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426 
Sonny Boy Fishing Contest 
Prize Announcement 
Affidavits for the Last Three Prize Winners in 
the 1924 Contest Appear Here 




In writing to advertisers mention Forest and Stream, 
ITH this issue, the 1924 Sonny 
Ve Boy Fishing Contest closes. 
The affidavits appearing here 
were supplied by Marvin Almon of 
Earlington, Kentucky, who takes first 
prize for large mouth bass, Interme- 
diate Division; Verdie Reece Perkins 
of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, winner of 
third prize for large mouth: bass, 
Southern Division, and Ellsworth Way 
Mott of Riverside, California, who takes 
second prize for large mouth bass in 
the Northern Division. 
Master Perkins is the only one of 
the three boys who sent us a story of 
his catch and we publish it herewith. 
Inasmuch as those who entered the 1924 
Contest are no doubt interested in 
knowing how the prize winners took 
their fish, we regret having to go to 
press with affidavits only. 
The 1925 competition will be known 
as the Juvenile Fishing Contest, and 
will be open to both boys and girls. 
The reason we have decided not to 
limit the contest to boys is that the larg- 
est fish of the year was taken by Ruth 
Choate, a twelve-year old girl, at Eus- 
tis, Florida. The fish was a large 
mouth black bass, weighing fifteen and 
one-half pounds and was taken with a 
spinner and casting rod. 
Boys entering the 1925 contest will 
have to look to their laurels, as there 
are undoubtedly a lot of girl anglers 
among the readers of FOREST AND 
STREAM. 
On another page of this issue, rules 
governing the 1925 Juvenile Fishing 
Contest will be found. 
Master Perkins’ story follows: 
Editor Sonny Boy Fishing Contest: 
Right after dinner, my dad, uncle, 
cousin, and I started out on a fishing 
trip. We were going to False River. 
This river is in Pointe Coupee Parish, 
a very beautiful part of South Loui- 
siana. It is called False River because 
it was once the bed of the Mississippi 
River, which changed its course, and it 
is not a river at all, but a deep and 
wide lake, and is well stocked with 
trout, perch, Sacolay, cat fish and bass. 
When we reached the river we rented 
a skiff, but only went a little ways from 
the bank, for it was a windy day and 
the river was so rough we were afraid 
to cross, or go very far out. 
After we fished for about four hours 
and had caught nothing, I got a four 
and one-half pound bass and could 
Verdie Reece Perkins 
hardly pull him in. He would come to 
the top and I could see he was a big 
one, and when I finally got him to the 
boat he was nearly dead. The minnow 
was in his mouth so tight I had to cut 
it out. He was as pretty as he could 
be. I had a bamboo casting rod about 
three and one-half feet long, and a mul- 
tiplying reel with a black silk line, and 
artificial minnow. 
There were many weeds and brush 
there and it was a good fishing ground. 
I went on fishing, but never caught an- 
other thing. It was about 5 o’clock so 
we rowed back toward the car. 
Then we saw Dad coming about 
one-half mile down the river. When 
I saw dad I showed him the fish I 
caught, and he was very happy and sur- 
prised. He told us to go fish some more 
because he wanted to go down the 
river. After awhile we came back side 
by side in our boats and talked about 
the fish I caught. 
The captain of the ferry saw the fish, 
and said it was a very large one, and © 
so did other people. 
I am ten years old and have written 
you as good a story as I can. 
VERDIE REECE PERKINS, 
Baton Rouge, La. 
Affidavit by Verdie Reece Perkins 
Kind of Fish: Large Mouth Bass. 
Weight: 4 lbs. 2 oz. 
Length: 19% in. 
It will identify you. 

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