The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-23
Let's Go Fishing
BIG ONES BITING
FOR FISHERMEN.
WARDENS SAY
Lake Webster Heads Indi-
ana Good Catch Spots
for Anglers.
BY LEFTY LEE,
Times stan Writer

Game wardens. reporting on con-
ditions of lakes and streams, pre-
dict. some rare sport for the anglers
during the weekend Some real
catches are being made, the war
dens say, with Lake Webster TAX
ing top rank for the big ones. O1e
six and one seven-pound bass were
taken there during the week.
AT Warsaw, the Tippecanoe is
low, but fly fishermen are taking
their limit of big blue gills and red
eye. Elkhart reports all streams
and lakes in fine condition and the
fishing good
Jasper and Newton counties re-
ports say the Kankakee is muddy
but bass are being caught. La Porte
also reports good sport with Fish
lake being the most popular spot.
The warden reports $50 boats on
this lake
Washington county reports all
streams in fine shape and fishing
good, with the exception of the
Muskatatuck, and this stream only
is bad because of pollution, Of which
we will tell you more later.
CharlestoWn and Clark county re-
port Scotland lake in fine shape and
fishing good. At Logansport the
Wabash river is low and cloudy, but
the catfish are biting.
Eel river is low and clear Shelby
county streams are also in fine
shape, but the fish still are spawn
ing. However, some good catches
were reported in those waters. The
report from Vigo county states that
Mill creek is dry but the other
streams are in fine condition and
the fishing is good.
The White and Wabash rivers at
Vincennes are muddy but the fish
are biting. At Bloomington the
streams are muddy, but the water
works lakes are clear and some
good catches are being made. The
fish and game division of the state
conservation department again
warns all persons 18 or older to have
licenses or permits with them while
fishing.
Frank Fiala, proprietor of Franks
lodge at the mouth of Monon creek
and Tippecanoe river, states in
letter that a good rain is needed
to pep things up. He also states
that the bass were biting Monday
and Tuesday. While blue gill and
crappie fishing is good, Frank says
that he has seen much better.
Earl HaveStiok and his fishing
buddy had a great time at Roth
park, Freeman lake, taking twenty
nine silver bass and their limit of
crappie in three days fishing. Have
stick inherits his love for sport from
his dad who, for many years, en-
joyed trips to field and stream and
always returned with the game and
fish.
A letter from M. A. KlusSmann,
$3.50 North Delaware street, dis
ciple of Izaak Walton, who, with his
son Fred, enjoyed the opening of the
OCooOAl vi liant Will q WILL
derful catch of black bass and-but
let's let him tell it. 1 quote from
his letter:
Il put up with my family in
cottage at Conwell park, Lake Sha-
fer, and was on the lake early Fri
day. We took our limit on bass, blue
gills and crappies by noon, ending
our fishing for that day. Saturday
we had practically the same catch,
and we also landed them on Sun
day morning.
Our total catch for the week
end was eleven bass from twelve to
eighteen inches: ten channel cat
fish and blue gillS, and more than
100 crappies. We fished both Lake
Shafer and the Norway dam. For
bait, we used liver. night crawlers,
sailed craW tails and our own ia
vorite live bait. All catches were
made still fishing with rod and reel.
We had no luck casting"
Walter Jones also went over in
big way on Lake Freeman, taking
eighteen bass last weekend. Jones
mixed up his bats to make this
catch but the surf Oveno seemed to
be his best bet, as he took seven,