The sun., 1902-07-06
FISH or INtFRTtIN TEMPER
Sometimes Mere Irritation Leads Them
to setyr the Lure.

Now and then an incident occurs going
TO show thai certain old hsh, nfrm In
temIer thougn not In wu-re, strike At the
lure and get themselves INTO 'rouh" hNcauss
'heV are irrita'o1 Nv ~" presence uf the
lure. uut u a. rh"v arr hungry
II an angler can catch an old bass NJ
trout or muskallnugr lurking under root.
or -'s,f or bunch of v.-'1s and remain
himself hidden. he can generally teas" it
into attacking 'he hait 10y p@rsist"n'lv
breaking its res, ar solitude. A lure cast
Just over and brought rapidly through The
water will fir~' attract it, attention. then
arouse it, contempt. then irrita," It by 10
noisy and repeated presence.
The end of thl. game IL almost always
q strik. Spm.times the h'g FISH, too lazy
for sudden sNer' ion. will s~ i'm slowly away,
bu, most often Il will endure for whil",
then seek 20 end it, annoyance 10y sudden
savage rush They have l-'.n known 20
max. up their minds to lot a mr" e-cap",
then chang. their minds and hr II hard
when IL war within four fes' ~ the boa,
on dsy of las, week thrr-' muskallongs
vrr. taken frorn ~. German lake. Wis.,.
one weighing thirry-hve. one thirty-elght
and one forty-,~o pounds. Big fellows
all 81 them.
Of ihe-a the two largest were taken Nv
woman not assisted hv the guide, further
than thai he sho, them through the heads
when they had h"cn fought to the boats
side.
The fortv-twp FOUNDER struck after tho
boat had h--on rowed hv It's lurking place
Ave times ON each "Trip the No spoon
with frog attached had passed over u within
siN fee. of ito uo-e which stuck out OF Wild
rice thickct
This f-h when open-d had in II on.-
Mound ha.s cut into w pieC"-, n halt-pouni
ba-- also cut and two gIart"r-I"und hn~s
swallowed whole a. wei a. S"N"ral sinner
minnows and two frogs, on" ot thew n"arly
digerted, going TO show that u was not at
all hungry a.,
r.Nently an Osv.go bass was taken l'ch
weighed FIVE aud half pound lhs
ash ~as captured near tn" edg" oi s"''"
lly pads. ,
and hooked his fish lightly. Getting d 20
within A few wards 81 the bnat u l"ai-i
| clear II the water and shook out IN" hook
| showing that IL was has OF s"in" Two
pounds weight.
| from the scratched FISH, tn" man cast again
| and again using only n har" spoon He
got no other strike, hut was prr-ir'"n' ana
| Kept hammering away lie hhd taken 10
fish and wanted one hadlN
The spoon was striking within citci"
| thr,... wards across Finally, when b" hAd
| cns, twenty times or more the Tug Fellow
| rose with savage surg" and naiI"i ths
| st.oon After a fight 81 not NOR" than hvs
| minutes il was r,-rled In gaSplng and tie
| dipnr' put under u
| When clean.si II was found that u hai
| IN it, stomach a ~carl-t -hnn'-t perch ireSh
taken that weighed a pound and a quarter
| and was nine inches long. This l"rCh
| filled all ~ the stomach 81 tho ha~- ana l's
| tail was not two inches from it, glll-
| Ra-s, II lot alone, will fe'si only when th"v
| arr hungry and after taking hsh his
| enough To- fill them up will remain qul"- -'"n'
| for hours, dnzing IN som" hiding place;
| This Lass would not have hunted Tor i""d
| for az least ten hnur-
| The sprykled trout has an even NOR" Ni-
| certain temper than the has- and can often
| IL, ansrrcd into rising hy repeatedly WHIP
/ ming The water abovc u even when y -
/ sluggi-h from food. Indeed. there ara
| c.rtain fishes which inhahit dc"p po'
| that arr old and Wis. In the way az lures ard
| can hc captured IN no other vay
| 4 man understanding this peculiar'v an
| often take them hy deliberately and m 'Iir-
| inu-lv worrying them into frenzy Nhrh
| dull- their caution.