The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-25
Let's Go Fishing
ANGLER ENTERS
BIGGEST FISH IN
TIMES CONTEST
Bass Caught at Webster Is
Largest Waiting to
Be Judged.
BY LEFTY LEE
Times Fishing Editor

mander place, and Dale Dugan of
Red Key hit Webster lake at the
right time and enjoyed a day of
rare sport on this lake that has
plenty OF those prize winning bass
making their home there. Between
them they landed a total of nine
bass, the largest four pound twelve
ounce large-mouth, taken by Kira-
zian. The fish was brought in to
The Times and entered in the bass
contest, where it tops the list of en-
trantS in this division to date. The
fish measured 2124 inches and was
a beautiful specimen of the large
mouth black bass. Kirazian is noted
for his ability to go out and get the
big ones and usually is to be found
matching his skill with Ollie Baus,
another noted angler.
Many fishermen become confused
while fishing the northern lakes,
and as result return home tell
ing their friends that they caught
their limit of crappie. When in
reality they have taken as high as
80 per cent of the catch from the
calico bass family. The calico is
much better for eating, and if you
ever have taken a mess. thinking
they were crappie, and then found
them to taste better than any crap
pie you ever had, the chances are
your catch was calico bass. For
this reason we will describe both of
these species, and hope it may add
to your enjoyment at some future
time when fishing for these fish.
Often confused with the Graphic,
the calico bass is found in many
sections of the country, its range ex-
tending from the Great Lakes
region, south to Texas and Florida,
westward throughout the Mississippi
valley and in far western states. The
lakes of Michigan, New York, In
diana, Wisconsin and Ohio TEEN with
the calico bass, known under the
following names: Strawberry bass,
Lake Erie bass, Bitterhead bass and
silver bass. In the south the fish is
known as the speckled perch, google
eye perch, Chincapin perch and
Bridge perch. The generic term bass
in the south is given only to salt
water fish of the bass family, and
the southerner always calls a fresh
water bass, a perch. The calico is
handsome fish, resembling the sun
fish but having a longer, thinner
body and larger fins. The head is
long, the mouth large and the lower
jaw projects bass-like. The eye is
large and the iris dark blue. It
grows to eight or ten inches and
weighs from one-half to one pound.
In some cases it attains a weight of
from two to two and one-half
pounds. The color is Silvery-olive
mottled with olive green with darker
spots at irregular intervals. 1t is
adapted to pond or lake culture and
spaWns in the spring or early sum-
mer in sand, gravel or on a flat
stone. It's food is the same as the
sunflsh, although it is partial to
young fish. Usually the calico will
be found in schools. With light
tackle 1T affords sport, although not
noted as game fish.
1t is one of the best of the Ameri-
can pan fish, and, for this reason,
is appreciated. The best method of
taking this fish is from small boat
anchored in the ponds or lakes. A
small float should be used when
fishing for this species with small
minnows, which are taken greedily.
The crappie is almost Identical to
the calico bass, but may be dis
tinguished readily by the fact that
it has but six spines in the dorsal
fin whereas the calico has seven.
The calico bass has the larger
mouth and the depression in front
of the eye'is more prominent than
the crappieS. The crappie is also
lighter and the markings are not
so pronounced as they are in its
cousin. The crappie will thrive in
ponds and generally is found around
fallen trees, mill dams and sunken
brush. Although a free bitter, it is
not remarkable for being game, CIV
ing up the fight after brief strug-
gle.
Quite number OF local fisher
men now are fishing White river
and Eagle creek near the city. The
reason for this is the shortening
of the daylight hours, which means
that they will not spare the time
travelling a long way for a short
time. And if the results were tabu-
lated, we feel sure that Eagle creek
would be better thought of, for when
bass is taken from this stream it
Is usually small mouth.
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