Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-09-29
NO. 40.
Frog and Dobosr Fishing.

I Henry Strader Is conductor OF the
Ere Railway. Like Judge Rjdgway of
Lackawaxen, he is an enthusiastic lover of
the art of angling. Unlike the great
LacSawaxen fisherman, whose foudest de-
light 1t is to lure the Pouting-lipp but
somewhat plastic sucker TO his tolls be
finds his supremest tpieasure in casting the
treacherous tiy that tempts the obstreperous
black bass to its death. The hot weather
has greatly interfered with Mr. Strader's
indulgence in his favOrite piscatorial past
time, there being little more work in it
than he is constitutionally capacitated to
endure with the thermometer at ninety
degrees.
''If somebody would get up an attach
ment to rod that would throw the ny and
land the tish, said he, the other day, ''he'd
make an independent fortune. I'd get one
and go out and bring in tubful of bass
this afternoon"
Attachment be bustedl' said Charley
Lockwood the engineer. why don't you
just put good-sized dobber on your line,
get some young frogs for bait and still-fis
for emf With that tackle and bait you
can bet you hold the wlnnIn' hand agin
NAAC NAO2C " OidCh DdSS
in the Delaware can pick up agin you"
Strader said he didn't much believe in
bait fishing, but he wanted some bass and
he'd try the frog and dobber He gave a
boy quarter to get him couple of dozen
of young frogs They were nice little
green fellows, two inches long. Hank
bought the biggest dobber he could find. 1t
had goose quill through it and was all
painted green. a dobber is pear-shaped
piece of light wood that floats IN the water,
attached to the line. 1t keeps the bait in
proper position in the water and disappears
when u fish seiZes the bait and starts away
with 1t. Mr. Strader went down 10 the
river, found shady place on the bank,
put frog carefully on his hook, threw IN
and waited for a fourpound bass. The
frog went to the bottom and the dobber
looked like green island
The still fisherman must have patience.
1t may be an hour before a bite will come
along, but the angler is always in momen-
tary expectation of seeing in mOmentary
expectation OF seeing his do0ber GO under
the water with a ''swish, and that sustains
HIM. About three bites an hour is the
average. Mr.. Strader waited. A half
hour went by. No bite. A small boy IN
boat in the middle of ths river was pull
ing IN bass about every ten minutes.
What dye bait with - Hank shouted
to him.
"Frogs!" the boy halloOed back, as ne
landed a two-pOunder In the boat
Hank thought 1t was funny that he
didn't get any bite. But he didn't believe
in pulling up bait every little whip stitch
to See what was the matter. '.I'll get a
buster by and By" he said
An hour and a half passed. The four
pound bass hadn't been hooked vet. The
sun was getting low behind the Pike Coun-
ty hills. Strader began 10 get disguised.
1t crept along toward the supper hour.
''Blamed ii I'm going to lose my supper
for all the bass in the river said he, ut
last.
He arose and pulled up his line When
the dobber was lifted from the water he
was amazed to see no line hanging below
IT. The next instant he wanted to swear
Costly perched on the big green dObber sat
the little greece frog. He had become tired
of waiting for bite, too, and had left the
wetery depths and boarded the dobber.
That's frog and dObber fishing, is iti''
said he. ''Well, the next time | 90 a
frog snd dobber fishing I'll stay at home
and try it in atub."
MIR. Strader went home by the backway.
He bought a ten-cent mackerel at gro
Gerry store and had fish Tor supper. any
how.