Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-02

dred yards from out the rushes and lly-pods,
when Duke hooked tish-a ten-pound pick
ercl-and as full of life as q ycarling steer.
However, after an exciting struggle, Duke
hauled him into the boat, and when he got
good, square look at the mammoth fish, in
the full bazonry of his beauty, tapping
frantically in the bottom of the boat, it fairly
took his breath, but recovering quickly, he
pouncei upon the fish with all fours, and
grabbing it wildly in his arms slammed it in
the box in the bow of the boat, and covering
it with the board seat, sat down upon it, tell
ing Hahn to row back 10 camp. Every once
and while he would get off of the box, kneel
down, and peeking twrough the cracks in
box. remark to his partner:
II tell you Hahn, that's the biggest pick
erel in this lake-lll bet you-well the
drinks--that she weighs twenty-five
They were shortly back at camp only to
find the rest of the party gathered around
rude little table, which Vanzant had fur
nished them, busily engaged in-cahvassing
the prospects for the morrow.
The twilight had yielded to the darkness
of night. The shores aud wooded slopes had
grown gloomy aud mysterious, and Osahs
was one broad eXpanse of starry purple.
Nothing distured the quiet OF the summer
night. save the gentle ripple of the waters
and the-rattling of the chips. The solitude
was intense. Silence filled the anglers
hearts, and they were happy Far away
was wicked Omaha, with all her darkening
sticks and better halves. There they
thought, would they abide and for
get the ,word-the torturing, mad
dening world-there, close to the heart of
nature, could they sit and enjoy good, fair,
square game of 1.-TWO call five" and nobody
ever be the wiser.
The next morning dawned bright and en-
trancing, with that delicious, mellow warmth
of early summer, lmmersng woods and
waters in deluge of golden glory.
iubt II Rolf ord pul a1nT NJ ri
! hour for Coon Point, where the reeds and
| rushes abound in eXuberance, and the bass
| love to disport themselves. Mccormick hnd
| Ames said they would daily around in the
| vicinity of Gooseberry Jut; Kennard and
| Rood at Battle Point, and Duke and Haha at
| the inlet and around the Lone Grave.
They all had a great day of 1t, pulling in
the tnny beauties, bass croDpies OSWegos
| pickerel, pike and salmon until their arms
| ached. This was the same story day after
| day, but it would require too much space for
| me to attempt to detail the many interesting
incidents with which the party met, and so L
| VIII avoid details
Dick Mccormick, it seems, experienced
| much aggravation in landing Oswego bass,
| and he was at loss TO account for his i'll
success. II should not be forgotten though,
in this connection, that the Oswego is one of
| the gamicst, most combative denizens of all
| those waters, and il requires skillful angler
to make clean land. These fish
| often, when In pursuit of the spoon, leap
| four and five feet out of the water, some
| times knocking the spoon twenty feet away
from them, and when they do strike, they
fight with an energy that proves triumphant
| over many an ambitious fisherman
One evening, while lolling around the
camp, Dick was telling of his repeated dis
appointment with the Oswegos, when sud
denly old jim, who was there listening TO
the wondrous tales OF the city visitors, re-
| marked:
81 kin tell you, Mr.. Mccormick, how you
! kin land them Oswego feesh. every time"
"Rowin eagerly inquired the president of
| the Western association and he Strengthened
up, as he always does, and peered over his
gold trimmed glasses, when Crooks or Cooney
lines safe one out TO center.
"Why," continued Vanzant. "iest take q
| double-barl shot gun out in the skif with
! you,n
"A shotgun, what forl'
"Why, when an Oswego leaps out o. the
water, shoot him. 80. .-
Everybody laughed but Dick, of course
He glowered trife, and looked as If he
thought Old Jim was just trifie fresh and
| a little too familiar,
Hahn here dipped in his oar, and he told
Old Jim that if he ever came down TO Omaha
he'd keen him stuffed with wiener wurst
sausage and mustard.
However, If Mccormick did furnish some
sport for his fellow fisherman, he made The