The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14
Travellers Tales

One day this week Fred Knight of
this city went down to Detroit to get
his cottage by the lakeside ready for
the opening which will take place next
month. He could not resist the looks
Of the water and the prospects of
some fine fishing, so he secured a boat
and went off onto the lake and had
pretty fair success. AS he was fishing
he saw a boat approaching and in it
were two men. Fred was a bit ner-
vous and here is what he says about
the adventure:
81 had been out on the water about
three hours and had been having very
good luck, caught several nice pike, a
few pickerel and some grasspike and
was about to leave, when the boat
with the two men hove in sight. I
don't like to tell this, bat on the end
of my String was a big black bass,
and of course I knew it was against
the law to take bass, so when the
two men came up and asked me what
had, didn't just at that minute
pull up and show them, but one of
them grabbed the string as the boat
came up and there at the bottom of
the lot of fish was Mr.. Bass kicking
because he had been taken from the
water. OF course got red in the
face. / am a man of very full ha-
bits and red Is my natural complexion,
and the man looked at me sternly as
he said, DO you know that l am the
deputy game warden, and it is my
duty to arrest YOU, Well, / did the
tallest thinking you ever heard of any
one doing and told the man that the
same bass had been on my hook for at
least four times that afternoon and
was greatly bothered with him, so
when for the fifth time he took hold
of my bait, I made UP my mind that
I'd keep Mr.. Bass there until I was
ready to go ashore and / said / had
no intention of taking him ashore with
me- Then and there while the deputy
warden was getting over my explana-
ton | took off the nice, fat, juicy
looking bass and let him go, and the
big fish gave one or two high kicks as
it were and disappeared from view
The warden pulled out book of fish
and game laws from his pocket and
read and then said, dee If / car
find any law to fit the case tel
you it was close can, though
j. H. Wise of Detroit, was in the
city yesterday, doing some purchas.
ing and visiting his friends. He was
talking about the prospects for the
season at the lakes and said; Really
everything looks exceedingly gooC
for the fishing this year. 1t is JUS
starting out fine and I miss my guess
| If we don't have the best season sine,
Detroit lakes were recognized for thei
| beauty as summer resorts. Alread.
we have many visitors and / look TO
a bigger crowd than ever. You mus
remember that since other resort
have been opened there Is not nearl,
so much fishing in the Detroit lake
as formerly and another thing. tn
/ lakes at our town have been restocke
with fish year after year by the stat
fish commission and already we ca
see the effects of the good work. Q
4 course the bass fishing is not yet II
/ but will be within two weeks or s
and then the real opening Of the re
sort takes place. Bass fishing an
i summering seem to go hand In hanS
Il Yes, 7 predict splendid season for tn
i lakes What about the saloon bust
ness2 oh, nothing. Well we have I
wait and see what the government Il
naIly concludes to do"