The morning call., 1891-06-14
ROD AND LINE.
Ways and Means of Tempting the Wary
Bass.

Ways and Means of Tempting the Wary
Bass.
Anglers have begun to make great prepar-
atious for black-bass fishing in San ADdreaS
Lake next month. In this beautiful sheet
of water the bass have multiplied wonder
fully since they were introduced, and many
Of them will scale as high as four pounds
An angler who has made bass fishing a
study writes:
TIE most killing lures are minpows, hegram-
ties erayfsh aud small catfish. CrayhSh are TO
be found under lbe stones Ia tue shadows. and
The helgrAmiles can be got In the mud aud leaves
close TO The shore under The bushes thAt line the
edges of streams. An ounce sinkrr VIII be quite
sufficient unless the water Is very rapid, when a
heavier one must be used AS the Sinker Is not
hfreQuenlly caught in The rocks, when you are
likely 10 lose line. hooks ana leader, II Will be
found an EXCELLENT plan to fasten the lead 10 a
piece of sewing silk. which being veal Ell than
The line or gut Will break first, thereby saving
the tackle. Have this silk yard long, and
fasten your leader to the line just above II.
When fishing with minpOws. put the hook
through The back, just Ia front OF tile dor
sal lin and between the lateral line which marks
the minnow's side and the back bone, being care
full TO iHiuIe neither or you will Kill your bait
This will enable the minnOw 10 swim freely aud
also pT0lOug its life. HOOK catfish through the
Ips aud helgramtes through the head. Cray
FISH may be hOOked through the tail, but you
must BE- careful TO break of their claws or they
will manage to crawl under stones aud sunken
roots. A good Idea is TO use the latter on the up
per hook, about TWO feet above the minnOw.
At this season of the year, when the
streams are as clear as crystal, much of the
success in angling depends upon the color
of the gut, which must be as nearly like the
color of the water as it is possible to be.
II. c. Ford, President of the Pennsylvania
Fish Commission, makes beautiful olive
colored dye for gut by the following process:
Take TWO empty tomato cans. pour Into one
about an inch of Slafiord's writing fluid then
in al ar Il
two tablespoonful OF loswood into the second
can and pour IN wafer until two-thirds full.
Bring both 10 boiling point on your range.
Then take your hank OF gut from which the
rough ends have been severed, aud lmmerse in
the ink can minute and half. Hold it under
The bydraut short time TO wash out the super
fiuOuS dye aud then plunge into tile l0gwOOd can
for TWO minutes. Then wash of the supeffuOus
dye as before. If the color is not dark enough
repeat the process In both cans.
Walnut leaves and shells have been used
to produce a brown color from a very early
date, with alum to fix the color.
In a recent issue of a New York paper
a question on fishing rights was answered,
which will be of much interest to anglers
and sportsmen Ia general. The writer
asked whether person has a right to fish in
any waters that have been stocked at the
expense of the State and since sold to a
club? The question was answered as fol-
lows:
We have consulted an eminent lawyer on tine
law OF riparian rlgDis ana lie tells US that all
wild creatures whether OF fur or feather, belong
exclusively TO the occupants OF The land as long
as they iemaiu upon IL. The exclusive right OF
shooting or fishing may constitute the chief value
OF an estate, and may be leased separate from
the land; the fishing privilege of several estates
on the great rivers of Virginia constitutes the
main value OF such estates. The Federal Gov
eTnmr MT makes an annual distribution of seeds,
but that does not give you the right to gather the
produce Of such seeds, nor can you claim 10 fish
10 private waters because they were stocked by
the State.
An angler writes for information how to
preserve specimens of fish. There is no
better fish preServative than pure alcohol,
diluted with about One-third its volume If
water. Take two quarts of alcohol and one
of water and mix them. The mixture will
keep fish long enough to ship them almost
any distance. Take the precauton, how
ever, to make few small missions into the
belly, so that the liquid may go freely into
the abdominal cavity, which is the most diff
icult part to preserve.