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MERRY
CHRISTMAS!
The Denison Press
MERRY
CHRISTMAS!
REPRESENTATIVE OF UNITED PRESS
DENISON, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1959
VOLUME 32—NO. 24
By L. A. Wilk.
Big fish grow to be bigger be-
cause there are so many persons
who fish in the winter who don't
know how to pet them.
You must fish deep and hit 'em
hard!
You can fish deep with min-
nows, or you can use most any
of the new bottom drngging lures
and come up with some bass that
will hang over the side of the
baking pan.
It sounds strange but the fish-
erman who knows how to take
fish off the bottom usually comes
WE'RE DEEPLY GRATEFUL
FOR THE GIFT OF YOUR
FRIENDSHIP
HARLOW WELDING WORKS
112 W. Chestnut
Phone HO 5-4252
up with a string of oversize
bass. Those big old bronze backs
just simply stay deep in the cold
weather. Hut they must eat.
Although there has been con-
siderable bottom fishing recently,
too few fishermen actually know
how to bottom fish. They also
luck the patience required to work
the right areas slowly enough.
It is a slow job, dragging the
bottom with an acceptable lure
long enough to come up with two
or three bass. If those two of
three, however, weigh more than
a half-dozen small ones, then the
time has been well spent.
A good fisherman, who knows
the water, can go out almost any
time in the winter and come up
with poundage. He won't do it
normally with top-water lures,
however.
Favorable weather for top
water work now is out of the pic-
ture. It will not return until ear-
ly spring when the willows be-
gin to green out and insects get
on the move again, liottom fish-
ing definitely is in.
Deep down fishing isn't exact-
ly new. It was done a long time
ago with Shannon and Johnson
spoons, Hawaiian Wigglers Chug-
gers, Bombers and Whopper Stop-
pers. The pork chunk also was
useful.
The lead-head or jipr, however,
has come along in more recent
years. My first introduction to
lead-head bottom draggers was
with the late Charlie Stracener,
one of the best anglers West
Texas ever has produced. Along
in the middle forties Charlie came
out with a modest homemade
lead-head that had a few cat
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"And th* angal Mid unto them, F«ar not:
for, behold, I bring good tiding* of groat joy,
which shall bo to all pooplo."
ST. LUKE. Chip. II, ••
Let us all remember the blessed story and
its lessons. Let us keep faith and love in
our hearts for all mankind and this will be
a truly Joyous Noell
WARMEST SEASON'S GREETINGS FROM
• FRANK JENNINGS, SR., Owner
• NOEL JENNINGS, SR.
• PAUL JENNINGS
• SUSIE JENNINGS
• NOEL JENNINGS, JR.
• GENE HARVEY
• LILLIAN McANANEY
• MILDRED WILLIAMS
• HARRELL TEAGUE
• PRENTISS WESTBROOK
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Next Door to Union Bus Terminal
whiskers on each side. We fish-
ed several times together in Lake
Trammel near Sweetwater.
This was more than a fishing
trip. I needed some pictures of
big bass to illustrate an article I
was writing. I was told Charlie
knew how to catch them. He did.
Charlie, whose son Bernard now
is a good fisherman, tossed his
Charlie Bug, as he called it, as
far out as he could. The lure just
lay there on the bottom for a
minute or two. Then he gave it
a slight yank.
It took him a half-hour to work
his lure back into the boat and
most of the time he came in
empty. When he did connect,
however, it was a big bass. In
the course of a day's fishing he
came up with a dozen that would
pull the scales to around 50
pounds.
That is good bass fishing.
I still have one of those orig-
inal Charlie Hugs. It looks noth-
ing like today's lures, but it work-
ed then.
It wasn't too much longer un-
til the Bomber boys at Gaines-
ville brought out the Bushwhack-
er, which was a lead-head with a
blade s-pinner and the hook fas-
tened to steel wire. There was a
bucktail on the hook, and it fool-
ed a lot of bass.
A little more than four years
ago 1 was introduced to the plas-
tic worm on Lake Caddo in East
Texas. They were very scarce at
the start. You bought them from
under the counter, like nylon hose
during the war.
About that time another re-
searching fisherman came up with
a synthetic black eel, and long
slender pieces of pork rind. They
were attached to both spoons and
jigs.
Some of the worms had spin-
ners ahead, and gang hooks at-
tached to the worms with mono-
filament. Cast against a cypress
hole and permitted to sink down
slowly, and then retrieved worm-
crawling fashion, this rig account-
ed for some good strings. They
were small by comparison with the
fish caught off the bottom with
the jig'n-eels or the worms with
jigs.
Einally Dave Hawk improved
that method by attaching a worm
to his famous Extractor lure in-
stead of a buck tail. That worked
so well he tried using hackle on
the hook ahead of the worm.
Now Bill Norton of the Sports-
man's Products Co. has issued a
polka-dot worm in about six de-
icious colors. This works equally
well on the rig or the jig.
Norton also has developed a
formula for making these worm;
PLAY IT SAFE
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Don't Mix Gaiety With Danger
When Celebrating Christmas
While Christmas is the merriest of all seasons of the year it
can also be a time of tragedy if certain hazards aren't avoided and
some particular precautions taken.
The National Safety Council an-
nually points out that the Christ-
mas holidays are the most danger-
ous of the year, usually replete
with casualties, home accidents,
fires and falls.
The council has listed the follow-
ing "don'ts" and precautions which
if remembered will help make this
Christmas season a safe one:
The Christmas tree shouldn't be
placed near a stove or fireplace
Don't give children any toys
that could prove dangerous,
such as those with sharp points
If toys are operated with elec-
tricity, be sure some grownup
supervises their use.
The Christmas tree should not be
decorated with lighted candles
Carefully-wired electric bulbs de-
finitely are much safer.
Don't leave a lighted tree un-
guarded at any time. One should
oe on the lookout for fire all the
time the tree is lighted. Especially
dangerous is the practice of some
families in leaving the Christmas
tree lighted and unwatched all
night long
One should never use a rick
ety, unsafe ladder in decorating
the tree.
Don't place Christmas candles
near the tree, curtains, paper
wreaths or any other inflammable
decorations.
Remember, the Christmas tree
can be made fire-resistant. Accord-
ing to the United States forestry
service, it can be done in this man-
ner: Divide the weight of your tree
by four and buy that many pounds
of ammonium sulphate. Dissolve it
in water—one and one-half pints
of water to each pound of ammo-
nium sulphate. Cut the end of your
tree trunk on a diagonal. Put some
of the solution in a jar and stick
the diagonal butt of the tree into
it. Add more solution as the tree
drinks it up
Don't he excessive about
Christmas "spirits."
Keep toys out of places where
I people might trip over them.
, Remove the tree from the house
before it dries out.
During Christmas you'll probably
j have many guests, so sprinkle sail
] or sand on icy steps and sidewalks
temptation.
Frequently you can feel him
sucking on the worm. Don't jerk
it too quickly. Let him take the
entire worm into his mouth and
swallow it. When he does that
you'll know it. Set your hook
well and then bring him to the
top. That's where your heavy line
will pay off.
Try it for yourself!
Tax-Man Sam Scz:
Internal Revenue Service
U.S. Trea*ury Dept.
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The Texas Society of Certified
Public Accountants are working
\ itli school teachers again this
year on teaching taxes. Our Tex-
as schools are doing a very fine
job of training our young high
school and college taxpayers on
how to prepare their tax returns.
The teachers take the material
prepared by Internal Revenue
Service and teach the students.
The Certified Public Accountants
in many areas are volunteering to
visit the school or class at the end
<.| the income ta training to an-
swer questions. This was a popu-
lar program last year. The ac-
countants usually had as much
fun as the students. The CPA's
deserve a pat on the head for good
public service to ohr leaders of
tomorrow.
it used to be an unwritten law
that a woman .should not go more
than two blocks away from home
with a shawl over her head.
from non-attaching plastic, with
an impregnated odor. They are
completely machine made, which
helps keep the cost down.
So here is our recipe for catch-
ing big bass during the winter
months:
Rig up with a good plastic
worm or a long black eel. It can
be attached to either a jig or an
Extractor. Use a fairly heavy
line, perhaps a 12-pound test so
that you can pull loose from or-
dinary brush without breaking the
line.
Go to known bass waters, and
where the water is fairly deep.
The spot where a ledge enters the
water i.s very good. Make your
cast out ahead and let it sink
down to the bottom, preferably
alongside the ledge.
When you are sure the lure
has reached the bottom, work
your lure very slowly. Just inch it
along. Occasionally give enough
of a jerk that the lure will rise :i
few inches off the bottom.
The weighted head of the lure
sinks first, which means the tail
of the worm or eel will continue
to wiggle in the water. A big
bus.s can resist it for awhile, hut
if the worm continues to look
alive after he has had time to
study it, no fish can stand the
GREETINGS
We want to extend our sincerest thanks
to our patrons and their families for t+ielr
many favors and kindnesses during the past.
A very Merry Christmas to you!
HAROLD BLAGG and All Employees
GRAYSON COUNTY
IRON and FENCE CO.
518 So. Armstrong Phone HO 5-3841
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We aay "Chriatmaa Joy"
to you with a promiae. to
keep up our atandarda of
aervice and courteay. We
alu>ay$ will strive to pirate
our frienda and cuatomera
at alt limn.
Elmer Campbell
Charles Campbell
Billy Campbell
Paul Henry
Wish You and Yours
A Merry Christmas
and
Happy New Year
ELMER
CAMPBELL
GARAGE
1120 W. Shepherd
Phone HO 5-4334
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May we pause in the rush of
this holiday season to thank
our many friends whose good
will throughout the year has
been an inspiration to us and
to wish you all the Blessings
of die season.
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Anderson, LeRoy M., Sr. The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 24, 1959, newspaper, December 24, 1959; Denison, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth329162/m1/15/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.