The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-22
Let's Go Fishing
YOUNG CASTER
WINS FAME AT
NATIONAL MEET
Don Bradford, Is, Now Is
Favorite to Annex
State Title.
BY LEFTY LEE
Times Fishing Editor

Faithful practice for season that
included the omission OF his favorite
sport. fishing, had its reward for
Don Bradford. member of the In
dianapolis Casting Club. at the
twenty-fifth annual convention of
the International Fly and Bait
Casting Club, when he tied the vet
eran Clarkson for top honors in
the five-eighths bait casting event.
Bradford. only IS years old. was
competing with the worlds best. and
the loss to a caster OF Clarkson's
ability in the casting off can not re-
feet against him. as the veteran
war a champion before Don was
born
The added confidence and expe-
Renee OF the national meet should
make this lad hard TO beat at the
state meet that opens Sunday. at
his home pool. College avenue and
Fall creek. and he now is rated as
the favorite
Gladys Rudbeck certainly was
thrilled on her first fishing trip to
Lake WawaSee as she landed two
dandy large-mouth bass Her first
question when the party started
home was. When are We going
AGAIN."
Here We have some other catches
recorded at Lakes Shafer and Free
man, two OF the most popular spots
IN the state. Oakdale Dam. Aug. II
10. and is; Charles Lindsey. Indian
apoiis. twenty-five bluegill. on
crickets; E. M. Howe. Fowler. one
hve-pound. two ounce small mouth
bass; E. Goldin, Montmorenci. one
eight-pound cat and a pound
Buffalo; William Davis. Lafayette.
five silver bass.
AT Norway dam. Al Brown. Nor
way limit of bluegill: Mrs. G..
Wood, twelve catfish and thirteen
crappie
Ernie Tapscott had value received
for all his seasons efforts. when he
hooked and landed a. pound
small mouth bass, at Franks lodge
at the mouth OF the Monon, and the
Tippecanoe Sunday When he ap-
peared at The Times office Monday
and showed only the head of this
fish. We thought that it was merely
another fish story. but when he
turned il over to Lee Winders later
TO be mounted. the story that he
really was the one who caught it
was accepted.
owen Beckley. director of the
Lawrence township band, just has
returned from Interlacken. Mich.
Beckley claims that the concerts of
the national band school at Inter
lscken charm the fish into meek
submission. but that he personally
failed to land any, in repeated at
tempts
Lee Emmelmann was host to q
group of Boy Scouts at his camp
on White Lick. north of Browns
burg. Sunday, and reports that the
boys had the time of their young
lives swimming. fishing and playing
around the woods and farm. One
lad caught two white suckers and
proudly displayed them to his host.
and asked him what kind they
were.
Our bet is the youngster walked
off saying that Mr.. Zimmerman is
Just another fisherman when Lee
told him they were young halibut.
Charlie ridden took in the BAYOU
at GraySville Sunday and caught
three bass and two crappie The
crappis struck like bass. and were
better than twelve inches long. Yes.
he is going back again.
F. L., Alderman. 100 West Thirty
third street. writes from Sunset park.
Lake Shafer. where he is spending
his vacation. and tells us that he
has been taking his share of silver
bass. channel cat and bluegill. but
finds the black bass the most elu-
sive denizen of the deep. To make
matters worse. Alderman states that
the lake has thousands of this spe-
cies. but everything he offers to en-
tice them is ignored While fish,
ing one of the bayous last Thurs
day this boy saw the big ones. and
certainly was put out when they re-
fused his offerings.
When Tony McCann sent us a no.
tice that We were invited TO be
present at the meeting of the St.
Philip No. l Bowling League. he
added that the notice was a fact.
and not like some of the fish stories
he reads in The Times.
Lora Ross Is a novice. or was a
novice. at this fishing game. until
Saturday when she accompanied
her husband TO Franks lodge. Sha-
fer lake. The first fish she hooked
was a bluegill, and at once she be-
came fan. until q. pound chan
mel cat took her bait Feeling that
a big one was on. the young lady
called for help. but Mr. Ross. in the
boat with her. decided il was up to
her either 10 land the fish or lose Il.
After much excitement she vaS