The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-03
TRUE KNOWS
FISH SOUGHT FOR
Familiarity With Habits Leads
Him to Know Where
They Hide.
KNOWLEDGE GIVES POWER
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Satisfaction That Comes With
Knowing Best Places, Hours
and Lures to Use.
KNOWLEDGE GIVES POWER
ny ROBBERY PAGE LrNoonN.


One writer has stated that there n
not q ash swimming that may not be
caught True enough. but how1 Your
indiscriminate man would spear II. snare
II, hook Il or otherwise circumvent H.
Artful methods, on the other hand. prove
as deadly and bring In just as many
fish. ae
David Starr Jordan has stated that
the true angler Is the one who knows
the fishes he fishes for: can tell them
apart. and 10 familiar with their habits,
True, very true. MY
The satisfaction that comes from
using o near-to "exact imitation dry
fly, for instance. and actually making a
capture on Il towers over a hundred
bigger fishing exploits that may be
down in your book Of angling. Sooner or
later, as ono fishes on in the years, he
will become possessed of an acute sense
of knowing Just whore the best fishing
places are, and the best hours when to
fish, and the best lures to use.
This sense Of understanding is much
like the sense Of right direction that
governs the actions Of the wopds-trained
man. He can 90 to place--and rarely
will miss It, This Ia an Instructive pro-
cess undoubtedly.
Power of Knowledge.
This knowledge of the best times to
| fish is one that tells you TO fish when 1t
is raining, for instance, fon then the hsh
are inshore Or to, seek out the shell
tered bays during a wind storm, for
there the fish congregate. Or the ability
to discover the whereabouts Of sandbars
and spring holes in the middle Of lakes.
for fishing deep in the late summer.
In a recent article IN The SUN dis
cussing what is fair for a days catch,
| wrote my views on the use of live bait
| and artlfcials and pointed out that some
| artificial bats are sportsmanlike, while
others are the opposite
OF course the single hook (some call
three hooks welded together, or In other
words, q gang, a single hook, but 1 am
referring here to the true single hook
as snapped on the artificial minnow does
not get into the gills or the outlet any
more than the gang. simply for the
reason that the plug body is large
enough to mako II impossible for the fish
to get II far In the mouth before you
set the hook.
Artfhcials and Fish.
| Again, q bass does not keep an art'
fetal minnow in its mouth very long. be-
lieve that As soon as It finds 1t Is
inanimate II win drop n-iS II can
Therefore the instant n fish hits ar
artificial minnow you set the hook. And
as have said. the gang never gets any
further than the edge Of the mouth.
Many fishermen catch fish merely fol-
the sport of II and return them to the
water. Where a single hook Is used
and where the flsh has been hooked ir
the gullet, or IN the gills such cannot be
put back IN the water, but where taker
on the plug with the gang they can.
The laws of some States say that yor
are forced to>put back an understood
fish or hang. Even though the fish b.
hooked in the gills or in the gullet. bacl
II must 60 into the water.
Which recalls q case where a man re-
fused to throw back an understood fisi
he had caught In the gullet. knowing a.
Re did that that fish would die any
how. He was taken into court about 4
and was freed.
Why not7 However silly the law maj
seem, perhaps II has some good points
in preventing the keeping of many hsi
by fishermen that could be released tina
have harmlessly been caught In the tough
skin OF the mouth.