The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-27
BASS ANGLERS TO
START this WEEK
SEASON OPENS IN THE STATE OF
MINNESOTA ON THURSDAY OF
THE PRESENT WEEK AND THE
INDICATIONS AREsfTHAT FARGO
SPORTSMEN WILL HAVE FUN.

On Thursday OF this week the bass
fishing season in Minnesota opens, and
from that time On throughout the sum-
mer the chase for this great game fish
| of the northern lakes and streams will
be pursued by thousands Of enthusiastic
anglers. .a 3d.
Reports from crappie and wall eye
f1sin9 rmen who have been busys since
May l., when the season for those fish
opened, state, that bass are not only
very plentiful but also very hungry
this year., and this means that fishing
really ought to be first class within a
short time from the opening of the sea-
son. The stocking of thousands of
lakes throughout the state by the
to bear results, and it would seem that
bass now abound in lakes which a few
years ago were considered almost
fished clean of this species.
Naturally at the opening of the sea-
son each angler attempts to dope out
for himself whether the sport is to be
good, bad or Indifferent, and opinions
vary this year, just as they always
full auguries for first class early fish
ing, for the ice went out of the lakes
very early, while no great abundance
of snow was to be found. These con-
ditions would have induced early
spawning and fish of all species
would have been ready for the fight
for existence about the time anglers
were getting busy.
season Has seen Late " .
This early start of the season, how-
ever, was given a terrible jolt by the
setback which the spring received from
continued cold winds and rains, and
thus, perhaps, the fish season at this
time is less advanced than for many
years past. Crappies and even wall
ayes are being caught full of spawn
right now, and we doubt very much
whether the bass have ever settled to
the spawning beds in any great num-
hove Go Far1n1 fn1- n 4 fNlnnn0c ~ 4s4E
This does not meansthat bass will not
bite during the next week or two, for
chance are, spawn or no4spawn, the
big mouth fellows will be very avar-
icious for anything that looks like a
lure or a bait. Anglers who aren't too
greedy should be careful in watching
their catch, and 1T would not do a bit
of harm to return to the, waters any
spawn. However, 1T is steadily
maintained that the rod and reel Will
never do great harm to the finny tribe
as far as determination is concerned.
for comparatively few bass carrying
spawn are caught in this manner. A
It's the illegal spearing and SEEMING
that does the business n as soon as
these crimes are stopped, our bass and
other game fishes will be free from the
danger which put the buffalo of the,
plains out of business and which now
threatens. the elk. The law passed by
the last legislature, which made it
was one of the best added to our fish
and game rules for years. A@rigid en-
forcement of this by game Wardens
throughout the state spared thousands
and thousands of matured bass this
spring, while no man can tell the
amount of spawn which was thus saved
from destruction. .
Bass Are Very Numerous.
The fact that spearing was less conl-
mon this spring also means that bass
will hn m nrn n n M nanI1c an RI rraaph1 10 1aGGl
wary in many ,ofS-the lakes for they
v been rid of n of their most ter
rible enemies. Low water will give
them plenty of chance for spawning,
if a warm sun will prevail for a week
or two, and this same low water will
give them places for early season feed
ing. The backWardness, of the spring
has kept back also the vegetation in
will be much easier for the angler, al
though perhaps bass will become more
wary because of the lack of shelter.
Cold weather and cold water has kept
back the food supply for the larger
fishes and thus they should be either
very hungry as the season opens, or
should resort to deeper waters where
the minnows and crawfish still linger,
while waiting for the In. Without
a doubt, in morning. and evening, bass
will hurry to the shores for a look
around, even II they do hang out in
time, and thus the angling ought to be
first class. This would not be true if
high water prevailed.
Many anglers are wondering about
the frog bait supply this year. From
present Indications frogs will be scarce
during the next three weeks or a month
and then become plentiful. Harry
who is one OF the veteran frog stu
dents of the city, is doing his best tol
have a big supply on hand early this
week, while the Vim people on Hem
va 1,EWa leo xriIl M ra N ~ Jn#Ef 4, 1919
Fred Way is getting la large numbers
and at this time 1T looks as lie theI
prices would be q trifle lower than
last year, although 80 cents d dozenI
during the opening days of the sea-
SON.