OCR Text |
Show Working Time It won't be long now until the hardier anglers those of the gentry who can't wait either for calen-drical calen-drical or seasonal "opening dates" will be forging astream to see about picking one or more of the more venturesome specimens of the finny denizens of the fast waters. All that will be needed to send this type of fisherman to the stream will be waters not. too murky and fully free of ice. And these "experimentalists" will catch fish, too. Naturally not in such numbers as later in the season, but often enough to make the venture worthwhile. These anglers won't be using flies, however, although they may use their fly rods. Being no purists, but practical, down-to-earth practitioners practi-tioners of the angling art, they will be using Instead that largest of worms, the sprightly, agile "night-crawler." "night-crawler." This is the long, hardy worm which, as every fisherman knows, is caught on lawns and other grassy spots at night, usually by a flashlight or lantern beam. After a rain, or a particularly heavy dew, these worms come to the surface in great numbers and can be caught comparatively easy, that is, if the worm-hunter is quick with arm and finger. These worms have an amazing speed and skill in getting back to their holes before they can be grabbed. But, assuming the angler gets his night-crawlers, he's all set for some mighty good fishing, beginning in late February over most of the nation. Technique In this type of fishing, as well as in all others, is important, impor-tant, and the night-crawler user will do well to remember these salient facts: The worm should be presented to the fish in as natural a manner as possible. That is, it should be allowed to "roll" along the stream bed with as little interference as possible. To do this, the worm should be draped on the hook by piercing through the middle and fished with no sinker. The worm should be cast up and across stream, letting the current tumble it along, close to the bottom, bot-tom, until the amount of line used in the cast is fished out. It is true that strikes will result when the worm is being retrieved in short jerks, but most will some as the worm Is tumbling along downstream. down-stream. Distance is not too important. After winter or early spring rains have flooded the streams, fish will be nosing along the banks in search of food which has been washed Into-the Into-the stream. It was in this manner, most likely, that the fish is introduced intro-duced to the ground-dwelling night crawler. It isn't necessary to wait for warm weather, for this bait will take fish long before the waters in running streams begin to warm up. While it is true that bass may come seldom to any lure or bait in the still cold months of the year, an occasional one is caught, and myriad are the other fish that may be lured to the net. For instance, the lowly sucker tasty, but not too much sought after because of the seemingly millions of bones it contains a catfish, white perch and almost unfailingly the "rock bass" or "red-eye" as he is known in many localities. Yes, along about now is truly "worming time," with occasional bream and crapple being taken on the garden-hackle, or smaller-type worm. The angler who resists the natural lure to go astream and insists on waiting until the sun has made everything "pleasant" will be passing up many happy and pro-ducUve pro-ducUve hours on the stream. AAA Dressing Deer Place animal with its head uphill. up-hill. First cut around the groin and pull toward the mal cavity. Cut around this area and remove. Cut thrnnfh the flpsh to th nnint nf fh pelvic bone, and cut through that breaking it apart so intestines will pull through freely. Then cut along the belly I.ne up to the throat. Cut the windpipe and pull down to the diaphram. Cut the diaphram free Now, strartdlv the animal's head and grasp the front legs. For deer, give a swift tug and the remaining intestines of the animal should come free readily. readi-ly. For elk, pull the entrails out from neck to pelvis Sever the blood vessel at the back bone and wash the entire inside of the carcass with a clean damp cloth. Prop the carcass open with short sticks so air can circulate freely. v A A Albino Deer Believed to be the first bagged In Alabama in many years, an albino deer was killed in the closing week of the season by William Atkins, of Alberta, according to the Alabama conservation division. Alberta is in northern Wilcox county White in color and pink-eyed, marks of the albino, the buck deer stood three and a half feet high and weighed 235 pounds. Its antlers had a spread of three feet. The freak animal was killed with two loads of buckshot |