Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-02

will send rods and tackle anywhere on
approval, and invariably get my
money or ilavei the goods back. 1t is
not the same with other classes Of
sportsrnen, they are more like the av-
erage man, and ! am wary OF giving
too much credit. have no end of bad
accounts for guns and ammunition. but
there is not bad bill on my list for
fishing tackle And that is why ! al
ways take a hsherman'S word in money
matters just as l never take it when
fish is concerned" And il goes without
saving that honesty implies veracity,
and therefore the reputation one has
acquired in this (fish) line. can easily
be destroyed by those who have no
reputation to lose. Assuming that some
will be interested in what follows. fresh
now in the mind of the writer, this, and
perhaps future letter will be devoted
fishing trip.
1t is true that this year this scribe
was loaded for bear" i. e. muskalonge.
Bristol steer rod, big reel, 800 feet
of woven line. and number Skinner
spoon hooks, We're among the necessary
articles. Next year, If nothing happens
to prevent, will be added a six shooter,
a gait and big club. Our party of
four went up into the Indian reserva-
tion in Sawyer county, Wisconsin.
Here we hired an Indian guide for each
boat, two of us in each boat with him
and started at $50 in the morning.
The writer put on big mlnnoW on
his spoon. others hitched on fat frog.
while one tried the bare spoon. With
quick stroke the guide started the boat
our lines and hooks trailing seventy
five feet behind. For an hour nothing
happened, then four pound "musky'
was hooked and came into the boat
Very much as a four pound pickerel
would perform. From that time till
noon one or two more small Muska-
longe took the spoon, also several big
bass, and one silver bass. weighing not
over a pound, put up tight worth
seeing This chap broke water three
time before getting in the landing net.
Then we went ashore, some ten miles
from where we started, the guides
dressed the fish, cooked them with
fried bacon, and we sat on the ground
under big shade trees and ate lunch
enough to kill ten ordinary men. not
on such a trip. For dessert we pick
ed blue berries for we We're right in
the berry country, where some 40
Indians pick these berries, finding
steady cash demand at $3.50 to 81 per
bushei. from Chicago buyers, who have
agents on the ground during the berry
season.
After dinner we started again, the
wind now blowing strongly white
caps" and big waves, requiring all of
the skill and strength Of the guides
to prevent capsizing and good sea
legs on our part to prevent sea sick
ness and fresh water sea sickness is
the worst on earth. And in the midst
of big waves, rocking boat, and fire.
auent shower baths, the boys In the
other boat had strike" And 1t was
a big one, for the first performance
we saw was Mr.. Musky looking
big enough to weigh nifty
hounds, Jump five feet out of the water,
shaking his head to get rid of the hook
exactly as a terrier dog does with
big rat. Meanwhile the guide got the
beat around with the wind, and rowed
as fast as he could, dragging the fish
thru the water ito drown the cuss."
All may not know 1t but a fsh can bs
drowned as easily as a man. The
"musky" objected to being drowned so
he stood on his head for the next act,