The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-15
-LeIS 60 Fishing
STATE ANGLERS
READY TO OPEN
1884 Campaign
Season Starts Tomorrow;
Good Take Predicted
for First Week.
BY GEORGE DENNY
Times Fishing Editor

In A4oAAAA4S 0OoOOA oboA 70 OAAAO
row. Thousands of Indiana anglers
have checked and double checked
their tackle, paid their dollar Tor a
license, contracted for a supply Of
minnows or other live bait, picked
the lake or stream and await the
dawn of the biggest day of their
year.
Signs point to a good take" in
the first week or two of the season
at least. Streams, at midsummer
levels two weeks ago, have been re-
freshened by general rains and
while low in most parts of the
state, are uniformly clear.
Reports from all sections tell of
an early and successful spawning
season for bass and other game fish.
The low water has not been as
detrimental as was feared for a
time. Certainly it is better than
the floods last season which delayed
spawning so that many fish were
taken from nests after the middle
of June.
The low, clear water at this time
will present angling problems usual
ly not faced until later in the sea-
son. If you are fishing a small
stream. approach the pools with a
light tread. Vibrations of heavy
footballs on the bank will scare the
good fish from his shallow water
lair into the deep pools and it will
take him a while to forget you.
Leaders Are Recommended
Likewise a tackle box carelessly
dropped to the bottom of a boat can
not fail to be heard by every fish
within ten yards, and while it may
make little difference in the capture
of the smaller specimens, remember
that the big one gets that way Gin
heavily fShed waters, at least) by
being the smartest of the crop, and
he's not to be taken by bungling
methods.
Twenty years ago only trout fish
ermen used leaders. Now even the
cane pole angler after blue gills
knows the advantage of a few feet
of the translucent gut. The COM
bination of clear and well-f1shed
water that you will see tomorrow
will call for every legitimate advan-
tage that you can muster.
No less an authority than Ray
Bergman in an article on Surface
Fly Fishing for Bass" in a current
sporting magazine, tells of a large
bass that was enticed from his hole
under a stump only after the float
ing lure was affixed to a nine-foot
leader.
Capsule report on the fishing
editors trouting trip to Michigan
last week. First the alibi. Streams
CPere Marquette, Baldwin, Little
South, Middle Branch and Weldon
very low and clear. Few flies on
the water. Not a single honest rise
IN the whole week, even at dusk.
UnOrthOdOx Method Used
In spite of all this the three of
us had a great time, caught enough
trout to eat and learned lots. Larg-
est fish taken was fifteen inches.
The poor, deluded brownie was
shared from his hole under the
bank by a most unorthodox method.
Caught leaping at large black alder
flies, he was fooled by a huge and
ragged bass bug dangled a few
inches above the water by a decep-
tive angler who violated all fly
casting rules and crawled out or
the bank to do the dangling.
We learned the value of long, fine
leaders on those clear Michigan
streams. More details later.
A few lines on the bag limits and
legal lengths might be appropriate
at this time.
Black Bass Qarge and small
mouth-Limit six of each or six in
the aggregate; length, eleven inches.
Silver Bass-Limit six, or six in
the aggregate of black and silver
bass combined; length, ten inches.
Blue Gill Limit Set
Blue ellis, Rock Bass, Goggle-eye
or Red-eye, Red-Eared Sunfsh-
Limit twenty-five of each, or the
aggregate of all combined; length.
five inches.
Crappies-Limit twenty-five, or
twenty-five in the aggregate of crap
pies, blue gills, rock bass, google
eye or red-eye and red-eared sun
fish combined; length, six inches.
Yellow or Ring Perch-No bag OF
length limit.
Pike-Perch (wall-eyed pike or jack
salmon)-Limit six; length, fifteen
inches.
Pike or Pickerel-Length, fifteen
inches; no bag limit.
Trout Gall varieties - Length
seven inches; limit, twenty.
You owe it to your own chances