The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-07

exact weight Of the fish. The fish must be
free of sand and. If found filled with lead.
will be confscated. The Hon Pike Buties.
says Mr.. Woodward. has pointed out the
fact that the bin does not prevent telling
lies about the big fish that always get
away but AR. Woodward thinks the de-
feet can be overcome by providing that
| an incorruptible deputy hsh warden shall
accompany each Chicagoan, and that the
| deputy shall make affidavit as TO the size
| of the fish that escaped"
PICTURED FISH STORIES.
Michigan also needs a repressive law OK
some kind" said Mr.. Perca. Fish stories
| grow there like corn in Kansas Kansas
| newspaper, printed at Lee Summit. In illus
| trating the wonderful growth OF corn in
the sunfiower State recently told its read
ers that a small boy climbed one OF his
! fathers cornstalks after good rain The
| boy soon became tired and began 70 de-
scend, but the stalk grew so much faster
| than he could slide down he out OF
| sight In a short time. So with FISH stories
| In Michigan. While was at Les Cheneaux
islands photographer was doing land
ONCE business. with the assistance Of an
enterprising hotel runner. When a guest
caught a few fish he was steered 70 the
picture mans tent, with the suggestion that
a photograph OF his catch would be worth
| showing to friends when he returned home.
The hotel runner would next suggest add
ing TO the string few fish which he had In
an ice box. and the fisherman usually con-
scented TO the deception. Forty or fifty fish
would be strung 70 an oar, with a ten-pound
| pickerel in the center. and picture taken
of the lot. One end OF the oar generally
Il
other end on the boatman's. Thus man
who had caught only three or four fish
would be pictured having taken three OF
four dozen. Sometimes men and women
who had not wet line would be photo
graphed holding UP the hsh-burdened oar.
| In order that the pictures might not all
be uniform the position of the fish were
shifted and a few taken of or added. A
placard in the background. which never
failed to appear in the picture. told the
number OF fish on the string and where
and by whom hey were caught-always
near - - hotel suppose there are
hundreds Of these pictures In existence.
and every one is a pictured lie. in COM
parison with which the narrated fish story
Is an innocent Sunday-school tale"
HOTEL RUNNER SHADES TRUTH
THAT hotel runner" said Mr.. Fonti-
nails. must be the same inventive genius
that hooked me once at Mackinac island
and towed me over to The Shows under
the pretense that he knew a trout stream
that had not been fshed for over two years.
On arrival at the hotel the runner discov-
cred that the only guide who knew the
trout streams location away. He
said the guide would be back In q few days.
and, not having had much experience with
| hotel runners, / determined to wait. In
the afternoon OF the fourth day the runner
introduced me to Chippewa Indian as
the guide. and we made arrangements to
start in the morning The next day there
was a heavy rain. but on the sixth day
the weather conditions were excellent
cool and cloudy-and the guide and
started on a twelve-mile tramp over trail
| too narrow for a conveyance or even
horse Most OF the path ran through dense
woods. but occasionally caught glimpse
| of a clearing where some hardy Scandi-
navian was attempting to carve q home
out OF the wiidernesses of pine. cedar. hr
and birch. Finally we reached the trout
stream. The approach to II was through
bewildsring underground and over rotten
logs sometimes piled six deep. Even the
| stream was blocked In places with fallen
trees. It was a disheartening situation,
but was after trout, and tackled it I
! didn't care to have my six days OF antici-
|. patton stranded in midforsst without wet
! ting q line. There was use in attempt
, ing to cast fly in the usual manner, as
; discovered after hanging several sets and
} few choice leaders on the trees and
: bushes that almost hid the water from
view. cisjointed my rod. tied nine-foot
leader to the tip and attached a single fly.
l Then scrambled along the banks OF the
brook until / found a likely place and
quickly dropped the fy into the water. I
] saw something shoot from under a log;
then there was a swirl in the water and
1 my leader became taut. No room for play
there, I said to myself. as the fish turned
and sped towards a mass OF roots. So I
yanked II into the air. boy fashion. The
4 fish caught in the overhanging branch OF
| a tree, hung there a moment-long enough
for me to measure 1t with my eye-and
dropped back into the brook. 1t was less
. than six inches long-the legal limit-and
Z i. was saved the necessity OF putting IL
back myself.
q A FIsHERMAN'S LUCK
'T hshed for three hours and caught
: about forty trout, but only 1--WE measured
over six inches and none over eight. Dis
{ gusted? Yes, and tired. too. / had
II crawled over hundreds OF fallen trees,
tumbled dozen times where the rotten
u wood broke. had been scratched by brush.
bitten by mosquitoes. flies and wasps and
: had sampled part of the prov.rbial fisher
! mans luck on two or three occasions when
1 involuntarily sat down in the cold water
. OF the brook. and all the reward had for
my pains and bruises stings and wetness,
y were a clear conscience and FIVE fish of a
c lawful size. I was glad OF the clear con-
y science later when an inquisitive game
a warden came TO the hotel that evening in
g search OF a fee and with the grim deter
e mination OF UNFOLDING the majesty of the
y Michigan law He found no Illegal finger
% lings in my catch.
> why said he. I could have told you
5 the trout In that brook were small IL was
restocked two years ago. and only thrown
open to fishing last month. You probably
were the first 10 try it,
And did the hotel runner know that ?
/ asked.
Sure said the game warden.
'I glanced about the hotel Office. but
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