The sun., 1919-09-07

nest. The female will do the same. They
struck the lure, not through sporting
reasons. but merely to drive away this
ungodly intruder. Fishermen often show
a limit catch in the early part of the
season. Two-thirds of the catches will
be females whose sides are bulging with
spawn.
Best Fishing After September 10.
Annually hundreds of bass photos
(photos of catches) appear in the maya
zines. Many of the bass shown are
bulged out of proportion with spawn in
them. What Is true of the BASES is true
of other fishes. The discerning angler
waits till the fish are spawned out be-
fore he goes to the waters, and 1t is for
this reason that he does much of his
fishing in the months of autumn
Around about the 10th of September
the fishes .waken to the new life of
energy. From that time on some of the
best fishing of the year is to be had.
Many hunters combine their hunting
with fishing and work the two sports
very well together: a little of each, and
something quite out of the ordinary.
A hard braided line to test to twenty
pounds is a good entry to the outfit of
the man who goes up against the
autumn great northern pike and mus
kies. 1t may well be said that they
fight twice as hard in the autumn as in
the summer. A gimp leader with a
swivel to 1t to prevent kinking of the
line makes good inclusion. The bare
line attached to the hook may prove dis
astrous. for when fish is caught the
sharp teeth saving back and forth
across this line will soon contrive to
separate the strands by wearing them
ragged. For trolling the wire leader
may be a foot in length For casting
try the six or eight inch length
Big Fish Taken In Autumn.
II autumn water is CLASSY in stiffness
your caution must be in, proportion, for
sounds carry as / have said. The aver
age fisherman has poor luck on the
CLASSY water days merely because little
or less caution is used. When the water
is slightly ruffied by the wind the best
musky and pike fishing is chad, merely
because the sounds do not reach the fish
so we'll. You can't tell when fish are
feeding best or just when to go out in
the autumn.
/ believe the fish are constantly on
the quest for food at this time OF the
year and SO it may prove as good at
noon as at any time. Try fishing at
various hours of the day. beginning at
the early dawn till o'clock in the morn
ing. Do not fail to try it between 10
and IL on other days. Three, afternoon,
to twilight, proves good.
+ Try OF of the bars, the reed beds.
around inlets and outlets. besides
sunken logs and rocks, off of islands, in
the bays and on of land jutting out in
the lake. On the average small bay,
quite NEEDLESS in the early morning, row
straight across it, trolling. allowing the
lure to sink five, six or eight feet. BY
sounding the centre of the bay you will
know how deep to troll.
The largest great northern pike and
muscallonge are caught In autumn.
Have gan along (there are many good
kinds), or have a long barrelled Stevens
pistol handy to put the coup de grace to
the big fellow. II has saved many a
hsh OF record winning proportions in the
nick OF time when 1t would have been
quite impossible to land it by ordinary
means. Always keep the line taut, al
low no slack When the fish strikes set
the hook good in the jaw.