The chronicle., 1963-01-23
Fish
Fur &
Feathers
JACK A. WARREN, JR.
Director of Public Relations
Mississippi Game 8. Fish Commission

A nine pound bass was caught
In a private pond without the
hook actually sticking in the fish
according to Mrs. Mary Kinney
o. Jackson.
Mrs. Kinney, Mrs. Helen Hawk
and Mrs. Slim Earnhart, all of
jackson, were fishing in pond
near Jackson last week when this
happened.
Mrs. Kinney stated, 1.-THE large
bass had a line about six inches
long with a swivel on the end
o. it that was sticking out Of the
fish's gill. My hook caught in the
end Of the swivel, she added,
land that is when the fun start
ed"
Fishing With Rod
"You See," she continued, 81
was fishing with a casting rod and
reel with a Is pound test line
and a Sip cork with the weight
near the end of the line. | had
just thrown it out in the pond and
started Dream fishing when the
hook with a minnow on it stuck
through the swivel"
The bass was caught at 4:3O
pm, weighed st $50 pm. and
still weighed nine pounds, accord
ing to Mrs. Kinney. The bass had
only one eye but was real fat
1t is believed that it had been
caught before this in the eye.
causnig it to disappear. Other
than thct it was a normal fish.
The bass measured IS inches in
length.
| taxed to Mrs. Hawk about
how Mrs. Kinney landed the bass.
1T was a hard fight" Mrs. Hawk
continued. the line stretched and
kept stretching and Mrs. Kinney
would run up end down the pond
dam. | saw that Mrs. Kinney
needed help so | ran over to help
her. | was really afraid that the
fisl was going to pull her in the
pond"
| asked Mrs. Hawk what did
Mrs. Slim Earr.lart do? Mrs.
Hawk replied, "She was so ex-
cited that she just sat there and
screamed what can | do
The fish is being mounted.
How do you like that for a
fish tale?
State Owned Lakes
Ten of the lakes owned by the
state game and fish commission
had 43,575 man days Of fishing
on them in 1862, according to
Barry Freeman, chief CT fish
cries.
Truck Load of Fish
Jcck G.. Frost. manager Of the
National Fish Hatchery located
nesc Lyman. makes the following
statements concerning lingering
fish delivered to 81 southern coun-
ties of Mississippi that ere as
signed to that hatchery.
The report covers the fish dis
tribut;on work performed by Sal
vador Lepre with the state game
and fish commissions fish diStri-
button unit.
The state game and fish COM
missions truck Travelled 1925
miles har,:ng AZ loads of fish,"
continued Frost. THE total num-
ber of fish delivered were 2,O11,-
854. The total weight of these
finge-ling fish was ASH pounds. :"
eve had of 1856 fish applica-
tions filled on game and fish
truck deliveries" stated Frost,
land there were 1895 individual
farm ponds involved in these de-
liveries.
The species of fish distributed
were large black bass, bluegill,
redear sunfish and channel cat
fish" added Fros...
This is just another cne of the
the services that the game and
fish commission end the national
hatchery are rendering to the
people of Mississippi.
These fish were hatched and de-
hvered free. If you have a new
pond or an old pond that needs
stocking make your application
through one of your local agri-
cultural agencies.
Never stock a pond that has not
been fertilized and that is not
free OF al fish when beginning.
ReTember a well fortified pond
should have 1000 Dream placed
in it in the fall and 100 bass in