Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-26
FISHER MEN AND
HUNTERS HOME,
A WEEKS OUTING AT THIS
POPULAR RESORT ON
SWAMP LAKE.
An Ideal spot for a Summer Resort
The Waters of the Varioue Lakes
Literally swarm with Fiah Of Ev-
ery variety. Deer and Partridge
20. be Found In the Forests and
along the Lake. and 0treams
Wild Cucks are Numerous,
Mir. Matheks a Delightful and
Pleasing Host.

Last week we had the pleasure OF
spending a few days at A. Mathews
summer resort on Swamp lake.
The name ''SWamp lake, gives one,
who has never seen this beautiful lake,
a very erroneous impression. It is
nearly two miles long and about mile
wide in the widest place and is very
clear and cold The banks are high
nearly all the way around the lake and
part of the shore is covered with a
hardwood forest. just why it is called
Swamp lake no one can tell, unless it
is because it is near the ''big marsh ,
which contains about five thousand
acres.
Mr.. Mathews calls his resort the
FISHERMEN and Hunters Home" and
it is we'll named. It is an ideal fishing
and hunting spot and Mr.. Mathews not
only has very comfortable place, but
makes an excellent host. He is thor
oughly acquainted, not only with
Swamp lake, but the various other
lakes in the vicinity. He knows every
bar and deep hole and has ished the
various lakes SO many times that he
knows every lurking place of the fish
and his guests are sure of a good catch
no matter what the season is. In fact,
we never spent so pleasant time or
enjoyed better success fishing than the
week we spent under his tutilage.
Swamp lake is one of a chain of nine
or ten lakes in each of which can be
found good fishing and all within easy
access to Mathews place, which is in
about the center of the chain. These
lakes, with the thoroughfares connect
ing them, extend for distance of
twenty-five miles one way from Swamp
lake and two-thirds as far the other.
Those to the right as you leave the re-
sort are, Clearwater, beautiful little
lake filled with green bass, Dam lake,
one of the largest in the chain and
having the distinction of furnishing
more muscallonge to the fishermen
this season than any other lake in this
vicinity. Pike and pickerel are also
plenty here, and here also can be found
some of the finest black bass in the
world. S. Simonds of Chicago, took
four from here one day this summer
that weighed in Rhinelander, three
days after they were taken from the
water, twenty and one-half pounds.
The writer also brought in string
from there ranging from two and one
half to five and one-fourth pounds in
weight, two days after they were ia
ken from the water. All of these were
the genuine black bass with small
mouth and pink eyes, the gamiest fish
for it's size that swims, and any one
that has had the pleasure of catching
any of this variety, can imagine the
sport there was in landing these big
fellows, especially as the spot where
they were caught was a deep hole
fringed with sunken snags and old tree
tops.
From Dam lake you pass to Sand
lake through thoroughfare three or
four miles long, which affords excel
lent trolling the whole length. Sand
lake is another noted fishing ground,
especially for muscallonge. The other
lakes this way in their order, are Stone
Echo and Chain. AS we did not have
time to explore any of these we can
say nothing of the quality of fishing in
them from personal experience, al
though they have the reputation of be-
ing fully equal to those described.
In going the other way from the re-
sort, the first is Swamp lake. This af-
fords excellent bass fishing, both black
and green bass being found in large