The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-21
LET'S Go Fishing
ENTRIES LAC IN
BASS CONTEST
OF The TIMES
Leaving of Fish UnneCeS'
Sary After Weighing
and Registering.
BY LEFTY LEE,
Times Fishing Editor

not have TO leave the fish when you
enter 1t in The Times contest. The
impression that the bass must be
left at The Times TO enter II in
this contest has cost at least two
fellows a chance TO take one of the
beautiful medals that are being Of
fered, for the lucky fishermen who
have the largest bass in both The
small mouth and the large mouth
class, on or before Nov. l. All you
have to do to enter this contest is
TO catch a big one, bring 1t to The
Times, have IL weighed and regis
tered, and then take It home with
you, and start hoping that no other
angler takes a bigger one. There
will be three madels awarded in
each division, a gold, silver and
bronze. With the arrival of cold
weather. the big ones that have
been refusing to hit for the last
two months. should start. and some
real entries are expected, before the
deadline is reached.
A tip that should add to the life
OF your line is-keep your line dried
after each fishing trip. Hang 1t up
in the shade and let the wind dry
it. Never dry it in the sun. An
other thing always Is to keep your
reel well-oIed, as a dry reel wears
at quickly, and it takes no time
at all for the pins to wear down and
fit loosely, if the reel is allowed to
run dry. Another tip to put away
for future use is, always wear a
pair of sun glasses when fishing on
a sunny day. The glasses will save
your eyes a lot of strain.
Captain Louis johnson, Sam Wolf
and w. E. Hale had wonderful
days sport on the Tippecanoe river,
at Monterey recently. their catch
consisting of forty pounds Of chan
mel cat fish and seven dandy bass.
Wolf was the novice member of this
trio. and provided the boys with a
good laugh when he hooked one of
the bass taken, his first fish he ever
took. Setting the hook after the
strike, Wolf started for the corn
field. when he felt something pull
ing plenty hard. and with every step
he yelled for help. Johnson and
Hale let him keep going until he
had the fish tangled up with a
brush pile at the bank. when they
came to his rescue. and helped him
land it, which means that VOLTS
Hr
would have been long gone.
Here is good spot for you
squirrel hunters to spend the day
and enjoy some fine sport. There is
more than one thousand acres of
real woodland at the Cataract Falls,
where most of the squirrels of
southern Indiana seem to congre-
gate. The hunting at this spot is
good. as the land is private and a
nominal charge and proper restric-
tions are enforced. Try this coun-
try the next time you want to make
sure of bagging some of this tasty
food.
The last time Cliff Ross and Ed
Clark went to Shafer Lake they
came back with all the fish the law
allowed, but this is the last catch we
have heard from at this favorite
fish should start hitting in a big
way soon.
The striped bass that was intro
duced into Pacific waters about
twenty years ago from the east are
thriving and are stealing the thun-
der of the native game fish. Bass
weighing as much as sixty-three
pounds have been taken. and for
ty-pounder no longer is rarity.
The same method of surf casting
that is used on the Atlantic gets the
fish in the Pacific when they come
in to fresh water spawning grounds.
If you visit the Pacific coast now,
the he men from the west do not
tell you about their trout streams,
but take you to the ocean and give
you some real sport.
Every year you can read about
some angler getting an eye removed
by the barbS of a plug. or ar ear
torn off by a careless caster. The
reason for this is pure carelesSness
Most of the accidents of this nature
occur when more than two are fish
ing from the same boat. With a
man casting from each end of the
boat the poor fellow rowing is a
constant target for the plugs and
spinners of the other anglers. Those
doing the casting should see that all
is clear before the cast is made. and
the fellow handling the oars always
should follow the actions of the
casters to be ready to duck. For
this reason the overhead cast should
be used exclusively. as the side cast
even frowned upon when shore
casting. is more likely to hook a