonuty,-whicl it
now ready, nnd will bo launched ou Saturday
juno -. Charles Av1ry, OF Chicago, also, tIas
u stoam-yaclt, which will bs ailoat on Alonda,
uu1t. Cisco.