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JUGGLING ON THE MISSISSIPPI,
ONE METHOD or CATCHING DIG
CATFISH.
Exciting Sport That Furnished Keen En-.
JOymcnt to stranded Traveller At .
Little Illinois Rivcr TOwn-H0w the
Fisherman Cares for His Catches.


JOyncnt to stranded Traveller At .
Little Illinois River TOwn-HOw the
Fisherman Cares for His Catches.
don't know as this can be chased as
game fishing; but when tho water was
clear and low and the channel catfish were
hungry. it was very exciting sport, which
In my younger days / often indulged In
with the keenest enjoyment, writes s. E.
Worrell in Forest and Stream. But 1t
ia too hard work for an old man. and our
great river has been so thoroughly drained
by the market men with their bait and
trammel nets, trot lines and drag seines
it promises very uncertain returns now.
was so unfortunate as to be obliged to
remain a month at Hamburg Calhoun
county. Illinois, small landing some fifty
miles north Of st. Louis, containing two
trading stores. whose chief sales were to-
baoco, sugar and calico, and about dozen
dwellings. To this day this country Is
designated as the Kingdom of Calhoun,
owing to its isolated and peculiar condition.
While the surrounding territory is very
populous and fertile, with all the usual
facilities Of business and intercourse this
is isolated by being bounded on the east,
west and south by the Mississippi and
Illinois rivers.
1t il a long, narrow strip OF billy land,
thereby untitled for the usual agricultural
products, sparsely populated by the old
timers, who have always exhibited the
greatest antipathy to the negro, not one OF
whom has been allowed to locate there,
and they even object to their travelling
across their district. formerly this coun-
try was heavily timbered, and Its chief
products were cordwood and the best oak
barrel stuff and railroad ties that were
carted to the river landings and boated
to St. Louis; but these trees were cleared
out twenty-five years ago, and, tho hills
being we'll adapted for fruit culture, they
introduced numerous orchards, and now
export large quantities of our Bon Davis or
Red Missouri apples.
Up to ten years ago the Kingdom OF
Calhoun did not contain a telephone,
telegraph or express Office, and to-day has
no railroad, while the boundary counties
are Melted with them. Neither does it
afford any game fishing streams or lakes
For this reason, having nothing to do but
wait fer the slow tow of heavily loaded
barge OF machinery up the river, grew
WHY WcdIy ullNi i tAiocBhb VI JuSSAS
for which the stage of the Mississippi was
particularly favorable at that time.
1t will be understood. as the name i'm
plies, that this sport simply requires
dozen or so Of corked jugs. 10 the handle Of
each of which is secured stout cotton
line about No. SO, three feet long, and a cat
fish hook baited with almost anything
from old meat to spoiled cheese rind. Mar
ketmen generally Use tin cans or dry white
pine floats so- this purpose. found this
tackle at one Of the stores. and from that
time until my departure l supplied free Of
cost all the town Of Hamburg with the finest
channel catfish, which. by the way, is e1-
Cel!eIt eating, especially for people who
enjoy buffalo or even Dutch" carp.
"German" is too respectabe name for this
contemplate elias, Of the finny tribe.
To illustrate the details of this sport
will give an account Of one of my most
successful trips. explaining that for fast
and comparatively easy work II is best for
ore 70 be accompanied by helper; but not
being inclined to the companionship of any
of the ioatinS natives, brler root was
enough company.
Taking my skiff, ] rowed up the river
e5cut three miles; then, batting the hooks,
! dropped the jugs across the channel
about twenty-five feet APART and dropped
behind, waiting results. In calm weather,
~
will mob the floats pcrceptibly, and larger
ones will yunk them around at lively rate
but it requires big fish to sink thorn for
more than half minute, and another thing
i that n tie gam, seldom escapes-once
had only had time to pipe up and re.
gain my wind after the arduo,hs exercise OF
rowing until the fun commenced. jug
bobbed, and after it went, pulling in about
a three pound catfish. BY the time the
hoo hat. anI ,.fly int
the water two jugs were JUMPING around,
80 the sport was growing exciting and
somew hat laborious
This continued for about an hour, while
was floating down stream, securing more
than dozen fish OF from two to fifteen
CURED. One OF the jugs went down as a
black bass takes cork. Presently it
appeared some distance away. sliding
rapidly over the water. Grabbing tho
jumping to the front. only to see it sink
quickly and scoot OF under the surface.
Again and again I went for it. with the
same results. Noticing that the disap-
pearances were growing shorter, which
indicated that the cat was getting tired, az
kept going with less efforts until the float
was nearly stationary. Then l quietly
padded alongside and grabbed it with
both hands, when down it went with
rush that caused inc boat 10 take tuD OF
water and pull me nearly overheard.
Talk about your game fsh-my experience
with the rod and throw line is that tho cat
pulls more and dies harder than any other
fish Of equal size. When boy I caught
an eight FOUNDER at noon and carried 1t
up on the rank, as I was afraid to string
1t with our BASS and crappy, where we
could hear it Topping around for some time.
Nearly five hours later, when we'll started
home my elder brother, finding our big
fish apparently dead and covered with dirt
and leaves, walked out on the fallen tree top
to wash it Off AS soon as he gave 1t
swish in the water 1t suddenly revived,
pulling him into the stream, and, although
he was an expert swimmer and had 1t BY
the gills, it escaped, to our great disap-
pontment.
To resume. Seeing that the job was
rather difficult for one person, used more
caution, so grabbed the jug again and
gave the line quick turn around the
oarlock and sat down until my game was
completely exhausted then dexterously
pulled him aboard. The scale weight was
seventy pounds.
BY this time the floats were badly scat
tered, and being below my port ! began
gathering them in, when my only two.
gallon float went down like FASH and