Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-09-14
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"A dclirious Yankton reporter
Has been pitching into the shorter.
We find he's the man
Who adopted the plan
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Long Lake, as Viewed by Bay City Cor
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From tho Bay City Tribune
If YOU want good fishing said
Frank Durell to commercial traveller
yesterday, "and better than you get at
the Au Sable, YOU Just 20 to Long
Lake"
We happened to hear the remark,
and of course our curiosity was natur-
ally excited as to where and what this
great Long Lake of his was. 1t i Il
well known fact that when one wants
fishing, and fishing that Is good, he has
only to 90 up to the Au Sable, but
when Frank Durell emphasizes fish
ing" you can put it down as a stubborn
fact that he knows whereof he speaks
BY inquriug into the matter, our amy
Ter learned that Long Lake is Il bcauti-
full sheet of water, eight miles north of
Alpena, and little over half that dis
lance inland. The lake is twelve miles
long, and from one TO one and three
quarters of a mile in width. Its hot
tom in places Is rocky, gravelly and
sandy. and one would imagine that the
bed is one vast quarry. The water
ranges from two to twelve feet III depth,
while there are spots where it Is much
deeper. One especially, called AK
ems hole" after our jolly shoe dealer,
Geo. +. Aiken, is thirty-fvc to forty
feet deep. This is famous resort
for Oswego bass, and was named after
Mr.. Aiken because he discovered this
/ fact. The banks Of the lake are high
and dry and delightful camping spots
are all around. Stages make two trips
daily between Alpena and the lake
and how to get there is problem easily
solved. !. IL j. Mcdonald have n
hotel that will accommodate about fifty,
and their patronage has so increased this
season that they are contemplating the
erection Of a fine new house, 50 as to he
able to take care Of all who may here
after apply for board and lodging,
They have Astounding faith in the pros
poet of the lake as a future pleasure
resort and will make hotel preparations
accordingly.
Fishing parties find no trouble in
getting pleasure boats and fishing para
phcrnalia, as o. c. Edgcly IL Son have
constantly on hand a large supply and
make it q business TO fit out the angler
in the best possible manner. They
also act as guides, and one who will
accept their company when going out
OH an expedition may be sure of COM
ing back with all the "6nny tribe" he
can conveniently carry. What Edgely
& Son don't know about the Long
Lake fishing grounds and how to catch
the piscatorial breed is not worth know
ing.
Long Lake has been christcncd the
"Fisherman's Heaven" by some cccen-
trio. individual who happened to have
an idea of what he was talking about.
Here black bass weighing two, three,
four and even five pounds have been
caught this season and, with the fly,
Pickerel up to sixteen and eighteen
pounds are caught in large numbers.
1t is claimed that these fish can he
taken at any time of the day or night.
Long Lake fish seem to be half starved
and bite and nibble at anything from
a porcupine quill down to a decoy duck.
Trolling in the sunny hours'of the day
is favorite past time with those who
haunt the shores and many Of the large
pickerel with which the lake abounds
tackle the tempting spoon only to learn
that they have made the gravcst error
in their existence.
Free Adams and f.. b. Watkins, we
learn, were i'll comany with Mr.. Durell
at Long Lake last week. The former
gentleman has been sick ever since he
came back, and the latter don't appear
to be the same person at all. They all
want TO return to Long Lake to fish,
swim and ride on the creased catama-
ran, and to know that they can't get
away until next summer, fairly makes
them bush. Mayor Wilkins has heard
Of Long Lake, and his trip TO Old
Orchard Beach has been indefinitely
postponed. He will invade Northern
Michigan, squat himself on the cool
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