The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-18
Let's Go Fishing
AID SOUGHT BY
SPORTSMEN IN
POLLUTION WAR
Organization Sounds Plea
for Members: Funds
Are Needed.
BY LEFTY LEE
Times Fishing Editor

Have you joined the United
Sportsmen Of Indiana, Inc? At the
present time this organization IS
staging a battle to rid the streams
of Indiana of pollution, that the
organization IS doing a good Jop,
can be seen by the number Of cities
and manufacturing plants that are
busy installing equipment to stop
the practice that has ruined the
waters for years. This organization
will carry on the battle, but 1t IS IN
need Of help from anglers and II
again requests you join. The dues
are only so cents annually and the
service rendered certainly is worth
many times this amount. Member
ship cards can r. obtained from any
of the downtown sporting goods
stores, so drop in at one Of them
today and enroll in an organization
that is working for better conditions
for you.
AL Ethridge and Joe Staab Travelled
to Flat Rock creek at Spillmans
camp and took home nine suckers
and flock Of red cared sunflsh.
The boys we're using worms for bait
and they also caught a few bass
but they were all undersize.
The writer stepped out of the back
door and around the corner to Eagle
creek with his casting rod and a
Jacks dual spinner, and caught
more fish than we had taken on an
entire weekend trip that involved
a tour of 107 miles Small mouth
bass were hitting and we caught two
before one of these beauties caught
us. Our third strike never did stop
going and the line either was weak,
or the fish was one of those you read
about. Regardless of the cause we
are going to see Jack Vending to-
day-get another bait-and go right
back and give that fish another
chance to introduce this spinner to
his playmates.
One more fish story from Smith
men from this firm met US on Mill
creek Sunday and told a very con-
vincing story of his successful battle
with a small mouth bass that easily
would have passed the five pound
mark. Of course we thought he
finally had shared one of the beau
ties as there are plenty in that
creek that will weigh that much,
and we told him to bring it in To
date that fish never has arrived
and now we are sure it never will.
No, we are too polite to tell you
his name.
When Rhiney Rowe and Bob
Reagan hit the Tippecanoe at
Franks lodge the fish responded and
their catch numbered thirty nice
crappie. Reagan accounted for sew
enteen of this mess, while Rowe
caught the other thirteen. They
we're fishing on Friday, ID. when
they caught this string and as Rowe
took thirteen of them, he says he
will go back on Oct. IS and get bis
limit. They also tried for bass, but
these babiees were not hitting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Denges, 1341
Villa avenue, had a great time on
the Tippecanoe. below the Oakdale
dam, taking six bass on a Hide
brant flicker Two of the six were
over the four pound mark, and
Denges will bring them in and enter
them in The Times bass contest.
This contest only has two more
weeks to go. The big ones are start
ing to hit now and an angler must
have one that weighs at least four
pounds to reach the winning
circle at the present time The lead
err in the small-mouth division is
Az pounds. and unless the ones
brought in by the Denges family
pass the mark, this weight is lead
ing in the plymouth class.
Another catch from the Oakdale
dam was a nine-pound spoon bill
catfish. James Atkinson of the Bell
Telephone Company and Harry
Guthrie were fishing at this spot,
using night Crawlers for bait. They
were not having much luck when
this spoon bill decided to dine on
Atkinson'S bait This is the first
spoon bill reported caught during
the season.