Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-20
7,,yE FISH QUESTION.

a.. Subject by Ma" WHO Is Not frtj"-
,,d or Prorincfdt.
[R Is. NJ, i'll Puck.l
,,,, NOT an angler, because / have
,,otience, and cannot lie. But have
hod and occasionally been successful
small way. 1 never caught any of
large fish that other fisherman
a4,h Nv largest victim would not
.;ab q pound, and all that ever got
:. NV hook were small ones too. I
ava never cast Spanish flies before
,ont nor waled up brook against the
!, ,,rent in pair OF old boots on cold
= ,rins day in quest of "speckled beau
. les.
like to fish sitting down. Til. il
i. catch nothing, 1 don't get tired out.
,iyc me nice soft, grassy bank, s
,.I,or-basketful of chicken sandwiches,
. md plenty of bottled beer, and l don't
. are If L sit the whole day without
catching as much as q smoked herring.
. never liked fishing in boat, ON &C.
d co,nt of the rowing to he done. When
q over people fish in boat, some one is
,rl that necessitates hauling up the
,hrcc-cornered rock used for an anchor.
r rr.ter fishing on land, especially in c.
' market. when you can catch fish of any
: weight you desire. 1t is very awkward,
d when standing on the shore, to attempt
II to throw the line out from behind you,
n and have the hook catch in the seat of
ID YOUR trousers, lift you Off your feet, and
s)oot Won into the lake.
lzaak Walton says that angling is the
snort for men of reflective turn ii
they catch no fish, they can take it out
in reflection, and the flask Deaf and
lamb anglers are generally successful,
if they don't talk too much with their
hands, When you go to the cod-liver
oil regions TO catch dessicatcu Goldfish,
id don't be bothered reading your lzaak
4. Walton before starting, for Izaall knew
IN no more about angling for fish balls
!" than he did about setting an eel-pot.
O. He was a quiet, half-baked man, who
re nsed to like nothing better than mon
es keving up and down the Cam in quest
Il. Of dace and barbel, and such like En-
glish fish. I once had dog who was
10 very fond of fish. AS fond as he was OF
~ meat, he was fonder of fish He could
ut swallow bones and all without winking.
N shad melted in his mouth like stand
rs ing-colar in August. He would swal-
" low the back bone of a mackerel against
g. the grain, and the outshooting prongs
I'd would never hurt him. One day he
H. swallowed an ivory comb under the i'm
50 preston that it was a mackerels back
W bone. Then he began to bark for the
IN brush. ] went ut him with stomach
.s pump. and not only recovered the
he comb but a penknife and an old
Y s!ecye-bntton lost the week before. A
nd day or two after l took him to travel
~ ing photographer, to have some tin
u types taken. In jiffy the dog had
swallowed the photographers comb,
ard followed with the brush, probably
thinking it founder. Then he
dropped dead. Some people prefer
black bass to the striped, and vice versa
tor my part, think 1 favor the white
label. Ii there is such thing as
checked bass l think that would be the
bass for me, provided the check was
certified. Speaking of the Fishing
Banks reminds me that when the banks
ar" fishing aimlessly about for then
lost and strayed cashiers
My head is beginning to split, and il
the reader will kindly excuse me, I'll
leave this pretty kettle of fish alone,
lest peradventure l mullet.
L. ST. beg to disclaim all personal
responsibility for several vicious puns
and plays on words that occur in the
above article. They were put in at the
urgent request of the firm, who also
wanted Inc to have fling at the buck
id ing and marinierte herring, but al
b( these specimens I draw the tish-line.
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