Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 300, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1916 — ELECTRIC DEVICE FOOLS BASS [ARTICLE]

ELECTRIC DEVICE FOOLS BASS

Fish Takes Bait for Glowworm and Makes Strike. An inventive fisherman noticed that the stomachs of such game fish as bass often contain glowworms and other phosporescent insects. He devised a tiny celluloid minnow which contains a minature electric light, having its current supplied from a fine copper wire attached to the' flsb line. A contact button on the fishing rod flashes the lamp intermittently Just as the glowworm’s light Is brightened and diminished by the creature's movements. It is said that the lnven tlon is thoroly practical and has made some fine catches of fish for Its owner. - ——- 1 w