The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-06-15

yacA when shore tfshinG On southern
w~a,e>-Baa Temper u Old Haas and
Trout and the Z se AnGicr Mak a. u
inc J~nforgi,inR Pointer When
po,uencss pays In Fishing.
Thi. rarty. composed ~ a gun dealer,
an oficeholdet. an nfice-eeker and a
Dakota landboomer. whose names are not
important, IL having a good time. II left
a point on the Mississippi River fifty miles
below -. Paul. on May ~. which was th"
opening day ~ the bass season: 1t il now
Do miles down stream and still fishing.
The mode II ~conNeyauCe II a sort ~ house
boat, and going with tho hou~nboat Il a
black man-of-all-work. called the Doctor.
from his number II mysterious pre-crip-
lions for Tho cooking ~ fish, The house
boat, named tho Oregon. IL governed Nv
two long sweeps. which work In rowl'cks
near tho bow. and a stern sweep, which
works In n rowlock nj tho rcar edge ~
the roof
Mostly she drifts when progressing nj all.
For DAYS ~ a time she IL moorei to tho
edge ~ some island or in the mouth - a
small creek making down from the hills
The~a ps.opl" bought a fiatboat. water
tight. II IL twenty feet wide and forty
feet long On It they builr the house.
which l. roomv enough for five hunks.
some chairs. shelving, gun and rod racks
and n cooking stow"
Thorcau's house on Walien Pond cost a
littla mon. than So. this house cost about
So. exclusive If it, furnishings. II will
he usni N and on through the summer
arc fall ard then will hc Sold foe nearly a.
much ~ cost
Meanwhil" thos" who live in II go where
they pleasc along tho great stream. sleep
ten hours a night, live like Princes and
paw no taxes. Whom II rains they ar"
sheltered. a. tho heat II tho day they lie
In the shade while tho river wind keeps
them cool. at night they nave tho rushing
Of the water for lullaby.
Theupp.r Missi~sippii- in a land II beauti-
full scenery. with bluns. craggy and green.
IN feet high on zach sid" 81 the stream,
and IA. waters taem with FISH.
The housaboat m"n havr come TO 10
connoisseurS 81 has When they l-gan
their lazy life they took all siz.'S and fed
upon them. but of late they arr rr~-rving
only enough for food and casting hack the
others A. fas, ~ they nr taken.
In this wsv they ~ getting all 81 III.
sporr they can stand and not unnecessarily
de~populating m" river Thcy are alvavS
within reaching di~'Rn"" of a small town
and ar So supplied With fr'>h mcate and
canned goods
They have a medicine Ches, Cor which
there has ls-'n a. vet no sort uf u.s., they
have rading material. they havr a Jug II
Robinson county Bourhon from which
they take thr- nir~ "a day they hav" cards.
. che--tnard aud a criblagr heard. they
wash their clothes hy tying them - a ror-
and dumping them into 'ho current. 'hov
have no NOR clothes than dccrncy
demands.
Topic ~ conversation arc not wanting
For instance, one man ha- a split hamlnn
rod. another a lanC"wuod and The two
Others u-a steel Discussion of IA" merits
Of the-. rods would furnish cnnv"r,a,ion |
for a month. allowing no time Tor shep. not
To mention the various lures. artificial and |
natural
Jus, now the men are casing for emma. !
fish. but later in Jun" Tho black has will
hegin rising w. th" fv. and 'hrv la W Nv
rods a. VII Ih"r arr many parts 81 The
Fast and N"-' Wherein M" Lass will NJ,
riSe 10 the fy ~ auy ~a~on. but that /, not
true Of he Mississippi, or Of any other bold
and rapid str-am.
In argument about casting rods the steel
men ave a little tho bs' uf Il. in argument
abou, Nv rod the hAmlp-p and lanCpWo1i /
men have all the l--~' - u J
Therr Is "A light skin attached tp the house,
boat and IN this Two OF ~" parry may ~ I
plorr the channels tst w,-n th. hundreds 1
OF islands. In this way SoIne ran rapids
arr found. lust hrluv vhich tho has. m,
dark and -avagr the wood duck nics from
lite nest In oak or willow and M dusk
woodcock fiji above III" water or perch On
the island edges In search 81 worms B4au- /.
tiful sun1-.s and sunsets gre, these men
and. safely sheltered. they watch rara
storms along the bluffs
Much - the casting for ha~s is done
from the win -dainz thrown out by tho
Government here and thcr TO CORRECT or
maintain the main channel The.. dams
built Of hubble and roCk. stand ten fe.,
above the stream, arr twenty fee, broad.
run out two hundred fee, from the shore.
and casting from them Is much like casting
from a floor.
There are no branches 20 interfere and
an expert IL able to grt t~o hundred fest
out, IL the wind 10 night In zach dam il a
shallow s~luic-way through which tho water
rn-h.s. and Ia one side and below IL tho
fish gather Tor IN" m%innows, frogs and
crayhsh which arr brought down.
The angler needs a dipr.' with n long
handle with which 20 lir ia" Ash. hat Their,
IL nothing Ia interfere with his plav ~
them. and from his point ~ vantage high
w WI wv 'iail ~ NAV Nh'fh Inc whole |
fight while u" IL making his side II IL
Living In swift cold water The Ash sN
very game and arr Il a fine IA They
vary much In size. tho ordinary weigh,
icing two pounds
There arr, however,. in this big river
ronne has~ NJ enormous girh, aud ~ falls
TO the 10, % everS fisherman IN a season
~ sport to take on' or two 81 hem. Small
mouthsd red-eyed bi-- havp teen cnpturaI
weighing more than siN pounds and some
OF the Orwego variety ruii even largrr
Tbs Mississippi hass takes IA. spoon "A.
readiiy as the las of any water. ircau-p
~ las tss'n u-~i to pursuing sinners through
the swift current. and az this a.ason III
minnow. or an imitation 81 one. II a f~avort,.
alt isier will come the season 81 frogS.
crayfirh and more solid meats
The hou--l-nat party leans To tho spoon.
~ ~ IL no trouble. though bushels 81 min
nows may Is" scoopsst in a small s.inr
draggrNt through any shallow bay H.
on" ~ 'tl'--n lavs, into and out 81 which
IA" water cI,!ic-. It's action has worn ths
bottom >" that great depth hs ls-.n ob-
,ain.-d. and IN the deep holes III. big fSh
ll' through all ~ the night and most ~ The
iiav. ranging for food only early in th.
morning and toward dusk.
TT" biggest hnSs are always taken by
UAL a.