Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-05-27
FISHING FHOLIC.


Fish, Bait, Lunch, &C., &c.
When you catch on to the theme
OF fishing, you tackle an exhaustive
subject. And we don't purpose tack
ling it in an exhaustive manner. No
description of the wonders Of the
great deep, nor of the narrow escapes
OF those who go in pursuit of their
denizens. We will simply notice,
briefly, the fish found in the streams
of Audraln.
We have the cst-why called the
cat we don't know-because it no
more resembles that majestic prowler
of the night than Colonel r. does
Colonel H.
There is the Rock Perch, who
would as soon think of living and
thriving on rocks as it would Oh hay.
There is the Bass, just about as
scarce as Greenbackers who don t |
want office.
There is the Sucker, who would
rather bite than suck.
Then there are the Minnow, ,Croppv |
and last, but not least, the Nutrepid !
and doubtless Crawlish, who is not |
afraid to tackle any hook that was
ever thrown in the water, supplied |
with any kind of bait.
THE BAIT.
The bait, by the way. is one of the
most important factors in getting a
fish out Of the water. Those who
follow this business for q livelihood, |
with set lines, make kind of dough
with cotton worked in to keep it from
dissolving too rapidly, and this is the
kind that takes in the big fish. But
When you go for sport, as a general
thing, your bait consists OF small
frogs. mlnnOws, Or wOrms-auglc
worms--so callGd not from the fact
that they are used exclusively in aag-
ling, but because they can squivm
around and get themselves into 50
many angular shapes. big fish will
eat the little fish, is trite and true
saying, and for the real game fish
there is no better bait than ninnows.
The best way to get mlnnows to fish
with, probably, is to give small hoy
about ten cents 4 dozen to procure
them for you from shallow running
stream. Ii YOU have good luck, and
the fish bite freely, you can probably
secure one fish Tor every two dozen
minnows Twenty cents fish is not
much, and then you have the fun.
You carry your mlnnows i'll bucket,
so contrivcd that YOU can give them
fresh water all the time. The only
/ true way to hook on minnow Is
I through the tail. 4 frog is 4 good
thing TO fish with. but then it Is al
most as hard to catch him rs it is the
/ fish. And then cases have been
/ known where, after a man had been
/ fishing patiently for hours with frog,
/ and not getting Il bite, attracted by a
remarkably niccl looking frog on the
/ opposite bank, lie has. gone half
mile down stream to get a crossing,
slipped slyly up the bank, and cap
turcd him, only TO find out that it
WAS the same old frog he had put on
his hook, who had stcalthiy crept
out and was summing himself, hook
and all. A man under such circum-
stances is apt TO get mad, and we
cant blame him, and he hasn't even
the satisfaction OF swearing, because.
if "voi swear Won will catch no fish. -
But the old reliable bait, good for
Snnii,h, dog fish, catfish and almost
every other kind of lsh-is IA worm.
Everybody knows exactly how To go
to work To get worms- They are got
r with a spade, untlrlng industry, and
vast amount Of labor, after you have
secured a good place for digging.
You must not pick too wet a place,
or YOU will probably get grub-worms,
: nor too dry 4 place or you will get
none at all, but just Il good place for
worrns-and dig. The long, red
worm is the best There Is no ques-
ton rs to the way to put the worm on
the hook. All YOU have to do is to
gently Introduce the hook into his
intcstlnes all the way down. You
cant Get too much worm on one hook.
The best way to carry worms is in an
! old oyster can, and the most obiec-
=, tionable way is to carry them in youl
mouth.