The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-09
FISHING IN INDIANA.
The End OF the Close Season Brings Tn
usual Sport for Hoosier Anglers.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
BUNKER HILL. Ind. July 4.-The glorious
Fourth was overshadowed in this neighbor-
hood this year by the more rare and unusual
holiday which occurred last Sunday 1t was
the opening Of the legal fishing season. after
the two months close season. and the entire
town turned out with hook and line and cans
OF anglcworms. The banks Of all the streams
in the vicinity were lined with men and wom-
en-, fishing. and. in some places. the people
stood in line waiting for turn. The fish
seemed as glad to see the fishermen as the
fishermen were to see the fish. The increase
in fish during the past two months has been so
rapid that there Is not food enough in the
streams. and all varieties swarmed about the
hooks. literally fighting for a chance to get the
bait In fact. this nteriered somewhat with
the results OF the days sport. as the fish
wasted considerable time fighting one another
away from the bait when they might have been
more prohtably employed. il they had formed
in line and bitten in an orderly manner. As it
was. the catch was very large and the people
returned at night laden with trophies OF the
our esteemed fellow town smnn. Hank Bias
del had an annoying experience. While h.
was engaged in pulling out fish as fast AS he
could bait his hook. Il large and hungry catfish,
unable to work its way through the crush OF
more gamy fish about his hook. crawIed up on
the bank and tackled his bait can. eating ali
the angleworms. Hank is ,resourccGu how
ever and he jumped into the water after the
catfish, caught it with his hands before it had
time to get away. cut it OPEN and recovered
his bait; with no more serious consequences
than thorough wetting.
The Tracey boys made the record catch Of
tho day bringing n wagon Load that two
oxen could haul They took advantage of the
anxiety O! the fish to get at the bait and while
Timothy held the line. Bine. Glib and Crus stood
II the water AMI with their hands caught the
q pile on the shore while the Quickest man
shoyclled them into the wagon. which was
GEGaR LskF. md. July 4.-Jabcz Perkins
and Joel Hardness had one OF the most excit-
aS aEe snGa F ES hr WIS" sG werH aV
cnous and seemed nunbrrlrss. The sport was
%%yGiinE and ths bottom Of TIC h2qt wa soon
struck what was apparently the king of the
Ihr aS ant ndosEEratE iiEht began Aiter3 half
the side Of the boat and Hardness reached out
with the landing net TO capture him.
the men couid sec III" hook was nearly torn
loose. darkness. in his haste to get tho bass.
leaned ONT t32 tar and ."aE,sileI n" boat. in
caught on perk nss belt and hung there as the
men chung to The keel ,,
dar,hcd his hand into the water toward his leg
"Thl"yrr, biting ne" he cried. Then the
frogs that were kicking and jumping in the
fear OF the men. and plunged and darted around
t tint making Efforts to climb on the boat or
llGnI Tue NrSStl lutIt hundreds OF bass big
and little. cut the water around the nearly su is
merged ,ig n7Hngr i;m' Tash,nE against them,
the men wcr" III the water endeavoring to
drive away their tormcn tors and yelling Justify
in the meantime Another fishing party heard
Both Perkins and Hardness were severely
scratched and lafsrat"d eGt were able to WORK
eating fish
FoVNr,INTowN. Ind. July 4-Thc whole viii
INgp of Swaziland. six mllps from hpr 10 in,
state OF excitement over new invention for
catching tlsh. which has mad" nice thing for
one OF the farmers near by.
John Moder VIII" lives on the county limo
near t the MIL Greek slough i tho orrinatorot
slough bottoms, which he uS"s for pasture
land II" noticed number of times this sum
2lcs and thought they must have become an
tangled in harh-wirc fence somewhere, lie
Hrk M tho nr" p" ' s Of t wefG mtH 10
would not wad" into them as they used H.. lie
ga not suspect the r"ai reason, however. until
h" rode horse across the creek about two
weeks ago. TE"n he says. the Ash. which have
mlntir,i"d by th% thousand during the r"cent
ms ANNA ;" vorhcipusIr that they BIT most uf
th Ma n1Ir OIL mi ,i.a Irf' numerous Wounds
Wo4HerinG how h" could ISrn tEs V"rartty y' Of
TIE FISH t. IN" best advantage. According to
the n"W nsl law, net or seine? cannot ho used.
Inst week Sl"d@r bought wagon load of ice
sort OF refrigerator II" also came into F0ln-
talnlown to got 500 nshhouks. rs there wee
only few tN l." bought in Swaziland lie ana
MS sons wont - wurk and fitted IN tho nsh-
hooks, athrhnG loo of them on short pieces ~
Inc to the ."Eo Of on" Of pc farm horses. lXIug
them So that IN" ANNA, could walk without
the hook catching Theyov"n attached hooks
e. the hair of TIA" f"tlO"ks
saturday morning Modsran4 his sons haitnd
~" hook with pieces OF tough steak and fresh
Sleeps hide ON" Of tho sons mounted tho
horse and made him wade across the BIC
slough pund When the animal reached the
"rpoNit" hank he could hardy lrr his feet on
account OF ih" weight "t nSh hanging At least
n!Eh'y ~ varying sizes w'r" found attached
Th" motion Of tn" animals leg. had s"ryci To-
hu,k "a" NSh firmly ~ soon as they bit.
Moder had TWO other horses fitted out in tho
sam" way and SIX men wore kent busy Tor sew
"rai days catching nsh IN IN" slough bottoms
aud IN" creek, Mol"r estimates That he took
perch in four DAYS, II" has hem packed away
in ms lmprovis"l refrigerator and brings a
wagon load To town for sale each day In sell.
ing his hSh in Swaziland tbs story OF how he
got them leaked out '