The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-08
Let's Go Fishing
SHAFER LAKE
YIELDS LIMIT
CATCH OF BASS
City Families Also Land
Full Allowance of Blue
gill, Graphic.
BY LIEF TY LEE
Times Fishing Editor

William II. Martin Of ;he WAY
man Body Company. Frank p.
Moore Of the Prudential Insurance
Company. their wives and Mr..
Moore's brother OF Sellerskdrg. Ind
enjoyed their greatest catch Of the
season al Shafer lake o-er the
weekend. All members Of the
party took the limit OF silver bass.
bluogill and crappie
The Martin and Moore fam lies
have a cottage on Shaier. and have
held their faith in the lake. even If
tneir catches, until last SUNDAY.
had been poor In addition to the
bag limit Of fish mentiored. they
also caught two huge catfish that
averaged better than fifteen pounds.
Ray Ross also enjoyed MS trip
TO Shafer lake over the weekend
his string showing the limit of silver
bass and two channel catfish Ross
fooled the silver bass with a small
bit OF cellophane attached 10 his
hook.
Webster Wright of the Investors
Syndicate. took time Oft to visit
Bar9ee lake Friday. Saturday and
Sunday night Wright stayed at
Morgans Inn and he and Stan
Morgan hit the lake early each
morning. They used a jack casting
fly and the limit was reached in
short order
When the bass are hitting at this
lake It is a fishermans idea of
heaven, and they really were hit
ting over the weekend Stan Nor
gan took the whopper during this
streak. landing a i,-pound large
mouth.
Audrey Durham and E. G.. Blinn
were trying for bass at Indian dam,
but the big ones we're not hitting.
the only keeper being a three
Founder that Blinn caught Both
anglers had plenty of strikes. but
outside OF this one. all were under
sized
John Ray heard about the big
oncG being taken from the lake at
MOrristoWn. and thought he would
Ike some OF that kind of fishing
Ray tried all kinds OF methods but
fna " gave up, with no fish 10 show
for his efforts
John RuSie and family are spend
ing the week at Lake Manitou RuSic
certainly will be disappointed If the
report We received from an angler.
who Just has returned is correct.
as he states that crappie are the
only fish biting Ever since Rusie
saw the real catch made by the boys
from the Indiana Provision Com
pany at Half Moon lake. Wis. his
dreams included a trip TO this spot.
but his arrangements had been
made and Manitou it was.
Bob Johnson of the johnson
Chevrolet Company is on his way
TO the far north of Michigan. after
musky pike and trout. That isn't
saying that he will return With
them, as he went after the big ones
few years ago and came back
with a bear.
Erwin Johannes landed his first
bass. casting. 2is-pound small
mouth. falling for bass oreno
Johannes spent two weeks at Shafer
lake. this bass being the only thing
to show. until John and Ed Kirch
arrived Thursday to show him how
1t is done
The limit for all three in bluegill
then were taken Thursday. Friday
and Saturday Johannes claims they
were not biting until then. but John
ard Ed claim he did not hold his
mouth right
The boys from The Times have
developed the fishing habit on
la~ge scale A party consisting OF
AL Ethridge. Ed Wobbenhorst. Rem
Perry Hank Christ Harold Rhine,
and Bob Whitney from the compos-
ing room took a trip TO Shafer lake
over the weekend. and caught eight
channel cat five silver bass. red
eve and an eel ST. inches long. The
eel lived up TO its reputation of
being a slippery cuSS. and the bows
looked as II they had fallen in the
lake when he finally was landed.
The weekly shoot of the HOoSier
Rifle and Pistol Club was conducted
under handicap basis. thirty
members competing. The revolver
contest was won by Buckholtz. with
close second Werner was the
wlrrer in the rifle match. The win
ncrS were awarded medals The
shoot is a weekly features. the next
match being scheduled for Friday
niCht al the range IN the basement
of Tomlinson hall The public is
invited TO attend
Russian scientists have succeeded
in deciphering number of clay
tablets bearing cuneiform inscrip-
sons written IN the days of the
Babylonian king. Hammurabi