Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-07-11
JUST FISH STORIES
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Yellow Birch lake, the body of
water just out Of the village as
you go up the famous Eagle wa
tiers of twenty seven lakes all fill
ed to the brim with game fish,
speed launches and people in out
ing clothes who are admirers of
the Big Outdoors, has shown that
it is not by any means depleted of
It's game denizens. Since the sea-
son opened on game fish this year
it with the other lakes in the
chain have produced a multitude
of mighty fine fish-some of them
real old-timers who have refrain
ed for many years from taking the
lure just out of pure cussedness.
Friday, being day wherein D. C.
Lake had a few minutes to spare
and just fitted to the taking Of
some big fellow, found the above
mentioned gentlemen hooked onto
a 32 pound muskellunge It took
him some time to land Mr. Musky,
but he did so after bunch of ex-
element. A 80 pound fish is not
caught every day, and the honors
of the capture are in keeping with
a real sportsman's method of
knowing when to fish and when
not to fish. Mr.. Lake is the owner
Of a resort on Yellow Birch lake
which he established a couple of
years ago
Down from Three Lakes way
where the Upper Eagle chain of
lakes are located, comes the story
of 367a pound musky taken
from Spirit lake, which is connect
ed with the chain. The fish is
said to have been caught by al
guest at Brucker's camp grounds
located near there. Last year
Spirit lake produced some mighty
fine muskies and has made fair
start this year. All any musky
needs is the right kind of a fish
erman, the right kind of tackle
and the right day. It's the incen-
tive to strike that puts Mr. Musky
out of his stall and caused a loss
in the family membership,
A whale of a time was had by
Louis Schleislader of Manitowoc
last week when he landed his first
muskellunge. Information from
Gabe's resort where he is stopping,
gives one the idea Of the excite
ment occasioned by the hooking
and playing of the big fish before
he was landed. Killing him with
an oar is not just the right brand
of murder the average sportsman
uses, but in this case Mr.. S. is not
to be blamed and undoubtedly the
next one he takes will be landed
correctly. The fish weighed in at
thirty pounds and is a beauty such
as grows in Lost lake over Sayner
way.
A mighty fine string of bass. was
recently taken from the lakes adj
jacent to Lost lake by Roy Aiken,
guest at Gabe's resort, who reg
listers from Manhattan, Kansas.
Keeping well within the prescribed
limit, Mr.. Aiken kept nothing but
the prime ones, returning to the
waters all understood and those
still in the baby class, but lawful
to take. It does a good sports
man good to be able to tell how
he returned many fish that were
small, but absolutely legal. If most
fisherman will follow this method,
less small fish will be taken; lakes
will not be depleted and higher
standard given to fishing as an art
and not fishing as a method simply
to see how many can be taken in
one day. / thank you.
Mighty fine bass are coming to
the lure, and disapproves the as
sertion that there are no more
bass in this lake region. Absurd
as this statement is, still it finds
many doubling the fact that as
good bass fishing can be found in
the bass region of this lake ter
ritory as in years gone by. James
Wilson who owns a summer home
on Pioneer lake just off Little
Twin and east of Conover, pulled
in a mighty big bass from Pioneer
lake just off Little Twin and
east Of Conover last week, go
ing we'll over the five pound
weight. Hugo Pagenstecker OF
Chicago, stopping at DeHaas Red
Oaks, has 515 pound bass of the
small mouth variety, which he