The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10
CLIPPER, HOJACK.
mi SOME PEOPLE DoN'T CATCH
BLAcE BASS WIN rms BAIT,

Formidable and Curious Creature.
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.r.h ,.o,.r rh.v mus, bovo rrnnir, ,o,or
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Tor their purposes or they VIII die. The APP
pear"n,e OF one Oh .neso ,nsoct ~ Is by no means
ch'oui".e' 'com"noh" p" III "pproV"i vi
any fish not used to seeing it, and that Is un-
dobson beneotb ,ts hideous nrmo-. II. n orent
a""" s"sa, onS Lii ,"a .,,,n ~
snow. Black bars that live In rivers where
tha dohson a,sn thrIve. tnow ,b,. vol, ana
tho aooSoh "iso .nr'e' hho" th's "oi' ana
that ia why 1t is a favorite morsel with them.
but tho pond black bass fights shy OF the
strange and formidable creature, and the fish.
erman who would Kill bass to his satisfaction
in land-locked waters should waste but little
,tn, ,.,,n, aohso, uhoro Ia oo,htno ho,,.r
.,"o WIN uoo'on' ne. % IL oe''e'
than the minnow for black bass in such waters.
orovash In, does 1, an sel,om os IN u,Lo
i"""7" v"s wv, . w rem N
a friend. an enthusiast ,e angler, who hold to
Tho tbenrv that tho black bnss In a certoin
,no 'ne "ry sn"o az %," ,n ,%s a ~" .hn
lake could be educated 10 the taxing or tho
dobson rs readily as their bre .hrcn In the
river ,hoso dob.on came from tool them us
ra'ur 'no'9 u ~ .an. y 10 .ne,n. az
ness of his theory, but not by fair means. lie
.rmn,v r,sorted to The idea 81 the old peloworc
s.n'ply r'Sor'en ruea Vi 'he ," pe'""nro
River fishermen, In inc delaware valley, where
con has been . tayorits hait fnr finn. ont y,
son " nee i"'or"o o"' " 'ne outot
mind. Before that river was stocked with
known as the silver club. a fish as white and
solid as the shad, and frequently attaining to
ing places were at the bottom Of swift riffs
in the stream. With the exception OF the
per was the only bait that the silver hub
would take. but the big, ugly, pusnacious in.
sect had to be presented to tho club especially
men had a way of inserting the hook into the
dobson so tina: by a dextrous twist he turned
'n "TSis " was the y trio tp my friend d' played on the
the 9is' Sa tin in that h tsmn pit H form as troll III u ned
nay, that he had great success with ii. tho
S snS,d 'i tbsir ,sy 1t mG mip3 1r"yae"iiSS 0y than am i thsy
though, that he might have had equally good
success il. instead OF cruelty turning a live
&c, .,ork Se on his ne hook nsa in s'm the sa nss'i fnshi q p'f TSe re- a ,@s
hmIa"" J Sa a have have Sners to o T toIerat sef the ' dob. 1mo
for / know OF some fine catches ieing mndo
that my complaining correspondents fshcd
without success. II may be that the reason was
This This curious as creatures + habitat / is the h bottom.
aud there IL lives. In its native waters nm.
der stones. Crawfsh live IN the same way.
on the bottom, knowing their habit. Conse.
0uently. a person might FISH all day with these
bats. and especially the dobson-for the craw.
Ash will occasionally rise a foot or two in the
water. ALWAYS backward, when startled. II
they were playing above the bottom and no
he hooked sideways through the BODY, near
the head. and permitted TO sink to the bottom.
At the first rush. as he does the frog and Worm.
but for all that it is better for the anglers not
second rush.
EVERY angler for bass ought to know that
railroad train. the line being carried by the
rush three or four feet. The inexpericnced
frantically on his line. Thinking that he must
do that or his fish will be lost. while quite The
contrary will he true All lie will succepd in
doing M tint stage IL 70 null The hook ont ~
Che BASIS mouth. The black bass swallows n
minnow head first. When II stops after its
tirst r,sb Lnviny seized the minnnw IL ia 10
turn its nrey To Get II head first in IT, mouth'
Thr ,ngler shouId wait a few seconds Th,n
ths bass stars away with the line again. ms
time more slowly. 1t has turned the minnow
and ia swalIowinu A., Then the angler should
give a Guick Jerk with his rod not n sweepinr
s,yish aud IL viii lie n strange thing ~ that
has ,sn't bookcd SIinnows' unlike the d"h.
son or m. Crnwfsb must he kent above The
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..Snrakinc OF the dobs0n. the opInIon Is even
70 this iay oui,e general among peopl. who
hoye 6a,,.j' win mis- intcreStiny crao,nro I,nt
have not lived in regions where IL is born and
masses through It's curious me;amorphoscs that
Il is the iarVS Of the dragon NV. The tierco'lont.
ing, feared. lint entirely harmless devils darn.
INC need e' of Inc uonds and marshes. No,hh
cnnld M, further from the truIh, and e. "mlvv
another evidence OF the small notice TIM, l.
Iatcn ~ The wondrous ways az nature and tho
mysteries Of tho woods and streans md lakes
w those who affect the most enjoyment of their
I,ountles '
''Entomologists have had but little to say
about the biggest Nv that die. and il "a oniy
.vi,Iin a ve1r or 81 thai AM l,not of 80,