Spoonplug Inventor Hails Crab Orchard Bass Lake
Buck Perry of Hickory North Carolina, inventor of the spoonplug, and Don Nichols of La Grange Illinois fished Crab Orchard Lake for three days. They caught over 60 bass with 15 weighing 3 to 6% pounds, praising the lake as one of the nation’s best for big bass and demonstrating the spoonplugging method.
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Buck Perry
Hickory
N.C
Crab Orchard Lake
Don Nichols
la Grange
Perry
Carbondale
Nichols
Crab Orchard
Lake of Points
Isislands
Fisherman and
Dog Trial Set In Area Quail Futurity at Crab Orchard
The 61st Quail Futurity Classic will be held at Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge on November 1, sponsored by the Crab Orchard Field Trial Club. Entries close August 2. Judges are Ed Mack Farrior of Hillsboro Alabama and H Merlon Wood of Butler.
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Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Crab Orchard
Ed Mack Farrior
Hillsboro
Ala
H. Merlon Wood
Butler
Landowners May Secure Deer Permits for 1965 Season
Absentee landowners may hunt during the open shotgun season on November 19 to 21 and December 3 to 5. Mail applications to the Deer Permit Office in Springfield before June 27. Regular shotgun permit requests from non absentee landowners will be returned if postmarked before midnight June 26. Processing starts June 28.
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Springfield
Coon Hunt Set at Creal Springs
The Creal Springs Coon Hunters Association sponsors a wild coon hunt Thursday at its clubhouse four miles east of Creal Springs. Five trophies will be awarded with a $4 entry fee. A free fish supper will be served. Grade and registered dogs will run together. V. L. Johns is president.
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Creal Springs
Pacer Henry T. Adios Earnings Highlight Five Season Run
The horse Henry T. Adios cost 37000 dollars and earned 706698 dollars over five seasons, illustrating a profitable racing career.
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Pacer
Henry T. Adios
Cool Weather Slows Area Fish Catches
A cold front last Monday slowed fishing in Southern Illinois with activity down across area lakes. Allen Smith of Carterville caught the week’s largest fish, an 11 pound channel cat at Crab Orchard Lake. Numerous anglers reported poor results, though a few good catches occurred before the front. Members like Arthur Ebers, Lloyd Lipe, Marie Barnett, and others posted multiple bass and bluegill catches at Lake of Egypt and Little Grassy Lake, with crappie and catfish also reported.
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Perry
Crab Orchard Lake
Illinois
Allen Smith
Carterville
Arthur Ebers
Steeleville
Lake of Egypt
Lloyd Lipe
Freeburg
Marie Barnett
Marion
Ken Ball
Carbondale
Japala
Little Grassy Lake
Steve Wunderle
Don Autrey
Melvin Bayless
West Frankfort
Jerry Vandersheid
Bill Johnson
Don Counce
Bill Vanzo
Alex Hamilton
Taylor Springs
Wade Selby
Ernest Jackson
Lee Mueller
Belleville
Charle Scharfenberg
Millstadt
Devils Kitchen Lake
H. Croslin
R.L. Hudson
St. Elmo
L. Dillon and Son
Jackson
Richard Earl
Outdoor tips for carp bait and field dressing ideas
The article offers simple carp bait recipes using corn cereal dough rolled into balls with cinnamon and cotton for body, plus how to locate worms under moist hay piles with coffee grounds in the pile. It also suggests handy uses for masking tape, solutions for tight ferrules, and a deer hunting safety rule about approaching downed game.
Weather Rules Bass Feeding In Summer Hot Humid Days
Anglers learn weather drives bass habits as fish move from deep sanctuaries to shallow feeding areas. Hot clear days boost early and late feeding. cloudy days shift migration to shallows. cold fronts slow movement and reduce catches. Deep water holds fish until warm fronts resume activity.
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Art Reid
Lincoln Service advertises free government job prep booklet
WANTED MEN WOMEN from ages 18 and over prepare now for U S Civil Service openings over 12 months. High starting salaries and strong security. Many positions require little education or experience. Test passage is required and competition is high. Lincoln Service offers free booklet with positions and salaries by mail to Dept 67 3 Pekin Illinois.
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U. S. Civil Service
Lincoln Service
Pekin
Illinois
U. S
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