The sun., 1901-09-01
FIGHTING CANADIAN BASS.
e,yr CONTESTS BET#EEN FIVE
pOI NDERs AND ANGLERS.
nance mat Pair Of Bsss Led Lad-ono
Iish mat wasn't Causht-frve That
nan A~s, WIN Two Little Gists-
Jbr, Arc Jekers, Too. Are These Has.

800, II time. long before IL had become q
,s.rr, II American anglers, the writer. while
,,Jdlrg around Thirty-one-r mile Lake. up
4. ,ra north country. vas most forcibly
.,o,r,.s hy black bass. II was Just where
,.s .u,rf..r chute brought down this waters
- th. P.michongun Lake. and there was
,r.u,,-'oot pool clear A. glass below
-. U.-.targr. And there the b-s re-
ep,.I DO ..natorial ease and opul.nce. In
c,lcilaU, in number. inrredihls In slne
|, va. ro' m human nature ~ pass them
bv
rart tait va salt pcik, the tackle q cnarr.,
,r...rg me. the hook big enough for sh.fks
m vs- iust the ou.ft the tish were watt
lrg er We watched thsm bite. We <rw
N, .r--,-s -h 60 the surface. the aero
h.ur .,p and se felt the strain on nerve
,ri .,r' ~ VIZ hauled the victims into
N. u.rh.hafk The craft w1s small
our 81, heavy. the fish weighed an average
n fy, rounds. and after ,so hours muir
der1u, work Beaudnin announced from
tho i..U that the canoe was overfull We
h' 'assu seventy pounds Of tho lusty
fellow
often ~ the writer has hshed beautiful
Bronze Lake here, and fought a three-pound
has- f.r thirty minutes. has the wonder
oitha north country catch REQUIRED TO him.
Ts canoe man does not exist who could
hrj'' SIX or seven pound bass In these
ua'rrs from a loaded bark canoe, with
br ar .rch and half % frreboard.
A. many New York and Boston brother
Of OH. angle has found out for himself
Brau, l.tay II only five miles long by three
broad i- situated amid tho Slurian Noun
tains II The eastern townships Of Canada
onv twenty mikes from the boundaries
oi he Green Mountain state. IL is main
urod uy the Government AZ n preserve
and s about as full as can be Of bass, inn
planted white trout and pickerel. Its
water = cold and clear, supplied principally
BY spnngs.
Ua cher day q ten -year-old lad was
trailing hl- flies silverdoctor and grizzly
king behind a skiff In one of the bays Of
the AXE when in response 20 his nervous
tirk. there was a marvellous splashing
Snd ieaplng, a. Of whole string Of fish.
churning Of tho water ~ by a steamers
screN TO stern inquiry, PROMPTED
it's he declared that ho had not surrep,i-
tiousy added a miscellaneous collection
Of flies 10 tho cast. SO that one could only
conclude that the then rapidly disappearing z
line ~as being run out by a matched span
Of might
before the catch was netted-sif pounds
h. all after forty minutes Of tough fighting.
the fish smacking In and out OF the water
good par1 OF the time. How they did
time t. They jumped both at the came
moment. sulkcd at the same time and made
their lightning rushes With the utmost
precision as To start and finish, IL was
noticed as they were lifted that a third
fish of about equal weight had Marrow ly
escaped the net and had apparently accom-
panied them Ia their last great fght. Had
be ofhciated as starter. time keeper. or
!udgeg Or was he merely some dmicts
curid pronering useless advice 20 his fell
bows In the toilsp The anglers never knew.
Tor he refused to avail himself OF their we'll
meant efforts and stayed out In the wet.
The writer played and killed a mink
mistaken for musk k-rat-one memorable
day on the Gatineau river, and that with
. Aght rod and trout tackle Once. too.
IN the 81. Charles, miles above Quebec,
when mere younRster. he fought q thirteen
pound pike to the death. The rush OF tho
seven and eight-pound trout Of the lakes
Of the Temlscamingue territory. when tho
speckled demons infect one with their
own madness and induce delirious rawlings
Of unbecoming language from even grave
and reverend seigneurs n not unknown to
him. But never has he seen such q mad
rushing. leaping. swirling time ss q seven-
pound bass gave his lad and himself
this very summer on Bronze Lake.
He took tho eight-ounos rod, when the
little chaps gritty strength was exhausted,
and did all he knew to the foe at the iy
Other boats drew near to witness the battle,
which lasted for ninety minutes before
they saw his tawny mighty breadth At
The boat side. and then hOrresoo referens -
the gentleman disapproVed of the net or
something, and with a wave 81 his tail
went down, down. down somewhere or
other The line came back. the hook hav
Nr % lFF q h.. AL nj al A
great silence overhuns as friendly boats
quietly withdrew, silence broken only
BY single sob too big for the boy To hold
The memory Of that gallant fight u his
forever and perhaps respect for that fish
viii Increase "a the revolving years bring
round other fishing jaunis and evening
yarns hoy the blessed campfree
On the west side of the Lake. where are
Tire. or four sandy teaches, the young
guwIug bass play and hssk in the shallow
water ~ shoals Here IL IL rather good fun
10 wad" out until waist deep and practise
cas'ing into the deeper water beyond
No harm here 10 loop ON three or even four
Tie. and n. A. often happens. you catch
~ =" thr"e or four half or three-quArter
icurd"r~ you sre sure Of a few minutes
~ mos' eShilarating sport Occasionally
M Il a pound or two pounds are taken
N hat way Then tho extra flies ara "A
iusauce, II other fish mean business
tih'r The little scampS disagree and tanglo
your cast, OF they pull together. and give
mgie than you bargain for.
The writer rerails a vivid picture 81 a
stranded b,at. and two girls OF ] and
y'ars o. ~ IIsviug with rods and tackle On
or" - 'h'-' t-ach.s Their screams
brought their father "a his feet, from under
'he shade, 10 ~" stout little arms at greatest
'eision, bodies hfsoed and a team of fish
.."irg them out Ia sea with great unaniin-
" ~ power A. II turned out, there was
. "'lt seven pounds ~ bass divided among
H.' tsh, tut they were moving the boat
al q good rate, and dragging out at the
'ai time 80 much of the lines A. the
s"sp q the haby hands around rods and
ht,- ~ NHuid lct Iass
A'I.ugh IL Is hard e. understand all
u" '"iuiuons, th,'rr is no doubt that en-
Nf".n'H has a great deal TO do with
" hriilng powers Of the has In the
e. lANr.uo" he lights fairly well In the
b'fN"fi Iakcs and riyers he generally gives
o. sharp short nI-h. one leap. and after
. "'i' dsnc" Cotn-- right home In deep,
CO A's .at'~ b" dive and sulks. giving frrtful
W. ~ NJ" liue meanwhile bui for dare
q i-f 'Gking, often fighting vigorously
Vd following cut ~ the water after
u ' and Tor brilliant sus.Aincd warfare
a.. Hi if" bass of knowltou are un-
uIH.-Allr
I... a" fa'h-f given 'o Joking. too,
'''-' tD-kv Warriors. A few DAYS ago,
T. q ..R."us mot to ln~e tinlr. one fishing
J. fri vrh frurs. pu' out CAV foAl-
H.f 'Hifri uN'f a promising tar Tor
.' .'''" Huar iirr Nav the hHh I,lEyssi
". Hf frsTH was a caution 4 nnaf