Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-15
HERE We GO AGAIN
BY
BY THE OLD OBSERVER


the big ones for hours any more,
and this bait was guaranteed by
him to attract only the big ones.
I had my own pet bait along Just
in case. you know. the usual hunks
Of fresh chum and shark.
Well. rowed out a few miles
and reaching fairly calm area.
let the oars dip in the water II
took me a minute to rig up the
flies. Now these weren't ordinary
flies. they looked more like eagles
or some other big bird. About l8
inches from tip to tip. Yep, only
the big ones would go for that,
Doc had sWore. pitched. The
dang thing even had feathers on
and the sinkcrs dragged it down,
making it look like a strange,
swimming. mdersea bird
For about ten minutes nothing
happened. | was just about to
settle down for a diScouraging af-
ternoon and dug up the old pipe.
Ou. here was about the only place
that I could smoke my favorite
tobacco without the wife objecting.
She could search me out anywheres
in the house. from the cellar to
the attic. even though l kept all
the windows open.
Suddenly the lie gave a tug.
Not much of a tug, Just sort OF II
a fish was giving the bird once
over sniff. Then came the typhoon! |!
The water churned and waves like
mountains picked up that little
skiff. with me Shivering inside OF
it. Around he spun like a kids
top. The line was anchored to the
boat and it was the strongest stuff
made or else it would have been
over in a minute. The dang mon
ster down there grabbed the fly
bird then and started to race. Fast?
Say, people on the shore thought
I was a seaplane. Then the ap-
partition came to the surface. Sure,
I know what ap apparition is, and
this was. Big? 1t was this big.
No, lend me your hands, Bill and
yours too, Jack. There, it was even
bigger than that. No, wait, that
amt the end end. After giving
me a free ride for half-hour, the
Thing slashed back with its tail
and chop went the line. I didn't
know whether to feel relieved or
sore. Anyhow I decided never to
use Docs inventions again. After
all there's limit.
fellows just like I'm telling you now.
No. they didn't believe me either.
But the other day. an item ap-
peared in the paper which was all
the proof l needed. The paper re-
ported that a sperm whale, % feet
long, was washed ashore near
Monterey, Cal.
Don't think I'm so dumb. l
thought of that too. SO the same
day I travelled up the coast and
looked over that whale. Nope. ]
couldn't find the mark Of my hook
in his lip. I guess it must have
healed up, eh?
Apropos of this fish story We
near tnat Inc navy ID HldhlllS C"-
pertS on fish life out of its sound
men. The sailors who operate the
under water sound detecting equip
ment on the warShipS have always
been bothered by sounds emanat-
ing from various fish. Often, they
can't tell whether the noise in
their ears is caused by an innocent
denizen in his happy home grounds
or a vicious invading submarine. So
the navy made recording OF the
sounds given off by the fish and
the sailors listened to the music.
Now they can tell the difference
and don't have the torpedoes
readied for a founder or marlin.
DID YOU KNOW that there were
1913 arrests for fishing out of sea-
son in the first three months of
1913? Total fines from the pockets
of the violators amounted to 1880
AS many as 343 anglers Clipped in
a total of S10.207.