The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-26


half mile by muskallonge OF eighteen
pounds. Il Is a sure thing that the muslkal-
ionge had never seen a bunch OF red hsh
gills going through the water before and
wanted to find out about II.
II the angler win break the game law
and kill young wild duck, he Is certain OF
a strike from u muskallongc. because mus
kallonge like Young wild ducks and eaten
thousands of them In late July and August.
There is no better bait for this hsh than
the small red squirrel. Either the wnole
squirrel may be used or the hlndquariers
with the tail attached. A strip OF red Neni-
son cut four inches long ana half an men
wide trailed through the water rapidly
has been known TO make good when artlsllc
lures were fishless. .-,
As for bass, the number or unnnturai
things hey will take when they VIII not
touch any natural thing, il almost infinite.
II is sometimes only necessary that the
lure kick No Robbery on the water me
crazy bait is this sort Of lure and Is used
successfully in sout hern Wisconsin.
1t consists merely of two plain hooks
on smells foot long tied to the END OF
line six inches apart. On the hooks are
hung a couple Of pieces OF white salt pore PIX
fat, cut square like big dice an mon on the
side. No sinker is used. -,
These things when cast out and reeleo
in float on the surface and raise more rue
ton proportionately than STEAMBOAT.
They twist with one another ana cross
one another and become tangled and I'M
tangled and disturb square yard Oh water
as thew come in, and the fish sometimes
hit at them eagerly, either because they,
are hungry or because they want to end
the riot.
1t is not difficult In the green hemlocks
at this season to find scarlet tanager'
II It's wing feathers be tied around the
head and shank Of bass hook and then
upon the hook be hung a small strip OF
fish flesh in stimulation Of n minnow, the
angler is almost sure OF lake bass.
II neeu be the feathers may be tied about
n NEEDLESS hook, and with this rig man
may cast into the heart Of the lily pads,
getting strikes from big fellows that are
living under the cool shelter, half asleep;
or he NAV sink the lure to depth OF twenty
feet away out in the lake and eaten some
that nave gone down there for the cold
water ana will come up to feed only when
the sun ia low.
TIE small green frog is good when hooked
upon Cincinnati bass hook connected
with the. line by six inches Of blued gut
SMELL This smell 6oeG not show In the
waic.. and to all appearances the frog is not
contested with the line ii any way. Al
other times tho unsupported frog entirely
fails, and il will then be necessary to put
in front CT il small revolving spoon, which
rrakea a bright Skinner and 80 serves
10 attract the attention of the bass.
When both the naked frog and the frog
and spoon are Intellectual, fish may be caught
often with frog in front Of which is a
crimson bit OF tlannei or two or three tan
ager feathG Again. the fish will take
the frog and a small piece Of white cloth
when they will not notice the scarlet.
Tie expert caster Of the fly CT bait scorns
still fishing. yet there are days in mid
summer when neither ny nor ban Will
allure no matter how well it DO cast, and
on these days the man sensible enough
To put his pride In his pocket ard still fish
will have lot OF fun
On wide, still lake at IL o'clock OF hot
day late in July it often happens that the
fish are all in deep water and will not rise
TO any moving bait. Then il minnow
hooked through the back be let down over
the side OF the boat and sunk TO depth OF
rs feet strike from big fellow will fol-
low and the resultant fight will be just as
hard and INST "a much fun az If the bait
had been cast in the most scientific manner
possible.
If a minnow be not obtanable the best
substitute for it is n strip OF fish flesh cut
from the under side Of the tail OF perch
or croppie or small bass.
In fishing for trout when they are not
rising to any sort Of fly 1t Is we'll to remem-
Der that occasions are rare when angle
worms will not tempt them. To the trout
the angle-worn is the most delicious It'd
bit to be found anywhere. II worms are
not to be had live minnow is good bait,
and IL no live minnow then a bit of fish meat.
Grasshoppers are bad for trout and good
for the ang ler; so are butterflies; so are many
of the moths with which the summer woods
and fields are peopled, so are hundreds OF
the bugs that crawl In the grass and weeds
or infest old logs, 50 are young wasps or
dirtdaubers if they can be taken from the
nest before they are able to fly, when they
are yet in the white milky stage, so are five
or six big black ants killed and tied to the
hook with light brown silk. In fact no
angler need ever run out of bait though
his frog bucket and minnow can and worm
can are empty and every fly IN his book
has been tried in vain.
When bugs and flying insects and worms
and flies have been worked and nothing
has resulted. the helgramite under stones
by the edge Of the river or lake is always
worth trying. II helgramites won't do
then try crawfsh These may be used
whole il small and tender, but commonly
it is better to break of the tails, remove the
shell as one removes the shell OF boiled
lobster and then hang the white meat
on the hook. stringing it on as one strings
a single worm.
In fact, there are more combinations OF
bats than there are combinations Of pack
of cards. since there are good deal more
than fifty-t bats. Upon a man y patience
and ingenuity in combining and shifting
these bats will depend in large measure
his success as an angler