The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-07
LITTLE PAN-FISH FUN.
My Dear Buck:

1ueTe > great DlS tlI NY VI lllIlc 4
fish that don't seem to get the proper |
credit for all the fun and pleasure 5
they have given fishermen. OF course, |
old man, d great big chunk of this fun |
happened way back in the knee-pants
stage of most fellows fishing days
but at that, when the real game fellows
are off the feed and prospects appear {
good for an empty stringer, and ii
looks like bacon and fiapjaCks for tho
evening meal, just toss out a line and
give the little fellows nibble at your
bait. These little old nibblers include
in their ranks the crappie, rock bass,
blue gill, sunfish and yellow or striped
perch.
AS a pan fish you can't beat 'em, i
Drowned to a turn in plenty Of bac6nE
grease or broiled over the open camp
fire they are a dish that would make
even J. -. forget his stomach. and after
an hour on the trail or a particularly /
hard portage You thank your lucky
stars when the feed bag has a generous
portion Of little fellers" done to a turn.
Get EN- Any Old Time.
OF course, they don't put up a
scream of n fight like their cousins /
the basses, but they are accommodate. |
ing little cusses and bite any time inI
the day and most any time in tho
season, especially when at a time the
real game fellows have a tendency tot
| overlook a good thing in the shape Of
| bait or lure. Although they only make
| n short little fight. there's Il way OF
| fishing for them that Will give you
| quite a bit of fun and please even the
| sure-enough fisherman who is seeming.
/ ly shocked when YOU even mention pan
| fish to him. OF course most Of that
| disdain stuff is merely bun on the part
| Of the fellow that hops up in the clouds
when you mention little pannies.
Light Fly Rod Best
Here is the tackle that put pep il
the pan-fiSh game. Get the lightest
whippieSt steel fly rod you can find
about ten feet in length; use an ordi.
nary soft-braidcd silk casting line and
a number eight or ten hook, and do
little still fishing. With this rigging
/
sport in landing a fair-sized panner
They start out with quite a snowy
fight, but ii don't last long However
With this tackle, old scout, they'll play
better and show more spunk than with
the ordinary casting rod, and take it a.
a side tip You won't land everyone you
hook at that.
| no iS.f IN, IL,
lagoOns. and lakes, as we'll as the
more sluggish streams, and they like
the quiet waters. They bite best lin
the early spring, IN June and the fall
although You get them most any time
For a still-fishing bait they like grass
hoppers, worms or live minnowS, and
YOU can catch them trolling with min,
now or very small spoonhook while
, mt times they viii rise TO the trout fly
The rock bass prefers the clear cool
water, and is not only found in nearly
every lake pond and river. but also
III the little creeks and streams. II
the lakes you will find him where the
: reeds and underwater grasses grow
and in the streams he dotes on the
ders or around stumps, brush8or wind
falls. Most any kind of bait suits him
; but small minnows, angleworms an,
white wood grubs make him swim
j around and take notice They pat III
: quite a stagger at fighting when frs
e hooked, and make a final effort whel
/ brought up to the boat. A small ret
! ibis or white miller fly often tempt,
them, and very small frogs or craw
) fish interest the larger ones.
t Striped Perch Good Bitter.
O The yellow or striped perch is prob
5, ably the best little bitter in the who'll
/ outfit, and although he does not as
rule fight like q heavyweight, if yol
!, get two-pounder on light fly tackl
i you know there is a fish on the far en-,
. of the line. Go after him in ahou
thirty to forty feet of water and yol
# get the big ones. With any sort of bal
e YOU can land him in good number
Q most any time, and even through tn
$ ice in winter he is an accommodation,
fellow. The perch is a great little ia
: vorite with the women and children
n wiz hoh 90 after lDe gamer 1etlOWS
Is and many pleasant days can be spen
d for this popular little panner. bal
h that looks good to n bluegil tickle
the fancy of the perch, and any oil
kind of a hook and line is tackI
enough TO get him, although the rea
sport is to be had with the lorg, ligh
c steel Fly rod.
Il Taken as a whole, the pan fish ar
a gentlemanly little bunch of good fa
y lows, always eager to take a nibbl
I and save fisherman from ringing u
a goose egg" for the days fishing, an
to his good clean method of living "
can thank him for his fine flavor, an
crown him king of fresh water ifs
m food.
az DIXIE.
1t A commander-in-chief who does NJ
control should not bc expected to wi