The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-18
LIGHT TiCkLE FOR MIG FISH.
sport Missed d, the Average winter
Angler In Florida.

sport Missed d, the Average winter
Angler In Eioritia.
-lh" average angler who goes To Flor
ida tor IN. winter fishing loses "A lot Of
sport. h.Caus.' A. IA Tul. Ia" lacks the
iniila'iV" quality 10 experiment said
/ "A man ~ no -p"nds he cold lther months
lnunglnn along the waterways Of the
east cUls' -He IL satisfied 10 do ~ his
guide tells him. and the Florida guld.
~ quite content To do a. hi- father and
his grandfather did before him
His equipment consists OF rod built
ON IN. lines of "a billiard cue and his bal,
/ - invariably muilet. either cut or alive
? Any departure from hi, methods brings
a sheer 20 his liIs. and rather than risk
the sne-r of guide most fishermen will
do a. they ar" told There's ih. rub
! There II a certain amount If i,iSrifi-
Z hCation Tor tn. heavy tackl" OF IN. guides
! owing 10 IN" manner IN which they fish
3 When YOU use both hands ~ cast your
BAR ou' IN feet from the boa, in which
Won are anchored. and Ill there waiting
Tor fish 10 come along and find Il YOU
never know just whai kind of fish IL ~
going Ia bc You are Just a. apt Ia &c,
"A shark ~ YOU are Ia hook a channel bs,s.,
or a hig sea trout Rut that SORT at fish
ing II stupid Al the hest
1T took me three years Of constant As
ISOLATION with the Florida guides to get
! INV merry" up To- the point of taking he biz
| between my teeth and kicking over tn.
traces. Wa cruising with Come Pac.tt
that winter. We fitted out al Mosg,IIto
Inlet with an auxiliary sIoop on which
We lived. "A small motor boat and "a skin
We proceeded lsisureiy down through the
tortuous channel Of th- Hil-boro River.
, through the Devils Elbow into the Mos-
quito Lagoon. then through the Hauiov.r
Canal into the Indian River stopping a.
long as we pleased whore we found tbs.
best fishing
w" were fishing IN the ort hodoS man
ner, either trolling from the motor boat
az low speed OF still fishing with heavy
tackle. One day IN IN. Mesquite La COON
just south of the DEVILS Elbow W. were
skirtIng a long shoal wher. in water only
about two feet deep | could see lots Of
channel bass feeding on the oyster bars
We wer" trolling and went a. close 10 th.
-hoal we could but couldn't coax the
fish out 20 the deeper water
Il had - black bass QUIT lit with M. such
as | Use IN the North IN fresh water n
consisted OF five foot steel bait cast ing
rod. a free running reel containing not
more than thIrty-five yards ri braided
silk line and a Dowagiac ninnow Al
though ths-ss fish were easily five times the
size ~ the average run OF black bass we
get IN the North ! made up nv mind 10
adopt tho same methods that | would in
fresh writer fishing.
Without saving a word | rugged up
my tackle. Come looked at my prepara-
tionS in frank amazsment. He had never
seen anything Of the kind before
What You goin' to do with that tow
h. asked.
just watch me aid
He laughed. II one n them bass was
10 hit that thing h.. bust you To bits
before YOU could say your prayers. he
said
We were Just within easy casting dis
tame" OF tn" shOal. moving slowly. and
landed my plug within -Ix feet Of wher.
! could see one Of m" bug bas. in the clear
water. reeled III rapidly and he made
rush for II. bur stopped short and backed
on Come smiled an | told YOU 40 smile
rmile Of deri-ion
Il tried another cast with the same re-
suit, The bass seemed Interested b,I- not
quite up Ia the striking point. The third
cast was more productive. The. instant
he plug hit The water. one Of the big
fellows was on ". And then followed
some real sport
Come shut or the power. and realizing
haf my fish had the gang of hooks well
down his outlet. | CAV. him line. My
thumb burned from the friction. for OF
cuur-a ! had nv guard nn my liftl.. reel
but ] succ-"d"d IN turning him with plenty
OF line To- spare. and he made for the deep
water
Tn. channel bass H. a bottom fish and
never leaves the water. so 7 missed IN.
.NhIaration that COMES with the first
rush Of the small mouth bass Of the North
But for fifteen minutes | had all the ex-
cit.ment wanted
Come WA beginning to get excited
too Although h" had never before seen
this kind of fishing he began shouting all
sorts Of adv ice Ia me. advice which
scarcely heard finally tired IN. fish ont
and brought him alongside where Come
succeeded III netting him head first
lie WAS easily fifteen po,;nder.
although We had nn means rf weighing
him. Now "A fifteen pound channel bas-.
you must understand. IL by no means an
unusually larg. fish Of thar variety and
with heavy tackle md an eighteen thread
Cmtvhunk lin" h- fight for existence
would h. brief Bur with the light
fresh wafer 'ackl" was using ! wouldn't
ask Tor hett"r sport. ! took six that
afternoon. ali running about the -arn. SIZE.
and ON The seventh snap went The iir u
my li'fl" steel rod.
That wa nuts for Come. and hls What
dId tell YOU was certainly thorn IN
TIA" f.rh. | tried 10 explain that "A steel
rod VA bound 10 got rtI-t"d in salt water
and m" next year with "a split bamboo ~
m" sam" pattern ! mink I demonstrated
10 hi- entir" satisfaction INV theory Of
light tackle fishing
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