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SOUTHERN OUTDOORS, MAY 1, 1946
Cottam Moves
Up as Aide
To Al Day
Dr. Clarence Cottam, chief of
the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Serv
ice’s Division of Wildlife and Re
search since 1944, has been ap
pointed assistant director of the
service to succeed Albert M. Day,
who became director on April 1,
following the retirement of Dr.
Ira N. Gabrielson. Dr. Gustav A.
Swanson has been named to suc
ceed Dr. Cottam as chief of the
Division of Wildlife Research.
Cottam, who is 47 years old, is
a native of Utah. Educated at
Brigham Young University nad
George Washington University, he
spent several years as faculty
member of Brigham Young Uni
versity teaching zoology, botany
and entomology, then entered gov
ernment employ in 1929 with the
former Bureau of Biological Sur
vey.
Dr. Swanson, whose appoint
ment as Chief of the Division of
Research became effective April
15, is a graduate of the Univer
sity of Minnesota. He was asso
ciated with the Service in 1936
and 1937, again in 1941 and 1942,
and finally returned in 1944 as a
biologist. The intervening periods
were spent in teaching zoology,
mammology, wildlife management
and in wildlife research.
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Fishing •• • By Jack Pickerel
How to Hook Your Bait
Well, here we go into the trout and bass season. May is
the month that draws out those who have been waiting for
consistent weather. Many fishermen, though, have been mak
ing good catches since March.
For the benefit of tyros who are
making their first treks to the
lakes and streams we are offering
a few suggestions for their hook
baiting. Some of the old-timers
might want to take a refresher
course, even if they wear a syn
thetic mask of a “purist.” We
prefer artificial lures for many
reasons, but we also admit that
nothing will ever take the place
of the angle worm and live min
now for many fishermen.
UTILIZE ENDS
Most Southern fishermen made
their first catch — a bream or a
catfish—on a common angle worm,
which is universally effective on
nearly all species. We suggest that
worms be threaded on your hook
in a manner that will utilize the
ends, which, when waving or wrig
gling, make a more attractive lure
than a knotted gob. The worm, or
preferably two, should be thread
ed through the tough and more
pointed front end. See F7g. A for
illustration.
Trout fishermen use dry and wet
flies, spinners, worms, frogs, va
rious larvae, spring lizards, and
even minnows. We recommend
three methods of hooking them. In
still fishing for bass or large trout
the minnows should be kept alive
as long as possible. This requires
careful handling. The most popular
way (See Fig. B) is through the
back, just ahead of the dorsal fin,
and deep enough to hold, but not
deep enough to kill the fish.
Another method is through the
lips, starting with the lower lip.
(See Fig. C.)
THE BENT BACK’
One popular method, used by
many Tennessee, Georgia and
North Carolina trout fishermen, as
well as stream bass fishermen, is
the “bent-back” style. (See Fig.
D.) A snelled hook is used. It is
passed through the mouth, out the
gills and completely through the
side or back of the minnow. A
swivel is used at the end of the
hook or at the rear end of the
leader. This allows the minnow to
spin when it is trolled or retrieved.
Thus the imitation of an injured
and struggling live minnow is ac
complished.
If you use crawfish hook him
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Figure C. Figure D.
through the tail from the bottom
or through the top where the
jointed tail joins the carapace, or
body shell. Frogs are hooked
through the lips, beginning with
the lower. All insects, such as the
grasshopper, Dobson fly, helgram-
mite and cricket should be hooked
on through the bait collar just be
hind the head.
GUESSWORK—Best fishing this
month, according to “scientists”
who make the tables and calendars,
will be through May 12. Stay at
home and sharpen your hooks from
about the 16th through the 25th.
Houston Lake Bass
HOUSTON LAKE, Ga.—Will
Brannon, of Macon, took a three-
pound largemouth bass here last
week on a topwater plug.
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Jumping Bass Lassoed
By Americus Angler
By W. L. DAYTON
AMERICUS, Ga.—Up in Maine they say it’s against the law to
lasso and hogtie a jumping fish.
behind the gills of the bass and
Gammage pulled him in.
Not being an eyewitness to this
haul, we accept no responsibility
for its authenticity. However,
that’s the story, anyway. And
there’s no law against it and no
body to disprove it.
Down here on the Flint River
it might be against the law, but
Earl Gammage faces no charges
for perpetrating such a feat on
a bigmouth bass in Lake Black-
shear the other day.
Gammage doesn’t admit that he’s
a cowboy fisherman. But he con
fesses to bringing in the bass in
a noose. Here’s how it happened:
He was fishing for bream with
a long cane pole. He pitched out
to reach a particularly likely look
ing hole near a log. As his bait
neared the water a bass zoomed
through the air, either striking at
the bream bait, or just playing.
The impact against the line
jerked the sinker around the body
of the bass. The line tightened just
Johnny Hunt
Rough on Bass
LAKE BURTON, Ga.—Johnny
Hunt, who shares with his father,
Charlie, and two or three others
the title of “champion fisherman
of Lake Burton,” added to his lau
rels last week when he boated a
7-pound largemouth bass just a
whoop and a holler from his front
doorsteps. The fish measured 21
inches in length and struck a
Creek Chub Pikie.
Johnny has taken several bass
over four pounds since March 1,
and has his sights set on a 10-
pounder that has been striking
minnows near the mouth of Mocca
sin Creek.
HAUSER ADDS
NINE-POUNDER
THOMSON, Ga.—W. C. Hauser,
who holds the record among fish
ermen in these parts for the fast
est catches of big bass, added an
other to his string last week with
a 9'% -pound bigmouth. Hauser was
fishing a surface plug at Bowden’s
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