Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-09-05

hire one of these boats for one dollar a
day, or for three dollars day you can
get boat and smart, muscular, intelIi-
gent ..guide" to row it for the day. one
who knows the "shoals" and s.ledges"
and places where fish may be found"
These guides have rivalry, and he
, whose boat lands at evening with the
best ..catch" of the day is the hero for
the time being, and their services are
sought in proportion to their success.
The fishing has been rather poor this
season, they say. but we have been
satisfied with from nine (the leasD to-
seventy-fve day.
All this region on both sides of the
river is swarming with people from
all parts of New York State, Pennsyl-
| vania and Northwestern New England,
| and great many western people as far
| west as Kansas City.
| The U. S. fish commission is estab-
fishing fish hatchery at Cape Vim
| cent. Jour headquarters,) and a few
days ago the Z. S. Consuls at Belle
vile and Kingston came over to the
Cape In a pretty little steam yacht,
and Invited the staff of the hatchery"
and myself to take a fishing cruise
with them over amongst the Islands
on the Ontario side where they claim
is much the best fishing. and we are
now on our way. We anchored here,
and all our party except the engineer
and myself, are on shore attending B.
..hop" at one of the big hotels toni ght;
so while alone am writing you this.
/ will stop now, for the ..hoppers'' are
calling to the engineer to ..come
ashore with the dory for u.s." and /
know there will be no more writing
for me when they come on board, for
they are jolly lot. But 1 will try to
tell you how we succeed fishing a few
days later. Good night.
| OFF Wesley Island ST. Lawrence, Aug 24th.
A messenger came over in a boat
last night with mail for members of
our party, and we are tied up to-day
to a little island on the Ontario side.
while nearly all are writing letters
which the messenger is to carry out
and mail at nearest point on the Grand
Trunk Ry., and so I will finish and
send this, as l am not likely to have
an opportunity to write up any fish
stories," as intended, while with this
hilarious and jolly crowd.
| The next day after leaving Clayton,
n. Y, we cruised amongst the Islands
quietly, and only fished an hour, but
caught seventeen fine fellows, from
two to ten pounds in weight. Next
day our yacht anchored, and we caught
a 15-pounder, and others, ranging from
one to ten pounds. We quit because
we could not use them, and did not
wish to destroy them merely for the
fun of capturing them. We gave part
of our catch to two other yachts that
anchored near US from Cleveland, O.,
with ladies and gentlemen on board.
Next morning l was Weakened about
eight o'clock by some not far from me
saying his prayers N rather profane
language, it seemed to me. 1t proved
to be one of the U. S. Consuls! The
waterman who was sitting on the up
per deck had thrown his hook in the
water to see what the prospect for the
day would be for s.bites," and as he
was hauling up 5-pound bass it had
kicked off his hook and fell through
the little open window, and landed on
the open bosom of the Consul who was
sleeping just below it! The Waterman
heard the commotion below, and skip
ped off and hid, and it was a long
time before conjecture determined
whether that fish came from the sky or
from the river!
That day we shot nearly 100 snipes,
and caught seventy-seven fish. The
fish hatchery men lectured us for van
dalism. Said it was barbarous to
catch any more than we could use, and
we all agreed that it was, but as we
were separated in small boats while
| fishing, we did not know until we met
at evening how many were caught.
We gave most of them to passing
yachts, so none were lost, but we
agreed that henceforth we would not
catch over FIVE fish each in any one
day. or course. no person ought ever
| to kill Or capture more game than he
can use.
We have fished every day, tramped
over beautiful islands, met many boats
| with bright people from the highest
to the lower walks of life, landed at
many places where people were camp
ed. and were toasted and treated ele-
gantly by every party we met. In two
or three days we will be back again to
our starting point, Cape Vincent.
where / shall meet nv little wife,
who is being greatly benefited by the
| trip EMERSON.