Macon beacon., 1917-06-08
WosRLERs, wIGeLERs AND SIGH.

WoseLERs, WlGGLERs AND SIGH.
My Dear Buck:
They are with US by the hundreds
and even thousands, the various
shaped wooden plugs, painted in every
color in the deck and then a few ex.
ira cubist daubs thrown in for luck.
And here's the funny part, old chap.
they all seem to get the fish. more or
less, according to the expertness OF
the manipulation Of the rod.
Although the majority of the arti.
fetal bats do not resemble any nat
ural bait, that is, not that you could
notice without first having read their
pedigrees, through some inexplainable
reason the fish strike them, and, as
they generally have hooks galore, even
the beginner has no difficulty in hook
ing his fish; fact is, many times the
fish hooks itself. OF course you'll have
to jot this down in your dream-book,
"Hookin' 'em doesn't always mean
landin' en-"
What Makes 'Em Do Il?
Probably when a highly cultured
bass sees one of these gloriously dec
GRATED affairs splash In his home
grounds he up and makes dash at it
in anger at the rough-neck intrusion
OF the queer-looking object, or per.
haps strikes 1t in pure cussedness,
egged on by the wonderful movements
of the little demon in its wobble back
home to the caster.
How they ever dug the big bunch
out OF the woodpile and got away with
1t is the eighth wonder of the world.
More power to 'em. What would a
fellow do II he couldn't browse around
among bunch of new ones and select
a few to take along on each trip and
try them out on the unsuspecting fish.
You Never Can Tell.
You never know what you can do
with one Of these dippy, diving, wob.
bling wonders till you try 1t and then
all the advance dope and traditions of
that particular bait may 60 to smash
in one afternoons fishing and new vic.
tories In an entirely different line Of
fishing be pegged up to its credit.
To illustrate this point, old man, st
the opening of the season / took a
flyer at bass. It had been cold ana
rainy. with high waters, and the bass
were quiet and far-offish. My tackle
box was decked out with a collection
Of lures guaranteed to make any bass
nervous, jealous or fighting mad. The
bass sure were off their feed, both In
color and shape. Nothing seemed to
coax them out Of the wet. | snapped |
On a South Bend Bass-ereno bait, all
white with red head, and tried that
IS an enticer. Nothing doing with the
bass, but l had as nice a piece of
pike fishing as fellow could
Ind anywhere. Almost every cast
brought a strike, and in the after.
1oons casting this little old bass lure
hooked 80 wall-eyed pike, all of which
we're thrown back in the drink except
he larger ones and that left a stringer
With the limit and none below two
pounds, topped with a six and a half
FOUNDER. My fishing pal and guide
lad the same luck with white Wilson
with red flutes, by which he
wears like a pagan. They were sure
III the bass but on the pike.
The coIors They Like.
AS to color, the preference seems to
10 with white body and red head, fol.
owed by all red, all yellow, green back
With white belly and rainbow, but
Vhat they take one day may be passed
Without a squint the next. However,
nth the above colors In your tackle
utfit you probably can please them
ny day.
The luminous-painted plug, which, II
xposed to daylight or artificial light,
lows like the dampened head of a
latch, makes an excellent bait for af-
er sundown or moonlight casting.
he fact that these bats float when
the water and not In motion makes
1em an ideal lure for the beginner,
specially when he puts In a session
18th little old back lash. He knows
Is bait ia floating instead of snag-
Ing, which was the habit of the
daddy" of this kind of plug, the old
Underwater sinker that found more
1ags and hook holds than a fellow
fought could exist in well regulated
shing waters.
Lures That Make 'Em Strike.
For selection of lively artificials,
le Jamison Coaxer, which Is a cross
etween a chunk Of pork and a hum.
ing bird. makes good one to start
ith; the Heddon's Baby Crab Wig.
er gives all the moves OF a crawfish
'ing home to It's mother and that
ire Is pie for the bass. The Wilson
uted Wobbler, South Bend Bass-ereno
Id Rush Tango Minnow, all with
bite body and red heads, give you
bunch OF dives, dips and crawls that
hard to beat.