The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-26
Let's Go Fishing
BASS LOSER IN
FIGHT To DODGE
TIMES CONTEST
Jack CaStIeman Gets Fish
After Tough Battle
at Creek.
BY LEFTY LEE
Times Fishing Editor

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Times fishing contest certainly
hated to enter, because he broke
the anglers rod and took about all
of the line before he consented to
be turned and landed by Jack
Castleman, Sill East st. Clair street.
Castleman was fishing on Sugar
Creek, north of Thirty eighth street,
using live minnows for bait. He had
two nice bass on his string when the
third one hit him ton. The
angler seated the hook in the ap-
proved style and was thrilled when
he felt the tug of one of those big
ones. The fish came for short
time and then decided that he
rather would be somewhere else and
started for that place so sudden
that he snapped the rod. Before
Castleman again could handle
things, most of his line was off the
reel but after he regained control
the reward was three and one
half pound small mouth bass that
now is holding down third place
in the small mouth division of this
contest The leader in the small
mouth division is four and one
half FOUNDER, while the tops in the
large mouth class is a four and
three quarter pound. The contest
will close Nov. l, and the boys are
bringing them in fast now so you
had better hurry if you want to win
one of these beautiful medals
donated by Walter Jones of the
George j. Mayer Company and
sponsored by The Times.
Walter Roeder returned to duty
Tuesday after an illness that has
kept him on the shelf for several
weeks. Roeder's many friends are
glad to see him back and hope that
he finally has mastered his ailment.
Duck hunting season on three
sides of this state opened earlier
than Indiana this year and as a re-
suit, the department of conservation
has added to the force of game
wardens along the boundaries to
keep the hunters on their sides of
the line. The federal government
controls the opening of the season
and their granting other states an
earlier opening than Indiana has
made the hunters of this state wary,
about the ST duck bill now pending
before congress, by which sports
men would take out a stamp license
of ST. a year for shooting ducks.
Three-fourths of this revenue would
be used to build refugees, some ling
that is needed in this state but the
hunters likely will wish to know
what share Indiana will get of this
money before they become too en-
thuSiastic. If the money is to go to
Illinois and Ohio, as the favors have
gone this year, then hunters here
may be cautious about giving their
approval.
Here is fish story from Logans-
port that is hard to beat. Rube
Stauffer, using a standard No. 8
Hildebrandt spinner, caught a gar
and then a sucker on the same trip,
and hooked both of them in the
mouth. The next thing we expect
to hear or read about is for some
angler to report the catch of a carp
On large live minnows.
Some resort owners along the
lakes are acting as unofficial war
dens, and are doing real work by
keeping the fish and game hogs
worrying about taking a chance
while the official warden is away.
This is the type of resort owner
that the sportsmen should patron
re when they are fishing the lakes.
Vending their way southwark,
flock after flock of geese kept the
residents of the west side awake
during the wee small hours today.
The first flock, by far the largest.
used a good thirty minutes to pass
over and smaller flocks followed at
about f1ve-minute internavsl. These
birds know where they were going,
all right, but we for one wish they
would not sound their horns at every
crossing.