The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-07
FISHING WITH JACK.
Pleasing Incidents of an Hours Sport
with an Enterprising Boy.

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with an EnterPrising Boy.
Pop, don't you want TO go fishing'"
That was Jack, aged twelve, and healthy
and hopeful. Pop was his father
Certainly" said pop. Where do you
goY"
Down to Winters. There's millions Of
pickerel there and barrels of catfish, but
we don't want any catfish. What we want
is good mess of pickerel. know boy
that caught twenty-seven there yesterday,
and the biggest was pretty near three feet
long"
Winters was a millpond about a mile
away. Jack got his fishing rod and they
started The rod was curiosity 1t was
In three joints and painted black. Attached
to il was reel with a broken catch. The reel
wound up all right, but it had q constant
tendency to unwind. Jack said, however,
that that did not make any difference
that all you had to do was to mold on to
the line; and he said the rod was one of the
incest rods around.
The boats at Winters are secured to
stakes by chains which are fastened with
padlocks; they are owned by a man who
lives near the pond. The man seemed 10
know Jack, for he handed over a key with
out much parley. 1T costs fifteen cents
an hour" Jack said, IS he and his father
went around the corner of the house, and
l guess I'll let you pay for it. Here's the
oars" be added. as he halted in front of a
cellar window. You just snake out one
and I'll take the other"
Pop didn't see any oars, but when be
saw Jack reach through the open window
he looked in and saw two oars leaning
against the cellar wall. with their handles
rising nearly TO the window sill Each
shouldered an oar. When they reached
the boat Jack unlocked the paddock and
put the key in his pocket. Now jump
in" he said, land I'll shove her off. We've
got TO go TO the other side OF the pond and
get some bait"
what do you get for bait?" Pop asked.
Worms" said Jack. ''All you have 70
do is TO turn over some of the stones along
the bank and you can get millions Of
them"
Pop pulled the boat across the pond, and
Jack took rusty tomato can aud went
ashore for bait. After reading the news
paper for few minutes Pop looked around
and asked, What luckf"
''Well, soue, but they're not so thick as
they generally are. think that rain last
night must have made them 20 down into
their holes"
After awhile Jack came and put the can
into the boat and got in himself Now"
be said, well 90 out ia the middle Of the
pond and try 'em." Pop pulled out, while
Jack, who sat in the stern was jointing
his rod When he was ready he asked for
the bait, which he had left in the bow
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he did so he looked in the can. AT first be
saw nothing, but when he looked again he
saw one worm. II was not much thicker
than a darning needle and about an inch
long. He said calmly, Il don't believe
we've got bait enough, have we, jack"
Plenty" said Jack, with equal calm
ness. It's enough 70 catch one fsh with.
and the first one we catch wen cut up for
bait"
By careful efforts they managed 10 get
the worm on the hook without breaking H.
1t barely covered the hook Jack took the
rod and swIng the line into the pond.
Now, Pop" he said, ''you just keep the
boat steady, and see what wen get"
Pop kept the boat steady and Jack Gsbed
for fifteen minutes without a bite. II
guess I'll let you fish awhile be said.
Pop fShed for fifteen minutes. once they
thought they had bite, but when they
looked at the hook they found the bait en-
tire. Then they tried the other end OF the
pond.
After few minutes Jack looked up ct
the bright, sunny sky. II wish I'd noticed
that before" he said There's 10 use try
ing TO catch pickereI on a day like this
They never bite except when it's oiOudy
We might just as well stop now. We
might fish all day and not get bite. But
you and III come down here some day
when the wsather's right and We can catch
n boatload most any time
They pulled back 70 the landing place, /
and after Jack had locked up the boat they
carried the oars 70 the house and sind them
down through the cellar window.-&sw /
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