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Show 4 . . I Fishing . . By TOM A. MARSHALL. Should dogfish be muzzled during the fishing season? They are a menace- to dispositions and lessen a fianernian'a ce.esciai chances. Aiy boynuou home was at Keithsburg, j 111., on tne Missivs.npt river, livery like-I like-I iy snooting or Himng locality was an open book to me. Iwy vacation periods were ae voted to outdoor sports, encouraged encour-aged by my parents, who indorsed the un-cunned un-cunned ozone lor health and prospective lougev ity. iew Boston, six miles up the river, was platted in lsS-l by Abraiiam Lincoln, tiien a snuggling young surveyor, whoso live.ihood was surveying the prairies of tne Sucker state. New Boston bay waa a favorite fisning grounds. Small and large mouth bass Jurked around the sunken sunk-en logs. Striped bass and crappie dallied around log and Jumuer rafts, laid up in. the bay. Those were the days of real sport. Cane poies, cotton lines, limerick books, jug coir iloats were the accessories dear to a fisherman's heart, split bamboo rods, sdk and tapered lines, f.ies, multiplying reels and asuietic anglers had not been launched upon an unsuspecting public, innnow seining and succulent angle worm digging were then classed as skilled labor, la-bor, lour jug cork waa a "strike" indicator, indi-cator, total and continuous disappearance below tlie sunace an invite to 'set tho hook." , Dogfish Butts In. With a number of poles and lines set for any old ftsn attracted bv my Iiv lures, 1 was "stU" fishing from a Boston bay lumber rait. Uy cork disappeared.' puie bent almost double, line splitting tno water, the battle roynl waa on, with a yuesiion of wnu.n would "take the count.'-' 1 was attached to an animated log, chasing up and down the raft to relieve the line tension. He was cutting capers, introducing dips, dives, tail sp.ns and sulking tactics, with an occasional excursion ex-cursion under the raft. Mau-handling, he was "strong-urmed" back into open, water. Eventually the swashbuckler made a mid-air ascension, shaking himself, bke an oid lien getting out of tne ashes.. "Dogr.sh," came in a laconic grunt from. George Billings, my fishing pard. interest in-terest in my aquatic festival abated. It' was then my desire to part company with this "ueep sea-going hack," but no chance. This bait-stealing, kid-snapping, Ilhe-breaking Ilhe-breaking member of the shark family.' who pursue the.r prey in packs uke dogs, was linaliy landed. Question: la Canada making any effort ef-fort toward the protection and propagation propaga-tion of game? Have they anv refuges or sanctuaries for birds? If so where are they located? OSCAH PKDERSON. ' iM 1 n ne a po J i s, M inn. Answer: Yes; t is claim by those who know that Canada is more aggressive in the enforcement of their game aws than we are on this side of the border. " 1 have no record of the refuges and sanc-tuar.es sanc-tuar.es in the dominion. The province of Quebec, the bird colonies situated ort islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, with three definite aie;is in the county of Gasps, have been set aside by parliament as protected areas both for birds and their nests, with a penalty for th? carrying carry-ing of a gun nr hunting gear within a mile of the refuges. . Question: Whore can a spartsman go' during the winter season to find good shooting and fishing? Don't direct me to some "hojd-up" rusort, as am a man of moderate means. CJive mo this Information, Infor-mation, which will be of interest to thousands thou-sands of migrating sportsmen. Lansing, Mich. hi. Ji. MYERS. A nswer : There are many Ilk ply places in Hie south or west. A recent brter from t hat universally known .sportsman; W. "Tr.-imp" Irw.n, who has found wnat lie claims to be a hunting and fishing mcfva at F-ay AIinr.u Ala., says he has never enjoyed such excellent sport with rod nd gun as hp lias found at Bay M incite. Without tin oading on "Tramp,' would say if you will write him he w!U give you debited inside information. |