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•‘WHAT’S the bfest fishing Inke around here?”, we asked John Oney, a veteran angler and designer of fishing lures.Without hesitation he answered: “Where the best fishermen are.5'He continued, ‘‘Really, one Isn't any better than another. All slate conservation departments have Improved fish management tremendously. Some are further advanced than others, naturally, but, generally 3peaking, stale supervised lakes iave about the same fish popu-, at!on, so there really Isn’t any | wst or hot lake around any-vhere.A half dozen lakes in the mid-vent have gained a reputation ut most lakes offer fairly good fflhlng. It's ft matter of which ike Is most convenient to you,and which one you know best.’Tick one out you can fishmost often. Learn its flats and dropoffs. Mark these spots against a tree or rock on shore. Make your own map of the lake. The better you get to know a lake the more success you will have, Fish It often.Naturally, this will be a better fishing lake for you than one you can fish only once or twice a year. So pick one that Is convenient to you, one you' can reach easily and often. Concentrate on It/'As a designer of lures for Fred Arbogast, Oney travels quite a bit to try out his lures under nil types of water, shore and bottom conditions.And, like everyone else, he experiences good and bad days of fishing.Distributed by King Features Syndicate
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Naugatuck Daily News
Naugatuck, Connecticut, US
Fri, Aug 25, 1967
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