Show Game p Ackerman Jo I-Jo i l l lI ll ALONG LONG TJ O COtT I What hat do you ou know lenow about surf casting and channel bass I presume the Ibe method outfit location and time lime for catching channel hns Is less known to the average fisherman than any other phase phase of o American angling Channel bass were formerly Caught exclusively by still fishing still from a boat boot 1 Kot ot many years ago agoNe Ne New York anglers Invented a surf surf- surf casting casting rod that the channel bass baSIl might be bo caught from shore by casting out Into the surf ourt A As a matter flutter of fact tact two rods were devised One for tor casting from a IL boat Is made of or or barn bamboo boo This rod Is 6 feet teet long weighs 10 ounces and has a butt piece of ot 24 4 to 10 28 inches The Tho surf urt rod i Is 6 feet feel 3 Inches s to 6 fret feet 6 Inches In length made Of bf t growth second growth growth h hickory with a butt bull piece of or 34 inches Both hands are used in wielding the rods The average averne cast cant from a boat is 75 to feet reet To get results front the beach a IL cast of to ISO feet Is necessary J A A large throw throw off off orf or tree free running reel Is re- re reQuired re required I This reel should hold at atI I least ast feet of ot 15 thread cutty- cutty hunk cutty-hunk hunk linen line This 15 IS line is used In casting either r front boat bOllt or shore The rest of the ho rig Includes include n a piano wire leader of or I Sc to 3 8 feet reet 0 9 0 hooks without elicit 21 a ounce 4 4 pyramid sinker Inker swIvelS front from line 0 o sinker and line to 10 lead leader r an adamant ring for tor line to play through this Is known as the IheI I 1811 tinder fInder and a piece ot of raw raw- hide rawhide 3 Inches long by 8 3 of ot an anInch aninch anInch Inch wide to which the he line I Is raw raw-II tied above and the swiveled leader leoder be- be below be bo below low The rhe ringed sinker tinker rests on the bottom and the line play plays through the ring when a fish takes the baIt Channel bass caught front from Con Cor- Conson's sons son's sons son's Inlet Cape May Moy N J down downto downto to 10 N C Va Il oft off Cedar and Ito HO Islands lire are regarded as the best bet of ot the day The Tho best time la Is I the last lut week weck of oC May and ond the first week of June Quid June Quid and mullet are used for tor bait |