The Indianapolis times., 1933-10-13
Let's Go Fishing
BLUECILL ARE
BITING FINE AT
BARBEE LAKE
Stan Morgan Reports Catch
of Thirty-Eight in Last
Two Days.
BY LEFTY LEE
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holiday, the weekly report of the
stream conditions from the Wardens
that the conservation department
issues was not received. We have
some letters from resorts in differ
ent parts of the state, however, and
will present that information. Stan
Morgan at Barbee lake says the
bluegill are biting fine He said he
and his mother caught thirty-eight
on Wednesday afternoon and all
fishermen on the lake were catching
them. He reports crappies are
biting in the west end of the lake.
The heavy rain last Sunday ano
Monday in the northern part of the
state has muddied the streams north
of Kokomo and it is doubtful if the
Wabash, Eel and Tippecanoe rivers
have cleared enough for good fish
ing. Pipe creek also is very muddy.
Our advice, if you are going north
for the weekend, is to pick your
fayorite lake.
Mill creek, at Owen park, and the
Caratract falls are in fine condition
and some good catches have been
made during the week. Huge chan
mel catfish are providing the sport
at Cataract, while the crappie and
bass are hitting at Owen park.
Here is the story Of one Of the
catches at the Cataract falls. We
will reproduce the letter received
from E. F. Hartsock, local angler
who knows this water.
Dear Lefty-Here is one for the
book. Frank Smith, c. A. Luther,
jim Colwell and I were fishing at
Cataract falls in particular hole
we like and where we have been
chasing down a big one all summer.
On this last trip, Smith hooked into
him again. He was using a ten
foot bamboo pole and had on our
favorite line, a No. 4 crochet thread.
The monster put up a real battle,
but after forty-five minutes Smitty
was successful in landing him. The
fish, channel cat, was twenty-nine
inches long and weighed ten and
one-half pounds. 1 claim you must
be good to land fish that size on
tackle as light as he used. BY the
way, Smith can produce the head
4 any time but we will eat the meat
tonight. Yours for sport"
Shafer and Freeman lakes are in
good shape and the crappie and
silver bass have been hitting al
week. Franks lodge is a favored
spot on Lake Shafer this time Of
the year, and the anglers who can
take it are expected to be out in
force over the weekend.
A news report states that the city
of Greenfield will take advantage Of
the liberal offer of the federal gov
ernment and borrow the money to
install a sewage disposal plant.
This is good news for the angler,
as this means the end of any pos
sible pollution of streams from that
city. Pollution must go. so We hope
that more cities avail themselves of
the opportunity to install plants of
this kind, while this offer of money
is open, at a rate that will not be
a burden on the taxpayer of any
community that makes the loan.
Many anglers have been calling
the writer requesting the informa-
tion as to where they can obtain
the Jacks dual spinner. The down.
town sporting goods stores should
have them, but if you can not OBJ
tain them there, the Vending Bait
Company, which makes this spinner,
is located at 210 South Pennsylvania
street.
Eddie Meyer wants to go out
after the big ones, but his fishing
Buddy can't take it any more, claim
ing the weather is too cold. After
putting in the entire season trying
for those big ones it would seem
logical that any angler would be
anxious to go after them when they
are starting to hit
The boys who play WeStlake are
asking for one big frost and then
some nice Indian summer days.
This lake produces some of the
largest large mouth bass caught in
the state each year and these fell
lows want to get out and try for
a prize winner
The large gravel pits south of
the city also will entertain some of
the fish hounds over the weekend.
as there are some big ones there
that delight in tearing up your
tackle. The boys are working
against time now and hope to make
that catch before The Times con-
test closes, Nov. l.