The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-29
Let's Go Fishing
BASS CASTERS:
Give ALL YOUR
BATS CHANCE
Most Anglers Give Up If
Their Pet Lures Won't
Work, Says Denny.
BY GEORGE H. DENNY
Times Fishing Editor

Most bass fishermen overlook one
important item, believe, when plug
casting for the bronzebacks. Look
in the average tackle box and you'll
find mostly surface or shallow run
ming plugs.
They're fine for the shore lines
and weed beds in lakes, and the
gravel bars and rock Lodges of run
ming water, but bass spend much
time in the deepS, and rarely will
they come any great distance for
the most attractive plug
Especially is this true later in
the season when heat has driven the
fish to the cool depths. They may
see your surface agitator but they're
too lazy to come up for it.
Try the surface lure and the shall
low water plug first but don't give
up until you've towed bait through
the deep holes. BY deep 1 mean
from ten to fifteen feet, and
it won't hurt to go farther down
than that. You'll never know until
you try and if definite rules could
be formulated for this bass angling,
there'd be nc sale for the sporting
magazines.
Stop That Snickering
Some one asked me the other day
to name six plugs that would pref
ty well meet every contingency.
That's hard one. I'll try, but only
if you old timers will promise not
to laugh too loud.
First, the red head with the white
body in any one of several standard
shapes. Don't ask me why red is
so important in bass lures, it just
is. Personally lean to the bloody,
crippled prey" theory but it can't be
proved, so why argue.
Next there's a tosS-up between
the all black and the natural scale
finish. Black is a favorite for night
fishing and the scale finish is gen.
eral purpose persuader that should
be best when the bass are breaking
water after minnowS in the shall
lows. The theory of the black bait
for night is that it makes a greater
contrast against the family lighter
sky than any other color.
Now the choice begins to be diff
cult. I'd pick standard surface
splasher, the triangular NEEDLESS
kind is we'll liked. Another is the
cigar shaped gadget with spinners
at each end. Anything to kick up
lot of water and noise seems to do
the work at times. I suspect the
bass takes it more because he is a
fighter and won't stand for intrud-
erS near his private weed patch or
sunken log than because he thinks
it's good to eat.
Try "Sea Monster"
Number five would be the heavy
little boy with the tin collar that
goes way down after them when
the sun is hot. Any standard color
combination will succeed on good
days and on bad days you might
try twenty plugs with no luck.
For number six I'd advise you
to name your own poison. Pick the
worst monstrosity in the showcase
if it looks deadly to you. It's not
a bad idea to have one or two
bats that are unlike anything any
bass ever saw. Sometimes I think
they strike from pure curiosity.
The important thing is to have
confidence in your lures. If you
haven't faith in them you wont
give them a fair chance. Have you
noticed how you always tis~ on the
old, battered plug that one day
years ago took the limit in half an
hour? That's because you believe in
it, and you will throw it around
for hours without a hit before you
change, and then you won't have
much hope for the new choice.
Don't get into that rut. Mix EN-
up; bass are just as selective as