The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-28
Let's Go Fishing
ANGLER LOSES
IN LONG FIGHT
TO LAND BASS
Walt Jones Learns Tricks
Used Last Year Are
Failures.
BY LEFY LEE
Times Fishing Editor

Well, here we are again with the
old, old story. While casting with
Walt Jones on Little Blue river
Sunday We were witness to one Of
those battles that happen but ono
in a lifetime. Jones was casting a
stretch Of water that had been
widened a made deeper by the
removal Of gravel when he secured
a strike that made him think he
had the bottom securely snagged.
The Grandaddy Of all the small
mouth bass in this stream soon
made him change his mind. how
ever, when he made three of his
famous leaps in about as many sec
-onds.
Jones hooked and landed a six
pound, twelve-Ounce bass in Free
man lake last year, so he thought
that the same method Of letting
Mr.. Bass year himself down would
apply in this case. As the battle
progressed the bass continued to
gain just a little line, and it was
not long until he reached his den,
and then the stuff was off. Jones
would bring the bass TO him about
three feet, and then the fish would
return the compliment. until the
line finally gave, and another beauty
was free 10 give some other angler
a battle in the future. Jones was
out n perfectly good Jacks casting
fly but he Will tell any one that the
sport he had trying to land this one
was worth while, ven though he
was on the losing end.
Harold Gerdts and Paul Hare had
a big time on Nyona lake Sunday,
their catch being thirty-two Graphic,
eighteen blue gill. and eight catfish.
The fish have been biting ever since
Labor day on this lake. and an
angler is almost certain to get his
limit in crappie most any day.
That the anglers are using Jacks
casting fly is reflected in the num-
Der of fish taken on this bait. Tom
johnson used this lure on Sugar
creek, near Mechanicsburg. the
other day. and landed a three and
three-quarter pound small mouth
bass.
Vending also took a day off ana
hit White Lick creek, near MOOres-
vile, with j. Weber. They landed
a total of nine bass. Vending using
his dual spinner and Weber a
homemade hackle fly. with a fly
rod. The fish averaged about one
and one-half pounds.
Here We have a real fish story
from BrevOort Lake. Mich. Three
local anglers, j. w. Knowles,
Charles Knowles and Jack Ford.
made the trip to this famous lake
and had the time of their lives. The
prize catch was a tiger muskie that
hit the scales at %ffty-five pounds.
The fish was ifty-two inches long
and il required three hours to land
him. One hundred northern pike
and fifteen bass also were taken.
The bass and muskie were brought
back when they returned. but most
of the pike were returned to the
water.
In most branches Of sport the
right-handed person has the edge.
but when it comes to bait casting
We left-handerS come into u own
in a big way. The reason for the
edge is the fact that when casting
we are ready to retrieve at once,
while the right-handers must
change hands before they are able
TO start Keeling in the bait. While
the writer does not claim to be a
star caster, the fact remains that
with the same number of strikes
secured. our take always has been
slightly better than the average fish
erman who had to change before he
was ready. Early this season We
were fishing with a lad who never
could land a strike. as he had a
bad habit Of taking too much time
to make the change and Mr.. Bass
would get the slack line he needed
to make his getaway. That same
day We had two strikes. and both
times the fish was landed. The pair
of us finally decided that the reason
for this was because We were al
ways in position for the strike from
the time the cast was made.