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/A/SrtlRight now bass fishermen are winding up the top-water season.This is the type of fishing we dream of. Unfortunately, however, too few of us get out often enough to enjoy it to the fullest.There is a lot of luck to bass fishing. A lot of science too! The secret of success is in using the right plug in the right place. True, there are times when an old bass will hit on anything. But, there are other times when it seems he will hit on nothing. Did you say that that usually is the time you go fishing? I feel the same way too — and far too often.While many fish are caught for some, reason or another, the man wh'fccomes in with a good stringer of big fish usually does it because he knew what he was doing.A good example of that occurred • recently when a group of fishing tackle salesmen beat the brush in Lake Whitney. They came up with more five pound bass in one afternoon than any of the old timers who were there, ever remembered seeing in any one day.Naturally these salesmen were experts in casting. However, they I also knew how to study the lay of the land. It couldn’t be said that any one plug was better than another, because each rep was using his own particular brand, and all paid off. The two fisher-men who came in for the top prizes were Dave Hawk of Corpus Christi and Ray Bellinger of San Antonio. Dave makes Pico lures and Ray sells Silaflex rods , and Langley reels.Both are wonders in the use of; rod and reel. So were all the other reps. But the big payoff; came for this team because they picked out places that were na-. tural for bass.They not only worked the| points and the pockets. They, worked water where it was evident that a fault line lay beneath. For instance, if a rock ledge protrudes into the water, study its range. If there is a known drop-off beneath the surface, fish parallel to this reef, not across it. In that way you’ll | attract the big bass on the deep I side, as well as the yearlings that' might be playing near the sur-1 face.s;If there is a little drainage cut • entering the lake, where water from the countryside flows in to make a sandbar, that usually is a good place, too. Food particles' enter the lakes at such places, j Small fish feed on this plankton. I Big fish feed on the little ones.Some people fish with top wa-1 ter lures almost all the time. They get fish. It is known that a bass will dash 20 feet to take a lure if he wants it.Top-water fishing follows the same general pattern, even though a good top-water fisherman works according to his own experience.For the beginner, top water fishing is much easier. He can watch his plug work. He is less likely to get hung and lose a plug. And he can have plenty of fun when a bass hits.Working along the shore line the man in the back of the boat takes the close-in water; the man iin the front of the boat reaches
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Quitman Wood County Democrat
Quitman, Texas, US
Thu, Dec 26, 1957
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