South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-08-25

GoOu Ddll II inc principal re-
quiremcnt of the angler when con-
templatin a fishing trip. The an
gler may have the skill and kno~l-
edge Of 4 Walton and tackle as fine
as IS made. yet IL he is short on good
bait his trip may be n disappoint-
mont An expert angler always
procures his own bait In the sum-
mCr when the days are hot each
man decides for himself where he
will put in the day and select the
bal. according TO the species OF fish
no expects To fish for at that place.
Some VII go out after bass eNclu-
sively, others after blue gills. some
hold 10 fishing for cat fish and still
others after sun fish. Then again
some Will go after Sniall-mouth bass
and others after ,arEe-Inouth, all OF
which means carefully selected bait
OF the various kinds for each sep
arate species OF fish. For bass the
soft criIwhsh is perhaps the best
hot weather bait. The blue minnOw
and especially those which are
found under fat rocks, those dark
tiue fellows with horns on their
noses will be found to match any
other bit for the small-mouth bass
during July. Either soft crawfish
or tho blue ninnow are Likewise
good catfish bait and the soft craw.
fish makes an excellent bait for
C;np, red eyes, suckers. cells and
most airy other species of FISH.
There IS one drawback to the soft
crawiish as a summer bait. which
comes from the fact that the turtles
like them so well. The turtles arc
sure a pest TO the fellow with a fine
pail OF sOfts. The branch craw,ish
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best bait for blue gills and sunfsh
in the streams or the pincners tax
on from the peelers Will do equally
as good. The pincher after it is
peeled Is an excellent bait for suck
ers and carp. Angie worms are
frequently carried TO tho strea ms in
the hot months, bat are not a very
good bait TO- summer hshing. How
ever, they do catch some rish and
are Used almost exclusively at the
lakes for blue gillS. The croppie
must DO fished for with small min
news and the common creek min
now is os good as any or the shore
nNinnow which is found in the lakes.
When after larGe-mouth bass either
at tho lakes or in the old river beds
or BAY GUS a live frog makes the
best bait / believe for the next
few weeks that live bait will be bet
tor than artificial lures unless per
haps that the f.ectinS lures may
prove equally as attractive when
hshing for the large mouth bass.
Many select the large river craw-
fish as the handiest bait for all
round summer fishing In the
streams This bait when found as
what Is known as n pecler can be
devised into three separate bats
each pincher when peeled will make
"A bait for most any kind Of small
pan FISH and the body of the craw-
hsh can be used separately as an ex-
Ccllent bass or catfish bait.
believe that most any kind OF
minnoW vii! be an attractive sum-
mer bait II IL can be put on the
hook in "a good healthy condition.
The great trouble in depending up
on this kind OF bait is that il is 50
difficult a matter TO keep them in
the proper condition. That's where
the blue minnow has the edge on all
other species In hot weather. II will
live longer and he stronger wht T.
used than any other kind One way
OF overcoming this handicap IS 70
carry q very small hook and 4 few
small angle worms with which 20
catch the 11innows as you need them
right where YOU are fishing. And
riSht here let me state that this is
one of the best methods in solN-irS
the hot weather bait question. I
know Of many anglers who use 1.-Two
bait during the summer for stream
fishing and they get IL all that way.
! It's a little slower but il gets the
nsh on c advantage is that you are
not bothered with carrying bait an