The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-05-21
LOCAL men In
feature STORY
John Mantel and Bill Zupan-
cich Written Up in Min
neapolis Journal.

"Otis Dypwick" writing in the Min
neapolis Journal tells a fish story in
which two Ely men figure. Dypwick
says in Sundays Journal:
Andy @. Angler is happier than a
coed with a spanking new roadster
The fishing seasons on.
He's shining, asserting, testing, and
adding to the paraphernalia that will
soon be doing its stuff in the depths OF
his favorites among Minnesota's 10000
AS soon as Amby and his kind snap
out of their of season lethargy and get
that woods and waters" CLEAN in their
eyes, John Mantel and Bill zupancich
up in Ely hang up their tackle and turn
the lakes over to the tenderfeet.
Summertime fishing is all right if
you are in need of diversion and get a
kick out of hauling UP "minnows," but
it's a waste of time as far as getting
the big ones in concerned
Mantel and Zupancich, though you
may not have heard of them, are due
for place in the sportsman's hall of
fame They have made boon contri-
button to the science of fishing through
the development of a dead-sure form
ula for Turing willy filmed grandads out
of the deep.
If you have any aversionS to snow or
cold; if you object to sleeping in tent
when it's 40 below; if wolves bowling
within stones throw in the dead of
night curdle your blood, then this form
ula won't interest YOU
If you're a rugged individual willing,
as Mantel and zupancich are, to lightly
pass off these circumstances, read on.
Well reveal the secret of the dozens of
20, 80, and 40 Founders brought home
during the past winter by these two
hardy sons of the northland
You see, the Eastwood beauties, hav-
ing been tempted for years by choice
assortment of enamels, paint, hairs,
metals, woods, meats and ninnows,
have become Epicurean in their feeding
habits. They turn up their nose at
virtually every domestic form of lure.
Mantel and zupancich, well aware of
this, import luscious Swedish smelts as
tempting tid-bits in which to plant
their hooks. This is step No. l.
As soon as sub-zero weather has pre-
vailed long enough to assure at least a
foot of ice on Eastwood lake, the time
for action is ripe.
Procedure is as follows: Equip with
smelts, ice chiSel, ak, water pail, rub
Der gloves, assorted treble hooks, heavy
green lines, medium weights, and a tent.
Advance by automobile as far as snow
will permit, then strap on snow-shoes
and strike out by foot, maybe three,
five or ten miles. Select a spot where
water is about six feet deep, chop a
hole, scoop out ice, submerge smelt and
wait for action.
A little matter of-40 temperature is
nothing at all to these boys. It seems
the colder the weather, the hungrier
the muskies get, so the boys pitch their
tent, build fire, toss in some boulders
heat until bedtime, roll them inside
and fall off to sleep. IF their marrow
chills a bit, a fresh supply of hot boul-
ders is brought in at intervals during
the night.
You may say guy is just plain nuts
to go to all this trouble to catch some
fiSh-but if you were ever around, as I
have been, when Mantel and Zupancich
came triumphantly through the back
door with sack full of fresh, cleaning
giant northern pike weighing 10 to 10
pounds, you'd change your mind
You'd want, as did, to grab their
If not, then you're no fisherman.