The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-31
SEPTEMBER A GOOD
MONTH FOR BASS
Interesting Time for Bait Cas-
ter, as Frogs and Crawfish
Have "Dug In"
FAvoRITE FOOD MISSING
Best Time Between 4 and . 4.
M. and d and 9 ?. NJ, With
Night Fishing Third.
BY DIXIE CARROLL.

As to the time of the season when
these fifty big fellows were caught. Sep
TENDER stands out as leader with thir-
teen. The run of the catch in the other
months stacks up. May three. June six,
July ten. August eleven and October
seven.
However. the majority of the followers
of the call of the lake and stream take
their main fishing trip during the months
of June, July and August, which are
noted as hot weather fishing days that
often give the "off the feed" feeling.
Early season bass fishing is by far the
best, although the fall fishing runs II a
close second as the days of real bass
sport with rod and reel And at that
after the water has cooled a bit, the
added ginger in the fighting qualities OF
the bass makes the late season fishing
stand out as the one best bet in the
game of enticing the old, seasoned vet
eran out of his home waters.
AS the frost gets in it's work the shall
lower water near shore becomes decid-
eddy colder than the deeper waters and
| the minnows frisk off to the weed beds
| and deeper waters for feed and warmth.
AS a general thing the frogs and craw-
| fish have felt the sting Of the frosty
waters and have dug in" for the winter
| in the mud bottoms and sand bars. This
| all makes things interesting for the bait
vorite food of the bass has disappeared
| from his menu seems to make the old
"he-wops" develop an uncomfortable APP
petite for these dainties.
Which is about the way with humans
when a particularly palatable titbit Is
| out of season, nothing at times seems to
satisfy a fellow until he has wet his APP
petite at a fancy price on a midget dish
| of that particular palate ticker.
Frog Attractive Bait.
The fact that frogs have become
scarce makes the frog an attractive bait
| for the fall bass fisherman and espe-
cially at night is the Jumping little
rascal a great bass coaXer. They seem
| to be death on frogs and so full OF pep
| that they grab it and tear II off the hook
and are away before you realize you
| have a strike.
| To beat 'em at this little game OF
striking short and robbing the book use
| a frog harness or q hook that has a
small hook on the shank up near the
eye with the main hook trailing down
| between the frogs legs, and 1t won't do
a bit of harm to tie a little thread
around the frog and the shank of the
hook, not tight, of course, but simply to
keep the frog in position on the hook.
| You never can tell Just where you will
| find the bass during October; he is a
great little roamer on a stealthy hunt
| for food and he kicks around in all
depths of water.
OF course whore the minnows
thiclest is a good bet. and that is gem
orally among the underwater weeds, and
| particularly among the PUSHES and pick
erel grass that grow quite some dis
| lance out in the water.
| Here the smaller fry often take refuge
| from the hungry bass and the bass lirt
! in among them to fill the feed bag.
Throw a cast of a minnow or frog IN
| among these weeds and grasses that
grow high out of the water and give the
bait chance to sink, reeling in slowly
| and then a bit of a pause and more
slowly reeling, and it's a ten to one shot
that you'll interest Mister Bass in your
| lure.
Morning Hours Best.
! Dividing the twenty-four fishing hours
! of the day into four sections, the morn
ing hours from 4 A. NJ. to A. NJ. carry
off the largest number of fish, seventeen
being pegged mp for that period with the
| time from 4 p. NJ. to 2 p. NJ. nosing IN
n close second with sixteen on the score
| board.
| Night casting comes in for n nice H.
tie honor. the period from Q =. NJ TO
A. NJ showing ten bass. while the Md
day fishing from Q A NJ. 10 7. NJ
| lands seven.
1t was an easy bet that the early
| morning and late afternoon fishing
would cop the main event, as that Is
the time most of the fellows make Their
| greatest drive, but Il is pleasing to aJie
that the night fishing ran strong.
| No doubt the night game would have
| made a better showing had that period
| included some of tho later hours Of the
four to nine period. which practically
come under the night casting.
| A keealv interesting fact is that eight
of these bass caught during the night
were landed in August, and this seems
| to prove that the bass feed more al
night during the hot dog days" than at
| any other time of the day.
| Another little tip that is worth re-
| nnembo ting Is that the bass caught dur
| ing the midday period were, with tie
exception of one lone bass, taken on live
| bait, either the minnow or frog.
| The artificial lure which CoaNod ina
sleepy, lazy bass into striking during his
midday siesta was n little two inch cop
| per enamellcd underwater minnow t'1t
was cast out over a sand bar. II was
| allowed TO sink and then reeled Slowly
| scross the bar.
| Shooting a glance across the d0ne
sheet we find that the artificial lures
have n big lead, with the most popular
| color a white with a dash of red.
| Tho live, natural foods Of the hlss'
the minnows and frogs. make hne
showing in the hot weather months
when II takes some work TO land ,n
the small spoon making hit as
| helper to make other bats attractive
| The early and late day fshings ohNs
| n nice lead. while September puts 'h'
fall fishing at the head of the class.
| The bass, old timer is queer GUYS,
| and at the same time he is about rs
wise as any fish that wags tail 10
get him in any waters you have 10
study those waters and locate his home