The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-11-13
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BASS Fishing.

went Daso ES1lng Alter long
and patient wsiti2g, ineessant casting,
full Of danger 70 the eyes and ears Of
my neighbors. 10 say nothing Of nv
own, / got a bile-a vigorous. i'm
petaous, unmistakabIe bass bite. lat
once tried 70 recall the thousand and
one rules Of conduct for such ocea-
sious which S-n had instiIled into
me. Don't give him any slack, )"
was the one that first occurred, and I
tried 70 put Il in force, but to nv
utter CONSERVATION S-n yelled out.
Let bin run - Nov this was verv
inconsistent and Contradictory, b1t
obey orders Il you break owners was
nv motto, 30 ! did let bin run. That
is the last news have Of that fsb,
bat / think it is likely be IS vel and
happy. Il his mouth has healed
However, q bite Is something, and
the exhiiersting effect lasts FOR hOurs
Meanwhile, So keeps hauling in
bass after bass with an elegance and
eoolRess that are exzsperating 70
G-d and myself BY-and-by
Cd gets bite aad loses bis fish.
at which / an secretly pleased, but
pabliey eond0le with him. and sug-
gest that next tine be give the fish
mo slack
Al of 4 sudden a Tremendous
jerk and whiz take ne 81 abaek. al
though I have been waiting for that
event The Ssh pulls Ike a horse.
the rod bends, the reel whizzes.-
Cd dances round Hkea madmaa:
tbe ebummer grabs his gaf and dan
ces around too 81 shouts out
some dozen or fifteen different di.ee-
tons about slack ~let him run
check him,- -hold your rod up
run back, snd also gallops round in
a frantic manner. I came back
without any hook, and they told ne Il
was all ms fault They told ne /
turned as white a. a sheet when that
misereant bass got away, and i be
lieye II. The wonder l. | didn't turn
blue.
The worst of the jQkeis. that 81
caught that very same bass after
wards, with nay hook IL his mouth.
and six feet of line dangling after him
Is bad enough TO have another man
catch your fish. but when be comes 70.
catching you- tsekie for you, too, is
tC0 aggTavating for endurance. I then
resolved 10 give Do further heed 70
anything on land. 70 evolve ont Of nv
Own inner consciousness q means q
Persuading 8y Esh 70 come ashore,
to pay strict attention 70 bass, and
not To listen 20 S-n o. anvbodv
else Cd resolved SO. too. and
got fish close IN 70 the surf bat in
aa uagusrded moment he answered
81 with WHO i bossi1g this
here bass ?" and away went the lib
Grated bass exultilg
I WAS now prepared 70 conquer. and
did i smart pull On ny line was
met with cool resistance enough tofx
the hook Away went the bass
seawaTd, with 10 great strain On the
line, and before he had gone one hun
dTed feet the secret Of PLAYING him
mad dawRed upon NE. Gently but
firmly ! checked bis fun, and 10 nv
intense qualification he stopped some
distance north of the Bermudas-
Meantime the shouting, the espering.
and the advice-giving was going on
behind me: but | resolutelv shut nv
ears and kept ny eyes On nv line and
the erect dorsal En- u the fish: some
times be would stop quite still This
was very irving. a. | feared he was
planning some new trek which |
didn't know how 10 meet. Then Of
he would dart toward rock. or Up
the beach, Or in shore, OF straight out
First II seemed a. If he was PLAYING
ne; then be began 10 act as If he vas
a little tired. until ar last the delicious
reality became apparent that / was
playing him Ye Gods what a
happy moment How l thrilled with
fear Of lOosiDg him as he came foat-
ing IN on top wave looking as If be
would say, Please let me 90, Just
tAAo N-+E a AfFEf- IfNtE IL cAtal
your menbsden again pity as
the gaf pierced his silverv side, and
with exultation as he lay gasping on
the saRd-eighteen pounds Of good.
solid, genuine, striped bass.
We had a week Of such sport a.
this. Cd began his string with a
thirty-two-pounder. and thus we both
became experienced bass fisherman.
Ii IL not Necessary to state how many
bass we took. nor TO give the weights
Of all Suffice It 70 say that 81
caught SIX 10 our one. and how be did
i Is more than | can say. One dav.
however, got the advantage Of him.
After fishing al the afternoon l got
the only fish, and because It only
eight and half pounds be
called it ''sand-digger. and said II
was no bass az all, shouldn't countit,
etc He also wanted TO 90 home
VIII Mr.. Genio Scott please explain
what a "ssnd-digger- Is, and why
people who don't catch them want TO
-o homo