The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-06-23

one much patronized by anglers in
early June and its fittings and accom-
modauions arc more to the taste OF
hunters and fishers than to the many
who spend few days there during
the hot days OF midsummer. The
nearest postottice is Maud, Minn.,
mile and a half distant. where rural
delivery and collection is made from
Ortonyille daily. Mr.. Douglas has
recently purchased a second gasoline
launch, a handsome boat, and takes
! you up from Ortonyillc in an hour and
a half. There are few more attract.
i've lakes anywhere than Big Stone.
Its shore are heavily wooded for the
most part, with strips of prairie and
peaceful farms reaching its edge here
and there. and a ride up and down
the lake cannot be excelled for a plea
sure of this kind upon any body OF
water that l know Of.
Asa pleasure resorG-with an hour
aud then in the boats-anglng for
croppies, silver bass or pike as a
change from the monotony and cloy-
ness OF scenery-Big Stone is every
thing to be be desired. AS resort
for game tish-black bass, muskel-
longe, wall-eyed pike, or even the
common lake pike-it has seen its
best days. The angler who visits the
lake these days with the expectation
| OF landing any considerable number OF
the King of the Waters must know
every foot of the lake and by patience
and much rowing and walking or gaso-
line launch hunt out the haunts of
the black bass and entice him from
his lar. Years ago Foster was in the
heart Of the black bass fishing. Now
they are only taken with any success
fifteen miles farther north. Two
years ago, two Mitchell anglers took
out AZ one morning in two hours forty
rods from the landing at Foster, and
the fishing for them was good all
around the lake in that vicinity.
When we reached Foster at noon on
the 1lth we found every room at the
hotel taken by twenty odd anglers,
most of them old timers who had been
making annual trips there for ren
years or more--some as far away as
Missouri. But Notwithstanding that
they had been fishing the waters Of
the lake all about the erstwhile
haunts OF the black bass for a week,
not single one had been landed. On
that particular day two of them went
up the lake fifteen miles and in two
days, by constant work succeeded in
catching with "spinncrs' about twen-
ty-fve. Ten others went up to the
same grounds the day following and
caught fifteen-and one man caught
mine Of them at that. That's pretty
poor fishing. Every black bass caught
by the Foster contingent of old sports
on their visit this year represented
not less thau an expenditure Of SO
not counting a business mans time.
But it isn't all of fishing to fish, and
| have tramped a good many miles uE
anu OoNil oUlCdul-CltSSlllS anu IL.
crossing it's rushing waters and felt
we'll repaid with worse fishing thar
that at Big Stone. We fishcd one
night for croppies lively little fel
lows resembling a rock bass and weigh
ing about II pounds each-catchine
them at the rate of one every five
minutes and releasing them from the
hooks and letting them back to then
sea weed home as fast as taken. With
a light SiX-ounce rod and silk line anC
reel to match it lsa pleasant recrca
tion at sundown with such charming
'i'Surroundings as that at Big Stone
but more to the pleasure of womcr
and to the hilarity Of the kids than Il
the taste OF experienced anglers.
G.. r. T.