Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-10-27

fast my punter being again in readiness
with hts boat and bait, we again start
ed out. and make good catch OF 80
small month bass, returning about
D. m. and found Col J, G. Durrett,
Allen +. Holmes and John b. Soulier
shooting pigeon hawks, as they flew up
the river Durrett and Holmes were on
one side of the cut. and on the oppo-
site side of the Star Island boat house.
While John B. Soulier was on the side
next the river All that few on the
Colonels side he and Holmes gave
them warm reception and the same
by Soulier very few passed the dead
line | tried my hand and brought
down two. They killed IS in about
two hours. The hawks came from the
canal where they nested. These
hawks are very destructive on quail
and other small birds.
Wednesday, September 20, after
breakfast we decided that we had all
the sport in angling we desired and
concluded to pack up our fish and ship
them home to be distributed amongst
our friends. We also packed our bag
gage and paid our bin and was ready
for the down boat. the ldlewild, when
she came along at 1880. The Star
Island House is situated 80 miles from
Detroit, and is a great pleasure resort
during the summer months, There are
three daily boats to Port Huron, and
all pass this point. The evening boat
arrives at the Star Island dock at five
o'clock, with passengers from Detroit
who stop off and get their supper and
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comes along about seven o'clock. The
fare is % cents from Detroit. The
Star House in July and August was
crowded so that numbers were turned
away unable to accommodate them.
Usually in the evenings there would
be rs to 100 persons get off the boat for
j supper This was besides regular
| boarders. The scar has the largest
dining room on the Flats seating $50
persons. The landlady. Mrs James
Slocum, is very popular with her
guests The Star is great resort for
Detroiters, and no one could wish
more charming place to stop for
few weeks.
The following is the names OF the
clubs and hotels on the Flats: The
old club house above the canal. the
Arthur House. Mervue Club now hotel,
Rushmere club the largest on the Flats,
Star Island house Marshland club,
Riverside Club now hotel. Damer fio-
tel Gus Troutz Hotel. Joseph Bedores'
Hotel. Muir House, Toronto Club, Ma
pie Leaf on Herson's Island. Summer
Cottage. Tashmoo Park, Sansouci Cot
tages. and Grand Point Hotel. Here
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fishing points for small mouth, black
bass, on the Flats of st. Clair at lower
end of canal: Horse Shoe, below To-
Ionto Club House; the old wreck;
South Channel and Little Bassett; Big
Bassett; the Johnson; Sny Carly
Mitchells Bay; Blue Rush. These are
all in Canadian waters except the lower
end of Canal. which is in American
waters. Old Lights, Old Channel, Mid
die Channel, West Bank of Strawberry,
Strawberry Channel, Baltimore Chan
mel. Dotty Channel, Baltimore Bay and
North Channel are all in American wa
tiers. The earliest fishing is in Mitchells
Bay. Next Sny Carly. then comes the
Johnson. the Horse Shoe. the Big Bas-
sett South Channel and Little Bassett.
The fish then begin TO scatter out all
over the entire fats, and the best fish
ing on the American side is from the
middle of September until the middle
of October. After that time they begin
to leave for Mitchell's Bay, where they
winter. the water being much warmer
in that section Of the lake OF all the
clubs on the Flats. the Toronto Club
is by far the best situated and most
fortunate. 1t is right upon the Big
Bassett Channel and directly accessible
therefrom, and controls the marshes
along the Johnson Channel and have
the best fishing and shooting grounds.