Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-09-14
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ETS<S0 4 FAVCHrrR eAIT.
Whom Small and Green They Arc In
Great lie ,1ond Among Anglers,


Great Demand Among Anglers.
The angler going out for a days or
weeks fishing will commonly take
his frogs with him and he should know
how to select them, for upon his choice
of bait will depend largely his success
as fisherman The inexperienced
man wants as much frog as be. can
get for his money-all sizes Of them
sell at rs cents a dozen-so he will
take the biggest tn the box, which is
mistake.
In choosing frogs the angler should
remember that the smaller the better.
This Is true even Of frogs not larger
than the first joint Of o mans thumb.
Some nen contend that these are too
small to attract sufficient attention and
that the bass cannot SEQ them q suffi-
cient distance away, but bass in
common bass water will see q frog Of
that size ct q distance OF twenty feet
and hit at It, too. Il II Is hungry.
The small frog casts better. going
out well with the Line and striking the
water with little splash to alarm the
fish, and, what Is more important, the
bass takes It in at one gulp, permit
ting an almost instant reefng In of the
hook instead Of swimming and toying
with 1t for 100 yards to release It al
together II the point OF the hook is dis
covered The small frog from an inch
to two inches long hooked through the
lips just behind small spoon makes
the most fatal Of all bats in July and
August
In color the frog should DO green
with white belly. and slight tinge
Of yellow about the throat. The frog
with the brown back aId yellowish
belly will be taken by the bass if
there IS no other frog to be bad, but
the green ones are strongly preferred.
The meadow frog. either green or
brown, is Of the right size, but It's col
Grafton Is too faint The bright green
tree frog of slender shape Is an excel
lent lure, but it Is poor swimmer
and soon browns. The general rule in
selecting frogs is to get them as small
as possible and as green as possible,
and when a man has done this he can
not go wrong
In keeping frogs ON long railway
journeys and for days after the fishing
ground Is reached many men make the
mistake of giving too much moisture
1t Is true that marsh frogs live in wa
ter, but they 90 not seen to need it in
captivity.
The frogs will live longer and remain
stronger If kept tn dry basket and
wet thoroughly by dipping the basket
in the lake three or four times a day.
They should not have wet moss under
them OF over them. Frogs will live
surprisingly long when piled five and
six feet deep In a basket, but they
must be kept dry.
A very good contrtvance Is long
dry goods box with a hinged top, set
so that it's lower end Is IN the lake and
twO-thirds Of It on dry beach. Frogs
in this can have just as much or as
little water as they choose, and by
looking into the box Its owner will see
that nearly always the frogs are gath
cred at It's dry end
Frogs do not need food In captivity
at least not within such time as an
angler has use for them. They will
live comfortably enough without food
for two weeks and at the end OF that
time be apparently as strong and fat
as when captured--New York Sun.