The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-07-16
STRIPED BASS is a FIGHTER
When Biting 1t Is a Fish That win
Give the Angler a Good
Days Sport.

Would you 60 a-hshing?" observed
an enthusiastic lover of salt water an
Cling, according to the New York Sun.
"Then do not dream Of your speckled
trout, nor Of black bass waters. nor
the far-away salmon. but seek the
haunts Of that shyest, gamest, hand
soonest Of all fishes of the Atlantic
coast, the striped bass.
The striped bass is Ash Of sport
ing blood. He has teeth on his tongue,
square jaw, a fierce eye and power
in his shoulders. Born and reared IN
the turmoil Of swift waters, he is ag-
gressive always and fears no foe. Even
in the depths when the water Is IN
repose, he draws near shore when 1t is
astir and where his easier prey then
lies. At times he seeks the bitches in
the salt water meadows. eager for the
crustacea that may be found afoat as
the tide rises.
HE follows up the streams that iiow
into the sea, and finds his food where
the water of other streams mingles
with that in which he is swimming.
He may at times be found on the bot
toms of rocky channels, where the wa
ter runs swiftly. II you love contest
with nature as well as with fish, go
into the surf or brace your feet on 3
low, rocky headland. where the spray
will drench you, and cast your baited
hook into the midst of the white water
when the tide is at food.
But perhaps you would rather ham
die the oars and troll Then take your
boat where the tide rushes to and
| fro in some rocky inlet and you will
find your bass there, alert, and ever
ready FOR the contest Or, preferring a
tramp, along the shore and cast from
the land, go to the bitches on the sunk
en- meadows connected with the sea.
and drop your hook into the water
over the bordering grass that over
hangs the bank.
HE will take the fly, this most YER
satile Of fishes, and II you would put
him to the test with this. equip your
/ self with split bamboo rod and gaudy
flies; 90 up the Hudson river, at any
likely spot. and they are plentiful al
most anywhere above Spuyten Duyvil:
get into a boat and anchor It where
some stream comes into the river
With a red and white Ibis for youi
stretcher fly and a white miller fol
your dropper, let your lures fall gent
ly. as for brook trout, and sink them
foot below the surface, as for blacf
bass. drawing them smartly and cast
You will strike plenty when thu
tide comes None viii be large fish
Some will weigh three pounds, and I
three-pound striped bass on an eight
ounce rod win put you to your bes'
skill in outgeneraling him in his ferc'
rushes and sudden plunges and thu
many ecccntricities OF his resourcefu
tactics. when you can save your hsl
in such bout and maintain the III
OF your rod intact, you may have nS
fear OF a trial Of conclusions with am
ing again.
other hsh that swims
"For trolling for striped bass M
stronger rig is needed than one tina
Will serve in black bass trolling. Arti
ncial silvery lures are used. one tha
anglers have found particularly killini
being an imitation minnow three o
four inches long. For fishing in tn
surf and from rocky headlands heavie
and stronger tackle Is necessary"