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Ai.iil01.av. 1963

49

By

Russell Tinsley

A

bragging-size string of bass caught byL.D.

Henderson

fromatinystream.

From Tiny Streams

BASS

^{fishermen have gone lake}

crazy.

The

modern-day

empha-

sis on

man-made

reservoirs has done

more

than anythingto encourage

this. True, big lalces and the smaller farm ponds do provide the kind of habitat that grows bass big and sassy.

But overlooked intheshufflehave been the tiny creeks and rivers.

Winding

lazily across farm

meadows,

they gouge out shallow holes in the bends that soon grow up in moss and reeds where hungry bass lurk and wait for food.

L. D. Henderson, pictured in the photos, has a stock pond beyond his housewherehefishesoccasionally.Oth- erwise, hetravels

many

milesinsearch of productive fishing.

One

spring day last year he got the urge to cast for bass, but since he was due back in town by dusk, a long trip was out of the question.

He remembered

Brady Creek where he'd gone periodically to takeamessofcatfish.

Maybe

hecould catch acoupleof bassthere.

When

L. D. started out. casting his spinnerbait into thehip-deep pools, he got a pleasant surprise.

Each

hole pro- duced one or two fish.

The

average ran from a

pound

to two pounds, but a pairwent slightlyabove fourpounds each. It was a bragging-size string of basshelugged

home

atsundown.

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"I don't guess anyoneever bothered to fish that stretch for bass before,"

L. D. admitted.

"Man,

those basswere eager!"

Many

people have the misconcep- tion that a stream must be wide and deepto producebass.

To

the contrary, often the

more

shallowstreams provide the best bass habitat.

The

only neces- sary ingredient is

some

sort of cover where the bass can hide. I've actually taken

some

three-pound bass from an alcohol-clear stream not

more

than knee-deep in most places. In one par- ticular pool therewas a shelfof rocks near the middle of a narrow stream, and this is where the bass

hung

out.

Whenever my

^silver spoon wobbled across this shelf, a bass suddenly ap- peared and pounced

upon

it. Talk aboutsport! In a small, confining pool such as that, a friskybass can cut all sortsoffancycapers.

The

current trend of building farm pondshas actually aidedstream fishing in that the overflow from ponds re- plenishes fished-out creeks with a

new

supply of bass. In this

new

environ- ment, the fish thrive and multiply, growingquickly.

There are a few basic rules to re-

member when

^fishing small streams.

Since most are narrow, shallow, and clear,a bass often glimpses you before you canpresentyourbait.Forthisrea- son, approach a stream cautiously, re- maining well back from water's edge

when

casting. Step lightly since heavy walkingwillgenerate vibrations thatno warybasswillignore.

Use artificial baits which duplicate a food found in that stream. Normally, either a bait which simulates a min-

now

or one which imitates a crayfish will work, since this is the basic bass food found in a stream. Plugs like the Lazy Ike in dark

brown

or black colors closely imitate the crayfish.

Small yellow and white spinner baits, such as the

Heddon Hep

or Garcia Abu. andsilverspoons resembleamin-

now

in the water. These types of bait are superior to others I've tested in streamfishing.

Always

cast to the "edges," since this is where bass hang out.

Maybe

^it

willbenearanoverhang bankoralong the edge ofa rock shelf, a submerged tree, or a moss bed

—

^{anywhere a bass}

can hide in ambush.

The

kind of tackle you prefer isn't important as long as you are accurate and can cast the smaller type lures that produce in thisenvironment.

It's a different kind of fishing, call- ing for a cat-like approach and pin- point casting.

When

you take a bass under these

demanding

circumstances,

it will give you a satisfaction never attained

when

fishingbiglakes.

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