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Show That Time Again Yes, for all but the southern-dwelling southern-dwelling members of the angling fraternity, it's that time again that dismal time when fishing gear must be put away until Spring comes again. However, even in this depressing act there can be instilled a measure meas-ure of prolongation of one's fishing fun, for the preparation of fishing tackle for the long winter months of storage can be engaging and interesting. No angler worth the title, anyway, any-way, would consider storing his gear for the winter without putting it in as good shape as possible for the months of inactivity. Re-Store Lines And that means: Taking lines from reels and storing stor-ing them on large-diameter containers, con-tainers, hung where dry air may circulate through them. Giving casting reels a good cleaning clean-ing and greasing and seeing to it that automatics are oiled and greased where they should be and that single-action reels are well-cleaned well-cleaned and oiled. The storing of reels in places where the cold will not causa grease or oil to congeal. The wiping dry of all fly rods, inspection of ferrules and guides and taking care to store bamboo rods In places where there will not be a great variation in heat or cold at any one time. A very thin coating of fine oil on steel rods will protect the finish during the winter, but glass rods will need no care other than a good wiping-dry of the surfaces and an inspection of the guides and wrappings. Winter Win-ter offers a good time to replace worn eyes and rework frayed wrappings. wrap-pings. Clean Tackle Box Going through the tackle box and cleaning much-used plugs and refurbishing re-furbishing the metal hardware on same. Checking one's fly book for worn or frayed flies and steaming wilted hackle to bring back its erectness. Looking through upcoming catalogs cata-logs of next season's tackle offerings offer-ings probably the brightest activity ac-tivity in the angler's indoor sports during the winter season. t Now You Know During the summer months, fishermen, fish-ermen, resort, owners and others are occasionally disturbed to find , dead fish floating in the water or washed up on shore on some of the many lakes in Wisconsin. Although sometimes the mortality is small, at other times the de-.d fish are found in sufficient numbers num-bers to warrant a fishery investipa-tion. investipa-tion. The appearance of a fih mortality on a lake during July or August is aptly called "summer-kill." "summer-kill." In any discussion of the reasons ! behind a summer-kill on a lake, ! reference should be made to some of the factors that could be responsible. re-sponsible. These are: 1. Natural mortality due to old i age" , 2. Natural mortality following j spawning. 3. Parasites and diseases, j 4. High temperature of the water, j 5. Depletion of dissolved oxygen ? in the water. 6. Beaching of fish by storms and j stranding of fish in pockets i by rapid changes in the water j level. j 7. Shortage of the proper kind of 3 food or consumption of improp- er kind of food. ; 8. Pollution. I 9. Mechanical injuries due to (a) i wave action (sand in gills, j etc.); (b) commercial and state i fishing gear (various types of ' nets) ; and (c) sport fishermen. 10. Detrimental effects of aquatic plant life. AAA About the only protective weapon the toad has is a milky fluid which they can give off and which is obnoxious ob-noxious to dogs. AAA Trolling for Perch Both white and yellow perch of- ten are caught by trolling. Most fishermen use fly rods or bait casting tackle, and they troll bright spinners with blades about an inch long, followed by a snelled hook baited with worms. The problem I here, just as in fishing for perch lj by any other method, is to find the fish. They usually strike readily once the proper depth and the right location are determined. Shallow trolling will help you find the fish. AAA Fishing Frogs There are many anglers who do not like to fish frogs and won't do so because of the humane element involved, but for those who haven't any such scruples, here's a tip: When fishing frogs below the surface, sur-face, they should be fished like minnows and a Coat may be used or not, as fits the desires of the angler. There are two schools of thought on the frog as bait, but most will argue minnows are better. |