Sonny Boy Fishing Contest 
An Ohio Lad Is the Winner of 
the Second Prize in the Large 
Mouth Black Bass Division 









DAVID TROY, 
OF LAKEMORE, 
OHIO, WINS THE 
SECOND PRIZE 
WITH A LARGE 
MOUTH WEIGHING 
4 LBS. 6% OZ. 
A look at the photos here reproduced would 
almost convince the reader that the bass David 
Troy holds is just a little smaller than the lad. 
David is only thirteen but he is already a good 
angler, which proves that age has little to do 
with the pursuit of the soptr beloved of Izaak 
Walton. 
There are some big husky “bronze backs” 
swimming in almost every lake in the land, 
and with persistence they can be captured. 
Concerning his catch, David wrote us as . 
follows: 
While casting for bass late one afternoon on Springfield Lake, Ohio, as I had 
had only one strike, and I did not hook him, I was in poor spirits. I had rowed half 
way across the lake and was returning, when I thought I had a snag, but to my 
surprise the line was moving sideways. I started to reel in but that bass was sure 
pulling some. As this was my first really large bass, 1 am not ashamed to say that 
I was excited. I don’t know how I ever got that fish in, but after hours of reeling, 
which proved to be about three minutes, I got it near enough for my uncle to put the 
landing net under it, and lift it into the boat. I thought it weighed about seven pounds, 
but later when weighed it weighed four pounds six ounces. A friend of my uncle 
was fishing across the lake from us, and I showed it to him. In all his years of 
fishing, he had never caught one as large as mine. Gee! hut how his eyes popped 
out when he saw it. And was I proud—I'll say I was! 
Age 13. DATTIDEELRO Ws 
Lakemore, Ohio. 
AFFIDAVIT 
I hereby swear that this statement, signed by me before two witnesses, is true. 
Kind of Fish: Large mouth black bass. Line used: Kingfisher. 
Weight: 4 lbs. 6% oz. Length: 21 in. Girth: 1314 in. Time of day: 5.30 P. M. 
When caught: August 3, 1923. Caught by (Signed) David Troy. 
Where: Springfield Lake. Street. 
Rod used: Bristol. City: Lakemore. 
Reel: Rider. State: Ohio. 
Describe artificial lure used: Heddon'’s Crab Wigler. 
Witnessed by: (Give names and addresses) 
1. Robert Patterson, Mayor, Lakemore Village. 2. J. D. La Cotta, Lakemore, Ohio. 
We want every Sonny Boy under eighteen vears of age to enter our 1924 contest. Fill out 
the coupon below. We will then enter your name as a contestant. If you fail to do this, you 
will regret it next Summer, when you hook that big fellow. Full details and conditions of the 
contest will be published in a Spring issue. 
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ForEST AND STREAM, 
221 West 57th Street, 
New York, N. Y. 
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