. Angling in the lakes of northern Illinois; how and where to fish them. Fishing. CEDAR LAKE. 41 cago by the evening train; altogether he was not ac- tually Ashing more than four hours, and two hours of this time he wasted in locating the ground. His catch Avas nine black bass weighing thirty-six pounds, and a finer and more equal-sized lot of fish I have never seen, considering the circumstances of the catch. His bait had dwindled down to four frogs, an imperfect frog bag, during his journey down, having allowed the remainder of a dozen to escape. He carefully econo- mized on his bait, using
. Angling in the lakes of northern Illinois; how and where to fish them. Fishing. CEDAR LAKE. 41 cago by the evening train; altogether he was not ac- tually Ashing more than four hours, and two hours of this time he wasted in locating the ground. His catch Avas nine black bass weighing thirty-six pounds, and a finer and more equal-sized lot of fish I have never seen, considering the circumstances of the catch. His bait had dwindled down to four frogs, an imperfect frog bag, during his journey down, having allowed the remainder of a dozen to escape. He carefully econo- mized on his bait, using only the leg of a frog instead c,nAiL0W Poc/rer. CfDAR LAM^ of the whole, and with these four frogs he caught the nine bass mentioned. George, poor fellow, is now no more; but many were the delightful outings I enjoyed in his companj'. He fell a victim to his love of salmon fishing, three years ago, when wading a particularly dangeroiis, precipi- tous-bordered, salmon pool in North Donegal, Ireland. He inadvertently stepped into a deep hole, his waders filled at the waist, and unable to extricate himself he drowned. The first time I met George Avas on the Furnesia dur-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johnson, Charles. Chicago, The American field publishing co.
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