The sun., 1902-07-06
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wisconsin.


There ia peculiar picc" ~ water IN "M-
worth ciunty. Nircun-in, ten miles from 'hs
Laud"rdal. lakes IL l. river or chaih"'
connecting two lakes aud l. ~oin" thtr~
miles long hy = hundred feet Wild"
u j. called the Milstrram because an
old d-fa-hiuned country four mill II on on"
of it, banks The bottom of this mill-trraih
H. uv.rgrown thiclSly with sres'n and yellow
w'-d-
TIE water never gets below the tops OF
tl--'. weeds la, ~ low stages their pluin"s
fol' uIuu M" surface At 'he-' time"
not a i~h can b. taken, though the mih-
stream '""rs vitN bass
when there has l.',n a rain, raising the
level ui t'. lak.' and it, surplus II tisohaf geo
through ~. millst paIn bringing the water
totwu feet above the weeds, there IL such
base fishing a. cannot I've found anywhere
-l~.' "a the world
No; iuug agn " A. Snarp". an English
man 81 IA" LrNlst-. Iowa, colony. am an
other angler ram.d Sladc went TO the MIL
stream and struck n right There had us-en
rains for two days and the water, though
clear. Wa high with strong current
They u--d -.It pork with u hit Of ROD
haru"l attached 20 the hook and wished
only 4 dozen bI-- 20 rrIav them Tor 'h"'r
dri,. or ton miles They began At u O'Clock
IN the morning a.D hId such sport 'ha' they
fslcd th" rr'ir" I,ug'h If III" stream
reaching IT, lower end at = q clock
n, gro hDN druN" tl,tr wagon along
paIallrl road and from time :" un" th"y
duuI..d their t.h into it When they got
through and counted they found that they
had taken iG0 has, running IN weight IRON
! a pound and a hGif 20 four pounds IN "th"f
words they had between thrr and four
hundred pounds ~ tsh
They were using skinner spoons above
| IN. uork and r.sling ~ their bait rapidly
| as soon ~ cast, thus keeping u on t"p OF
| ,h. water to avoid 'h' weeds bcow of'"n
| the lure was struck hv a has- before yard
| of the silk had leen re"l.d IN.
Tim, kind ~ fshing l. exhaus'ing, a.
when a hass l. hooked " Is necessary 70 hrhe
/, 10 the net a. Quickly ~ possible" ~ anv
| slack j. obtained the nsh soes immediately
| ,o th, weeds which are Just under It's belly
| ard - cntanglcs itself and escapes
| Then. il not much room 10 fight or play
a has and consequently the anglers wcr"
| under a good deal - strain constantly
| 1hcy have, me- Ii.a ~ the number of ~ rike-,
hu, a good many fish were missed or got
| N AZ IL alway- III" Cas~ when ~"-ul'es
hooks are used
There u uo explanation ~ the refnark-
| ahl. number - fish IN the millstream The
| water IL ike iha, N the other lakes Of the
| uaiRhbarhopd, the wes-ts are 81 ~" same
| character and there does not -->em to be
| auv more or any different food " would
| appear however that the bass bred IN the
| lake. lis. the current. make their homes
| Ia the x,--is under II and stay there. rei,i--
| ing 'o return to the s'iller waters of the
| lakes 90
| Nohodv has over fshsi the mlllStrea m
for A r.suui, hu' IL would he dif''rult ="
| -av how many ha-s an expert and actiN"
| man ght take from II between suns when
! conditions ar. right. II runs through a
4 farming country, II some distance from
| any town and there " not much angling
| on II
| The has. IN Il are wholly a. Tho Oswego
| or large mouth.d variety. Some of them
| run tO a great size individuals have
bcr, taken from the mill-tr'am which
| weighed NOR" than -iH pounds, and there
| il A r,-,ur,i of one monster. hooket near
IT, lower end. which weighed eight pounds
| two ouuCo-
| When tho wn'er T. above the weeds these
| fish will strik. at almost any -or of hr"
| natural or artificial When II II not, mo-
| man can take thr,-. In n day, though they
| NAV l,a -.-au working among the w'$~fS W
| hundreds nosing through the green masses
| or living near the tup- oi the small open
spaces heating their broad hacks IN IN" sun.