The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-31
Let's Go Fishing
TIMES FISHING
CONTEST WILL
END TOMORROW
r. A. Bridges Supplies One
of Latest Entries in
Competition.
BY LEY LEE
Times Fishing Editor

r. A. Bridges, 923 East Walnut
street. turned in the latest entry for
The Times bass contest, a four
pound seven ounce large mouth taken
from a gravel pit south Of Wabash,
Ind. He used a Carter red head
plug. Bridges entry easily could
have taken the top rank in this dl-
vision, but to insure keeping it fresh
he cleaned it before bringing 1t in
and it still weighed the above
amount. When the fish was taken
it weighed more than five pounds,
but the rules of the contest require
that the weight at the time Of reg
istration must be used. The contest
has only one more day to go.
Walt Jones slipped a fast one
over on the writer and Mrs. Jones
Sunday. Early Sunday the writer
and Jones tried to get some of the
bass from the gravel pit on Ray
mOnd street, south of the city, but
failed. We quit early, as Jones
wished to take his family out to get
some walnuts. This is where he put
the fast one across. Telling the
wife to go ahead to the grove of
walnut trees and that he would be
along shortly, Jones pulled out the
casting rod he had hid in the rear
end of the car, attached Jack dual
spinner and started in on his ia
vorite sport, in Sugar creek. The
result was four small mouth bass
that totaled eight pounds in less
than one hour. Jones is the donor
OF the medals in The Times bass
contest, and he suggests that with
the time for entries drawing to a
close, that you anglers take day
off and go after the gold medal
kind.
Earl Rifner is finding the going
over at the State Auto Insurance
Association plenty hard since he re-
turned from the trip from Pine
Lake, Mich. He made the trip with
Ira Haymaker, county recorder,
George Hilgemeier, the meat packer;
Alex Corbett, secretary of the State
Auto Insurance, and the state agent,
Kenny Amick. 1t seems that Rifiner
always was able to tell the boys
about the wonderful catches he had
been making and he, along with
Haymaker and Hilgemeier. the other
veterans OF the party, were going to
show the youngsters, Corbett and
AmlcG, how to get the fish. Yes, the
result was as you expect, the boys
came back with the fish all right,
but it remained for the two young
stcrs to catch them and now Rifner
is busy explaining why they would
not hit for him.
ice Courtney'S recent trip to Lake
F stor in Canada was a huge sue
ce7s and he took six northern pike
that averaged thirty inches in one
morning. Courtney tells us that
they do not have a limit on blue
gill in this country, and if the angler
cared to spend his time fishing for
them he could fill the boat.
Carl Brochman, who travels
a. und and ges in touch wi h all
the fishermen in this state and
Michigan, tells lis of a Seven-p pound
Sevsn-ource bass that he saw last
week. This fish was caught in
Cronin Lake, Mich, and was taken
on bass oreno.
While telling fish stories the
other day the funniest thing that
ever happened on one of my trips
was recalled, and we enjoyed an
other laugh. John and Nels Beam
and Lefty were on a fishing trip
along White Lick creek. We had a
bucket OF minnows, trying for some
bass and re6eye. Nels Beam was
not enjoying himself, claiming they
were biting too slow, and thought
that if he had some worms. bust
ness would be better. After talking
about 1t for some time he finally
decided to wal over to the barn
lOt about three squares away. and
die some of his favorite bait. While
he W~S Hvay John Beam cut an old
inner tube in two and attached each
half to the hooks on the rods that
NelS was using. If you ever try this
you will find that the hollow rubber
tube will act like a fish when YOU
pull 1t through the water. Well.
NelS came back and started to pull
in his line, and suddenly galvanized
into action when he felt the tug.
thinking it was a fish After a lit
tie he removed the tube. baited the
hook and then started to pull in his
second rod and again he thought it
was his lucky day, until he saw the
second piece of tube. About this
time it dawned on him that some
one had been tampering with his
rods, and when he saw Johnny roll
ing on the ground helpless from
laughter, he picked up the tube, rod
and all and started to whale away.
All Johnny could do was take it.
and he sure did. but the laughs the
three of us have had since made it