The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-25
Let's Go Fishing
BASS SIDESTEP
FISHERMEN AT
CASTING MEET
Crowd Waits in Vain When
Anglers Fail to Give
Thrills.
Let's Go Fishing
BY LEFTY LEE
Times Fishing Editor

Times Fishing Editor
The habits Of that game old bat
tier. the bass. are hard to figure
sometimes he Will strike most any
hardware tossed to him, and another
time your most successful lure never
will be noticed, even after hours Of
effort. An example that proves this
was one Of the outings and casting
tournaments Of the Marion County
Fish and Game Association at the
hatchery. recently.
To the winner Of the tourney went
the honor Of being permitted TO cast
one Of the pools that was teeming
with bass to show the crowd how 1t
was done. Garry Winders, one Of
the best when it comes to bringing
in this species. won the meet and
the right 70 display his skill.
Members with cameras lined the
edge of the pool ready to take some
pictures when Mr. Small Mouth
made his famous leap. Mr.. Wlnders
made the first cast, all tense and
ready for the strike. The cast was
perfect. but nothing happened. An
other cast and again nothing doing.
After about one hour Of this the
crowd started TO ride Mr.. Winners,
wise cracking for him to get a seine
among other things. Finally Mr..
Winders, too, became disguised and
invited any one present to take his
place, and do better if they could.
Ollie Baus, another angler who
knows what it is all about, accepted
the challenge, and with renewed
hopes the crowd remained to see the
fun. After trying all the lures avail
able, Baus decided that the fish in
that pool were not hitting, so he
moved over to another one. The
story ends with the crowd on its way
home and Ollie still trying to make
one OF those bass take his lure.
When this story was told over the
old campfire the other day, the final
remark made by Mr.. Winders was:
And he hasn't caught him yet"
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Mittendorf had
coolies of fun at Uyona lake Friday,
the two Of them taking a total of
|. thirty-eight crappie. Ted rented a
cottage from a Mr.. Shaefer. and
gives him credit for his day of sport,
claiming he directed them to the
spot where the fish really were bit
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Miller spent the
past week at the Morgan lodge, on
Lake Barbee. The blue gill were
biting so hard that they never did
get around to trying for the big
bass that make their home in this
lake. Here is the list of blue gill
taken: Monday, limit; Tuesday,
limit: Wednesday, IS; Thursday,
limit, and Friday, limit. And, as Ed
says, they were big ones, too.
One Of the largest small-mouth
bass taken from Indiana waters this
season was caught by Tom Craw-
ford on the Tippecanoe river last
Wednesday. The big boy weighed
five pounds and twelve ounces.
Harry Bronson was fishing with Mr.
Crawford when he took his prize
beauty. They all caught the limit.
Walter Roeder has been on the
sick list for the last week. Mr.
Roeder had just finished a two
weeks vacation on Lake Barbee, and
Walt Jones wise cracked the fact
that Mr.. ROeder did not catch that
seven-pounder was what made him
sick. II seems that Walt told Jones
before the trip that he intended to
lind one that size.
With different cities and in
dividuals promising to correct the
cause of pollution, it seems that this
is the proper time for you to join
with the United SpOrtSmen of In
diana, Inc. The organization has
been battling against this condition
for some time. and Will stay on the
Job until this menace has been
corrected. Members also have gone
on record to help make conditions
better for the anglers and hunters
in other ways. but as pollution has
been the main cause of the poor
fishing conditions in so many
streams. the fight is directed at
this so Fundamentally that most
anglers are under the impression
that this would be their only service.
A 50-cent piece will get you a men,
bership card for one year, and prac-
tically all Of this amount will be
used to fight your cause.
Ewing Row, Bob Reagan and the
writer have been planning for weeks
10 hit Franks lodge at the mouth of
the Nfonon and the Tippecanoe river
and. as soon as that Well known
frost is on the pumpkin. We are on
our way. Reagan swears by this spot.
and Will not chance taking us until
the conditions are Just right.
Dutch Irrgang has been trying to
land a big bass he has spotted in
\Eagle creek all summer and the
Aatest report states that he still is
irving. Dutch has tied into him on
several different occasions, but Mr.
Bass always has been able to escape
him.
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