Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-23
OUTSIDE POINT OF VIEW

Wisconsin,
I'VE found the lakes all we were
promised and anticipated. This part
of the state was all burned over during
the big forest fires eight years ago and
as the pine trees were all cut previous
to that. what remains now are the big
trees that escaped that and previous
fires and dense underground of white
birch, scrub oak and other varieties of
trees. On two of the lakes where we
We're fishing yesterday there is no sign
of human habitation. Forests on all
sides to the waters edge. Deer are
plentiful and salt ticks established by
hunters bring plenty OF deer meat to
these sportsmen (?). A naptha launch
crossing one of these lakes chased and
almost captured a deer swimming
across the upper end of Hemlock Lake.
Brown and black bears are still in this
country. altho only occasional speci-
mems are seen and killed"
To-day l had big time with a five
pound pickerel Like their elder broth
ers, or first cousins, the muscallonge,
the pickdrel in these lakes are the game
fish, the fighters. We went up to the
head of the lake and after picnic din
ner at the foot of the rapids I made a
fifty-foot cast across the rapids with
buck-tail spinner. AT the first throw,
in full sight of the crowd. this pickerel
grabbed it and Immediately started for
the lily pads and weeds across the
stream. coming almost directly towards
us. And he came so fast that the reel
could not take UP the Sack, but fortu-
Eately turned him before he got into
the moss. Then he started up the rap
Ids for the lake above. this in two feet
of water. where we couli see the whole
performance. Again he was induced
to change his course, this time down
stream for the open lake. All of these
trips We're on express train time, and
it was the part of wisdom every time to
give him all of the line he wanted. His
end came when he was coaxed along
the logs that make part of the dam and
Frank went out and Slipped him into a
landing net while he was catching his
breath for another start.
ION the way back. whi'e trolling with
line. the spoon thirty yards out. an
other pickerel investigated sure lure
artificial bait. and this fellow kept
Frank and Harry busy ten minutes try
ing to get him into their landing net,
while your husband was Keeling up and
letting out line, according to the SUI
preme wishes of his fish-ship. This
fellow had a weakness for going under
the boat at twenty miles an hour, evil
IDENTIFY hoping to entangle the line with
our oars or string of fish hung over the
boat
"As we were going under the railroad
bridge soon after, with an ordinary
spoon hook and line trolling fifty feet
back. four pound bass concluded he
wanted it. Then minute afterwards
he changed his mind ard stood on his
tail out of the water and shook him.
self like a dog just come ashore after a
swim. Three times this bass broke
water before he was added to our If
teen game fish string"
II promised to write you every day.
but after rowing (?) boat all day and
fish one doesn't feel much like writing
even to ones own wife. The bass fish
ing here is fine, only the weeds, moss
and lily pad underground are so thick
that we lose many. Today I threw a
nice fat frog into the open space of wa
ter all surrounded by fresh water bios
soming lilies. Almost as soon as Ii
struck what some call a yellow bass
took it, and before / got action on me
Gown to the bottom of the sea he went,
Then he proceeded to wind the line
nook and himself 10000 times Cor less)
among the lily pads, mixing up half
bushel of moss in the outfit, so finally
when we got the conglomeration into
the boat the puzzle was to find the
fish
II wish you and Alkaline We're up
here. You could have barrel of fun
ard fish, too, catching rock bass. These
fish bite at anything from piece oil
Fork to a No. Skinner spoon. VIZ
catch them trolling, casting. and still
fishing. They're deceptive cusses.
You're catching big picilerel. and then
comes a strike that Jars you This Is
sure to be six-pounder. the big one
of the day. Keeling UP your line with
much difficulty, as he gets closer to the
boat. YOU veil out: Get the landing
net ready!" and then haul in pound
Land Il nail SoSSle SSS' IL Nouid W
| fun at Clear Lake. Up here we throw
| them away as soon as caught"
IT have only heard from you twice
since arrived. After this you'd bet
| ter write with a pen and not use the
| office envelopes, for the boys are on tC
vorr typewritten and directed letters
AS I wrote you in my last. I left tho
crowd and went over to Spider Lake
after muscallonge. And 1 got 'em. We
secured an Indian guide and boatmer
and commenced business. The frs
strike I had was on Il No. Skinner
spoon. using my ordinary silk line ana
| fo,lr- foot steel rod. Mr.. Muscallongt
No. 1 came directly towards the boat
evidently intending to board ship. Bu
he turned back and with him Wen
twenty feet of my line and 5o-cen
snoon Musky No. was n gentleman
| After five minutes work he allowed II:
In get him near enough to shoot him
but 1t took three shots to finish him
No. 3 was a bad one. He took away
|twenty feet more line and another
spoon. No was small one. HI
iumped out of the water at least doz
en- times and shook himself almost L
nieces trying to throw the hook out. W.
gated the line, but he got away from