The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-17
MANY LURES FOR
MOODY BLACK BASS
Artificial Surface and Sinking
Bats and Plugs FavOrite
With Anglers.
CRUELTY OF USING FROG
BY ROYAL COACHMAN.

DISCUSSING the bait Tor black bass
as whole 1 would say of the ninety
nine balts on the market to-day not
one Of them can be guaranteed. We
must remember in using them that they
are not only to lure the fish as we'll
as to catch him, but that they may be
taken for some kind OF an enemy of the
bass also
The many bats that are advertised
all hand out the same line: Sure bass
getters, &C." Some are made in min
now shape, others to represent small
fry and st!ll others to portray any
thing that one may believe the bass
may take IL for.
However. all the bats have been
knocked time and again by anglers.
The reason was they had tried them
out and found them TO be useless and
naturally blamed It on the lure, since
1t was advertised as such.
But these anglers did not consider
the bass. Here Is where the element
of failure or success issues from.
BASS a Moody Fish.
The bass is n moody fish. Some
days he will feed right under your
lure and some days he will attack
anything, you offer with the tenacity
must consider in using artificial lures
is the weather.
Taking them in order 1t shapes up
to the following: The seasons. weather,
which control the mood of the bass,
the time OF the day and the lure.
That is why on one day one will
have good luck with a certain lure and
the next day this same lure will be
"dead."
have made a few home balts which
4 found to work quite we'll and finally
yame to the conclusion that the bass
Shen hungry will bolt at anything
that is OF course pertaining to the sur
rounding aquatic life.
When we come down to the best
made bats we find that one manu-
facturer has the goods, besides the
variety. Not only that, but the bats
have that finished look which other
bats lack
All OF this mans m!nnowS l be-
lleve, have numerous coats OF varnish,
and they certainly look 1t by the highly
polished. smooth surface. have
knocked them on rocks, against logs
and given them rough usage. which
other bats did not stand as well
as these Heddons l am talking about
appearance. OF course service Is
understood,
We have to hand it to him. when
II comes to ba!ts. He is a pioneer
builder in this game and he certainly
knows how to make 'em. One Of his
latest and best models is the crab
wiggler. This Is modelled after the
craynsh. although it has the minnow
shape. 1t is colored cleverly and its
actions have the cTayfsh style II
wiggles. darts and swims.
Treble Hooks Cnsportsma mike.
There are two sets OF treble hooks
Under the belly which give the impress
sion OF the legs. The oldest thing
about the bait is that 1t is drawn
through the water backward. the line
being attached to a little piece OF wire
with three ridges In II, These regulate
the antics OF this imitation crayfsh.
The reason for pulling the lure back
ward through the water Is that
the crayfish is a favorite food OF
the bass and is found near banks and
overhanging shores. where 1t builds
its home In the mud or clay. 1t must
In coming out OF its hole be on the
alert and at an instant be able to
dodge back into its hole without turn
ing around to do So Therefore the
Impression that the bait is backing
away from harm.
Some anglers object to treble hooks
being on bats. their opinion being It is
too unsportsmahlike, while others pre-
fer to fish with the fly, which has but
one single hook. III some-States the law
forbids the use OF more than three hooks
on one bait or one treble hook. In the
State OF New Jersey this law is enforced
\ local angler has profited by this law
somewhat by making baEs containing
three single hooks to be used especially
In these waters.