Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-22
Among the Fishermen.

The waters of the Wisconsin from
three to eight miles north of the Twin
Cities continue to afford good fishing
grounds for the deyotees of rod and
line. The old places at Nekoosa and
below the cities have almost been for
gotten in the rush for the rich bass
holes to be found up river, and almost
any day and any place within the above
mentioned limits, some enthusiastic
Grand Rapids fishermen may be seen
plying the art. 1t is peculiar and great
sport, this sitting in a boat lazily drift
ing down stream, with one eye on the
reel and the other on the line in the
water, while the big, generous prince
of heat gives you a sun-bath that toasts
the skin to brown and husky hue, but
the more numerous the bites the more
you want to fish. All cares and thought
of business affairs are driven from the
mind, when, after an anxious wait a
little electric jerk thrills your every
nerve and announces that fish is on
your hook. What a pleasure to work
for five or ten minutes with rod bent
almost double, the line cutting through
the water first one direction then
another-fnallY to land the little
battery-the cause of the electric
shock. Sport. Nothing better, and to
add to the excitement, bass are not
| always landed as easily as it is told. Its
healthy too, as the many ''light-shade-
of-tan" fellows around town these days
will indicate. Go up and spend half a
| day on the river; get away from your
indoor business for little while; catch
fish and get colored the popular shade,
it will do you good.
Among the fishermen who have made
nice catches during the past week we
may mention Edward J. Whitney. On
Friday he hooked few fish sup there"
one of which was a pike, weight 81
pounds; another was Il pound bass.
The latter kept Ed. guessing for a while
and made the reel sing Yankee doodle,
but Whitney knows how to get them
out and didn't mind the song.
| Messrs. A. Muir, w. 7. Jones, Geo.
w. Baker, Will Martin, Prof. Nageler,
of Chiffon, and Con. Byron, of Madison
fioated down from Meehan early in the
week and got quite few fish. Mr..
Muir won the laurels of the party by
successfully pulling in two bass, weight
a and 5 pounds respectively. The
latter is the largest bass that has been
shown by any fisherman in these parts
for many seasons and such a one as Mr..
Muir has been looking for during the
past fifteen years. In fact we know of
only one that was ever landed in this
vlclnage larger, and its weight was 5
pounds ounces. Geo. n. Wood got
that one in 1892 and he still holds the
pennant for big bass Will Martin
caught the most fish in the crowd and
Prof. Nageler, we'll he. r. A. Tay-
lor took picture of Muir's fish and he
will undoubtedly soon have it displayed
in the shoe store show window. Its a
rare catch.
| Messrs. H. H. Voss and Geo. Martin
have been very successful with reel and
line around Biron and have hooked a
good many. Their catches run more
into numbers than size although they
have shown some nice ones. Well
boys, "Lets 60 fishing''
Messrs. w. HI. Meade and Will
Reeves have spent their spare hours
with hook between the Eddy and
Green Bay railroad bridge and they
say it is not necessary to go farther
from home to get plenty of nice fish.
Edward Brazeau spent a profitable
day with Geo. Martin at Biron and they
found some black spots where the
tinny kind bit nicely.
A great deal of fishing is being done
right here in the city below the rapids,
much more than usual, and a number
of small ones are being hooked. But it
is necessary to go up stream some dis
lance for big ones.
Messrs. I. E. Philleo and Chas.
Kellogg have devoted some of their
spare time in the pleasures of fishing
above Biron and they have reeled in a
good many fish. They have al en-
chanted spot, we are told, on the west
bank where they pull them up as by
magic. All they have to do is to float
back and forth over this particular
section of water.
2. S.-Reader, please note that in no
case have we attempted to cite the
number of fish caught by any of above
parties. We were told in most cases.
but with all respect for the gentleman
fishers we say, FISHERMEN have
peculiar stories.'
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