The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-24
Let's Go Fishing
FIREMAN LANDS
21-P0UND CAT
IN FISH BATTLE
Charles Wirick Winner in
30 Minute Fight in
Sugar Creek.

A battle that Listed thirty min
utes with a 2l-pound catfish was
the thrill OF the week for Charles
Wirick. from engine house No. 81,
Roosevelt avenue and Olney street.
He and Red" Reno decided that a
trip 20 Sugar creek. south Of
Franklin. would be the ideal way to
spend their day off.
Wiricks skill was put 70 a supreme
test as he hooked the big fellow on
a five-ounce split bamboo rod and
a twelve pound test line. A soft
craw was the bait used Reno
caught the lower jaw with a pair Of
pliers as Wirick brought the FISH
within range for the Steenth time.
Reno also was busy with his rod.
taking two bass and a hve-p pound
cat The boys returned tired. but
they were happy.
Rex Dawson finally breaks into
print with big splash. Dawson
was fishing his favorite hole Ctry
to find out where 1t Isl, and tied into
a a. pound small-mouth bass He
was fly-fishing and was in the wa
ter up his armpits, when this beauty
struck. During the battle that fol-
lowed. Rex lost his hat, fought off
some anglers who tried 10 help him.
fell in the water and yet came up
with the prize. After the excite
ment dfed down. and a cigaret was
the tonic needed. he discovered that
they. along with his matches, were
ruined.
Mr.. and Mrs E. NJ Johannes and
Mr. and Mrs. j. " Fox and their
families left for Shafer lake Satur-
day. and will remain for two weeks.
We certainly hope that the bass
strike for Johannes as he took
along several lures we selected for
him.
Maynard Masten and Earl Masten
turned in a dandy catch of large
mouth bass while fishing Cicero
creek. Maynard taking five keepers,
using an oriental wiggler while
casting, and bass roun" when fly
fishing. The largest one on his
string weighed 3 pounds. Earl de-
pended on a yellow buck Shannon
spinner, and took four the largest
81 pounds.
When "Plugger" Niman goes after
the fish they call out the police to
keep the traffic open. Nirnan along
with Earl Riffner and Harold Settlers
of the State Auto Insurance Com
pany discovered that Vern Reed had
been getting some of his favorite
channel cats in the canal at the
Kessler boulevard bridge, so they de-
cided they would do the same.
The fish were hitting. and it was
not long until three or four cars
stopped TO watch them. Not know
ing what il was all about. more
cars stopped to find out, and the
crowd grew to several hundred.
People living in the vicinity add
ing TO the congestion. To make
things more exciting Niman had his
pet coon along. and he created as
much or more interest than the fish.
The bait being used TO catch these
fish was c. CT. and the demand for
them at the north side poultry
houses became so heavy that the
poultry men were thinking of put
ting up signs c. G.. 20 cents a
pound. When the traffic cops ar
rived. they counted thirty-five fish
ing rods on the bridge
Some members of the police force
also give good account OF them
selves when they get cut along the
stream with rod and reel Walter
Bennett was using a redhead Car
ter in the river at NobeSville and
had four consecutive strikes on four
casts. landing three OF them. the
largest weighing two and one-half
pounds.
Claude Moore. Sam Fisher and
their families enjoyed some fine
fishing while on their vacation in
Michigan. and have some good fish
stories to tell their friends. Moore
tells us that the pike were shedding
their teeth while they were there,
and they caught some without
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of loose teeth.
John E. Miller. national head
quarters. American Legion. has re-
turned from a trip TO Barbee Lake.
The fishing was good. and during
his stay he took fifty pounds Of
blue gill and some real bass.
His largest bass was pound
large mouth, caught with a South
Bend dart oreno. Miller advises a
jack casting fly. Shannon spinner.
and a Heddon NEEDLESS widow at
this lake now. however. as the reeds
and other water growth are too high
for any bait that Is not NEEDLESS.
Ed Helm. $40 North jefferson
avenue. enjoyed a week at the cot
tage Of Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Nc
Cormick. at Cataract Falls. and
scored the best catch for any one
day. taking twenty pounds of bass
and channel catfish. The fish in
this stream dote on the large soft
crawS that Indianapolis anglers
bring with them from the White
river.
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