The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-19

deep, running up TO the boat 10 the
depth Of three feet. The current
was swift on the right, and deep
long pool in front. extending down
about half a mile Each with ROD
and reel, we tlshed all around, down
snd~ap and sidewisr. but not 4 hlls
aid We get. About ii o'clock. doe
patience was exhausted, so | put hiu
ashore, and he took the catnsh Win
hfnl, Weighing, DerhaI'H, ten Fotfhtas.
lifted my anchors and commenced
Coating with the current. en'is
see bass, which would come close
enough TO smell the hal, ana theh
back away from II. This was zone
a number OF times. Something they
wanted that I did not have. At last,
about / O'Clock, decided TO eat my
lunch; found nice shade where q
tiny brook tumbled in near fallen
tree. whose branches lay In the water
and where much foam nad collectso
on the surface. ! tied my noat cnain'
put out two small hooks haited WIN
Helgomites and earth worms aho
commenced eating. | caught smais
sun perch and then large one, ana
hv the time had finished eating. nad
some nice ones futrering on the
string and put them over the size
Caught me somc crickets aud Tor
about an hour, had fine sport. eaten
ing many much larger than one
hand. WAS surprised at the iarea
string when left there about I'VE
O'Clock.
I thought would return to the
Mace where started and try again.
Low Moor mountain runs north ana
south here. aud as soon as the sun
goes over the mountain, it casts q
shadow on the water. The SHADOW
: Il ha beginning TO cover n WAi "
az let down MY anchors. put
our my Joint rods. .baited with swift
water club, and then put catfish
ninnow on a hand pole and pitched
il out on the left side of the boat
toward the deep run around. sat
watching it for sometime. as the cork
would run around in a circle. and
! then again 1t would bob up and
down, aud run Off in straight line
! for a few yards ! though it was
pretty lively bait, and finally lifted
the pole TO throw it a little further
off when TO my astonishment, ! felt
sudden lungs. and heavy weight
| of some Kind of fish, which COM
menced rushing around at a lively
rate and i Just braced myself and
held on After playing him Tor
some time, he made dive and went.
under the boat ! guided him out
| 1yfr w n
made a dash in the sn1re way again.
| placed the landing net In position
and be ran into it and upon my INT
ing him into the boat, found my
hcatch to be a beautiful pike. which
weighed AHe-aHA - Hat pounds.
| While I was taking him of the hook
I heard one OF the reels make noise
and whirled around, grasped the
but of the rod. threw off the click.
and put my thumb on the reel as the
! line was going off rapidly. | finally
checked him and as l did he jumped
out OF the water and tried to shake
1.-THE hook out Of it's mouth.
| After playing it awhile brought it
into tho boat, and the scale showed
two and half pounds; nice black
bass. ] had taken the hook out OF
it's mouth and put on another bait,
when the other reel went of. and In
few minutes landed another one, a
/, little heavier. I kept busy from that
time until could not see the corks
on the water, and had caught sixteen
bass. weighing from two and half
to three and half pounds. On
reaching the landing. found l had
lall the fish | could carry. no | left
my tackle in the chimney corner of
an old cabin. and proceeded bome-
ward, about half mile. On nrriv-
ling. found the mall eating supper,