The sun., 1890-08-03
SOME PEoULEAR oHIo FrsHBE
Found.ana-a-hair Guunsh, the New Light,
= Qnme Cntash. and the Mud Puppy.

hSt0ntBhed when assured MIN tnht IN thS
East we found sunAsh at times to be most
killing bait for black bass He said It seemed
entirely incredible to him, and invited me TO 20
with him on a fishing trip to Licking Reservoir,
whore we could catch some sunfish for bait.
Licking Reservoirs thirty miles from Colum-
bus, and ls an artificial lake four or five miles
long and n mile wide. 1t is one OF the many
reservoirs that feed the canals OF Ohio and
keep water in them. Canals run in every di-
rection and through all parts OF Ohio, and as
they all receive water that directly or Indirect
ly has contact with Lake Erie, and In turn
communicate that water by waste weirs to
other waters that otherwise would bo far re-
moto from the influences OF the lake, the ponds
and streams OF Ohio have been thoroughly
stocked with varieties OF fish that are found
originally In Lake Erie only.
Licking Reservoir is the fishing resort for
Columbus sportsmen and sportsmen from
other parts OF Ohio. accompanied my friend
thther, and we started In to catch sunhsh Tor
bass bait was little stsSGsrsd fS to nst nG thH. n
Licking Reservoir, minnows almost AZ big ae
the sunfish are that We catch with the head Of
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that lpa guessed @ @ had got my hook In the noszIe
sSSs5 Ss si Az A AZ aIS put Time
and as It lay Rasping on the bottom OF the
boat requested my iFIend to M inform e, me what
didn't d t know now % how to take me- and then said:
~, Why you've caught suntish' oil course
j knew then why my friend was incredulops
good to catch black bass with In the East
The RSSpfn sqRsh fsd d of was pf
Syana thr;S nThs; SnS SSGs
oDs DT and six e'i inehss S ep Wae and moteS
p YER Sides shonc II the sun ike tin roof roof
He was broad shouldsEed' and was good
to him What the black bass bait:spnasb was.
likely 70 gobblss a black bass than bass
That's what thought you meant t;,S said i,n my
There are three varieties Of this t giant sun
fRH Erie eHS EsET HsIE SHP hers S se
EHs nass Eo bct the eS
different Kinds OF catfish are also caught in tho
iS6E time % age big So GS%ORGite vaS jul Jubilee lee
ties we're then known as the New Lights, One
day during the jubilee some of the brethren
eSufSs to G'Ga mess o 5 o
he nor any one along tho river had ever seen
before. The fsh were eaten i al and were little tie
brstIren s RG % or sisters had ever met with It was
at once decided, that these, fish had been sent
eeyed The name oi NeT LghIsi 4 great
peS9pe IN osS obsrs sa o1I as ha
bellite, for whether II came into 2 existence as
some belieye, or whether i didn't Il has re-
tipled. To the sportsman the New LiRh! is
known as the Graphic. but why 90 no one has
nomenciatureo non oi science the crarp Q is pomorvs
annulars. 1t Is a bass, and handsome one.
II grows to be foot Ong' g5Sos and any yyoS "ps
deep % olive color. mottied With light
Il not as large as the small mouth black basss
mouth. The crappie gives great snort to the
n0 any size i1sfr il tn the State ' It lies in deep s
Wstsr and takes the liye pinn9% or Sr1Tsh @ MI II
ferocious fe SEQ Cousin the black bass but It lights
hard enough to make it q game fish worthy Of
other Ohio fish SO near ike the crapple that it
bass. and it comes from Lake Erie.
Ohio has catfish that is uniIue among fts
oiI! 81 game n sbes. srcYes shs mud after It's
food, and cannot be caught with chunk Of Of
water, BY Bottom ishina; like the common run
OF catfish. which not only require bait OF that
dart dn eat Pany day ao' szSHp
il avGTto eri%Ssb iSSf af9uFIh It oasd MAJ s pRs
asS. Hs ffsp q bsantltH steel bIas aoiel sad
mouth OF the common catfish it has the small
head and mouth OF the eel. which It resem Dles
many SoSy Of hs eel The blue
catfish grows to a weight OF eight pounds. 1t
takes he halt we'll toward the surface always
Eamey hehIer. 4 two-popnd blue cat viii ,put
the best OF anglers on his metal The Sciolo
is favorite blue eatflshnG water, It is not
found above the dam beng unable vet to scale an
nSoTed oad sR when not TOO large a
IL the only game member of the pout family.
One peculiar feature OF this fish is the extreme
tall There are three or four different varieties
Of catfsh in Ohio. but not an eel In the State.
trOduce the eel in Ohio waters by stocking
them with young eels sir from the East He be-
ieyes the experiment n E he sgeGesstS ~ oava
me tho regulation OF the Ohio sunnsh my
friend and went down the Scio'o to fish for
not know what Kind OF a Ash they we're. had
not lished long when | had lively strike and
After a vigorous seesawine and Juggling at my
5 ss ssRS S hs sbs4a s sfs PF Ro qa
my surprise at this manegvre my ash Climbed
out Of the water and walked deIiber-
siely up the bank; One sight na Of 1T i
to i, and retired to . safe place higher up the
bank. Ny friend rolled on the ground and
Surroundings Tor a moment my hsh walked
away a few feet to the shade Of q maple tree
and rested there, the book still In its mouth.
Ii was some time before my friOnd could dis
Dense with his mirth long enough to tefl me
n chesrful deniLen OF the Ohio streams known
as a mud puppy. After my friend had knocked
look at my prize. Il was a foot and
png dogs tapering on into IlIsrd:liIe tail, Il Il
which were two small bright eyes. Its mpSzle
vas eh0Tred on short Win Two rS rosfrls atsd Ss ft
canine teeth, and instead OF ears 1t had three
rows OF merry red gllls on each side OF its head
The water puppy nay friend said. wasn't ex-
actly a hsh eXoept as to RilIs. but he lived most
of the time In the water and as be subslsied
on minnOws and crAwilsh he was liable to get
on the lsherman'S hook now and then. Some
OF hIs time he Spends ashore, but don't like
tho sun. and II he can't get in the shade goes
back in the water again.
HE looks as IT, he'd tear you to pieces,' said
my friend but he's as harmless as sinner.