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taunting cries from a cluster of alders 
across the basin, then walked slowly 
back and resumed his fishing without a 
word. “Oh no,” said Mr. Adams, “we 
used the jugs for floats. Just tied the 
proper length of line to the handle of 
the jug, for no matter when or where 
you fish for catfish you must fish near the 
bottom. Then we set the jugs adrift in a 
bayou.” “What’s them?” said the boy. 
“Why a bayou,” replied Mr. Adams, “is 
where the water flows back into the 
country from the river into a sort of 
basin and has but little if any current. 
In such places are to be found the largest 
fish and many kinds besides catfish. 
Then we would row back to the shore 
and watch the jugs. When one began 
bobbing around we knew a catfish was 
at the bait; then when it would start off, 
going completely under sometimes, we 
knew it was hooked and would row out, 
draw it to the surface and stun it with 
a club, then tow it to the shore.” The 
boy’s only comment was; “Oh.” Keep- 
ing his eyes steadily out on the water, 
he quietly asked: “Mr. Adams, did you 
ever catch a mud-puppy?” The look on 
the latter’s face was a puzzle, as to 
whether the boy was trying to joke him 
or not. Finally he said: “No. I never 
did; what are they like?” “Why, Mister, 
like nothing at all in the world ’cept 
’tarnation. What things like that were 
made for beats me,” and he proceeded to 
describe as best he could the freak which 
Mr. Woodhull had swung so disagree- 
ably near his head. He finally grasped 
the boy’s meaning and said he had seen 
them in an aquarium. That they were 
termed hellbenders there and were among 
the lowest order of animated creatures. 
“There is another catfish,” continued 
Adams, “which is much esteemed in 
southern rivers, called the channel cat, 
because it is rarely or never found ex- 
cept in swiftly moving waters. It is a 
hard fighting fish on the line and much 
sought after by anglers. It sometimes 
reaches a weight of ten pounds and is 
good eating. As a matter of fact all the 
catfish tribe are good fish and if a little 
study is given to their preparation for 
the table many of them are really deli- 
cious. Millions of pounds are caught and 
sold annually throughout the middle and 
southern states and yet there seems to 
be no diminution of the supply. I wish 
I could say as much favorably of the 
salt water varieties, of which there are 
two distinct kinds. Where so many 
choice fish abound they are generally re- 
garded as a pest by the angler and are 
but little esteemed for the table.” 
Each had all the fish they desired, the 
sun was working well down in the west 
and they decided to call it a day and go 
home. Mr. Adams thanked them for the 
points given him as to where to go for 
different kinds of fish and they in turn 
thanking him for his information. “Gee,” 
observed Matt, as he ran the end of his 
pole in the runway of a meadow mouse 
to see if the rodent was at home, “he 
sure does know a heap about catfish.” 
Thus another day of quiet enjoyment 
was accomplished and the boy and the 
man turned homeward with satisfaction 
in their hearts with Nature’s ways. 
(TO BE CONTINUEDl 
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SALMON 
BASS OR 
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BIG JIM POND CAMP 
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Behold the Fisherman ! 
- He riseth up early in the morning and 
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Square Tail Mighty are his preparations. 
T t He goeth forth full of hope. 
When the day is far spent he returneth, 
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and he are strangers. 
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FACTS 
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MOUNTAIN VIEW HOUSE 
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