, 1923-06-17
PANcRO VILLA.
Woods and
WaterSE p n9a
GOING AFTER THE BIG ONES.

"HE more you fish or watch guides
working over a lake with an
angler in tow, the more you real
i lie that this game OF Turing the
finny tribes is considerably more than
merely tossing tackle around where
fish are supposed to be hangin' out.
The fellow that does a little studying
OF the habits OF fish and of the waters
he Is going to spend some time " work.
ing" usually comes out ahead with a
full creel or the limit. Certainly there
are few outdoor games which call for
more resourcefulness in the way of
stunts and tricks than fishing. Luck
plays its part. to be sure, but have you
ever noticed that the guy we usually
call lucky is the one that carries
around something besides a lot of
tackle and a rabbits foot7 He totes a
little era matter in his head and
uses 1t.
Right now when the bass and mus
kies are in more or less shallow water
and can be melted to riotous action by
means Of various lures 1t is not such a
trick to and emf the fisherman
knows their hangouts. But a little
later. when it's hot and the fish are
on their feed and seeking out the cool,
deep holes. you will see RATS of fisher
men still whipping the shallow water
in which no s~elf.respecting fish will
loiter during the day. as the water IL
too warm. The wise angler hen takes
TO night fishing. when the bass and
muskies will come into shallower
water to food, or else he uses a few
ingenious tricks to get EN- when they
are down deep.
This reminds us of the trick hat
Walt Herzberg played a few years ago
to get his big bass while fishing in
Michigan waters. Walt couldn't get
a nibble with fly or bait rod lures dur
ing q terrific hot spell. 1t was that
time when the heat was so intense
that trout died in some Michigan and
Wisconsin streams. Walt gets a Their
mometer and decides to locate the
spring holes, in which he knew the
big bass were lettering. He would
lower the thermometer down deep.
allow II to stay there a minute. haul II
up quickly, and take a reading. BY
moving around and doing this a num-
Der of times he soon had the holes To-
Gated. The next stunt was TO take n
small frog, attach it to a hook. weight
It slightly but not enough to impair
the natural kicking ability Of the lure,
and let Mr.. Frog down into a spring
hole. whanel and a bass was on. BY
this method Walt took some OF the
largest bass we ever saw.
We expect the BASS that weren't
hooked in deep holes are stu wonder
ing how those little frogs came gently
floating into their retreat. Anyway,
IL was n case OF five and six pound
fish being landed.
We saw the skin OF one Of these old
lunkers and It was some large mouth
bass. Well. II doesn't take a Their
mometer TO tell a fellow where to go
after 'em. but the d OF locating the
cool. deep holes in hot weather is the
berries. and It means fish. as a rule.
Il \
And II is much the same way with
trout. We have seen days on a little
Oregon stream when apparently moth
ing looked good to the trout. We were
stumped on what to do. The answer
came to us one evening. Our cabin
was swamped by a flight OF moth mill
ers which were attracted by our lamp.
Harry, our camp pal, Immediately
began collecting n bunch of these
moths. We used them the next day
on that trout stream and the blamed
trout Just fell over themselves grab
hin for those inconspicuously colored
Fishing is a funny game. But
that's the fun Of IL. You never know
what eorf ~ a frfck vop have - r..1~+