The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-29
Let's So Fishing
MEDALS READY
SOON IN TIMES
FISH CONTEST
Read the Rules Carefully,
Then Bring in Your
Whopper.
BY LEFTY LEE
Times Fishing Editor


Walter Jones, donor of the med
ais that the Lets Go Fishing" col
umn will present to the anglers who
bring in the big ones, added insult
to injury Sunday when he landed a
three pound twelve-ounce small
mouth bass with the writer's rod,
reel and Pflueger spinner.
Getting two or three short hits, we
decided a change might hook the
fish. Jones was resting at the
time, and when I started for the
tackle box, he asked me to let him
try with the Pfleuger. Darned if
he didn't hook the big one on his
second try! But we got hunk" by
telling him that he could not enter
it in the contest to try for one of
the medals.
Here are the rules of the contest
that will add another thrill to
catching the big ones. First, six
medals will be awarded, three in the
small-mouth division and three for
large mouth. The fish must be
taken in Indiana waters, stream,
lake, gravel pit or pond.
The fish then must be brought to
The Times, weighed and registered.
The anglers who take the largest
fish in each division then will be de-
clared the winners, and will be pre-
sented with a gold, silver and
bronze medal The medals will be
ready this week, and will be put on
display at the Em-Roe Sporting
Goods Company.
The contest Uill close Nov. 1. A
four-pound Small-mouth bass was
caught last week, but as the angler
failed to bring it in and register, as
the rules require, it was not entered
in the contest. Oil up your reel and
get that grandpa over Labor day.
L. A. Hughes, 2441 North Illinois
street, certainly enjoyed the fishing
at Las La CroiX, Mimi, near the
Canadian border, taking thirty great
northern pike that weighed from
four to thirty-six pounds. Hughes
sent in a picture of himself and the
thirty six FOUNDER, and we will show
you the proof soon.
Well, we'll, and we'll! Our report
last week crediting George Bunting
with three small-mouth bass, one
weighing three pounds, was wrong,
as credit for catching the fish should
have gone to Homer Brantley.
Brantley admits that Bunting was
along on this trip, but all he did
was carry the fish. The fish were
taken at Little Eagle creek, on q
black piccaninny bass bug.
Thirty neighbors gathered at the
home of John Ray, 1881 La Grande
street, when he dressed 161a pound
hardshell turtle Friday night. This
big fellow was caught by Ray in
Big White Lick creek, No, we did
not hear about invitations sent out
to help eat it.
Extra! Police make raid on fried
chicken at Murphy cottage, Lake
Freeman. Six fried chicken cap
tured. Officers Robert Smith and
Charles Schefendecker are spending
their vacations at this cottage, and
had as guests Mr.. and Mrs. o. E.
Petit, Bernie Ewing, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ted Schefendecker and Al Scheich.
Red Kelly, who won fame for
himself a few years ago sitting on
f1agpoles, also was present. To stay
in training for his odd feats, Kelly
dived through a screened window
Saturday night before going to bed.
The boys enjoy pistol practice
each morning and Bob Smith is the
champ. Smith and Kelly are the
cooks, and were getting by in fine
style until they served drop dump
lings. Their fishing activities must
have been called night work. as the
only mention of the flnny tribe says
catfish.
Boy, how the big ones are hit
ting on Gun lake, up in Michigan.
Russell Raster and Harry Kryter
Just have returned from this lake
and report a catch of two four
pound, one five-pound and one six
pound three-ounce large-mouth bass.
Their bait was live frogs, which they
trolled. Lee Winders is busy
mounting the siX-pound plus bass
for these boys. While they we're at
the lake some of the guides came in
with a sick musky that weighed
seventy pounds. Gun lake has bass,
musky, pike and all pan fish and the
bass really grow big.
Leonard Flaherty, IS North Ia
coma avenue, caught twenty-five
standard bluegills on recent trip
to Lake Shafer. Two boy friends
also returned with a dandy string of
these great pan fish.
R. H. Darnaby of the Hollenbeck
Press has nothing but memories OF
limit catch of wall-eyed pike and
perch at Lake Manistique. Darnaby
was returning to the cottage with
his limit when he noticed one of the
wall-eyed pike had his head through
the mesh of his live net. While at
tempt to get the one back in, the
bag turned upside down and the en-
tire catch escaped. With fish stories
like this to tell you about, it won't
he long until we decide to go to the