The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-08-30
TWENTIETH CENTURY \
LIMITED
Fishy, Fishy in the Boat!

Fishy, Fishy in the Boat!
Something out Of The ordinary il
fish stories is told by man who re
Gently returned from vacation Of
two weeks spent on the shores of {
lake; where it is alleged that there
are still lots Of fish.
This man claims he has never rea!
ly caught fish in his life, although
! he hadsat one time, when boy, ex.
tracted three fish about five inches
long from the waters of one of North.
ern Minnesota's numerous fish ponds
The fish wouldn't Ibe caught by him on
a hook and line with nice, appetizing
bait. They would just eat the bait
off the hook and then lay around in
the water in plain sight, waiting for
the next course Of the midsummer
meal. Finally this young and still
ambitious fisherman let the fishes
swarm, around the undated hook and
with quick yank he caught one by
the tail. A second was caught by this
same maddening method, and like
wise third. -r- H., ..
So ended the career of the would
be fisherman. until recently when he
attempted to fish in the safe-and-
sane manner. Hours of trying net
ted nothing. 1t would have brought
the same result had the fisherman
hung on to the fish line and thrown
the pole into the lake for the fish to
nibble on. Evidently the bait was
easy to take, for the fishes took it
time and again with no apparent
trouble, except for the fisherman.
He got lots of bites, however, and
he says that he is still scratching
them. That's the kind of bites he
got. He even reports a couple OF
nibbles, but doesn't say much about
them. as%e$ ~.<...
All that dope about "holding the
mouth right" was tried in vain. he
held his mouth in every conceivable
manner for minutes at a time. But
he couldn't hold his tongue after the
first hour in the hot sun. He wouldn't
have been man if he had.
Once the line became tangled in
such way that the end Of it formed
a slip moose. He even tried to fish
that way, hoping that fish (more of
a fish than the rest) might get his
head into the moose. Evidently the
fishes had at some time or other stood
on the bank and watched the wild
west" COW punchers rope steers IN
the same way. Not caring 70 be jerk
ed and hauled around like steer,
they kept away from the moose.
Then he tried using bait again, but
without success. Still he knew there
must be lots of fish in the lake for it
would have taken lots of fish to make
away with all the bait, he gave them,
unless some old, experienced fish was
fully aware of the fact that it is 60
ing to be hard winter and was stor-
ing up the bait in his nest for use
later on. -.-.-..
~ One thing he claims, however, and
that is if there were ever any fish in
the lake they are still there as far as
he is concerned, for in due time ne
heaved the bait, pole, line and whole
caboodle into the lake and pulled for
shore, fully aware that he would nev-
err be elected field secretary CT the
home town fishing club, and would
have to be satisfied with being just a
truthful fisherman, if there is such an
animal. a&.~.s.+T. p, ~
ALL Fish Are Not Big Fish
-@>s An Ancient Inventor
Talking of inventions, we have
been asked who invented the arc
light. Naturally we would think that
it happened after the discovery of
electricity, but it is said in authorita-
tive quarters that Noah made the ark
light when he drove the animals out
after the flood.
Remember the Flood
Smiling Out Loud
The worst of it with most of US
humans 1--WE still consider ourselves
in this class) is that when you try to
smile at some folks they think you're
laughing at them.
.,.... Maybe You Are