The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1888-12-08

! pounds. That the large bass are
there is an undeniable iac'. for
fish weighing five polnd. aal
over have bsen repeatedly seen
swimming aroHn the dock, but
hey seem totally obIiylous to all
lures.
Or the particaiar m5raing ia
question my companion, s.. aud
myself were lying stretched oui IN
th+ boat, laailg enjoying our pipes
ana still lisaiog. We had had but
ordinary luck, our ca.ch coasis-
I tii.g Of a holf dozen bass weighing
pound apiece, but as we had
energeiicaliy .waded a trout stream
the previous lay, WE felt p rfect-
4 IL contenled to lie and watch cue
rods aud the surrounding scrncry
l0ur revere was suddenly broken
by S. spriDgiag 70 his fevt and
grasplng his rod, winch threllcn
Ell TO disappear ia the lake. AS
he was fishing With IN eight ouace
Chubb rod BE gave the fish plenty
Of time before striking.
Upon his striking, the rod bent
touble, and laughed at hiu. tell
ing him he had caught bottom.
Have l." shouted he, as his Tod
began to perfo.m all sorts of
curves. "Iye got the bigges, bass
I III Lake Giles. Fot my part,
realty thought be had iarge iish,
as the line hogan to run off wi d
gseat rapidity, but what snFprIsej
G.e was that the fish did mot brcals
water; still, as it was heading for
the deeper water, ! came % the
conclusion that he had big one
and 10 mistake.
AT the end Of about fifteen
minutes fighting, $. began 70 re-
cover line, and after several tre-
mendous struggles, during which
l thought the tackle must give
way, he shouted: 81 see him
he's almost four feet long,
sand: "Noasensc, yon never saw
+; Il bass -four feet long. But s
was night, the fish was four feet
but ye shades ui Izlak Walton
shat a fish After s. got bin
within a few feet OF the boat. hi
yelled, "It's 40 celI' And
il madder, mose disgasted man coul,
bs found IN ttia entire coun
~. An eel II was. suro enough
about four feet and a half lcnl
rs tllcS as ones forearm an
we Ching thee aud hall pound,
laughed 1t S. till ii most fe
IS owe board, and by the time S. "a
the eel in the boat -anl the eel
: rod, line, landing net and 5. wer
mixed into regular Chinese pua
., Eel coahl laugh 30 more. Th
Il fun that S had with the eel, q
i. rather the fln that that eel BIZ
witt S., wal worth small TO
tune to w.taess. It seemed as
lie never could kill j., and whp
ie after about ten minutes 5. hcl
lr up the jefunct eel in triumph,
- was ! slghg 10 behold. Ills beal
y ti9ul white Aaunel sllirt was dotte
with slime ami blood, his line
J an inexlncable snarl. and his splr
= was far from sairtly, and in ia
the air had rather sulphnrol
hde. 5. VOWS 10 this day that
thought il was a bass AMI lllat
knew il was an crl all the tim
2 AMI lie only dii what Sc did
4; fool me. | keep my owa coan se
~ however, and think ;hsre was t
ID muea Stern reality connected vi
=, the killing Of that eel ever
+, make ne imagIfe s. WIS foolIp
~ Whenever the boys begin telli
nir bass stories and 5. chimes IN 4
by ways beg tile boys 10 have hi
ie. tell bow BE caught the biggest b
u il Lake Giles, and forthwith
io.lks at me 10 such N lmpl0rl
way thai | have never lad /
"le i.cart to relate his experiences
IN the pre- emf day