The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-09-04

NORTHERN MICHIGAN.
In the VOOds.-A Couple Of Days
So FIShiuR,

This correspondence, ! fear, Is going to
mrn out good deal like the play o.
gsmlot with the Royal Dane omitted
This living trip was undertaken parity ny
rav q a reconnaissance into u region
,~rSIch il was thought would improve on
ocnr,intancc and be worth visiting again,
Sni more directly for little recreation
among the fnny tribes reported to be
S rarv numerous in its waters, The orig
i ;V' design in attempting hasty sketch
~ tho Fin was to tell you something
y" ohont the fishing, but | have written so
,nncb already before coming to this part
1.-THE the story, that feel reluctant to extend
tbe.c letters, even to carry out the orig
hal design. Besides, u letter on fishing
, ranIj be not unlike the celebrated chap
,or nm snakes in Ireland. The fact Is, |
w,.,rd so much time before coming to
,So 6shipc grounds that there was not
,;rooIo iully test the iruitiulness Of these
waters, and | must go away, alter two
days experiment. without satisfactory re-
'" The greater part of yesterday | spent
:, angling for trout here in a small
.tream called Boyne river, scarce a
hundred yards IRON the hotel. About
%Sii dozen trout ranging from a
" " to half pound, was the net
rs,nIt 4 gentleman fishing with me
c,plured one weighing about a pound.
NJ Gshed chiefly in a pond made by q
i,m thrown across the stream, the
water being iromcight to fifteen feet deep,
and used for bait angle worms, grasshoP'
ner, or piece4of young trout l tried an
nrti6ciaI Nv, but whether on account OF
the awkwarlness with which 1t was cast,
or for other good and sufficient reasons,
there wa, no response, The fish taken
from the pond we're Of very dark color.
The back waa dark green, nearly black,
shading of into rich orange on the
belly, with red and blue along the sides.
Tho.e taken below the dam, in shallow
water. had lighter and brighter colors, but
ali we're as beautiful rs anything an
anglers dream could picture. These
troutare certainly more slender andgraCe'
iul in outline than those in the East or
those on the north shore Of lake SUPERB.
or. las published in the bookD but then
they are not so large, and Il may be II
they were bigger they would be more
obese, From statements made 10 me, l
do not doubt that trout are quite abund'
ant 10 this stream and especially in this
pool, but for some reason they were not
Biting freely yesterday, probably because
the weather wNI too bright, Between my
efforts and couple Of gentlemen who
f,hed with me in the evening, we had
about dozen for supper at the Boyne
House that evening, some Of them on the
table In half an hour after they were
taken from the water, The difference
between fish fresh from the water and
one that has been kept several days, even
on ice, can be understood only by those
who have tried it. With these crisp
brown trout we had broIled quail. "Ye
gods and little fishes y II was u repast fl
for King,
To-day was spent fishing on Lake Wal
loon Indian for bear u mile from the
railroad at point seven miles south OF
this The same untOward luck attended
me there had been assured that Bear
Lake was the Iisherman's paradise. The
fish, impatient to be caught, would jump
into your boat as You rOwed on the lake,
and would take the hook rs fast as 1t
could be thrown to them. One gentleman
had caught fish there until lie was tired
Of taking them from the water, and car.
rGd home on his back n string that
reached to his feet. ! don't doubt that
all this was true, and yet 1t must be said
nothing like this occurred to-day. II
never does. The fish were not TAT home"
to visitors. In three hours casting In
the morrjngt the catch was only three fab
Two black bass and one rock bAss.
Both were taken with an artificial min
now, the body made Of India rubber.
The smaller bass took this lure Instantly
on It's being thrown into the water n few
feet from the boat. The larger rose to II
in trolling, and showed hiS game, on feel.
Ing the steel, by lcaping two or three feet
out Of the water. Yet doubt these being
the true black bass Of the great lakes and
st. Lawrence. They are broader In out
line, they arc much lighter In color, and
they do not emit the musky odor peculiar
to The real black bass. Still, they are u
fine lsh and make good sport.
The mornings fishing had to do alone.
The man who accompanied me TO the lake
could only fit inc out with boat and bait
aud direct NC where to find fishing
grounds; but returning at noon to the
camp where he was engaged, met gen.
tleman who was Gncamped with his iami-
ly a short distance further up the lake.
He expressed surprise atrny want Of sue.
cess, evidently believing Il was due to
lack Of skill, and offered TO 60 with me to
aplaCe where we would catch all the fish
We wanted. But alas my acquaintance,
was, as had so often been, tho victim OF
misplaced confidence. However II might
10 for others there was no good fishing
when ! was about. -Four hours fishing
under my friends pilotago resulted In fail.
tire. liz caught few rock bass and |
about an equal number Of perch, Ia.
stead Of the boat full which his confident
assurances led me to expect. My friend
waa much chNgrined and I as much dis.
appointed,
| had to 30 back 10 Boyne Falls alone,
and Il wasnow near shutdown. A row Of
nearly three miles In boat 40 slight aud
narrow as 10 be barely safe for any but
an experienced oarsman, even In smooth.
er water than this landed me ID the woods
on this side Of the lake. a miles walk
through the woods In tho growing dusk
brOughtme to the railroad. Going through
tue woods, / was pleasantly occupied
with thinking Of what should do II con.
ironted by a bear, which arc quite plen.
tliuI ln the forests around here. Only a
Jay or two before, as the agent at the
ialls told me, ono had crossed the track
within fifty yards Of tho station, and the
evening before, at the hotel, | had been
RECALLED with several very thrilling stories
about bears. The most formidable weapon
had, aside from my fishing rod, was q
very small penkniic with a tuothpick In
The end but the bears didn't eat me. |
was hungry enough, to have eaten one Of
them, though, u he had been we'll boiled.
Inc railroad track had a friendly look
put Their was no station. II WA right In
Ihe woods with probably no house within
malt Ia dozen miles, but the conductor had
promised to stop and pick ME up, and
mere mad to wait for the train an hour
and = half long after dark. During The
day had rowed not less than eight miles
Gna a walked two or three had eaten an ear.