The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-02
Let's Go Fishing
ANGLERS HAVE
LUCK NEAR CITY
OVER WEEKEND
Fred Simon RUSheS to New
Site When Son Lands
Four-Pounder.
BY LEFTY LEE
Times Fishing Editor


Paul Simon certainly sent his dad.
Fred Simon, fishing in a hurry yes
terday when he returned from one
of the gravel pits south of the city
with a four-pound two-ounce small
mouth bass and another one that
weighed two pounds. Simon was
using a homemade casting fly, and
when his third strike fouled him
beneath the boat and broke his line,
he was forced to quit, as it was the
only bait he had with him. The
fish were brought TO the writer S
home, weighed and registered, and
entered in The Times bass contest.
Being on the sick list has its
drawbacks. Pleurisy had us in bed
over the weekend and our regular
fishing buddies, Walt Jones and
Emil De Luse, dropped in on their
return from one Of our favorlte pits
about fifty miles south of the city
with seven bass and fifteen blue
gill. OF course, they were sorry
that we were unable to be with
them when the fish were hitting in
that style, but that did not keep US
from wishing.
john Freeman, bailiff of the cir
cult court, and his wife were fish
ing in White river north of Ravens
wood. Mr.. Freeman had some large
minnows out trying for bass, while
his wife was using worms and fish
ing for blue gill. Yes, it's the same
old story. Mr.. Bass decided that
worm is what he wanted to eat, and
Mrs. Freeman hooked and landed
two-and-one-h alf-pound small
mouth bass. The fish had plenty OF
fight in it's makeup, and before the
landing was made all Of the cot
tagers in the vicinity were out,
thinking some person was drowning
a. the fair angler was calling for
hclp in big way.
Howard Meyer, president of the
United Sportsmen, Inc, gave
talk to the members of the Lions
Club recently that convinced these
boys that the pollution OF the
streams of Indiana must stop.
Mr.. Meyer certainly can explain the
evils of pollution in a clear and
forceful manner, and as there is no
defense for this terrible condition,
you know he is right. There is only
one reason that pollution has
gripped this state, and that Is the
fact that no organized attempt on
the part of the sportsmen and 9TH
ers who should be interested in keep
ing our waters clean had been made.
This is all changed now, with the
coming of the United SportSmen,
who are Maging a real battle to
stop it. The state board of health
and the conservation department
also are in earnest about cleaning
I'D this condition, but they always
have been handicapped in their eff
forts. But since the polluters re-
alize that outside forces are at work,
and really mean to continue to
work. they are beginning to CO.
. operate, and the outlook for clean
streams in Indiana is the best that
it ever has been. But cont slip
now, boys; join the United Sports
men and make sure that pollution
will be stamped out.
Cliff Handy and Charles Merideth
were fishing on Blue River and
thought that their luck was in when
Mr.. Handy landed a dandy two and
one-half pound small mouth bass.
Mr.. Handy placed the fish on a
stringer and started to toss 1t in the
wa n when the bass gave one flip,
pulled the stringer from his hand,
ard was long gone-stringer and
all 1t was the only one they
caught.
The Kiwanis Club of st. Peters
burg, Fla, in cooperation with the
conservation department of that
state, recently placed $4,000 large
mouth bass lingering in Crescent
lake. The lake is described as be-
ing adjacent to the training camp
of the world champion Yankees and
Babe Ruth'S favorite home run spot
The season in this lake is open only
two and one-half months each
year and the fishing is restricted to
fly and artificial bait fishing, which
means that it should prove to be an
anglers paradise.
The recent death Of thousands Of
ducks in Alberta, believed to have
been caused by alkaline water, was
traced to leeches, by Professor Will
liam Rowan and Drs. L. E. Smith
and George A. Pickering, natural
lists The hungry ducks feeding or
the Ieeches while they are in Their
bug-Hke resting shape, find that the
1eeches. when disturbed, clamp or
to anything within reach, in this
instance. the inside of the ducks
mouth or throat. BY diStentior
when filled with blood they Their
either choke the bird to death, OF
work into the noStrilS and prolone
the agony. The officials now are
trying to find some gold fish or other
water dweller that will feed on the
leeches. to solve this serious
problem. If solved the lives Of
millions of ducks will be saved ir
the future.