Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 31, 1900, Page 41

ee ieee ea ; = | i : | : | 4 1 q : mamas | : j | | | : | eaten GRAND RAPIDS, ITASCA COUNTY, MINNESOTA. 29 BEST FISHING: AND HUNTING. A Sample String of Fish Caught in Lake Pokegama, one of the Greatest Fishing Resoris in the State of Minnesota. A GREAT WILD GAME COUNTRY. Deer, Moose, Bear, Ducks, Grouse, Part- ridges, and Many Other Kinds of Game are Found in Great Abundance. represents a string of fish caught in Lake Pokegama, the string of eight fish weighing 121 pounds. The weight ranged from four pounds each for the two end ones to twenty-six pounds each for the two large ones in the middle. The cool, clear water of the lakes and streams of this region produce the finest fresh-water fish in the world, and in quantities that sur- prise all new-comers. The kinds that are caught are black bass, white fish, lake trout, moscalonge, common pike, Great Northern pike, croppies, perch, pickerel and sturgeon. The largest inland trout ever caught in the United States with hook and line was caught in Lake Pokegama in thesummer of 1895. It measured thirty inches in length, and weighed twenty- tive pounds. Lakes are found every- where throughout Itasca county. There is only occasionally a square mile that has no lake-shore, and no stream of bright, pure, spring-like water. There are more than 2,000 lakes in Itasca county, almost alive with the finest tisa, and in many of them no white man ever dropped a hook and line. The lakes have beau- tiful shores, and present scenery of the most charming character. In the summer season, when these bright and sparkling bodies of water are sur- rounded by rich and abundant foliage, the scenery is beyond description. Northern Minnesota is the summer home and the breeding place of mil- lions of wild ducks and geese, while partridges, grouse, etc., are plenty. Deer are very abundant, and moose roam in the woods, especially in the northern part of the county. On the Big Fork and the Little Fork rivers they are very numerous. There are also some bear, and every year a few are killed. Altogether northern Min- nesota hunting is by far the best to be found in the Northwest and every year hundreds of business men and others from distant points visit this region for the hunting and fishing. i picture at the top of this page A STRING OF FISH WEIGHING 121 POUNDS, CAUGHT IN LAKE POKEGAMA,. SEND THE NEWS ABROAD. The suggestion is made that each resident of Itasca county who has pos- session of copies of this publication should send them to friends and rela- tives elsewhere who might wish to come west and locate. Besides the 2,000 copies purchased by the village council of Grand Rapids, and the 500 copies purchased by the village council of Deer River, about 3,500 copies have been ordered by citizens in general. making 6,000 copies to be placed in this county alone. If judiciously used these books will add very largely to the population of Itasca county. The publication is not a mere advertise- ment, but appears in such an attract- ive and interesting form that it will in many instances be passed from one reader to another until it is worn out. Let every Itasca county reader be a committee of one to aid in the work of thus spreading abroad a knowledge of the unoccupied resources that in- vite home-seekers and investors to come and possess them. oe A public spirited man will patronize the industry and trade of his own town in preference to outside concerns if there is not a great difference in goods or prices. A NORTHERN MINNESOTA COUNTRY HOME. Fy oe |