The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-03
FROG BEST AUGUST
BAIT FOR PICKEREL
Good Until Snow Time for Big
Black Bass and as
Pike.
FINE MUSKY LURE ALSO
His Hopping Lordship Now in
the Stage Of Growth to
Attract Game Fish.
FINE MUSKY LURE ALSO
by DIXIE CARROLL.


derful bait for the pike, musky and
pIckerel, as the end draws near these
rame fish develop a wonderful appetite
for his hopping lordship. the green
backed white bellied frog.
From the tail end of August right UP
10 the SHOWS you can give the frog the
merry toss and have very good chance
of interesting some OF the game ones
that are diminishing around looking for
just such q feed.
At this time the frog has developed
from the tadpole stage, he has a strong
pair OF hind legs and he is just feeling
the kick in them. Feeding as he is at
this time from the surface close along
shore or hopping around among the
grasses and reeds gathering in the small
rrasshoppers. and other insects. he is
easy bait to secure.
Tho ordinary frog basket, small
spllnt affair with a lcloth top fitted with
A drawstring opening, is a handy way to
carry the frogs Place a little moss or
soft weeds in the bottom and your frogs
viii keep In fine shape all day.
Occasionally, to freshen them, up a
little, it is we'll to immense the bottom
Of the basket in the water. However,
froFs will keep in fine, lively shape
without water for the day.
During the night you can stand the
basket at the edge Of the water with one
end slightly In, or leave It in the water
n short time and then stand II on the
damp ground in the shade
Night Frogsing Fun.
There is one method of getting frogs
for bait that is interesting and quite a
lively proposition. That is the night
time frogging expedition. This requires
two fellows, one to handle the oars and
the other to capture the hoppers.
You back the boat slowly along the
shore wnere you have located frog signs
during the day, generally along the
marshy shores of the lakes. around the
outlet or along the low lying shores of
the stream.
The frogger sits In the stern and as
YOU back slowly Along flashes a light
along the shore where the frogs are sit
ting, piping their cultural songs Of love
and war
The light blinds and confuses the
frog, and he will not jump for ten or
fifteen seconds. OF course, you don't
want to overestimate your distance and
take O header into the water. but that Is
one Of the things that makes the night
frogging trip interesting.
Small Frogs Are Best.
IN selecting your bait. do not make
an effort to get the great big frogs.
They are not half as, interesting as the
smaller ones. although good, large
frog makes a fine trolling bait for the
large pike and musl1y. The small Loop
ard frogs and the pickerel frogs make
about the best bait for the bass family.
The frog Is good casting bait and
when used with a weedless hook and a
small spinner, say a No. 3, or hookeo 10
luminous tandem spinner. 1t can DE
cast right In among the weeds, which is
the epot where you usually find the bass
and big pickerel in the fall season.
Casting along the edges of the weed
beds does not bring the game nsh out az
this time as much as throwing the frog
right In among the weeds.
Oftentimes the frog will be struck
short and the hind legs stripped on. TO
avoid this loss of bait and fish, and 70
fool the old fathers of the hnny tribe
you should use n trail hook. The fros
should be hooked on the top hook and
the trail hook extending down along the
frogs legs will get these wise fins that
steal your bait.
=. The usual method of hooking the FROG
tor casting is up through the lips. Fol
casting, that is, out and out bait casting,
where a cast OF 40 or so feet is neces-
barry, kill the frog before hooking 1t.
A dead frog kept moving through The
water while casting is as good bait as
live one, and killing them first is more
humane than pounding them to linger'
ing death on the surface of the water.
l am Just a trife too chicken hearted
to watch the almost human Efforts Of
the frog to work the barbed hook out OF
his mouth with his front legs.
They seem Just like a pair OF hands a.
the frog grasps the shaft OF the hook In
vain attempt to get loose.
Then again. the frog only stays ALIVE
through a few casts, and the effective
ness OF your far cast frog depends OF
your own skill In retrieving It. to keeI
a moving from the instant it strikes the
water.
By far, the most effective way to play
the frog, in my opinion. is to tie one or
the shaft of the hook. using a shor'
piece OF black thread or a small rubber
band, passing the thread around tbs
small part OF the frogs body and th'
shaft of the hook. with the barb below
the crotch.
IN this way the frog will be livel,
Kicking bait and do his part until biz
bass spies him and goes home with th'
feed.
Go right into the weeds with this rii
and with a slow uplift cast OF the OLE
time live bait caster land your frof
lightly out among the weeds abou
twenty feet from the boat Let the froi
settle little, reel him in slowly for |
few feet, let him rest, again to kicl
around that spot, then reel in again fo
couple Of feet let him nose aroun'
some more and repeat the dose slowly.
II there arc any bass or pike aroun'
your frog will probably not make NOR
thAn one trip back to the boat before h
Is gobbled up by game fish.
This method may not be quite as ex
citing as the regular casting, but you
time comes when you play and land tn
fish in the weeds.
Your chances of getting the big one
and more OF the medium sized ones ar
Greater. however, than via the othe
~hs5zJc. and you have an excellent CD
ssFSRnity to develop your skill at play
NJ the FISH. which viii make a bette
ASi6sr - YOU
Nrab and Goodfe Together.
r. APz Mar, Aug. Grabs are .
6aentiful that the other day a fisherma
caught crab on one hook and Cap
May goodie on the other hook. bot
being hauled up together.
Jerseys 1919 Buck Record.
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